If you are having pelvic health problems, a pelvic therapy specialist can help. Pelvic floor rehabilitation is a form of therapy that is highly specialized. Women and men with various pelvic floor problems can be helped with targeted exercise and manual techniques. We can also empower you through education to take control of your health to prevent or reduce symptoms and restore the best function possible.

By assessing your condition, developing a treatment plan uniquely for you, and guiding you through rehabilitation, we can improve your quality of life and overall well-being.

Pelvic conditions physical and occupational therapy can help

• Organ Prolapse – If muscles and tissues that normally support pelvic organs such as the uterus, bowel and bladder become weak, one or more may slip from their position and push into the vagina.
• Pelvic Pain – Pain can occur in the lower abdomen and pelvis and may be caused by an underlying disease or by constipation, pregnancy, menstruation, etc. Pelvic pain can also seem like pain in your hip or back.
• Perinatal/peripartum – Therapy can help reduce urinary incontinence and prepare you for birth by strengthening and relaxing the pelvic floor muscles.
• Postpartum recovery – After childbirth, many women experience changes in the group of muscles that support the bladder, uterus and bowel.
• Diastasis Recti Abdominus – This happens when the “six pack” abdominal muscles become stretched and separate during pregnancy, resulting in a bulging belly.
• Post Prostatectomy – after the prostate has been removed, men may experience pain, urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
• Constipation – Physical therapy can help with constipation with breathing exercises and muscle strengthening and relaxing exercises to retrain the muscles of the pelvic floor.
• Incontinence – During pregnancy or as we grow older, muscles and ligaments in the pelvis can weaken. Pelvic floor therapy can help you gain control over both stress incontinence (while coughing or sneezing) and urge incontinence (sudden involuntary loss of control).

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