Once taboo subjects now find their way into our homes through marketing campaigns and public service announcements. We easily discuss erectile dysfunction, bladder control, depression, and prostate exams. However, mention sexual dysfunction for women and embarrassment and silence surrounding the subject are often widespread.
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Most people don’t even know what dyspareunia is, much less that it’s a common condition for many pre- and post-menopausal women. There are an estimated twenty million women who suffer from pain during sexual intercourse and almost half will not seek any type of care to relieve it. While the causes and treatments for dyspareunia vary, most women just live with the the pain because they don’t realize there is help out there.
Recently, there seems to be a small effort to remove the secrecy that women face when they try to discuss pelvic pain during intercourse. In fact, The Miami Herald ran a recent article addressing the subject.
According to the article, an Indiana University survey found that 30 percent of women reported difficulty with pain during their most recent sexual encounter. Estimates are that pelvic pain affects 70 percent of women over age 40, interfering with urinary continence as well as sex.
While it’s been widely known that pelvic pain mostly stems from spasms in the muscles of the pelvic floor, “Most people don’t even know they have a muscle there,” said Barbara Green, a physical therapist who specializes in women’s health. “They don’t know that it’s too tight, and they don’t know how to relax it.”
Now women, and the medical community, are starting to talk about the fact that painful intercourse can be treated. When Dr. Chris Morris, a Charlotte, N.C., gynecologist, began referring patients to Green, he was impressed by the results. “I can think of probably five patients who say it has changed their life,” Morris said. One of them “had not had sex with her husband for more than five years. Now, she says, ‘I’m having pleasurable, comfortable sex in a way that I never thought I would.’”
Treatment for dyspareunia can include a combination of physical therapy that helps the woman calm tension and stretch surrounding muscles of the back, hips, buttocks and thighs and lubrication for vaginal dryness.
To learn more about treatment options for dyspareunia, download a FREE copy of our special report, Sex after 50: Top 5 treatments for vaginal dryness and dyspareunia (sexual intercourse pain).
Shirley,
Did his wife really cheat on him??????? His behavior sounds like he was the cheat, add not the wife. Just be careful with your heart, and make decisions with your head...
Obligation is something we make up. It is instead of saying no, when you listen carefully you will hear the VN groan, oh NO, not that again. I strongly suspect women (especially) are raised to be too polite. My experience is: 
Hi Watermusic! Love your response. I have found that once I allowed myself to be open to new ideas and new skills, a whole new world opened up for me. I used to tell myself that I was just useless at certain things because that's what other people to
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