Most people agree that masturbation is a normal part of live and as humans, we can choose to participate in this behavior, or avoid it if necessary. Although it is normal, often parents are uneasy about what to do if they catch their child masturbating and even more uneasy if they had to talk to …
Continue ReadingMaintaining cervical health.
We happened upon this easy-to-read article on maintaining cervical health and found it to be a reasonable answer to the question of how often should a woman get a Pap smear. This is particularly relevant given the report in the September 2009 Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology suggesting some women can wait three years in …
Continue ReadingNew Treatment for vaginismus — botulinum toxin.
Our team just went up to New Hampshire to learn a new treatment for severe vaginismus from a wonderful Doctor. He (and his caring staff) have developed a procedure which uses general anesthesia and botulinum toxin in order to help women over the first, most frightening hurdle of treatment. When I am lecturing and trying …
Continue ReadingVaginismus.
If you’ve perused this website you know that vaginismus is a condition where there is involuntary spasm of the entry muscles to the vagina, causing either pain or, in extreme cases a complete inability to penetrate. I hope you also know that it’s very treatable and you shouldn’t’ t feel like you have to live …
Continue ReadingOn how we masturbate.
I wish I had a nickel for every patient who thinks that the way they masturbate is “weird.” I’d be rich. My favorite one is the hundreds of women who all think that lying on their stomach and rubbing against their hands, a blanket or a pillow is totally unique to them and no one else …
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