Effect of Invasive Pelvic Floor Management in Vaginismus among Reproductive Aged Females-A Case Study

Abstract

Vaginismus is defined as condition which leads to involuntary vaginal muscle spasm leading to painful sexual Intercourse. It is also classified as sexual pain disorder. It is one of the most common conditions prevalent among females who experience pain during vaginal intercourse leading to sexual pain disorder. The main objective of the study was to rule out the effectiveness of intra-vaginal management on patient with Vaginismus. Vaginismus is a sexual pain disorder in which female have difficulties in vaginal penetration during sexual Intercourse due to number of reasons such as fear, involuntary muscle contraction, sexual abuse and pelvic pain etc. As per studies, it had been showed that vaginismus is also one of the main reasons behind Infertility among many females. Most of the females in North India are not aware regarding the pelvic floor examination or to consult the pelvic floor practitioner for their problems related to Infertility. In many cases, as per studies we had founded that most of the females are being focused to go for number of testing procedures but they are not being guided to undergo pelvic floor examination.

Keywords

• vaginismus
• infertility
• pelvic floor muscles
• invasive manual therapy
• intra-vaginal
• intercourse