Sexual Health After Spinal Cord Injury: ED, Pleasure & Rediscovering Intimacy ft. Dr. Marita Heck

Send us Fan MailA spinal cord injury changes everything — including your sexual health, your sense of identity, and your relationship with intimacy. Yet sexual wellness after spinal cord injury is one of the most neglected areas in rehabilitation medicine, leaving patients without the education, support, or treatment options they desperately need. In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Zwonitzer, DNP, sits down with Dr. Marita Heck, PhD, researcher and sexual health specialist, to explore the complex physical and emotional landscape of sexual health after spinal cord injury and the innovative strategies that can help individuals rediscover pleasure and intimacy. Topics covered: the physical and emotional challenges spinal cord injury creates for sexual health and intimate relationships, how spinal cord injuries affect sexual function differently depending on the level and completeness of injury, erectile dysfunction after spinal cord injury and the treatment options available, the critical importance of pleasure as a legitimate component of rehabilitation and recovery, a holistic approach to sexual health care for individuals with spinal cord injuries, the significant gaps in healthcare provider education around sexuality and disability, innovative strategies and Dr. Heck's playbook for helping individuals rediscover their sexual identity after injury, supporting partners through the sexual health challenges that follow spinal cord injury, and redefining intimacy and sexual satisfaction after life-altering physical change. Find Dr. Marita Heck on LinkedIn at @Dr.MaritaHeckPhD.Work with Dr. [email protected] with Between the Sheets:IG: @ReviveISHEmail: [email protected]#podmatchWant to be a guest on Between the Sheets: Exploring Sexual Health & Wellness? Send Stephanie a message on PodMatch here: https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreviews/btswithdrzEpisode is sponsored by Boston Scientific and EDCure. For more information click here:www.EDCure.com/BTS