Our Philosophy
We believe in a "whole person approach," where each patient is treated as an individual with specific goals. We combine a holistic approach with an individualized treatment program to meet those goals.

Our Goals
• Empower and educate our patients
• Eliminate or manage pain
• Correct faulty movement patterns or posture
• Improve breathing and circulation
• Decrease or prevent scar adhesions
• Strengthen weak muscles
• Improve flexibility
• Correct joint mechanics
• Improve coordination, balance, and endurance
• Optimize functioning
• Improve body mechanics
• Prepare for pregnancy and delivery
• Recovery from pregnancy and delivery
• Accelerate post-operative recovery
• Independence in performing home exercises

Your Initial Evaluation
In addition to your medical history, your comprehensive initial evaluation could include:
• pain assessment
• postural assessment
• sensation/reflex testing
• evaluation of range of motion, flexibility, strength, and endurance
• coordination and balance
• movement patterns and gait analysis
• functional abilities
• palpation of muscle tissue or trigger points
• scar tissue assessment
• joint mobility
• viscera mobility/motility
• specific pelvic floor and perineal assessment
• vulvar pain questionnaire
• bladder/bowel questionnaire
• pain questionnaire
• bladder/bowel diary
• fiber intake diary
• biofeedback

What might your treatment program include?
Your individualized program of treatment may include any or all of the following:
• biofeedback
• breathing techniques
• core stabilization training
• craniosacral therapy
• deep tissue massage
• electrical stimulation
• Feldenkrais approach
• Functional movement patterns
• instruction in a home exercise program
• integrative manual therapy techniques
• joint mobilization
• cold laser therapy
• massage therapy
• moist heat/cold therapy
• myofascial release
• nerve/neural tension releases
• neuromuscular re-education techniques
• patient and family education
• pelvic floor rehabilitation program
• Physioball® exercise instruction
• postural re-education
• prescriptive therapeutic exercises
• real-time ultrasound
• relaxation training
• scar tissue/adhesion release
• soft tissue mobilization
• skin rolling techniques
• strain/counterstrain
• stretching
• transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
• ultrasound
• therapeutic
• urogenital and visceral manipulation

We offer specialized services such as abdominal massage, prenatal massage, and birthing classes.

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