Specialized Care for Living your Best Life
It might be obvious, but women’s and men’s bodies are different. Different hormones, different bone structures, and a few key different organs. Due to some of these differences, women are more predisposed to experiencing pelvic floor dysfunction and may require more specialized treatment.
Women’s Health Physical Therapy provides you with:
Receive individualized attention and
support in an exclusive environment
Work with an expert women’s health specialist who understands your ailments
Strengthen your pelvic floor and more with integrated movements and conditioning
Women’s health PT is a specialized area of physical therapy in which a women’s health physical therapist will evaluate and treat the musculoskeletal disorders that a woman may experience throughout her lifetime, from young athletes to postmenopausal women. This may include conditions such as:
A women’s health physical therapist has additional education and training to evaluate and treat musculoskeletal conditions specific to women. Additionally, some women’s health therapists are able to perform a pelvic exam to assess the muscles of the pelvic floor which can be very beneficial in understanding your condition and creating a plan of care specific to you! While an internal exam may be part of your treatment, it does not necessarily need to be depending on your needs. Make sure you talk this through with your therapist.
Women from all walks of life can experience pelvic floor dysfunction. You don’t need to have given birth to have pelvic floor dysfunction!
Not all women benefit from doing Kegels and in some cases, it can actually make symptoms worse.
Pelvic floor dysfunction and the conditions associated with it are common, but they are not NORMAL and they may even get progressively worse! While these conditions are not life-threatening, they can be distracting and interfere with your everyday life and limit your ability to be active and participate in social activities. By addressing the symptoms and the cause, we can restore function to your pelvic floor and ultimately free you from the symptoms that keep you from living the life you want.
Call 312-929-3646 or schedule online with a Women’s Health Physical Therapy Specialist.