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The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVulvodynia and the Partner: What the Research Reveals About the Relationship in Chronic PainWhat happens to the person standing closest to your pain - the one who witnesses it but is almost never asked about?In this episode, I speak with Linn Myrtveit-Stensrud, a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Linn has spent her career studying vulvodynia in heterosexual relationships - specifically, how partners respond to pain, and how those responses can shape the pain itself. She is one of the few researchers focusing on a piece of this puzzle that most of us have lived but rarely see studied.
2026-06-0852 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainMast Cells and Vestibulodynia: The Inflammation Root Cause and A New Treatment Trial I Dr Jill KrapfFor years, the hormonal and muscular causes of vulvar pain have become easier to understand and treat. Inflammation is the part we still understand the least - and it may be one of the biggest missing pieces in provoked vestibulodynia.Dr Jill Krapf returns to the podcast for one of the most cutting-edge conversations we've had on vulvodynia. She's a gynaecologist specialising in vulvovaginal disorders, the co-author of When Sex Hurts, and the principal investigator on a brand new clinical trial testing a topical treatment for provoked vestibulodynia.In this...
2026-06-0153 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainThe gap in OBGYN training: what doctors never learn about vulvovaginal pain I TightlippedWhy do so many people with vulvovaginal pain leave their OBGYN's office feeling dismissed - or worse, like the problem is in their head? The answer might have less to do with individual doctors and more to do with what they were never taught.In this episode, I speak with Noa Fleischacker, co-founder and executive director of TightLipped, a grassroots patient advocacy organization working to change how people with vulvovaginal pain access care. Noa comes to this work from her own experience as a patient - including going under general anesthesia just to get a...
2026-05-2548 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVulvodynia and Healthcare Access: Refused by 7 Clinics Despite a DiagnosisI recently hit a wall that I, of all people, should not have hit. And it reminded me exactly why this podcast exists.But this episode is also about something else. I've been self-funding this podcast for about a year, and I'm now at the point where I need to figure out how to keep it going. That means sponsorships, and possibly other things too - and I want you involved in that conversation.If there's a brand you love, a company you think really gets this community, or a product...
2026-05-2018 min
Pelvic Pain unPacked: Real Talk About Pain, Pleasure, & Wellness009: Vulvodynia, Healing, and Finding Community with Mathilde OlstadWhat starts as a conversation about pelvic health quickly becomes a discussion about identity, relationships, healing, and the importance of finally being heard. Our special guest is Mathilde Olstad, host of The World's Tightest Community podcast, who shares her personal journey navigating vulvodynia and how it reshaped nearly every aspect of her life. Mathilde shared how her symptoms appeared unexpectedly during a hopeful season of life and how difficult it was to understand what was happening when medical answers felt limited or dismissive. We explored the emotional and physical realities of living with chronic vulvovaginal discomfort, and...
2026-05-1452 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVaginismus and Pregnancy: TTC Options, Birth Planning, and What Happens to Your Pelvic FloorWhat happens to your body - and your pelvic floor - when you want to get pregnant, and you have a history of vaginismus or pelvic pain?In this episode, I speak with Dr. Saige Evans, an occupational therapist with a clinical doctorate in occupational therapy and the clinical director at Bloom Pelvic Therapy in Tampa Bay, Florida. She leads a team of pelvic health OTs and PTs across three clinics and also sees clients herself, specializing in sexual health and pelvic pain. She also has her own history of vaginismus - which she brings openly...
2026-05-1158 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVulvodynia, Desire, and the Diagnostic Odyssey: One Writer's Journey from Shamans to Sex ToysWhat happens to desire when your body becomes unpredictable?Sara Sturek is a writer and founder of Writing Shamelessly, whose essay "From Shamans to Sex Toys" is published in Women's Health magazine. She has lived with hormonally-mediated vulvodynia since she was 21, and she writes about desire, sexuality, and the diagnostic odyssey with an honesty and literary precision that's rare in this space.In this episode, Sara walks me through her full journey — from the first gynecologist appointment that sent her home with Advil and a bath suggestion, through months of worsening pain she ke...
2026-05-0450 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVulvodynia, Vaginismus, and Pelvic Pain: Start Here If You're NewIf you're new to this podcast - hi! I'm so glad you're here.This is the episode I want you to start with. Whether you've just been diagnosed, you've been searching for answers for years, or you typed something into Google at 2am that you've never said out loud to anyone - you're in the right place.In this solo episode, I walk you through the basics of chronic vulvovaginal and pelvic pain - what it is, the conditions that fall under this umbrella (vulvodynia, vaginismus, vestibulodynia, pudendal neuralgia...
2026-04-2712 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainCBD for Pelvic Pain: Do Suppositories Actually Work for Vulvodynia and Vaginismus?Can CBD help with pelvic pain - and if so, how does it actually work?In this episode, I speak with Tamar Hill, co-founder of Medroots, a company making CBD and low-dose THC suppositories for pelvic pain, vulvodynia, vaginismus, dyspareunia, and sexual health. Tamar is a former biology teacher turned entrepreneur, and she brings both the science and hard-won knowledge of navigating the CBD regulatory landscape.We cover the endocannabinoid system and why our bodies have cannabinoid receptors concentrated in reproductive tissue - and what that means for people managing chronic...
2026-04-2142 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainPudendal Nerve Entrapment Surgery: One Woman's 15-Year Road to the Right DiagnosisWhat does it mean to do everything right for fifteen years — and still not get to the bottom of your pain?In this episode, I speak with Carli Cutchin, a writer and disability advocate with a background as a comparative literature scholar. Carli has lived with pudendal neuralgia for fifteen years and writes about chronic pain and disability for publications including Ms. Magazine. She is one of the sharpest thinkers I've come across on this topic, and this conversation goes well beyond the personal story.We go into Carli's full fifteen-year jo...
2026-04-131h 08
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVulvodynia Clinical Trial: The First Drug Being Developed Specifically for This ConditionThere is no medication approved specifically for vulvodynia. Not a single one. John Connell and his team are trying to change that.In this episode, I sit down with John Connell, Chief Scientific Officer at MAC Clinical Research — one of the UK's longest-established contract research organisations. John has spent over 35 years in clinical research, and has been working with Danish biotech Initiator Pharma for the past six or seven years to develop pudafensine: a first-of-its-kind drug being investigated specifically for vulvodynia.Pudafensine works by increasing dopamine levels in the brain — a chemical messenger most people asso...
2026-04-0644 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainMy Vulvodynia and Vaginismus Story: The Episode I've Been Afraid to RecordFor a long time, I've been standing slightly to the side of my own experience on this podcast. Today, I step into the center of it.In this solo episode, I share my full story with vulvodynia and vaginismus for the first time - from the first symptoms five years ago to the rock bottom moment that broke me open, and eventually, to the unexpected thing that gave me the strength to keep going.I talk about what it was like to be dismissed by doctors, to spend years in a treatment rabbit hole trying...
2026-04-0136 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainBotox for Vaginismus and Vulvodynia: Success Rates, Who It's For, and What to Expect | Dr Corey BabbCan Botox really help treat vaginismus and vulvodynia - and if so, how does it actually work?In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Corey Babb, a board-certified gynecologist, ISSWSH fellow, and one of only four providers worldwide trained in the Pacik Multimodal Botox Protocol for vaginismus. Dr. Babb is the founder of Haven Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and co-authored the landmark research that established the five-point grading scale for vaginismus, now used internationally.We go deep into how Botox works physiologically, how it relates to the pain-fear-spasm cycle, who...
2026-03-2449 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainWomen's Health Censorship: Why "Vulvodynia" Gets Flagged and What We're Losing Because of ItSocial media platforms are systematically censoring medically accurate women's health content. Words like vulva, vagina, and vulvodynia are being flagged, shadow banned, and suppressed - not because they're explicit, but because the systems designed to moderate content were never built to tell the difference. This is about accurate, life-saving health information being treated as obscene.The problem with this is it is enforcing the deep-rooted societal stigma around topics like menstruation, menopause and sexual wellbeing - the very stigma that advocates, clinicians and educators are working to dismantle.In this episode...
2026-03-1625 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainPainful Sex and Vaginismus: The Femtech Device Designed to Change How Treatment FeelsWhat if the answer to painful sex wasn't another dilator - but something genuinely novel? In this episode, Mathilde sits down with Kelley, co-founder of Pelva and a fellow woman with lived-experience who went from primary vaginismus and provoked vestibulodynia to building one of the most innovative femtech products in the vulvovaginal pain space.Kelley breaks down exactly how Pelva's hydrogel vaginal liner works - and why the science of nociception (how pain receptors respond to pressure, friction, and force) is at the heart of its design. Think of it like an insole f...
2026-03-0939 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVulvar Pain Recovery: The Nocebo Effect, Medical Dismissal, and What Finally WorkedIn this episode, I'm joined by Heather Coppard - nurse, hypnotherapist, and author. Heather spent years navigating the healthcare system as a patient with persistent vulval pain, experiencing firsthand the dismissal, gaslighting, and harmful messaging that so many of us know all too well. One particularly devastating appointment with a specialist became the turning point that drove her to write her book, set up a vulval pain support group, and dedicate her work to ensuring no other woman walks away from a consultation feeling the way she did that day.In this episode w...
2026-03-0250 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainISSWSH 2026 Recap: The Vulvodynia and Pelvic Pain Research You Need to Know AboutI just got back from the ISSWSH (International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health) annual meeting in Long Beach, California - and I couldn't wait to bring everything I heard straight to you. This solo episode is part conference recap, part deep dive into the research I think matters most for anyone living with vulvovaginal pain, pelvic pain, or sexual pain of any kind.In this episode I cover:What sexual medicine actually is - and why a whole field exists around itVulvodynia subtypes and treatment matching ...
2026-02-1936 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainFrom Black Box to Breakthrough: Dr. A. Goldstein on the Golden Era of Vulvodynia ResearchFor decades, vulvodynia was considered a mystery condition with few answers and limited treatment options. That's no longer the case.In this episode, Dr. Andrew Goldstein - Clinical Professor at George Washington University and one of the world's leading experts on vulvar and pelvic pain - explains how 25 years of dedicated research has transformed our understanding of vulvodynia from a "black box" into a condition with identifiable causes and effective treatments.In this episode, you'll learn:Why vulvodynia wasn't part of standard medical training (and what's...
2026-02-1051 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainRed Light Therapy for Pelvic Pain: Can It Help with Vaginismus and Vulvodynia?If you're dealing with vaginismus or vulvodynia, you know how limited treatment options can feel - and how rarely we see real innovation in this space. That's why I was so intrigued when I discovered light therapy as a potential tool for pelvic pain relief.In this episode, I sit down with Liz Frey, a pelvic health physiotherapist and Women's Health Medical Director at Fringe, to explore how light therapy is being used to treat vaginismus, vulvodynia, and pelvic floor hypertonicity.Liz breaks down the science of photobiomodulation and explains how...
2026-02-0241 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainCan Light Therapy Help Pelvic Pain? Science, Benefits & Expert Insights | Liz FreyIf you're dealing with vaginismus or vulvodynia, you know how limited treatment options can feel - and how rarely we see real innovation in this space. That's why I was so intrigued when I discovered light therapy as a potential tool for pelvic pain relief.In this episode, I sit down with Liz Frey, a pelvic health physiotherapist and Women's Health Medical Director at Fringe, to explore how light therapy is being used to treat vaginismus, vulvodynia, and pelvic floor hypertonicity.Liz breaks down the science of photobiomodulation and explains how...
2026-02-0241 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVaginismus Recovery: The Arousal-First Dilating Routine That Finally Worked After 15 YearsAfter experiencing vaginismus for over 15 years, Lauren found a treatment approach that finally worked - and it looked very different from the clinical, physical therapy-style dilation she'd tried before.In this conversation, Lauren opens up about her journey from her first painful gynecologist visit at age 12 through years of inadequate medical advice ("just relax" and "have a glass of wine"), to discovering what actually helped: an arousal-first approach to dilating that prioritized pleasure over protocol.Lauren shares the practical details of her routine - how she started so slowly she didn't...
2026-01-1937 minThe World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainLauren's 15-Year Vaginismus Journey: The Arousal-First Routine & Mindset Shifts That WorkedAfter experiencing vaginismus for over 15 years, Lauren found a treatment approach that finally worked - and it looked very different from the clinical, physical therapy-style dilation she'd tried before.In this conversation, Lauren opens up about her journey from her first painful gynecologist visit at age 12 through years of inadequate medical advice ("just relax" and "have a glass of wine"), to discovering what actually helped: an arousal-first approach to dilating that prioritized pleasure over protocol.Lauren shares the practical details of her routine - how she started so slowly she didn't...
2026-01-1937 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVaginismus & Self-Worth: Why You Don't Have to Wait Until You're "Fixed" to Live FullyThis episode isn't just about dating and relationships - though we definitely talk about that. It's about how vaginismus can impact every corner of your life: your confidence at work, whether you feel like an imposter in your career, how you express yourself creatively through movement or dance, your ability to assert yourself in everyday situations, and the mental space it occupies in your mind.Are you postponing not just dating, but living fully until your vaginismus is "fixed"? Do you feel broken, unworthy, or like you're somehow less than because of sexual pain?
2026-01-1239 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainYear-End Update: Progress, Gratitude, and What's Coming in 2026As the year closes, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you - to everyone who's listened, shared, and reached out. In this episode, I reflect on the journey so far, share a personal update on my own journey, and talk about about why fact-checking and accountability matter so much when it comes to information about women's bodies.Your feedback shapes this podcast. If you ever want to talk, suggest a topic, or question something you've heard here - I'm listening!Connect with Mathilde...
2025-12-2207 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainSex Therapy for Vaginismus: What It Actually Involves and Why Dilators Alone Often Aren't EnoughWhat happens in sex therapy for vaginismus and vulvodynia? In this conversation with certified holistic sexuality educator and embodied intimacy coach Lauren Elise Rogers, we explore how sex and relationship coaching addresses the root causes of sexual pain - beyond just the physical symptoms.Lauren shares her journey from purity culture to becoming a specialist in treating vaginismus, vulvodynia, and painful sex. We discuss:The "garden metaphor" – three levels of sexual beliefs living in your body (explicit, latent, and body-based)Why your body's "no" to sex might be wisdom, not dysfunctionHow arousal actually dampens pa...
2025-12-081h 01
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainAcupuncture for Vulvodynia: What Traditional Chinese Medicine Actually Does for Pelvic PainVulvodynia can feel mysterious, isolating, and overwhelming - especially when treatments seem to focus on symptoms instead of causes. In this conversation, acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner Jennifer Dubowsky shares how she approaches vulvar pain through a whole-body lens built on 24 years of clinical experience.Jennifer walks us through the most common TCM patterns she sees in women with vulvodynia and explains how acupuncture may help with pain, inflammation, and pelvic-floor tightness.She also demystifies concepts like qi, damp heat, and mirror-imaging points in a way that feels practical...
2025-11-2043 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainThrush and Vulvodynia: The Link That Gets Missed and Why It Matters for Chronic Vulvar PainThrush (aka yeast/candida infections) is common - 75% of women will experience it at some point - but for some women, it can trigger long-term vulvar pain (vulvodynia). In this powerful episode, Mathilde speaks with Philly Baines, a UK-based women’s health advocate, about her journey from repeated thrush infections to developing vulvodynia, and how years of medical dismissal led her to campaign for change.Together they unpack what we do know about the link between thrush and nerve pain, why so many women are dismissed or misdiagnosed, and what warning signs to look out fo...
2025-11-0644 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainPelvic Floor and Daily Habits: The Small Things Worsening Your Vulvodynia or VaginismusIn this conversation, pelvic floor physical therapist Dr. Julie Sarton shares the small, surprising ways our daily routines - like how we sit, breathe, carry stress, or even pee - can quietly create or maintain pelvic floor tension.We unpack why “just doing Kegels” often backfires, how breath-holding and sucking in your stomach keep your pelvic floor on high alert, and what it really means to release rather than strengthen.Dr. Sarton brings nearly 30 years of experience treating pelvic pain to explain how posture, clothing, exercise cues, and even nervous system regu...
2025-10-2452 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainFascia and Pelvic Pain: Why Jaw Tension Can Show Up in Your Pelvis with VaginismusFor so many living with vaginismus or vulvodynia, pain feels like a puzzle with missing pieces. What if one of those pieces is fascia - the thin, stringy web that connects every part of your body, where tightness in your jaw could whisper tension into your pelvis?In this episode, we unpack what fascia actually is, how it connects areas like the jaw and pelvis, and why this matters for anyone experiencing chronic pelvic pain. You’ll also learn simple, practical tools to support your fascial health through gentle movement, breath, and touch....
2025-10-1045 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVulvodynia Research: How Psychology, Relationships, and Stigma Shape Your Pain OutcomesWhat really shapes how we live with vulvodynia, vaginismus and other pelvic pain conditions - biology alone, or also our emotions, thoughts, partner interactions and place in society?In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Claudia Chisari, one of the most cited scientists in vulvodynia research and founder of Bloume Health.Claudia shares her own journey through years of pain and medical dismissal, and how that experience led her to research vulvodynia using the ACT framework and later establish a pelvic pain platform, Bloume Health.We...
2025-10-0135 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainThe Mind-Body-Social Connection: Rethinking How We Treat Pelvic Pain with Dr Claudia ChisariWhat really shapes how we live with vulvodynia, vaginismus and other pelvic pain conditions - biology alone, or also our emotions, thoughts, partner interactions and place in society?
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Claudia Chisari, one of the most cited scientists in vulvodynia research and founder of Bloume Health. Claudia shares her own journey through years of pain and medical dismissal, and how that experience led her to research vulvodynia using the ACT framework and later establish a pelvic pain platform, Bloume Health.
We talk about why stigma, mental health, and relationships can influence pain outcomes, what...
2025-09-2435 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVaginismus and Fear: How Your Nervous System Creates the Pain Cycle - and How to Break ItFear is one of our most powerful instincts - and it often plays a central role in vaginismus. In this episode, psychologist Dr. Seth Senecal explains how fear overrides logic, shapes our nervous system, and keeps our pelvic floor muscles from relaxing.Whether it’s a tiger chasing us or worrying that someone we love might leave, the body responds as if survival is on the line - and that signal can often be hard to mute.Together with host Mathilde, he unpacks why safety is as crucial as arousal, why us...
2025-09-1254 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVulvodynia Root Causes: Hormonal, Muscular, Nerve, and Inflammatory I Dr. Jill KrapfIn this episode, Dr. Jill Krapf joins Mathilde to unpack the four main drivers of vulvar pain - hormonal, muscular, inflammatory, and nerve-related - and why these factors often overlap. She shares why she believes the catch-all term “vulvodynia” will eventually disappear as research continues to uncover specific root causes.We discuss how Dr. Krapf investigates these causes in her practice, from examining glands and muscles to considering hormones and nerve involvement.She outlines practical treatment options - topical hormones, pelvic floor therapy, medications - and when surgery might be appropriate. Dr...
2025-08-2747 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainLubricants, Condoms, and Vaginismus: The Intimate Products That Could Be Making Pain WorseJoin us with Sam Evans, intimate health expert and co-owner of Jo Divine, a UK pleasure shop specializing in skin-safe products. Sam shares her personal experience with vaginismus and how intimate products directly contributed to her condition.In this episode, we discuss:* How common ingredients in lubricants, condoms and other intimate health products can trigger vaginal pain* Why "doctor recommended" products might still contain harmful ingredients* How incorporating toys and focusing on pleasure can be beneficial for those experiencing vulvodynia and vaginismusRequest a topic...
2025-03-1842 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainPelvic Pain Neuroscience: Why Anticipating Pain Makes Vaginismus and Vulvodynia WorseIn part two of our two-part series, we explore the fascinating neuroscience behind pelvic pain with pelvic health physiotherapist Jo Gipson. We cover why pain isn't just physical but a complex response to perceived threat, and how our beliefs and past experiences shape our body's reactions. Jo breaks down how pain cycles can emerge, explains why anticipating pain can make it worse, and reveals why even trusted partners can unknowingly trigger protective responses.Connect with Jo Gipson:Instagram: @jogipsonphysioWebsite: www.jogipsonphysiotherapy.comFor UK-based pelvic health...
2025-02-0854 min
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainPelvic Floor PT on Vaginismus and Vulvodynia: What You Actually Need to KnowIn part one of our two-part series, pelvic health physiotherapist Jo Gipson explains the basics of pelvic floor anatomy and the relevance for vulvodynia and vaginismus. She challenges common myths about Kegel exercises, explains why both muscle relaxation and strength matter, and shares practical treatment approaches from breath work to dilator use.Connect with Jo Gipson:Instagram: @jogipsonphysioWebsite: www.jogipsonphysiotherapy.comFor UK-based pelvic health support, visit the Pelvic Pain Network: @pelvicpainnetworkConnect with MathildeIG: @theworldstightestcommunity or mathilde@theworldstightestcommunity...
2025-01-211h 03
The World's Tightest Community - A Podcast About Vulvodynia, Vaginismus & Women's Pelvic PainVulvodynia and Vaginismus Diagnosis: Why These Conditions Get Dismissed and What to Do About ItIn this first episode, we dive deep into the often misunderstood world of vulvodynia and vaginismus with Dr. Tania Adib, a leading London-based gynecologist specializing in vulvar health. Through host Mathilde's personal journey and Dr. Adib's clinical expertise, we explore why these conditions are frequently dismissed by healthcare providers despite affecting up to 1 in 5 women.Dr. Adib breaks down the four key root causes - inflammatory, muscular, neurological, and hormonal. We discuss why vulvar pain remains a diagnostic challenge for medical professionals, the potential link between hormonal birth control and pain, and how symptoms can...
2025-01-0735 min