Pelvic Floor Therapy & Rehabilitation

Females and males of all ages can benefit from pelvic floor therapy and rehabilitation.

The pelvic floor muscles are just like any other muscle in our body. They can be weak or tight or suffer from disuse. The difference with having these dysfunctions in our pelvis is that the consequences of the dysfunctions will be different. The pelvic floor muscles are a hammock of muscles that attach from our pubic bone in the front of the pelvis to the tail bone in the back of the pelvis. Pelvic floor muscles serve many purposes including:
• Giving support to our organs (bladder, bowel, uterus);
• Giving support to our spine; and,
• Controlling our bladder and bowel to prevent unwanted leakage.

We provide specialty pelvic floor therapy services to address pelvic floor dysfunctions for women and men including urinary/bowel incontinence, urinary urgency and frequency, night time frequency, constipation, pelvic pain, post-surgical pelvic pain and pain with sex. Through a comprehensive evaluation and individualized treatment program using a pilates-rehab based approach, improvements in pelvic health and overall quality of life can be achieved.

Pelvic floor muscle WEAKNESS can lead to:

Urinary Incontinence
Prolapse
Urgency and Frequency
Fecal incontinence

When the pelvic floor muscles are TIGHT, it can lead to weakness causing the above symptoms, or it can cause:

Pelvic Pain with sex
Pelvic Pain when wearing tight clothes
Pelvic Pain when sitting
Constipation*
*(pelvic tension is just one factor that may contribute to constipation)

Pelvic Pain Can Also be Affected by:

Scar tissue from abdominal or pelvic surgeries including, but not limited to episiotomy or tearing during childbirth, hysterectomy, prostatectomy, cystocele repair, rectocele repair
Low Estrogen Levels (dryness, irritated tissue)
Interstitial Cystitis /Painful Bladder Syndrome
Tension of the muscles around the Urethra

Other Pelvic Pain Diagnoses Include:

Interstitial Cystitis /Painful Bladder Syndrome
Vulvodynia
Vulvar Vestibulitis
Pudendal Neuralgia
Pudendal Nerve Entrapment
Endometriosis

Our Pelvic Floor Therapy & Rehab Treatment Room

Pelvic Floor Therapy

An education is what you will get when you step into NWO Center for Pelvic Rehabilitation and Wellness for the first time, especially if you are wondering why in the world you are being sent to a physical therapist to address your bladder concerns, bowel concerns, pelvic pain, abdominal pain or sexual dysfunction.

The pelvic floor rehabilitation physical therapists create a safe environment for their patients and are very easy to talk to about any of these personal and delicate subjects. These specialists take the time during your initial evaluation and individual follow up treatment sessions to listen to your full history, figure out what cascade of factors led you to the symptoms you have now, and will thoughtfully determine a treatment plan for your body to restore its normal function again.

Discussing the vagina, penis, bladder and bowel – because they deal with sex, pee and poop – can be taboo. The Physical Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistant want to discuss these topics with you in a very caring and professional way – and teach you through simple education about how your body and organs work, so you can move forward towards better health and wellness.

Prenatal and postpartum care are also of utmost importance in setting the stage for good pelvic floor health throughout a woman’s lifetime. Just as a hip or knee or back would need rehabilitation after a trauma or injury, the pelvic floor will need rehabilitation after childbirth to restore its normal function and help to prevent any number of pelvic floor dysfunctions later in life including bladder/bowel incontinence, prolapse and pelvic pain.