It’s not like rehabbing a shoulder…

Everyone has a unique and beautiful history that makes them who they are. Some women have given birth, others have not. Others long to do so, others have chosen not to. Some have recently experienced a birth, for others it has been many years. One thing we all have in common if you are reading this email is that something or someone brought you to seek pelvic floor physical therapy. 

Many of my patient's have asked me "How did you get into pelvic floor PT?" I think that is a really great question! It wasn't because of my first birth experience, because quite honestly, I didn't know pelvic floor PT was as important as it is when I had my first (at 26!). Instead, I wanted to find a specialty I could focus my efforts on and become really good at, so I took a chance with my first Herman and Wallace level 1 pelvic floor course. Talk about modesty be gone - meet 30 women in a large auditorium and begin your first lab by hopping up onto the table and examining their pelvic floor. Right next to everyone else! Then after an emergency c-section with my second, I hopped on the bandwagon and it was so incredibly helpful for my own recovery.

I quickly discovered pelvic floors are not two the same. Disorders of the pelvic floor are not mutually exclusive. Stories and histories are heavy, and often times incredibly emotional. As a pelvic floor physical therapist, I have learned and continue to learn that listening is so important. And not simply listening, but really listening and paying attention to cues and being sensitive to body language.

I fell in love with this niche because I feel like I am doing good every day. Whether it's painless intercourse, reducing sensitives, resuming exercise, or calming anxieties...pelvic floor physical therapy isn't what you thought when you hurt your knee or shoulder last summer. Oh no, it's much different.

That being said, it is my goal to make sure you feel comfortable, safe, and heard when we work together so we can accomplish your goals and get you to where you want to be. And then you can share with your friends that pelvic PT isn't actually "scary", but one of the best things you ever did for yourself!