Women's Health Rehabilitation

Nearly 25 million Americans, mostly women, have pelvic floor muscle weakness that can lead to bladder control problems. Our treatment program includes:

• Physical therapy to help patients improve strength, mobility and fitness, including pelvic floor exercises
• Biofeedback, a treatment technique to improve health using signals from the body
• Electrical stimulation, applying a low grade electrical current to contract pelvic floor muscles
• Behavior modification to change behavior using learning techniques such as biofeedback and positive or negative reinforcement

Your widespread, chronic muscle and bone pain, stiffness, fatigue and anxiety related to fibromyalgia, may be improved with our treatment focusing on:

• Increasing movement
• Improving function
• Improving flexibility and strength
• Pain-relief options

Losing bone density can cause your bones to become brittle and break easily. Our treatment focuses on:

• Posture and strength exercises
• Body mechanics education
• Balance training
• Pain-relief options

If you have pelvic pain, you may also have pain in your lower abdomen or hips during intercourse or simply from sitting. Pelvic pain is usually caused by problems with pelvic muscles, nerves or joints. We treat pelvic floor problems with:

• Manual (hands-on) therapy
• Biofeedback, a treatment technique to improve health using signals from the body
• Pain-relief options

Weakness and looseness of the pelvic floor ligaments and muscles are associated with pelvic organ prolapse. Mild to moderate prolapses can be treated non-surgically. The goal of treatment is to increase strength of your pelvic floor muscles to better support the prolapsed organs. We may focus on:

• Strengthening of the pelvic floor and abdominal stabilizing muscles
• Biofeedback to increase awareness of proper muscle contraction
• Electrical stimulation to improve muscle contractions

Every woman has her own unique perimenopause and menopause experience, and may face related issues, such as bladder control problems, joint and muscle pain and others. Your treatment may include:

• Pelvic floor muscle relaxation
• Manual (hands-on) therapy
• Biofeedback, a treatment technique to improve health using signals from the body
• Pain-relief options

If you've experienced muscle tears, nerve damage or other delivery-related issues, we may focus treatment on:

• Soft tissue mobilization
• Biofeedback, a treatment technique to improve health using signals from the body
• Electrical stimulation, applying a low grade electrical current to contract pelvic floor muscles
• Superficial and deep muscle exercises

Your body goes through many changes during pregnancy. Changes in weight, hormones and posture may cause pain in your back, shoulders, ribs, pelvic area or wrists. We treat pregnancy-related pain with:

• Manual (hands-on) therapy
• Postural strengthening
• Body mechanics education
• Pain-relief options