Conditions Treated
Infertility
Approximately 6,000,000 U.S. women are presently diagnosed with infertility. Ovulatory dysfunction and mechanical factors are the major causes of female infertility. Approximately 30-50% is due to mechanical factors such as blocked fallopian tubes, scarring, or adhesions and 40% are due to ovulatory factors.
The primary mechanical cause of female infertility is the adhesions & scar tissue that form in or around the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes or fimbriae, and accompanying vertebral/pelvic joint restrictions.
Mechanical causes of infertility can result from complex conditions such as endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory disease. Abdominal or pelvic surgeries, falls, trauma, and infections, tubal damage, ruptured ovarian cysts, bowel or bladder dysfunction also cause adhesion formation. Female infertility can also be accompanied by pelvic, rectal, and low back pain along with other pelvic floor disorders such as incontinence or constipation.
When adhesions form on female reproductive organs they can block fallopian tubes or adhere to the uterus or ovaries. Adhesions can attach to the finger-like fimbriae of the fallopian tubes, preventing them from grasping the egg during ovulation. The fallopian tubes must have complete freedom of movement to transport the egg to the uterus. Adhesions that form between muscle cells within the cervix or uterus can make sperm transport difficult and implantation of a fertilized egg difficult.
Manual orthopedic and visceral physical therapy specifically addresses each of the mechanical dysfunctions involved. This includes the appropriate vertebral/pelvic joint restrictions, ligamentous restrictions, and adhesions that cause poor reproductive function. This will improve the mobility and stability of the pelvic cavity, ovaries, uterine tubes, and uterus thereby improving your chances of becoming pregnant without surgery or drugs, while improving your health.
- What are adhesions and scar tissue?
- The abdominal cavity and reproductive organs are in constant movement and should be able to glide over themselves, the side wall of the body and to glide over the other organs without any friction. In order to have healthy organ motility without friction the side wall of the body and organs are covered with a special layer or membrane called the peritoneum. Fluid is present between these layers to reduce friction. Injuries to the peritoneum (surgical cuts, infections (infections of the fallopian tubes included) and endometrial lesions) effect the layers of peritoneum. The layers become rough and sticky and where the two layers come intact, they stick together.
- Adhesions begin when tissue that should be separated grow together and adhere to each other; often as a result of infections or surgery or trauma. Adhesions over the ovary may interfere with ovulation. Adhesions and micro adhesions are desposits of scar tissue that form as a normal response to tissue injury caused by infection, inflammation, surgery or trauma.
JemPT provides a healthy framework for becoming pregnant naturally. It also can be used to facilitate assisted reproductive techniques (ART) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF, GIFT, etc).
This highly specialized treatment also locally stimulates the pelvic organs, afferent nerve fibers, and hypothalamic-pituitary axis. It also affects regional and central nervous system in positive ways. Stenosis, flexures, adhesions, and lack of elasticity of the uterine tubes can all be improved with manual intervention.
The research to support the effectiveness of manual physical therapy for infertility is in the infancy stage. The factors affecting fertility are complex. What we do know is that manual physical therapy can improve the mobility of ovaries, uterine tubes, and uterus, which increases the chances that the egg and sperm will meet under favorable conditions.
- What makes JemPT effective?
- At JemPT you will undergo a thorough neurological, orthopedic and visceral examination by a Board Certified Manual PT. This examination identifies all of the systems involved that are responsible for impaired reproductive function. Pelvic, tailbone, lower back and hip pain and other pelvic floor disorders may accompany and exacerbate pelvic organ dysfunction causing infertility. Therefore requiring expert examination and treatment of all systems for optimal outcomes.
- JemPT's highly specialized treatments improve blood flow to the reproductive organs, decrease adhesions and spasms in the reproductive tract and improve mobility of the ovaries, uterine tubes and uterus.
- Although most infertility procedures provide only one opportunity of becoming pregnant, JemPTŐs treatment restores mechanical reproductive function allowing the body multiple opportunities of becoming pregnant naturally for years.
- If you are ready to address the root causes of your infertility, then you have come to the right place. For most women, the results of therapy last for years, allowing two or more natural full-term pregnancies. Patients have been given back their life with this innovative intervention.
- How will this improve my health?
- You will experience full body healing from day one as each of the root causes of dysfunction is addressed. When each of the root causes of poor reproductive function are addressed, it allows for elimination of pain and dysfunction, freeing of pelvic organ movement, improving blood flow and joint mechanics, thereby improving your chances of becoming pregnant naturally, while improving your health.
- An individualized treatment plan is customized for your specific needs and your progress will be monitored each visit to ensure that you are receiving the most effective and appropriate care.
- Highly Effective and Affordable
- This distinctive treatment is packaged into 20 hours. JemPT does not accept insurance as a form of payment. It is our policy to help you receive maximum out of network benefits and will provide you with all of the necessary forms so that you may be reimbursed to the extent of your coverage. Typical reimbursement ranges between 40-80%.