Category: Infertility Issues
Meet the Clear Passage® ‘Miracle Babies’!
Read more: Meet the Clear Passage® ‘Miracle Babies’!As we gear up to begin our 25th year of serving patients, we’d like to reflect on one of the greatest rewards of our work — being able to give the gift of motherhood to women diagnosed as infertile. When we began our small physical therapy practice in Gainesville, FL, in 1989, we never imagined…
How to Treat Infertility Naturally
Read more: How to Treat Infertility NaturallyEven if you are new to the world of fertility treatment, you’ve likely heard others rattle off treatment names such as tubal ligation, IVF, IUI, etc. For those who prefer a natural, more conservative treatment option that does not involve drugs or surgery, there is the Wurn Technique®. The therapists at Clear Passage® Physical Therapy…
How Does Tubal Surgery Compare to Other Infertility Treatments?
Read more: How Does Tubal Surgery Compare to Other Infertility Treatments?There are a number of infertility treatments available. One of the treatments offered to women with blocked fallopian tubes is tubal ligation, also called tuboplasty. One of the goals of this procedure is to remove adhesions – scars that form when the body heals from surgery, infection, inflammation, or trauma. What happens during tubal ligation…
Hysterosalpingogram (HSG): What to Expect
Read more: Hysterosalpingogram (HSG): What to ExpectIf your doctor has just recommended that you have a hysterosalpingogram (HSG), you may feel worried or overwhelmed. Here are some of the essential facts about this routine test. What? A hysterosalpingogram (HSG) is an X-ray test that looks at the inside of the uterus and fallopian tubes and the area around them. It is…
Hydrosalpinx: Your Questions Answered
Read more: Hydrosalpinx: Your Questions AnsweredHydrosalpinx refers to fluid that collects within the fallopian tubes after an injury or infection and affects a woman’s fertility. We recently received several questions about this hydrosalpinx and how to treat this condition. Read on as Clear Passage® Director of Services Belinda Wurn, PT, answers. Q: Can I get pregnant if I have hydrosalpinx?…
PCOS and the Low GI Diet
Read more: PCOS and the Low GI DietAs we mentioned in our recent post “At a Glance: PCOS,” a low GI diet is one of the steps in managing polycystic ovarian syndrome. The underlying cause of PCOS is excess insulin in the blood. A diet consisting of low-GI foods is recommended for women with PCOS–often called the ‘PCOS diet’–because it results in…
At a Glance: PCOS
Read more: At a Glance: PCOSPCOS stands for polycystic ovarian syndrome or polycystic ovary syndrome. It affects as many as 1 out of 15 women1 Learn more about how the Wurn Technique® treats PCOS without drugs or surgery and read more about What is PCOS? References 1. http://women.webmd.com/tc/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos-topic-overview2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001408/
At a Glance: Bowel Obstruction
Read more: At a Glance: Bowel ObstructionWhat causes bowel obstruction? Adhesions (internal scars) form in the small intestines (small bowel) and sometimes in the large intestines (colon), preventing the body from processing food. What are the signs of a bowel obstruction? The first indication of a bowel obstruction is often pain, nausea, or vomiting accompanied by difficulty or inability to pass…
Hide & Seek: The Female G-Spot
Read more: Hide & Seek: The Female G-SpotThe latest buzz in the world of sexual health is the potential discovery of the female G-spot. With many believing it to be a major trigger for enhancing female orgasm and others claiming it doesn’t exist, the elusive G-spot has been the subject of debate for years. The discovery was made by Dr. Adam Ostrzenski,…
Wurn Technique® as a Pre-IVF Treatment
Read more: Wurn Technique® as a Pre-IVF Treatment“If I had just known about Clear Passage® Physical Therapy and just done the research early on and found out about this place, it would have just saved us so much. It saved my world. It changed my world. I wish I had known that early on. It would have made so much of a…