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Chronic Pain & Arthritis

9 articles about navigating intimacy with chronic pain & arthritis.

Endometriosis and Intimacy: Understanding Painful Sex and Reclaiming Connection - a woman in a white top holding her stomach in discomfort
Chronic IllnessSeptember 2026
Endometriosis and Intimacy: Understanding Painful Sex and Reclaiming Connection
Endometriosis can make sex painful, but it doesn't have to mean the end of intimacy. Learn why sex hurts with endo, the difference between deep and entry pain, position changes, lubrication, pelvic floor therapy, and how to talk to your partner and provider about reclaiming connection.
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Navigating Intimacy with Chronic Pain - two people holding areas of their body in pain, one clutching a shoulder and one holding the lower back
Chronic Pain & ArthritisAugust 2026
Navigating Intimacy with Chronic Pain: A Guide to Comfort and Connection
Living with chronic pain or fibromyalgia? Learn how sex and chronic pain intersect, gentle sex positions that reduce strain, communication tips for partners, and comfort-first tools that support pain management during sex.
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How to Talk to Your Doctor About Sexual Wellbeing - a patient in a blue blouse speaking openly with her doctor during a consultation
Sexual WellbeingAugust 2026
How to Talk to Your Doctor About Sexual Wellbeing
Not sure how to talk to your doctor about sex? This guide offers scripts, questions, and preparation tips for discussing sexual side effects, intimacy concerns, and treatment options with your healthcare provider.
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Ageless Intimacy: Exploring Pleasure and Connection in Later Life - a smiling older couple dancing closely together
People Over 50July 2026
Ageless Intimacy: Exploring Pleasure and Connection in Later Life
Sex and aging don't have to mean the end of intimacy. Explore senior sexual health, how desire and the body change with age, comfortable positioning aids, and adaptive products that keep pleasure and connection alive in later life.
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Intimacy with Movement Disorders: Prioritizing Safety, Comfort, and Connection - a person steadying one hand with the other, beside line-art icons of a trembling body and hand
Chronic Pain and IllnessJuly 2026
Intimacy with Movement Disorders: Prioritizing Safety, Comfort, and Connection
Parkinson's disease, ataxia, and other movement disorders can affect mobility, coordination, sensation, arousal, and sexual function. Explore safe positioning, hands-free pleasure tools, and adaptive products that make intimacy more accessible and comfortable.
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Diabetes and Sexual Health: Navigating Neuropathy and Circulation - a man performing a finger-prick glucose test and a woman applying a continuous glucose monitor to her arm
Chronic IllnessJuly 2026
Diabetes and Sexual Health: Navigating Neuropathy and Circulation
Diabetes can affect circulation, nerve function, hormones, and energy, changing desire, arousal, sensation, and sexual function. Learn how neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, and dryness impact intimacy, plus adaptive tools that support comfort and connection.
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How Long After Surgery Until You Can Have Sex? - a woman wearing a knee brace resting on a bed
Surgery & RecoveryJune 2026
How Long After Surgery Until You Can Have Sex?
Wondering how long after surgery until you can have sex? Learn general recovery timelines, the benefits of intimacy after surgery, safe positions by procedure, and how to talk to your doctor and partner.
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Adaptive Intimacy Basics for Disability and Diagnosis - collage featuring diverse individuals with disabilities
Adaptive IntimacyMay 2026
Adaptive Intimacy Basics for Disability and Diagnosis
Intimacy is a fundamental part of being human. But when your body changes, whether from a diagnosis, life-altering event, or a condition you've navigated since birth, it can feel like the rules to intimacy have been rewritten.
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Your Guide to Sex After Spinal Cord Injury - collage featuring a couple, medical care, and a man in a wheelchair
Spinal Cord InjuryMarch 2026
Your Guide to Sex After Spinal Cord Injury
Your capacity for intimacy didn't vanish the moment your body changed. Explore adaptive positions, sensation mapping, wearable devices, and communication strategies for rebuilding connection after SCI.
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