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…
Let’s talk pelvic organ prolapse! What is it? How do we assess it? How should we assess it? How do we treat it? WHAT IS A PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE (or POP)? Well first off, the aforementioned pelvic organs are the uterus, the bladder, and the rectum. UTERINE PROLAPSE is when Read more…
First of all, you are NOT broken. Maybe your belly sticks out and your hair is shedding and your skin is going nuts, but you are not broken. You are magic and you created a miracle. Now that that’s settled, let’s talk DRA or diastasis recti abdominus, which is a Read more…
Before I get a lot of flak from the die hard Peloton-heads (this is what Peloton fans call themselves, right?), hear me out. Many of us want an at-home workout that’s convenient and guided and that we can squeeze whenever we have the time. In this respect, getting a Peloton Read more…
Dr. Kelly Alhooie, DPT makes sure that her practice, Ortho Pelvic Physical Therapy, is unique.
“Core Strength”… You’ve seen these words on billboards advertising gym memberships, on the latest health-trend manifestos, and on the front page of your fitness magazine. You’ve even heard your close friends and family members chatting about the value of core strength. And yet, you’re not really sure what it is, Read more…