The Postpartum Patient
During the postnatal period, women can struggle with diastasis recti, weak pelvic floor muscles, altered pelvic girdle alignment and postural dysfunction that can manifest into various symptoms, including muscle imbalance, dysfunction, and pain. These issues often go ignored since these women are busy adapting to motherhood and many health care professionals tell you that it is normal. The changes that occur to the body in the peripartum period can last for decades if left untreated and result in suboptimal movement strategies, poor breathing patterns, persistent weakness and pain, as well as an increased incidence of bladder and bowel incontinence later in life. With proper screening and guidance, the patient can address their postural, pelvic floor, and abdominal muscle changes and have a successful return to a pain free lifestyle, optimizing wellness and musculoskeletal function.
Services offered/Conditions Treated:
Cesarean management and scar massage
Perineal scar management and scar massage
Diastasis recti rehabilitation
Abdominal splinting instruction
Pelvic floor awareness training and strengthening
Organ prolapse treatment and management
Dyspareunia or painful intercourse
Urinary urgency, frequency and incontinence/dysfunctional voiding
Bowel urgency, frequency and incontinence
Constipation
Pelvic girdle pain
Shoulder/elbow/wrist/hand pain
Postural training and movement awareness
How to move with your baby
Self-care techniques to manage aches and pains
Breast feeding positioning and ergonomics
Mastitis manual breast drainage
Guided return to exercise