Pregnancy can be a very exciting time in a woman's life, it can also be an unexpected challenging time as a women's body is constantly changing to accommodate a growing baby.

Pain during pregnancy can make every day functioning almost unbearable, but there is no need to be concerned, we can confidently treat these common conditions: 

• Low back pain

• Upper and mid back pain

• SI joint pain

• Sciatica

• Pubic bone pain

• Round ligament pain

• Incontinence

Child birth is a traumatic experience for the female body, yet it’s natural and there is a unique healing time after every delivery. Like any healing process, the body reorganizes itself differently and it’s during this reorganization period, 6-12 weeks postpartum, that physical therapy can be most effective. 

At your 6 week follow up, your OB or midwife will likely give you the ok to start having sex and possibly give you a handout to do kegals if you are leaking. Visiting a certified pelvic floor therapist after your 6 week postpartum check up will help you make a full recovery, getting you back to your pre-pregnant self.

Postpartum issues that are easily addressed include:

• Pain with intercourse

• Pelvic heaviness or pelvic organ prolapse

• Incontinence

• Abdominal separation and weakness

• Lower abdominal pain and C-section scarring

• Pelvic pain and low back pain

• Constipation

Even if you are asymptomatic and you think you are ok, it’s always worth having a pelvic floor evaluation, in my many years of clinical experience, > 75% of patients have had some sort of pelvic dysfunction, never mind just having a baby!