A Doctor of Physical Therapy has gone through 7 years of schooling and passed the national board examination. PT school prepares you for a little bit of everything, and after school you will take continuing education classes to learn about whatever you are interested in treating.  Pelvic Floor Physical Therapists have gone through extensive extra training in order to assess and treat the pelvic floor. There is coursework through the APTA and Herman and Wallace, among many oth

Symptoms indicative of a pelvic floor issue are often ignored or mislabeled as “normal.” While the symptoms might be common, that doesn’t make them normal!  As a pelvic health PT, all too often I hear from my postpartum clients “I have that symptom, but it’s just because I gave birth…that’s normal!” Urinary incontinence (leaking pee) for any reasons (ex: with coughing, sneezing, laughing, exercise, or urgency) and sexual dysfunction (pain with intercourse and difficulty achie

Welcome to our 4 part series about the pelvic floor! By demystifying the pelvic floor, we can empower individuals to seek help and reclaim control over their pelvic health. Remember, you're not alone! There is a group of muscles we often forget about, and we are even encouraged to ignore or not talk about, but they are silently supporting you in numerous ways. That's your pelvic floor! This network of muscles plays a crucial role in various bodily functions, impacting your we

As a Physical Therapist with a passion for working with female athletes, and a former collegiate runner, I am well aware of the impact...

Bad sleeping habits and late nights can reduce your ability to heal. If you aren’t sleeping for long periods, you aren’t getting into REM...

Overview of pulley injuries in rock climbers and how to rehab and prevent them from happening in the future.

Before your next appoint with your physical therapist, be sure you know the answers to these five questions.

How an antiinflammatory diet can help you heal from an injury faster. Better nutrition for healing faster. Physical Therapy | Fairfield

What is physical therapy? How is Manual Therapy Specialists different vs. traditional physical therapy.

Here are the 6 most common deadlift form and technique errors we see. Learn to lift better and reduce injury and increase performance.

When and how to foam roll? Also a great explanation of what it does to your body.

A blueprint of why you can have shoulder pain. Neck, rib cage, shoulder blade, shoulder, and lower arm can all create shoulder pain.

Here we break down the steps to find efficient posture with sitting. The goal is to be in a balanced position and not working hard.

We discuss how to definitively find where neutral spine is versus most methods of guessing. Get rid of back pain and improve performance.