What Causes Painful Periods or Heavy Menstrual Bleeding?

Is your period pain and heavy bleeding abnormal? Myesha Banks of Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine tells of some red flags during your period and when you should talk to your doctor.

Myesha Banks, APRN, WHNP-BC is a compassionate, caring, and highly experienced nurse practitioner with extensive specialties in a variety of different healthcare disciplines. Since receiving her masters in nursing and women’s health from the Ohio State University in 2007, Myesha has provided care in a variety of outpatient settings. Specializing largely in women’s healthcare, her focuses have included prenatal care, ob/gyn, reproductive health, and preventive healthcare. As someone who places a very high value on communication and education, Myesha aims to empower patients to better understand the changes their bodies go through during various life changes and to make the best choices for themselves in order to maintain optimal health and prevent issues from developing over the long term. She also feels that it is very important that patients have a full understanding of how different treatments work so that they can fully consider all the available options and be confident about their path to healing every step of the way. Myesha joined the team at Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine’s Dallas, Texas location in 2022.

Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine, our pelvic pain specialists provide a functional, rehab approach to pelvic pain. When you visit one of our offices, you spend an hour with your doctor reviewing in detail your medical history and symptoms. Then, we perform an internal exam (no speculum) to evaluate your nerves and muscles. Together, we'll discuss an individual treatment plan that gets to the root cause of your pain and helps you to feel better. The best part: you can begin treatment the same day!

At PRM, our mission is to decrease the time patients are suffering from pelvic pain symptoms.

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Hi guys, it's your favorite nurse practitioner, Myesha Banks, here! Just wanted to clue you in on a few facts about your period. If your bleeding is heavy enough that you're using two feminine care products to catch leakage, like using a tampon or menstrual cup and then you're also wearing a pad to catch leakage, that's too heavy. If you're sleeping at night with towels on your bed or you're putting towels on your car seat during your commute, your bleeding's too heavy. If you're seeing blood clots pass, or changing your feminine care product more than once every couple of hours, that's too heavy - tell your doctor. And if your period is also very painful, you're doubled over, you're using a heating pad, you're taking ibuprofen, you call off work or school, you miss social outings with your friends or your family because of your pain with your period, that's too much pain for your period - not normal! Get with a healthcare provider who will listen and offer some solutions. Be well!

[oceanicaaaaa]

I like the part where she tells us the cause 😊

[automatic]

i stopped wearing pads all tht years ago i straight up wear adult diapers but my gyno just told me my period is just like that and only recommended birth control

[loveboyme]

I have talk to both dr gyno and hemo. I’m on blood thinners my period is a nightmare I wear overnight pads and ultra plus tampons and cramping is bad let’s not mention the clots with a 7 day cycle…Nothing they can do really but give me iron infusions because I’m on blood thinners for life

[AlbinoLatina]

When I was 16 or 17 my period was so painful and heavy, I heated up a heating pad so much that I had burned my skin on my abdomen and didn’t realize it until I went to urgent care because I couldn’t bare of the period pain and the doctor examined me and told me I had burned myself without realizing. Menstruation sucks.

[Christinesobsevations]

What beautiful hair ❤❤ I am in peri meno . Sigh . I’m cycling twice a month now . Each one is 5 days . So I’m always on my period . Out of 30 days I’m bleeding for 10-15 of them

[lovelocked]

Walmart assurance adult diapers for bedtime. At least for the first night. Im in PeriMenopause so My period is for less days but heavy for two days. It's not uncommon. I've had everything scanned. Im very close to menopause so not really worried about it

[Nisha-klrl]

As someone who has tried numerous medications for painful periods without much success, I'm excited to learn about Planet Ayurveda's solutions. It's time we prioritize holistic approaches to women's health.