Pregnancy
During pregnancy, the structure of your body changes from the curvature of your spine to the width of your pelvis. The growing weight of your baby and uterus can place significant strain on your core and pelvic floor, causing pain and dysfunction that impact how you feel and your ability to participate in your daily activities.
We provide services to pregnant women between 13-37 weeks, unless contraindications are present.
Being seen by a pelvic floor therapist is one of the best things you can do during your pregnancy to learn how to connect to your core and pelvic floor to prepare for birth.
Other benefits include:
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Teach you ways to complete your daily activities while protecting your pelvic floor
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Learn how to engage your pelvic floor muscles through their full range of motion in order to coordinate effective pushing
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Reduce the risk of tearing and experiencing pelvic floor complications postnatally
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Learn proper breathing techniques to ease contractions
Postpartum
Your body can feel foreign to you and it can be difficult to reconnect to your core and pelvic floor. Regardless of the type of delivery experienced (vaginal or cesarean), all women can benefit from pelvic floor therapy postpartum. Heal from childbirth and get back to the activities you love (exercise, sex, returning to work).
Common conditions we address:
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Scar tissue management (perineal and cesarean)
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Urinary urgency/frequency
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Incontinence (Bladder and/or Bowel)
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Pelvic, hip, back, sacral, or joint pain
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Diastasis Recti
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Pain or discomfort with sex
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse
*Postpartum services are not limited to newly postpartum mamas! Postpartum means ANY time after childbirth