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So I'm in my final internship for physical therapy assisting. We have a current case that has pelvic-floor involvement, so my (male) clinical was giving me (a female) his spiel about internal manipulations. Specifically, we were discussing intravaginal vs intrarectal coccyx adjustments. His whole spiel was that intravaginal was better because the tissues are not as delicate. This turned into his rant about clinicians who were to wimpy to do pelvic floor stuff in general and refer to specialists because, "it's not that delicate. It's sensitive, but it's still muscle, fascia, and bone. It's sensitive, but it's tough. It's very stretchy. It can take a lot of handling."
...and I'm biting my tongue until it bleeds and just letting him explain. What I WANTED to reply was, "Yes, I'm aware of the flexibility of vaginal tissue. I have one and believe me, I know how much massaging it can tolerate!"
While my CI has a bit of a randy sense of humor, I was quiet on that one. When he went on to later explain why it's important to provide extra cushioning to a female patient's chest when they lay in prone for deep tissue thoracic back work, at that point I did chime in and mention "Yes, I have boobs so I am aware of the need."
(For the record, my CI says he can get cocci to reduce using external manipulation 9 times out of 10; he reserves internal stuff only for the very stubborn ones, so if you ever dislocate your coccyx you shouldn't have too much anxiety about someone sticking their fingers up your junk. In case you were anxious or whatever.)
...and I'm biting my tongue until it bleeds and just letting him explain. What I WANTED to reply was, "Yes, I'm aware of the flexibility of vaginal tissue. I have one and believe me, I know how much massaging it can tolerate!"
While my CI has a bit of a randy sense of humor, I was quiet on that one. When he went on to later explain why it's important to provide extra cushioning to a female patient's chest when they lay in prone for deep tissue thoracic back work, at that point I did chime in and mention "Yes, I have boobs so I am aware of the need."
(For the record, my CI says he can get cocci to reduce using external manipulation 9 times out of 10; he reserves internal stuff only for the very stubborn ones, so if you ever dislocate your coccyx you shouldn't have too much anxiety about someone sticking their fingers up your junk. In case you were anxious or whatever.)
I'm sure that's not it! 
) exactly how doing Adjustments helps to correct this sort of thing? Doc has been doing them weekly for about a month now.
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