Does Your Vagina Need Physical Therapy?

“So… you’re writing me a prescription for orgasms?” I said skeptically to my surgeon as he handed me that little piece of paper. 

He laughed. “No. I’m writing you a prescription for pelvic floor therapy.”

I hadn’t realized my vagina was something that needed therapy.

I was just days out from what had been my fifth major abdominal surgery for endometriosis, a condition that involves uterine tissue implanting (and frequently shedding, causing scar tissue and pain) outside the uterus. This surgeon was one I had travelled thousands of miles to see; an expert in his field, and the man who eventually gave me my life back.

For three years, I had been dealing with increasing levels of excruciating pain. Endometriosis had ruined my sex life, forced me into continuous absences from work, and taken away my ability to enjoy everything from a wine night with friends to hiking on a beautiful day.

But I was promised that this surgery would change all that. Six hours of highly specialized excision techniques later, I woke up feeling like I’d been hit by a bus, but I was hopeful for the future. Only, here was my surgeon telling me I needed something more. 

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