NCT02261740

Program to Overcome Pelvic Pain With Yoga

Program to Overcome Pelvic Pain With Yoga (POPPY) (a.k.a., Development of a Therapeutic Yoga Program for Female Genito-Pelvic Pain)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The POPPY Study is a pilot of an Iyengar-based, therapeutic yoga program, used to treat pelvic or genital pain, in up to 16 women. Women aged 21 years and older who report persistent or recurrent pelvic or genital pain for at least 6 months that interferes with sexual activity will be recruited from the San Francisco Bay Area. Those who meet eligibility criteria will take part in a 6-week yoga therapy program designed by an expert yoga panel. Women will attend twice-weekly group classes focusing on Iyengar-based yoga techniques that have been carefully selected for their potential to improve women's genito-pelvic pain and practice yoga at home one additional hour a week. The investigators will evaluate changes in the severity and impact of women's pain using validated questionnaires and diaries.

Conditions

• Pelvic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Yoga Therapy	A 90-minute orientation session led by the yoga class instructors, followed by 90-minute group yoga classes twice weekly for 6 weeks. Classes will be led by an experienced instructor. Women will also be taught to avoid any habits that may worsen their genito-pelvic pain (e.g., straining their pelvic floor muscles). Participants will also be asked to practice yoga at home an additional hour per week throughout the 6-week yoga therapy program. Participants will be given a detailed written manual to use for home practice.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2014-10-10
• Last updated: 2016-10-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States