(501) Past and Present Applications of Therapeutic Pelvic Massage

Abstract Introduction Pelvic massage is remarkable for being one of the oldest and most durable therapeutic medical practices, used treatment genital disease from Ancient world until present day. Although it commonly associated with diseases women, especially historical diagnosis hysteria, in our modern era pelvic to treat all human beings regardless sex. Through progress specialization technology, has evolved become a specialist tool utilized by subset physical therapists, augmented instruments such as wands vibrators. Objective To describe how justification application through Western history medicine, lens which appreciate limitations contemporary understanding this practice. Methods Review primary secondary sources pertaining disease, professional popular literature. Results Since earliest documented use female patients Egyptian texts, doctors have recommended internal external stimulation various reasons. For history, intervention was principally symptoms that were diagnosed hysteria patients, according logic wandering womb or collection ill-humors could be stimulated migrate into proper position means. During past century, scientific women’s bodies expanded beyond ideology, better anatomic physiologic similarities between male structures conditions. This evolution been accompanied an expansion patient populations perceived benefit massage, include not only females reproductive age, but older men, transgender patients. Ironically, at same time come rest on more scientifically sound foundation, its urologic gynecologic surgeons decreased, now practiced primarily therapists self-administered utilizing wand vibratory technologies. Conclusions stood test empiric diseases, etiologic changed significantly over millennia. Whereas previously believed specifically uterine disorders hysterical understood affect muscle connective tissues floor, well secretory vagina prostate. Whether because previous attachment now-defunct ideology current administration non-physicians, study continues lag behind application. As referrals therapy vibrator sales increase, further indications effects these interventions warranted ensure ethical effective resources. Disclosure No