June is Men’s Health Month: Let’s Talk About Pelvic Floor Therapy and Male Sexual Health By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas June is Men’s Health Month—a time dedicated to raising awareness about preventable health issues and encouraging early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. While topics like heart disease, prostate cancer, and mental health are often …
Updates on the Process of Care for Orgasm Dysfunction
The Big “O” – Let’s talk Updates in Care By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas When people hear the word “orgasm,” most people probably think about ‘pleasure.’ What actually is an orgasm? When it comes to truly understanding this complex physiological and psychological phenomenon—especially in clinical settings—the conversation is much more nuanced. At the 2025 ISSWSH/ISSM Annual Meeting, …
Pelvic Floor Therapy for EDS & Hypermobility
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome & Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders: How Pelvic Floor Physical and Occupational Therapy Can Help By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a group of 13 heritable connective tissue disorders. Genetic changes impact our connective tissue, causing joint hypermobility, skin hyperextensibility, and tissue fragility. Though it’s a multisystemic condition, one of the often-overlooked aspects …
Understanding Mast Cell Mediated Genitopelvic Pain
Emerging Perspectives on Chronic Pelvic Pain and Sexual Health By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT Last fall (2024), I attended a mast cell conference where my colleague Alyssa Yee, MD and I were invited to speak about the topic of pelvic pain conditions and the role of mast cells; specifically on the topic of endometriosis and …
Posture and the Pelvic Floor: Why Your Posture Matters!
Why Does Our Posture Matter for Our Pelvic Health? By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT When we think about our posture, we often think “mine can be better” and we picture sitting up straight or avoiding slouching to prevent back or neck pain. Usually these corrections last a few minutes until we find ourselves slumped back …
Endometriosis Awareness Month: Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned & Future Hopes By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT Once a year, in March, individuals – providers, advocates, and patients, dedicate their time to promoting education around increasing awareness about Endometriosis. Though for many of us, we are just becoming louder during this time, hoping our efforts will expand further. We are in a …
Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome: Diagnosis and Subtypes
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas September is Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) Awareness Month! This diagnosis deserves attention! Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS), is a chronic pelvic pain condition affecting an estimated 12 million people in the United States, and a diagnosis that we see all too often. Despite its prevalence, the causes of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome …
Understanding Pelvic Venous Disorders: A Common Cause of Pelvic Pain
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, PHRC Encinitas & Guest Author Julie Baron, DPT, CSCS, PCES Having been a pelvic floor physical and occupational therapists for over twelve years, I can count on one hand the amount of times I have seen this diagnosis; yet, some sources say it is the second leading cause of chronic pelvic pain. Of the patients I …
Pelvic Health Products We Love – Part 2
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas We are back with an update on so many more cool products and tools to help you along your pelvic health journey. In case you missed it, part one of this series focused on some fun tools to help with improving pleasure and sexual health. Today we will present you with tools …
Pelvic Health Products We Love – Updates in Products
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas Here at PHRC we regularly discover all sorts of new and cool products that are available for people’s pelvic health needs. I am amazed at some of the products available and that are being developed and am so thankful there are people that are creating these products because they are SOOO helpful! …
Clinical Manifestations of Endometriosis
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas Endometriosis is well known for its significant menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea), and often silent infertility. It has long been thought that this disease is a ‘women’s’ disease or menstrual disease allowing for a long history of hysterectomies and hormone suppression aimed at suppressing menstruation. Find Relief Fast – Consult our Experts Today …
Fusobacterium and Endometriosis: New Insights or Media Frenzy?
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas The recent study titled “Fusobacterium infection facilitates the development of endometriosis through the phenotypic transition of endometrial fibroblasts” by Muraoka et al. has generated significant attention and frenzy in the media. The media coverage of this article has been intense, with headlines highlighting the potential breakthrough in understanding the pathogenesis of endometriosis, …
March is Endometriosis Month; Current News and Updates
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas March is the month where we get to talk about all things Endometriosis. Endometriosis (‘endo’) is an estrogen mediated, inflammatory disease characterized by endometrial-like tissue found outside of the uterus. Most commonly it is found in the abdominal and pelvic cavity, but can be found elsewhere in the body as well. Endo …
Endometriosis: Frequently Asked Questions & Their Answers
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas This past month was Endometriosis Awareness Month. It was very exciting to see how many more individuals and providers were sharing amazing information about this disease that affects such a large percentage of our population. This was not always the case, and it is a sign we are moving in the right …
Endometriosis & Nutrition, How They Work Together, A Success Story
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas and Jennifer Guan, DPT, PHRC Los Gatos Happy Endo Awareness Month! Tracy is a 35 year old patient who was referred to PHRC by her doctor. This is her story: “I was diagnosed with stage four endometriosis through a laparoscopy and excision surgery in 2017. Sadly, my first surgeon didn’t …
Is Your Vagina Healthy? How to Tell Healthy from Unhealthy
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas Here is the situation, you have irritation down there, you go to your doctor, she performs her exam and tests, she swabs you, then you get the call… your cultures came back negative. Here is what your GYN may have missed. Many women experiencing pelvic pain, urinary, and sexual dysfunction often have pelvic …
Integrative Health and Nutrition: Michaels’ Success Story
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas Here is the story of a 21 year old male with many GI complaints and pelvic pain, who eagerly wanted to get back to normalcy and achieved that, although still ongoing, through the services offered at PHRC. We will refer to him as “Michael” so that his identity remains anonymous. Michael …
New Perspectives on Endo: Gut-Immune Link & IG Live w/ Dr. Orbuch
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas March is Endometriosis Awareness Month, AND National Nutrition Month – what a great time to talk about how optimal gut health and nutrition impacts endometriosis. Optimal gut health and nutrition play a crucial role in one’s endometriosis journey because having a healthy gut means improving our mental health, optimizing our immune system, …
Nutrition Awareness Month: Integrative Health & Nutrition Services
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas March is Nutrition Awareness Month and we’d love to share the services we offer here at PHRC and talk about why nutrition is so important, especially for those with pelvic health conditions. What is Integrative Health and Nutrition? In contrast to conventional medicine, which places emphasis on treating a disease, …
Lj Powerhouse and Jandra Mueller of PHRC: IG Live Endometriosis Q&A
By Lj Powerhouse & Jandra Mueller, DPT, PHRC Encinitas In December 2020, PHRC physical and occupational therapists, Jandra Mueller joined Lj Powerhouse on Instagram for a LIVE Q&A. It was awesome to answer all of the questions you asked and we were bummed we couldn’t get to all of them! Here is a re-cap as well as answers to many …
Period Health 101: Everything You Should Have Learned in 6th Grade but Didn’t, Part 3 of 3
By Jandra Mueller, DPT, MS, PHRC Encinitas In our third and final post of this series we share hormonal alterations that people may experience. In case you missed it, check out Period Health 101, Part One and Period Health 101, Part Two to best understand this post! Symptoms of Hormonal Alterations Hormonal birth control Why should hormonal …
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