I recently wrote about men and low desire, and women and low desire, acknowledging that many people have desire difficulties. And that in fact, what is commonly seen as low desire is usually more accurately a case of responsive desire…desire that shows up part way through a sexual encounter, so long as a person is …
By Sarah Dale, MSc., RP What happens when you can’t have sex? Some women have difficulty with penetration, both sexual and non-sexual types of penetration, due to a condition commonly referred to as vaginismus. Vaginismus, (also known as pelvic floor dysfunction), may be include pain, worry about pain or other concerns and/or muscle tightening that …
In addition to working as a sex therapist in Toronto, I’m also a doctoral student in Human Sexuality at Widener University. As part of my dissertation for my PhD, I am recruiting participants for a study on the experience of people who are in heterosexual relationships but have been unable to have sexual intercourse (or …
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The last blog entry was a guest post by Angelique Montano-Bresolin, a pelvic health physiotherapist at Proactive Pelvic Health. Angelique described a multi-disciplinary approach to treating vaginismus. Today, I’d like to talk more about the role of sex therapy in treating this painful condition. As Angelique described, vaginismus refers to the involuntary contraction of vaginal …
This entry is a guest post by pelvic health physiotherapist Angelique Montano-Bresolin, on a comprehensive approach to treating vaginismus–a condition that can cause pain during intercourse, gynecological exams and tampon use. Vaginismus has been defined as ‘recurrent or persistent involuntary muscle spasms of the outer third of the vagina which interfere with sexual intercourse’ (Binik, …
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For far too many women, sexual intercourse is painful. Yet when the address this pain with their doctor, they may be told that there is nothing wrong with them. In fact, these women may have vulvodynia or vaginismus. Vulvodynia and vaginismus are common causes of pelvic pain and dysapreunia (painful intercourse). Vulvodynia refers to chronic …
