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Pelvic Pain Association at Cornell

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Promoting solidarity and activism around pelvic pain issues. 💖
Registered student organization at Cornell University

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HAPPY VULVAR AWARENESS DAY. Education on vulvovaginal disorders is neglected even in the training of OB/GYNs.

Vulvodynia remains disturbingly understudied despite affecting a similar percentage of the population as prostatitis. The disparity is staggering: 1,300 PubMed hits for vulvodynia versus 311,000 for prostatitis.

Given these facts, it is logically impossible to claim that biomedical causes of pain are being ‘ruled out’ by the average practitioner. If physical pathology cannot be ruled out due to systemic medical neglect, then claiming the pain is ‘psychogenic’ or ‘neuroplastic’ is a mathematical fraud.

Promoting the ‘mind-body’ narrative under these conditions is not medicine; it is medical misogyny. Until 100% of gynecologists are trained in vulvar disorders and research and funding reaches parity with male-predominant conditions, any claim of ‘psychosomatic pain’ is simply a cover for ignorance.

#Neohysteria #Vulvodynia #MedicalMisogyny #MedicalGaslighting #mindbodysyndrome

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Pain isn’t just physical—it affects your mental and emotional well-being, making everyday life feel overwhelming. It can keep you from work, socializing, and doing the things you love. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

👉 Just because something is common doesn’t mean it’s normal. It’s easy to rationalize or dismiss chronic pain, but you deserve real relief.

💛 Expert pelvic floor physical therapists are here to help you manage, reduce, and even eliminate pain so you can take back control of your life. PFPT can feel intimidating at first, but you don’t have to navigate it alone—we’re with you every step of the way. Not sure if pelvic floor PT is right for you? We offer FREE 15-minute consultations to help you get started. Tap the link in our bio to book yours today.

Drop a ❤️ if you’ve ever felt like pain was running your life.

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LOCATION AT PHILLIPS HALL 213

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Join ALMA from the Latinx Student Empowerment, Gender Equity Resource Center (GenEq), and Black Women’s Support Network (BWSN), with funding from the Gender Justice Advocacy Coalition (GJAC), for an event dedicated to empowering students, breaking stigma, and ensuring everyone has access to the menstrual knowledge and resources they deserve.
• Learn about menstrual health and pain treatment options with Rachel Clark from Cornell Health
• Test your tolerance with a cramp stimulator
• Enjoy free cramp bites, goodie bags, food, and enter our toy raffle

March 14 | 4-6 PM | 626 Thurston Ave, Garden Level

This event is open to all! Please RSVP with the link in @geneq.cornell bio to secure your goodie bag.

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The “Vulvodynia Toolkit” does not mention the clit@ris!! It does not acknowledge a single pharmacological intervention for vulvodynia besides oral amitryptiline. It does not refer providers to where or how they can learn about ruling out or treating the numerous physical causes of chronic vulvar pain. *It completely misunderstands the primary problem facing vulvar pain patients: the inability of ANY doctors to whom they have access, to accurately diagnose and treat the physical causes of pain.*

It promotes the false idea that no tools are necessary for vulvar exams and that a cue-tip test (that ignores the clitoris completely) is sufficient for ruling out all the real physical causes they mention (it isn’t). It doesn’t acknowledge the demonstrable research gap in vulvar pain conditions compared to other similar diseases. It doesn’t acknowledge the serious lack of medical knowledge of basic female genital anatomy. It doesn’t acknowledge comorbid or congenital physical conditions. 😔

What it DOES do is spend pages talking about how most chronic vulvar pain is just central sensitization; how patients need “pain science” counseling, psychological assessment, sex therapy, stress reduction, relaxation techniques, breathing exercises. Every day there are hundreds of desperate women and people with vulvas who have seen numerous PCPs and gyns with PHYSICAL signs of illness, still unable to receive appropriate diagnoses and treatment, for YEARS.

I have yet to meet a vulvar pain patient who this didn’t happen to. Am I really the only person who has a problem with this “toolkit” that perpetuates the current problems and historical bias against people with pain in this part of the body?

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We are thrilled to have hosted another successful International Women’s Day (IWD) event. This year, WIPP collaborated with the @cornell_phc, @lwtcornell, and the @pelvicpaincornell, bringing together both graduates and undergraduates to celebrate IWD through food, networking bingo, professional headshots, self-care activities, and an interactive post-it note wall.

As part of WIPP’s commitment to the Ithaca community and IWD, we are actively collecting donations until March 11 for three local organizations: @fingerlakespregnancycare, @womensopportunitycenter, and @advocacytc. Please consider donating clothes, hygiene products, baby items, and more to support these fantastic organizations. Donations bins can be found in the Martha Van Rensselaer commons, the Big Red Barn, and Mann Library, or feel free to reach out to us directly to arrange donation drop-off.

Thanks to @cornellmpa for helping to organize logistics, and to Professor Laurie Miller for being our wonderful faculty advisor. Looking forward to next year’s IWD event!

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EVENT ALERT‼️👀

join us and @cornellwipp to celebrate international women’s day! we will be hosting a celebration with food, games, and photo opportunities TOMORROW, march 6th at 5pm in the MVR commons!
we will also be collecting items as part of wipp’s donation drive for local women’s health centers at the event tomorrow, so make sure to visit their page to learn more about what supplies is needed and where you can donate! hope to see you then!!🎉🩷

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The Cornell Women’s Resource Center invites you to engage in our Menstrual March events with our wide array of campus partners as we advocate for period equity and the destigmatization of periods for all! #endperiodstigma #menstrualmarch

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Congrats to the student organizers at @cornelluniversity who passed a resolution calling on their university to hire a gynecologist with expertise in chronic vulvovaginal and pelvic pain. The support of the entire student body is a testament to the work @pelvicpaincornell has done to raise awareness about the problem and speak up about their pelvic pain. We support efforts like these to mobilize your community to provide adequate care for all patients!

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