Pelvic Pain, Sexual Health Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I, CSOT Pelvic Pain, Sexual Health Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I, CSOT

Why Does Sex Hurt? Intercourse Is Not Suppose To Be Painful - Here’s What Could Be Causing Your Painful Sex

There are many reasons you may be having painful sex, specifically painful intercourse. This pain can be deep in the vagina or more at the vaginal opening. Sometimes it can prevent intercourse from happening completely, or make sex difficult. So why might you be having pain with sex? Let’s dive in, and talk about solutions to pelvic pain with intimacy and insertion.

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Sexual Health Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I, CSOT Sexual Health Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I, CSOT

Good Lube Matters

Lube can be our best friend. Use it, reapply it and use it again. (In fact, please use lube and not your spit). But not all lube is created equal. Turns out you shouldn’t put cherry blasted flavoring up your hoo-hah. Lube shouldn’t get hot and cold. Sounds fun at first, but did you know it can significantly irritate your tissue and increase risk of infection? Not so fun. Even some seemingly normal ones that you see in your local pharmacy store might look normal at first glance, but at second glance, they can be just as problematic.

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Pelvic Pain, Sexual Health Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I, CSOT Pelvic Pain, Sexual Health Gina Inglese, MS, OTR/L, CCTS-I, CSOT

5 Tips for Using Dilators With Confidence

Using dilators doesn’t always go as easily as it might seem. Or maybe it seems deathly scary and you don’t even know where to start, let alone if you want to. Maybe you’re using dilators and you’re having a hard time bumping up to that next size towards your goal.

Try these 5 tips to help you have success with vaginal dilators!

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