TMI Talk with Dr. Mary
Welcome to TMI Talk with Dr. Mary, where we dive into non-traditional forms of health that were once labeled “taboo” or dismissed as “woo.”
Dr. Mary is an orthopedic and pelvic floor physical therapist and an Orthopedic Certified Specialist (OCS) who helps health, movement, and rehab professionals integrate whole-body healing by blending the nervous system into traditional biomechanics to maximize patient outcomes.
She uses a non-traditional approach that has helped transform countless lives — addressing the deeper roots of health that often get overlooked in conventional Western training.
Because the truth is: we can’t teach what we haven’t lived or learned ourselves.
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"TMI Talk with Dr. Mary" was previously known as "Sex and Wellness with Dr. Mary"
You can learn more about Dr. Mary at drmarygrimberg.com
TMI Talk with Dr. Mary
Episode 7 - Why Do I Have Pain With Sex?
This week we will be talking about pain with penetrative sex. We had a 32-year-old female named Jen. She is from Omaha, Nebraska and she said that she has been having pain with penetrative sex so she asked for some recommendations on what she can do about it.
We aren’t just going to talk about what you can do about this type of pain. We will be looking into the many reasons why there is pain with penetrative sex occurs, pain with initial penetration, pain with deep penetration, what I do to guide patients with this problem, and so much more!
Know that you are not alone and penetrative sex is not the end all, be all!
Let’s get to it:
3:16 - Introduction to the topic
4:44 - Getting the right healthcare practitioner for you
5:16 – The different types of pain when having sex
6:38 – Pain with initial penetration
7:11 – Pain with initial penetration can be due to scarring
8:20 – Pain with initial penetration can be due to estrogen deficiency
11:40 – Pain with initial penetration can be due to the hymen
13:30 – Pain with initial penetration can be due to change in vaginal PH
16:48 – Stress and tension in the pelvic floor affecting our sex experience when going into deep penetration
18:47 – Pain with deep penetration can be due to chronic hip pain, low back pain, SI joint pain
22:00 - Pain with deep penetration can be due to prolapse
25:19 – Pain with sex can be due to not enough clitoral stimulation prior to intercourse
28:15 – Pain with sex can be due to being tense and not feeling comfortable in your own body
30:15 – Pain with sex can be due to sexual trauma and what would be the best step forward to address the issue
31:20 – Pain with sex can be due to vaginismus, what is it, and why it happens
35:07 – Conclusion
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