Appropriate Patients to Refer
Overview Our manual physical therapy is often effective treating moderate to severe mechanical problems, including debilitating and unresolved pain or dysfunction. We often do well with symptoms related to post-surgical scarring or unknown mechanical etiology. When medical treatments have failed, you want to avoid surgery, or your patient wants a natural or more conservative approach, […]
Guide Through Infertility: From Diagnosis to Treatment
The Beginning: Trying to get Pregnant You’re ready — you’ve made the leap and decided it’s time to have a baby. You and your partner stopped using contraceptives, and for the first time you’re actually looking forward to a missed period. Unfortunately, things don’t seem to be going as planned; one month, two months, three months […]
Patient Story: From Menopause at 35 to Three Kids
Hormonal Menopause, Only Remaining Tube Blocked with Hydrosalpinx – Jen’s Story I’ve always been a healthy, positive person with big dreams. I knew someday I would meet that special someone and start a family. From an early age, I always knew I wanted children. I come from a long line of fertility. My grandmother gave […]
Hysterosalpingogram (HSG): What to Expect
If 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
Hydrosalpinx 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? […]
Opening Blocked Fallopian Tubes – Surgical vs. Natural
As the place where natural conception occurs, the fallopian tubes are truly the place where life begins. Due to their location and size, fallopian tubes can become blocked from pelvic scars or adhesions. Together, these “mechanical causes” account for about 40% of all female infertility. Tubes can block near the uterus (proximal), by the ovary (distal) or in the middle of the tube (mid-tubal). In some cases, the tube swell with a fluid in a condition called hydrosalpinx. While a single blocked tube impairs fertility, blockage of both tubes causes total infertility.
Treating Hydrosalpinx Infertility
The Wurn Technique is a non-surgical infertility treatment that uses pelvic physical therapy to decrease the adhesions causing tubal damage and hydrosalpinx. Once mobility is restored, the previously blocked tube(s) often regains normal function, creating a free path for conception to occur. Many women with a diagnosis of hydrosalpinx became pregnant naturally after receiving this hands- on therapy.
An HSG May Help You Become Pregnant
Women who experience infertility are commonly scheduled for a hysterosalpinogram (HSG) to see if their fallopian tubes are open and functioning properly. What many women don’t know is that the procedure itself can help a woman become pregnant. Sometimes, a fallopian tube fills with a small amount of mucous. This mucous can form after infections, […]
Resolving Hydrosalpinx
In the past, a fallopian tube swollen and filled with liquid (a hydrosalpinx) was considered beyond repair and non-functional. In fact, many reproductive endocrinologists still feel the best way to treat a hydrosalpinx is to remove the tube and proceed with IVF. Belinda and Larry Wurn opened Clear Passage Therapies when they discovered their manual […]
Physical Therapists Open Blocked Fallopian Tubes Without Surgery
New Orleans, LA., November 2, 2006/PRNewswire/ — Scientists at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) reported that therapists were able to open totally blocked fallopian tubes using a new pelvic physical therapy that feels similar to a deep massage. Previously, surgery was the only treatment option for women with blocked […]
