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Prenatal/Postpartum
Navigating Pelvic Girdle Pain
Pregnancy can be a beautiful journey, yet it can be accompanied by physical challenges that can affect a woman’s well-being. One such challenge is Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP), a common discomfort that many expectant and postpartum mothers experience. Fortunately, there…
What Every New Mom Should Know About Pessaries After Birth
By Melanie Llanes, PT, DPT When I had my baby, I expected the usual postpartum recovery — sore muscles, sleep deprivation, and learning how to care for a tiny human. What I didn’t expect was the weak disconnected feeling…
Postpartum Exercise: Where Do I Even Start?!
By Chelsea Anjeski, Pelvic Health Physical Therapist The early postpartum period, the fourth trimester, is filled with so many feelings. What to do, and how to heal, during this time can be confusing. The needs of a postpartum person’s body…
Breaking the Silence on Vaginal Atrophy
By Dr. Michael Krychman, MD Founder & Executive Director SoCal Center for Sexual Health and Survivorship Medicine, Clinical Health Professor University of California Irvine “I’m really suffering here. How do I have that awkward conversation…you know…about dryness…down there…with my…
Understanding Postpartum Dyspareunia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment Options
Navigating and Overcoming Painful Sex After Childbirth Congratulations! You’ve made it through pregnancy, childbirth, and the whirlwind that is postpartum life. You’ve survived sleepless nights, adapted to a whole new role (parenting!), and adjusted to a rollercoaster of hormonal changes.…
Empowering Your Pregnancy and Postpartum Journey with Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
By Maddie Allan, Pelvic PT Resident at Flourish Health Clinic Pelvic floor physiotherapy has taken the world by storm in the past few years, and for good reason. Pelvic floor physiotherapy is an evidence-based, specialized form of physical therapy that…
Postpartum Sex: Overcoming the Barriers
By Heather Marra, PT, PRPC, PCES Did you know that up to 80% of women experience pain during sex after giving birth? Shockingly, despite these challenges, around 15% of women do not discuss these symptoms with their doctor. This silence…
Strength Training & Pregnancy
By Julia Rosenthal, DPT, PRPC, CPPC For years, pregnant individuals were often told to take it easy and limit physical activity. But as research has evolved, we’ve learned that staying active during pregnancy has some serious perks, from boosting your…
Why We Lengthen Before We Strengthen
By Nisha Patel, Pelvic Health Physiotherapist The piece of advice that my clients find most surprising in my practice revolves around a fundamental principle: before we strengthen your pelvic floor, we focus on lengthening it. In fact, strengthening might not…
Using PT to Reduce Breeched Position
By Melanie Llanes, Pelvic Health Physiotherapist In the US, approximately 7% of babies are in the breeched position in the third trimester with almost 94% of those babies delivered via cesarean section. This is due to the increased risk of…
Push Prep & Physiotherapy
By Grecia Alaniz, Pelvic Health Physiotherapist You may be surprised to hear that physiotherapy has a role to play in your preparation for birth. Most of us will be familiar with childbirth education and prenatal yoga classes as the pillars…
Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain: What does it have to do with the Pelvis?
By Sinead DuFour, PT, PhD Pain in the pelvic region of the body is common among pregnant women and can be experienced well into the postpartum period. The traditional thinking that has dominated implicates the hormone relaxin as a key…
