Pelvic Health

Physical Therapy is First-Line Treatment for Better Bladder and Bowel Control

At FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers, we take a collaborative and holistic approach to successfully treat patients with pelvic floor conditions. Our therapists have had extensive coursework in the area of pelvic floor health allowing them to effectively address our patients’ issues as they move through different stages of life.

Therapeutic Treatment for the following:

• Urinary Incontinence - Stress, Urge or Mixed
• Post-Partum Incontinence
• Fecal Incontinence
• Vulvar Pain Syndromes
• Rectal Pain Syndromes
• Pre-and Post-Partum Musculoskeletal Dysfunctions (back pain, episiotomy scar, pelvic muscle weakness, diastases)
• Post Prostatectomy
• Prolapse Conditions
• Osteoporosis
• Back Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Constipation
• Pelvic Pain
• Dyspareunia
• Episiotomy scar
• Muscle spasm
• Pubic symphysis diastasis
• Interstitial cystitis

Treatment varies dependent upon needs of patient but may include:

• Evaluation/Assessment
• Patient education on condition and modifications to lifestyle
• Urge suppression techniques and autonomic quieting
• Biofeedback for relaxation of pelvic floor muscles or recruitment of pelvic floor
• Address musculoskeletal dysfunction & movement imbalances
• Instruction in posture, body mechanics and appropriate breathing
• Instruction in pelvic floor exercises in coordination with diaphragmatic breathing and core recruitment
• Manual therapy - soft tissue mobilization to pelvic floor muscles
• Use of vaginal dilators
• Bladder training
• Toileting postures and mechanics