Pelvic Floor Occupational Therapy
Pelvic Floor Therapy promotes pelvic health for men and women for improved function, quality of life, and participation in meaningful daily activities.
What is Pelvic Floor Therapy?
A pelvic floor is a group of muscles in the pelvis that are responsible for supporting pelvic organs, stabilizing the body, sexual function, and sphincteric control of bowel/bladder function.
Pelvic Floor Therapy promotes pelvic health for men and women for improved function, quality of life, and participation in meaningful daily activities.
Conditions We Treat:
- Pelvic Pain
- Urinary and Fecal Incontinence
- Urinary Frequency and Retention
- Constipation
- Dyspareunia/Painful Intercourse
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Vaginismus
- Vulvodynia
- Coccydynia/Tailbone Pain
- Pudendal Neuralgia
- Low Back Pain/SI Joint Pain
- Hip Pain
- Pain with Menstruation
- Post-Menopausal Symptoms
- Endometriosis
- Post-Abdominal or Gynecological Surgeries
- Prostatitis
Pregnancy and Postpartum
Women who are on the journey towards pregnancy, pregnant, or following their pregnancy should be referred for pelvic floor therapy as soon as possible
- Preparation for Labor and Delivery
- Strength/Conditioning
Other Prenatal/Postpartum Related Dysfunction:
- Pubic Symphysis Dysfunction
- Round Ligament Pain
- Diastasis Recti
- Organ Prolapse
- Cesarean Scar
- Infertility
- Any of the other issues listed on this page
Your First Visit
Your pelvic floor therapist will conduct a thorough evaluation regarding your current condition and concerns through a review of your medical history and questions about your daily habits and routines, i.e. eating, drinking, voiding, sexual history, exercise, etc.
Your therapist will first conduct an external exam of your posture, hips, abdomen, and pelvic floor muscles in order to assess how they affect your movement and pain in functional activities. With your consent, an internal exam will also be conducted to assess the movement of your pelvic floor muscles.
Diagnostics and Treatment will Include:
- Manual therapy
- Pelvic floor exercises
- Core and hip stabilization exercises
- Stretching/mobilization techniques
- Relaxation techniques
- Electrical stimulation
- Bladder diary
- Nutrition education
- Postural education and functional training
- Breathing techniques
- Activity analysis of activities of your choice
- Home exercise program
Nothing is TMI!
Your pelvic floor therapist will ensure that everything you share is respected, honored, empowered, and remains in absolute privacy. We are here to normalize talking about sex, peeing, and pooping! Talk about it so we can help you to feel better, move better, and live better.
- 25% of women experience one or more pelvic floor disorders, including urinary and fecal incontinence and prolapse. (Wu et al, 2014)
- Pelvic floor therapy is evidence-based and effective in the prevention, treatment, and management of pelvic floor dysfunction. (Lawson & Sacks, 2018)
Pelvic Floor Therapy Blog
Core Health Chiropractic wants you to read and post comments on our blog about the Pelvic Floor Therapy Services our therapists offer in the Berks County area.
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