Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
Why You Have a Sore Vagina After Sex — and What to Do About It
All sorts of sex acts (not just P-in-V!) can leave you with a sore vagina after sex. Here’s why, when to worry, and what you can do to ease the hurt.
Snuggles, snacks, a shower. These are the things we expect to experience after sex. Sadly, for some people with vaginas, those delicacies are sometimes replaced or accompanied by something a lot less comfortable: a sore vulva and/or sore vagina.
A sore vagina after sex that results from a sexperiment gone awry (think: fisting) or from consensual, risk-aware rough sex gone very right (think: doggy style for days) is totally fine.
A one-off instance of soreness or pain after sex is not a cause for alarm,”
says Heather Jeffcoat, D.P.T., doctor of physical therapy specializing in sexual dysfunction and incontinence and author of Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide to the Sex Life You Deserve.
The article discussed potential reasons for a sore vagina after sex, ways to calm the problem, and prevention methods. Though the article no longer exists on the Shape website, that doesn’t mean you can’t schedule an appointment with one of our licensed physical therapists if you are having issues with a sore vagina after sex!