Fitness After Pelvic Floor Therapy: Safe Strength Training, HIIT, and Pelvic Health
Completing pelvic floor therapy doesn’t mean you’re done moving—it means you’re ready to move better. Many patients are eager to return to activities they love, such as strength training, CrossFit, HIIT classes, spin, running, or group fitness. Yet they often ask: “How do I know if I’m ready?” “Will lifting make my symptoms come back?” “Do […]
Why Doing Your Home Exercises Daily Matters More Than You Think
If you’ve ever left a physical or occupational therapy appointment feeling motivated—only to struggle with consistency once life gets busy—you’re not alone. As pelvic health therapists, we hear this all the time: “I know the exercises help, but I just can’t always get to them.” The truth is, progress in pelvic health therapy isn’t built […]
Pelvic Floor–Friendly Yoga & Pilates: Safe, Supportive Movements for Core and Confidence
Yoga and Pilates are two of the most popular ways to strengthen the core, improve flexibility, and calm the mind—but for those with pelvic floor concerns, not all poses or exercises are created equal. Many traditional core workouts overemphasize gripping, tucking, or “holding everything in,” which can actually increase pelvic floor tension, cause discomfort, or […]
Urinary Incontinence During Exercise: Why It Happens & How to Take Back Control
You’re halfway through a great workout—lifting, running, jumping rope—and suddenly, you feel it: that small (or not-so-small) leak you didn’t sign up for. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Urinary incontinence during exercise is incredibly common, yet it’s still a topic many people feel embarrassed to talk about. As a pelvic floor physical therapist, I can […]
Peak Performance: Essential Pelvic Floor Tips for Male Athletes
For male athletes, maintaining peak physical condition is essential for optimal performance. While much attention is given to strengthening core muscles, building endurance, and preventing injuries, one crucial area often overlooked is pelvic floor health. The pelvic floor muscles play a vital role in supporting the bladder and bowel, maintaining continence, and contributing to core […]
Pelvic Floor Therapy: Essential to Hysterectomy Recovery
By Emily Henneberg, PT, DPT Undergoing a hysterectomy is a significant medical procedure that can bring relief to women dealing with various health concerns. Whether it’s due to chronic pain, uterine fibroids, endometriosis, or other conditions, a hysterectomy can alleviate symptoms and improve overall quality of life. However, the surgery itself can impact pelvic health, […]
Get Tailbone Pain Relief with Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Pelvic floor therapy is a type of physical therapy that focuses on the muscles, ligaments, and connective tissues in the pelvic region. It can be an effective treatment option for tailbone pain, also known as coccydynia, which is often caused by injury or trauma to the coccyx (tailbone) or the surrounding muscles and tissues. This […]
Lower Ab Flab? Try Pelvic Floor Therapy!
Pelvic floor therapy is a type of physical therapy that focuses on strengthening the muscles in the pelvic floor region. The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and ligaments that support the pelvic organs, including the bladder, uterus, and rectum. When these muscles are weak, it can lead to a variety of health problems, […]
Exercise to Help With Constipation
Experiencing constipation can be uncomfortable and frustrating, but did you know that exercise can be an effective way to relieve constipation? Physical activity helps to stimulate the muscles of the digestive system, improve bowel movements, and promote overall digestive health. In this blog post, we will explore how exercise can help decrease constipation and improve […]
Safe Return to Exercise after
The structural and hormonal changes that happen during pregnancy don’t just disappear as soon as your baby is delivered, and overdoing it after pregnancy can result in urine or bowel leakage, pelvic discomfort, joint pain and even injury. You may have had a vaginal delivery and you might be recovering from stitches; or you might […]