Pelvic Floor Therapy
Pelvic floor therapy includes evaluation and treatment of conditions that arise within and around the pelvic region. These include bladder, bowel, sexual health, pelvic pain and more. You will work with one of our specialty physical or occupational therapists.
Our patients often tell us:
“Why didn’t anyone tell me about this type of therapy before?”
“I wish I had known there was something I could do about my symptoms earlier.”
“ I just pee a little when I laugh. I’ve had babies so that’s why and it’s not a big deal”
“Now that I’m here, I wonder…shouldn’t everyone have a pelvic floor PT after having a baby?”
The thing is…just because your symptom is very common does NOT mean that it’s healthy or normal.
We should NOT leak urine when we cough, sneeze, laugh, jump or run. Or ever. We should NOT feel like we need to pee every 30 minutes and we should NOT have pain with intimacy. These are just a few symptoms that seem common and that so many women live with.
What is the Pelvic Floor?
The pelvis means “basin” in Latin. The bones of the pelvis form a bowl shape structure which serves to support our upper and lower body. The pelvic floor muscles live within the pelvic bowl and run from the pubic bone to tail tailbone.
Theses muscles are responsible for many important functions in the body including bladder, bowel, and sexual health and are an important player in providing strength and stability to surrounding regions of the body.
The pelvic floor muscles are just like the other muscles in the body. They can become tight, weak, and uncoordinated resulting in pain, discomfort and compensation. Their influence extends far past the local musculature and pelvis and include the hips, spine, abdomen, ribs, diaphragm and more.
This complex part of the body requires a whole body approach. We integrate our expertise in orthopedics as well as the pelvic floor to fully understand you as an entire person and get to the ROOT of what is driving your condition.
Common Pelvic Floor Conditions
Pregnancy and postpartum care
Labor & delivery preparation
Safe transition back to exercise after childbirth
Diastasis recti
Urinary incontinence, frequency or urgency
Pelvic organ prolapse
Pessary fitting & management services
Pelvic pain conditions
Pain with sex/intimacy
Endometriosis
Interstitial cystitis and painful bladder syndrome
Pudendal neuralgia
Pain with sex/intimacy
Post-surgical, hysterectomy preparation and recovery
Bowel issues, fecal urgency and/or incontinence
Constipation
Anal fissures
Abdominal and inguinal hernia management
Perimenopause and menopause
Pelvic girdle pain (sacroiliac, pubic symphysis dysfunction)
Coccydynia (tailbone pain)
Low back pain
Hip pain