Pelvic floor physical therapy office for postpartum pelvic floor treatment in Newtown PA

Postpartum Physical Therapy

A clear, structured plan for postpartum recovery.

Your body just went through the marathon of pregnancy! We understand that you can feel lost on how to safely progress back to the activities you love, we’ve been there. Your body doesn’t just “bounce back” after the 6-week “all clear” check with your birth provider. We provide you with a clear plan to get back to meaningful activities.

With postpartum care at Vivid we focus on:

  • Restoring core and pelvic floor strength

  • Improving any aches and pains

  • Treating common pregnancy concerns such as urinary leakage, constipation, hemorrhoids, sexual pain and diastasis recti

  • Guiding safe return to activities that you love

Postpartum physical therapy treatment using a real time ultrasound
“Jenn is extremely thorough and quickly diagnosed my diastasis recti and pelvic floor weakness as contributing factors to my back pain. After going through a series of exercises, I was already feeling relief. Having a full hour, one-on-one with Jenn was absolutely necessary and crucial to my recovery. ”

  • Time to share your birth story

    We want to hear your birth story because your journey to parenthood helps us structure your recovery

  • Improve your core and pelvic floor strength

    With hands on treatments like real-time ultrasound to assist with muscle activation, our state of the art facility is the best place for to help you improve your strength and get back to the activities you love

  • Manage common postpartum concerns

    Our team of therapists are experts in managing common postpartum concerns like prolapse, abdominal separation (diastasis recti), leakage and pelvic pain

FAQs

  • Everyone needs pelvic floor therapy postpartum! Your body just went through a lot of changes, and we can’t expect your body to be able to just “bounce back”. Pelvic floor physical therapists are THE experts in postpartum care. Just as you would seek physical therapy after a shoulder injury, physical therapy should be the standard of care after pregnancy.

  • It depends! Whenever you are feeling up to it, we are here for you. We typically like to see patients at about 3 weeks postpartum to begin therapy. We cannot do internal treatment (intravaginal or intrarectal) until you are cleared by your birth provider. However, there are many things that can be addressed before that time including posture, functional movement and gentle core and pelvic floor exercises. This is particularly important for patients that are experiencing symptoms at 3 weeks postpartum

  • Everything that we do is customized to you and your needs. Many of the online programs are “one size fits all”. Sometimes these exercises can actually do more harm than good. For example, a lot of online diastasis recti programs focus more on “closing the gap” than on proper abdominal activation which can lead to pelvic floor dysfunction.

  • It depends on what you are coming in for! If you are asymptomatic, we typically see our patients for about 6 visits (spaced out throughout the fourth trimester). If you are experiencing pelvic floor symptoms, your sessions will be weekly until symptoms decrease.

  • Yes! Coming into pelvic floor therapy might be more important when you have a C-section! C-sections are major abdominal surgery and with C-sections, the core muscles can be significantly weakened. Pelvic floor therapists are the experts in deep core rehab.

  • At Vivid, postpartum recovery is one of the top diagnoses we treat. Our therapists are highly trained in postpartum recovery. Unlike other pelvic floor therapists who have often only taken 1-2 basic courses in pelvic floor therapy, the therapists at Vivid have taken extensive training in postpartum recovery through Sarah Duvall and Lynn Shulte, two pioneers in postpartum recovery.

    In addition, our pelvic health center is catered specifically to postpartum recovery. We have a real time ultrasound machine which helps us correctly train your deep core, and we have a full gym to help you safely get back to the activities you love.

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