How can pelvic physical therapy improve pregnancy and delivery?

Finding Pelvic Sanity

Pelvic PTs are the pregnancy experts - we want to help you have a more comfortable pregnancy, a smoother delivery, and prevent postpartum issues after delivery!

1. Have a more comfortable pregnancy

Working with a pelvic floor physical therapist throughout your pregnancy can reduce or eliminate issues like back pain, hand or foot pain, painful intercourse, lightning crotch, pubic symphysis pain, swelling in the legs, and more!

You don’t have to just suffer throughout pregnancy. And then act as if the marathon effort of delivery is going to help these symptoms? They don’t just magically go away after the baby comes, they linger into postpartum. And now you have a little one to pick up, nurse, carry and eventually chase around.

Nothing gets easier to treat the longer we let symptoms linger.

2. Prepare for labor

The muscles of the pelvic floor have to be able to relax and stretch to allow the baby to pass through. If they are tight - because of how you’ve been moving, exercising, low back pain you’ve had, or other reasons - it will make delivery more difficult.

Your pelvic PT will work with you on things like perineal massage, finding the best labor positions for you, breathing and other birth prep techniques to ensure you’re ready for delivery.

3. Prevent postpartum issues and establish care

We want to do everything we can to prevent postpartum issues from cropping up. And by working with a pelvic PT before you deliver, you’ll already have someone who knows your body and can help you postpartum.
PelvicSanity Healthy Pregnancy Program (HPP)

At PelvicSanity, we have a full Healthy Pregnancy Program (HPP) our patients go through. We recommend coming in early in your second trimester to get started. We usually see patients about once a month through the second trimester and then more frequently as we move into the third.

We want to have completed birth prep by 37 weeks so you’re prepared if you go into labor.

Local to Southern California?
If you (or someone you know) is pregnant and local to Southern California, we would love to work with you! Give our team a call (www.pelvicsanity.com) for the best pregnancy care and birth prep.

About Us
Dr. Nicole and Jesse Cozean are the founders of PelvicSanity Physical Therapy (www.pelvicsanity.com) in Southern California. The clinic has helped thousands of patients in the Orange County, CA area and hundreds from around the world with a remote consultation and Out of Town Program.
They co-authored The IC Solution and Nicole created The IC Roadmap online course to provide the most accurate, up-to-date information for those with interstitial cystitis. They run the Finding Pelvic Sanity Facebook group for a supportive online community for anyone dealing with pelvic health issues.
Nicole has also created courses and trained thousands of pelvic PTs to provide better care through her work with Pelvic PT Rising (www.pelvicptrising.com).

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And as always, we hope this has helped you find just a bit of pelvic sanity!