What i treat

My focus is promoting a smoother and healthier pregnancy, staying active throughout pregnancy, preparing for birth, and setting you up for optimal postpartum recovery

Some common conditions that I can address during pregnancy include:

• Back pain

• Pubic bone pain (SPD)

• Tailbone pain

• Urinary incontinence

• Painful intercourse

• General deconditioning

Women are often told that certain pregnancy related symptoms are “it’s just part of pregnancy”. Why “just live with it” if you can address these issues early on so that you can feel confident and strong in your body!

I often see patients early on in their first trimester, throughout their pregnancy, as well as all the way up to the week of their due date. Depending on your needs, I am here to help!

The pelvic floor needs to let go and relax in order to promote a smooth delivery for baby. Birth prep visits may include but are not limited to:

• Teaching you ways to promote pelvic floor relaxation

• Creating mobility for the pelvis throughout all stages of labor

• Teaching perineal massage to minimize tearing

• Hands on birth partner training

• Finding optimal labor and pushing positions for your body

• Teaching pushing techniques

• Guiding you through breath work for nervous system relaxation during the labor and delivery period

• Prep for c-section

Have a midwife or doula? I would love to be part of your birth prep team!

All of the following are common but not normal in the postpartum period and can be addressed as part of your treatment plan in order to help to get back to feeling yourself again and doing what you love. Treatment may address the following:

• Low back pain

• Pelvic pain

• Pain with intercourse

• Urinary incontinence (aka leakage)

• Pelvic organ prolapse

• DRA (aka ab separation)

• Core and/or pelvic floor weakness

• C-section and perineal scar tissue management

• Return to running/fitness
  

How early can I come in?

I love checking in on mamas as early as they need me. Between 2-4 weeks, my role is in promoting healthy healing and minimizing excessive strain through your healing body. Once “cleared” by your OB or midwife, around 6 weeks, I can assess the pelvic floor directly through an internal vaginal examination.

Living with pelvic pain can feel mysterious, frustrating, and it affects nearly every aspect of your life. Often times, pelvic pain is dismissed or normalized. Whether you are having relatively recent symptoms or are struggling with years of pain addressing pelvic floor dysfunction is often the missing piece in getting down to the “why” in achieving meaningful relief.

• Interstitial cystitis

• Endometriosis

• Pudendal neuralgia

• Piriformis syndrome

• Vulvodynia

• Coccydynia (tailbone pain)

• Dyspareunia (pain with intercourse)

• Vaginismus

• Other low back, abodominal, SI Joint, Hip Pain

• Pain with Pap smears/gyn exams

• Urinary Incontinence or “leakage” (i.e. cough/sneeze, laugh, running/jumping)

• Urinary urgency and/or frequency

• Incomplete emptying of the bladder

• Painful urination (dysuria)

• Recurring UTIs

• Constipation

• Diarrhea

• Fecal urgency

• Fecal leakage/incontinence

• Bloating, nausea and abdominal discomfort

• Painful bowel movements

• Abdominal scar tissue issues

• Frequent hemorrhoids and/or anal fissures

• Hernia

• Pre and post operative

• TMD