Urinary leakage is a common issue for many women - about 1 in 3 women will experience some form of urinary incontinence in their lives. While this issue is common, it doesn’t mean it’s something you have to live with. Pelvic floor physical therapy can offer effective solutions to help manage and alleviate symptoms to help get back to doing all the things you love to do while staying dry!

Pregnancy is a time of immense change for your body, and one area that often needs extra attention is your pelvic floor. It plays a crucial role in supporting your body during pregnancy and delivery. Let’s explore how you can better understand and care for this important area as you prepare for childbirth and postpartum recovery.

Your bladder and pelvic floor work in tandem to prevent issues like urgency, urinary incontinence, and discomfort. Whether you're looking to reduce urinary leaking or alleviate pelvic discomfort, adopting these habits can have a significant positive impact.

As you begin your postpartum return to running journey, there are a few important factors to keep in mind that can help ensure a smooth and injury-free transition that don’t just involve your pelvic floor. At Foundations Pelvic Health, we take all of these into consideration as you return to running postpartum!

At Foundations Pelvic Health, we support mamas with running through pregnancy, and have helped many postpartum mamas successfully train for many races! We help you create a strong foundation for your whole body, from your feet to your pelvic floor, to support you on your postpartum running journey.

Chronic pelvic pain is defined as persistent pain lasting longer than 6 months, located in the pelvic region, abdomen, or lower back, and severe enough to affect daily life. It’s a condition that disproportionately affects women.

Let’s chat about epidurals and their role in your labor and delivery experience! Your pelvic floor PT will review pain management during labor with you during your birth prep visits, and will discuss pushing, breathing, pelvic floor involvement and positioning with epidurals.

You may have seen the menstrual cycle referred to as the “fifth vital sign.” Our pelvic floor PTs at Foundations Pelvic Health often ask our patients about their periods and cycle, as it can help us understand your pelvic health symptoms better!

Our goal at Foundations Pelvic Health is to help you maintain your activity throughout your pregnancy! Whatever exercise you love to do - our method and approach will help guide you throughout your pregnancy to promote movement, keep you doing the exercise you love, and limit aches & pains. 

Our pelvic floor PTs at Foundations Pelvic Health can help with so much more than urinary or pregnancy and postpartum concerns - we can help with your bowel issues as well. While the root cause of constipation can be complex and multi-faceted, we help many people figure out how to poop better!

Let’s break down what is a Kegel, how we assess for them, and if you should be doing them! Our pelvic floor PTs at Foundations Pelvic Health help answer all of your pelvic floor questions!

Part 3 of our Endometriosis Series: Have you recently had endometriosis excision surgery, or just have questions on what recovery might be like?At Foundations Pelvic Health, our pelvic floor PTs can help you progress through your recovery and get you back to doing all the things you love!