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Vaginal Photobiomodulation for Chronic Pelvic Pain
A Randomized Clinical Trial
We hear you!
Chronic pelvic pain is debilitating and negatively affects your life. Let's do something about it together.
Do not be dismissed, stigmatized, and marginalized.
Treatments are available for chronic pelvic pain.
People, often think that there are no therapies for chronic pelvic pain, but that is not true! Depending on the cause, pelvic pain may be treated with combination treatments that include pain medications, hormones, pelvic physical therapy, injections with anesthetics or muscle relaxants, neuromodulation, and sometimes even surgery. Acupuncture, massage, chiropractic therapy, mental health, alternative and whole health therapies are also beneficial for many. The problem is that some of these therapies can be quite invasive may have side effects, or may interfere with fertility. So researchers are constantly working to find new treatment alternatives.
Why study new treatments and photobiomodulation?
The problem is that many therapies for chronic pelvic pain, can be quite invasive, may have side effects, or may interfere with fertility. So researchers are constantly working to find new treatment alternatives. Photobiomodulation may be a better alternative because it uses a non-painful, near-infrared laser, that has been shown to decrease pain by inducing muscle relaxation, increased blood flow, and reduced inflammation in other chronic pain conditions similar to pelvic pain. However, researchers did not have a way to deliver near-infrared laser to the pelvic organs. The development of SoLá Pelvic Therapy solved this problem because SoLá can deliver this beneficial near-infrared therapy to the pelvic organs through the vagina.
Millions suffer with chronic pelvic pain.
Chronic pelvic pain is pain that is located below the belly button and that usually lasts longer than 3 months. It is a common occurrence. In the United States it is estimated that nearly 20 million persons, mostly women, suffer with pelvic pain. Women suffer on average 4-11 years before finding proper help. Most go to multiple doctors and many times available treatments do not work to control the pain. Many times women with this type of pain are dismissed, stigmatized, and marginalized.
Chronic pelvic pain is complex.
Chronic pelvic pain can be associated with multiple conditions including endometriosis, irritable bowel syndrome, bladder pain syndrome, and much more. Regardless of the primary cause, more than 80% of persons with this type of pain will develop painful or spastic pelvic floor muscles. Spasms make pain worse, or contribute to difficulty with usual functions such as physical activity, urinating, having bowel movements, and intercourse.