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"Pamela Morrison, PT, MS, DPT, BCB-PMD, IMTC, is the best at what she does. I first came to her knowing very little about my condition (vulvodynia). I was feeling rather hopeless and scared that my sex life would never return to normal. Dr. Morrison taught me so much about my body and my condition. She guided me through exercises, different “alternative” treatments and really improved my quality of life and my sex life. I’m moving to another city this month and am a bit nervous about leaving Dr. Morrison behind! Luckily, she was able to recommend a colleague in my new city and I’m feeling hope[...]

Dr. Pamela Morrison has just accepted a position as an Executive Board Member of the National Vulvodynia Association (NVA). Being a manual orthopedic physical therapist for over 20 years, she has treated patients with chronic pelvic pain including patients with diagnoses such as vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis, pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, prostatitis, endometriosis, prenatal and post partum, pelvic organ prolapse, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, digestive problems and pudendal neuralgia. In 2006, her doctoral project of "Common Evaluative Findings in Women with Vulvar Pain" was presented [...]

We just evaluated a post partum patient (12 weeks) who was told by her pilates instructor that she had a 4 finger diastasis recti and when we tested her it was only a 2 finger separation. She was relieved and is on her road to recovery now. We had her stop the pilates until her abdominal wall comes back together using an abdominal binder and prescriptive exercises. Diastasis recti is a separation between the left and right side of the abdominal muscle which covers the front surface of the belly area called the rectus abdominis muscle. Diastasis recti is a common condition during pregnancy. As [...]

We provide expert one-to-one care for the pediatric population. Every pediatric patient is evaluated by a highly skilled physical therapist and a plan of care is created with the input of the parents or caregivers. Each child is evaluated carefully as an individual. Our therapists are skilled in generalized orthopedics as well as experts in all pelvic dysfunction including pelvic floor muscle dysfunction associated with bed-wetting (nocturnal enuresis), incontinence, constipation, pelvic pain, and pain associated with digestive issues. Pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is evaluated through non-i[...]

We just evaluated a pregnant patient with complaints of sciatica pain down her left leg. She is in her third trimester and due in April. She presents with a sacral torsion which is when the fused triangular shaped bone at the bottom of the spine is rotated to one side. This can cause irritation/inflammation to the sacroiliac joints and the sacral nerves on either side which can cause a referral of pain into the buttock or down the back of the leg. We performed soft tissue mobilization to the pelvis and spine, joint mobilization, muscle energy techniques, and issued stretching exercises. She is[...]

One of our current patients is getting relief of a 30-year history of constipation. It takes this patient 3 hours to have a bowel movement in the morning. Yes, that means that this patient spends 3 hours per day in the morning trying to have a bowel movement and has tremendous pelvic pain and rectal pain associated with the bowel movement. This patient has undergone 3 treatments of physical therapy consisting of visceral manipulation, pelvic mobility exercises and movement re-education techniques, prescriptive pelvic floor muscle exercises, surface EMG biofeedback, and pelvic floor muscle reha[...]

"Pamela Morrison is the most effective physical therapist I’ve had and I’ve tried 3 different therapist in 2 different states. She takes a personal interest in her patients’ recovery, but more importantly, her level of expertise is unsurpassed. I was impressed by her intimate knowledge of the female pelvic floor and ways to treat it. I learned from her so much and things that my two previous therapists didn’t tell me or didn’t know to tell. Pamela has helped my condition tremendously. Because of this I travel to NYC from Westchester County to be her patient. She is very informed about the newe[...]

Today, September 21, 2010, I evaluated a classic case of vaginismus.  Martha is a 40-year-old female referred to physical therapy by a sex therapist/psychologist.  Martha had undergone psychotherapy for the past 6 months to deal with her inability to tolerate sexual intercourse.  Penile penetration into her vagina since age 18 was impossible and her partners in the past have told her that they feel “a wall” at her vaginal opening.  Any repeated attempt at penetration resulted in pain.  Martha’s medical history includes obesity, heart murmur, gallstones, and uterine fibroids.  The fibroids were[...]

Hannah Hannah is a lovely 23 year old female referred to physical therapy with a diagnosis of pelvic floor muscle dysfunction and vestibulodynia, bilateral hip pain, and clitoral pain.  Her past medical history includes fatigue, seasonal allergies, nosebleeds, chronic migraines, sciatica, and a hernia repair (age 5).  She is married to a supportive spouse and they had recently moved to NYC from Israel.  Her medications included topical estrace cream, vitamin D and B12, and medication for her migraines.  She has a history of severe constipation, evacuating only twice weekly (normal is 1 – 2 [...]

Ivan Ivan was self referred to us (after reading the website) due to right sided testicular pain and pelvic pain upon sitting.  He is a 34-year-old male with a supportive wife and a medical history of prostatitis and hemorrhoids.  He is a technology manager, which requires him to sit daily.  His other symptoms of urinary urgency/frequency began 1 year ago.  At that same time, he and his wife were having intercourse very frequently to conceive and he experienced pelvic pain the entire day after intercourse.  Ivan’s urologist referred him to a physiatrist (a doctor of rehabilitation) where he[...]