Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis
Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis Dr. Carter’s monograph on Chronic Pelvic Pain Diagnosis and Management has now been published and is available for reading in our office. If you or a friend suffer form chronic pelvic pain, recent advances in the area of muscular, skeletal and myofascial causes of pelvic pain [...]
Pelvic Muscle Weakness and Bladder Leakage
Pelvic Muscle Weakness and Bladder Leakage Weakness of the pelvic muscles can result in loss of tone and strength in the vaginal area, and even in incontinence (bladder leakage). We now provide pelvic floor strengthening and training programs to improve vaginal tone and strength. These methods have been proven to prevent and treat incontinence in [...]
Uterine artery embolization is a non-surgical outpatient procedure for the treatment of symptomatic fibroids
At least 25% of all women develop benign uterine growths called fibroids. Usually fibroids do not cause symptoms, but in many cases they can cause excess menstrual bleeding, pain, heaviness and discomfort. When symptoms become severe, may women choose to have them removed. Procedures most often used to treat fibroids are hormonal therapy (which shrinks [...]
Surgical Treatment for Chronic Pelvic Pain
The source of chronic pelvic pain may be reproductive organ, urological, musculoskeletal - neurological, gastrointestinal, or myofascial. A psychological component almost always is a factor whether as an antecedent event or presenting as depression as result of the pain.
Surgical interventions for chronic pelvic pain include: 1) resection or vaporization of vulvar/vestibular tissue for HPV induced [...]