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Physical Therapy Links 
Women's health and physical therapy
Lois Goode, MS, PT, ATC at the White River Indian Health Hospital is the Chief Clinical Consultant for Physical Therapy
- Pelvic Floor Muscle Function and Urinary Incontinence: A Role for Physical Therapy
Irene Boyd, BS, MPT has developed a unique physical therapy program to strengthen the female pelvic musculature through
Exercise, biofeedback, and pelvic muscle electrical stimulation.
Downloadable files:
- Biofeedback - MS Word (Word - 28K) | Acrobat Reader (PDF - 12K)
- Electrical muscle stimulation - MS Word (Word - 28K) | Acrobat Reader (PDF - 12K)
- Product list - MS Word (Word - 36K) | Acrobat Reader (PDF - 20K)
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Megan Horeis, MSPT and ICCE, Female Physical Therapy Specialist at Zuni, offers some helpful resources
- Physical therapy for the Postpartum Mom - PPT (PPT - 131k) or Html
- Bladder control diary
- Helpful products and resources to chose from (Please Note: Not a product endorsement)
- Abdominal Pain: Scar massage after abdominal surgery
- Abdominal Pain: Navel massage
- Abdominal Pain: Abdominal massage (Thanks to Herman and Shelley 1995)
Management of sudden urine loss, or urinary incontinence
- Stress urinary incontinence (or sudden urine loss) is the unintentional release of urine during normal everyday activities. Here are some helpful tips on its management
How to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles?
- Kegel exercises – Patient Education, Mayo Clinic
What medications, foods, and beverages irritate the bladder?
- Bladder Irritants: Patient education handout (WORD 26K)
Administration on Aging
- The HHS Administration on Aging offers a wide range of topics for older people and their families, students and researchers, practitioners, and other caregivers. There is also a page of programs and resources related to Native American elders
