Coccydynia is a term used for tailbone pain. Pelvic Health physical therapists treat coccydynia with a conservative approach. The top complaints that physical therapists tend to hear are: patients cannot sit especially when reclining their trunk backward, had a baby and their tailbone broke, fell on their tailbone and cannot Read more…
“I wish I knew about you all with my first baby…” It’s tough being a human in the world. You only know what you know, and you do the best you can with the information you have at any given time. We see a lot of mammas on their 2nd Read more…
Low-back and SI joint pain seem to accompany the postpartum period like leakingnipples and the need for adult diapers: unwelcome, yet very present. Pelvic instability is natural after birth due to all of those friendly hormones, like relaxing,still sticking around, and some even increasing (like prolactin, which helps your bodyproduce Read more…
Our new pilates reformer from Balanced Body allows us so many more ways we can push our clients during their sessions, and it also allows us the opportunity to push OURSELVES. Dr. Kelly has been teaching Pilates for over 15 years. She can still rock quite an impressive lunge on Read more…
Multiple times a week on consult calls with new clients, after we book a date for their first session, I hear some version of, “Oh! I’m on my period! Is that okay? Probably not, right?” I completely understand the nature of the question and it makes total sense to me Read more…
You may have noticed that we’re growing around here! We have been so grateful that clients are finding us and coming in for treatment. Adding Drs. Brita (pictured above) and Katia to the practice has allowed us to not have to turn away any patients, but to be able to continue to provide the quality OrthoPelvic standard of Read more…
Weights? For down there? Yep. For some of us, kegels alone aren’t cuttin’ it and we need extra help. Whether you’re dealing with leakage from pelvic organ prolapse, wanting to increase pelvic floor strength to help you do more high impact exercises, wanting to increase pelvic floor strength and stability Read more…
What does an appt at OrthoPelvic Physical Therapy look like? Check out this video we made as an overview and continue reading below to learn the answers to our most common questions How long is a session? Each session is 1 hour in length What can you expect out of Read more…
Did you know that we offer two eBooks on our website? We currently have recovery guides available targeted towards postpartum mammas on the topics of c-sections and leakage. They are FREE for our patients and available for purchase for those all over the globe who are unable to come in Read more…
Today, let’s talk FASCIA and MYOFASCIAL RELEASE. Check out our IGTV video on what is fascia if you haven’t already, but to recap for you, fascia is the connective tissue that encloses your whole entire body and essentially keeps it together (and stable)! Imagine an orange. When you peel the Read more…