Pelvic Floor Therapy | St. Peter's Health

St. Peter’s Health specializes in expert pelvic floor physical therapy, providing personalized care for individuals across all ages and stages of life. Whether you're experiencing pain, incontinence, or other dysfunction, our therapists offer personalized, evidence-based treatment to restore function and confidence.

What is the pelvic floor?

The pelvic floor is a group of muscles that support the bladder, uterus (or prostate) and rectum. These muscles play a vital role in bowel and bladder function, sexual function, and core stability. When these muscles are too weak, too tight, or not coordinating properly, it can lead to discomfort, dysfunction and disruption in daily life.

St. Peter’s approach to pelvic floor therapy

Our skilled physical therapists will perform a detailed evaluation, gaining an understanding of the unique components of your symptoms and goals. A posture and movement assessment is also performed to identify contributing factors to your symptoms. Together, you and your therapist will collaborate to address specific areas of concern and create a custom treatment program. This often includes techniques for managing symptoms and exercises for strengthening or relaxing the pelvic floor. Manual therapy and biofeedback may also be utilized to facilitate recovery.

Pelvic floor therapy provides patients with valuable insight to their bodies and enables them to self-manage their condition.

Let us partner with you in your healing journey.

Conditions treated

Urinary incontinence or urgency
Constipation
Diastasis recti (abdominal separation)
Dyspareunia (pain with intercourse)
Fecal incontinence
Interstitial cystitis
Endometriosis
Pain during and after pregnancy
Prolapse
Pelvic pain or pressure
Pudendal neuralgia
Tailbone pain
Vaginismus, vulvar vestibulitis, vulvodynia

For pregnancy and postpartum

Our pelvic floor therapists are trained to support you through the physical changes of pregnancy and the recovery period after birth. We offer gentle, tailored treatment to address:

Pelvic griddle or back pain during pregnancy
Safe core strengthening and birth preparation
Education on body mechanics and posture for breastfeeding, babywearing and lifting
C-section and perineal scar care
Return-to-exercise guidance

For Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence—or accidental urine leakage—is one of the most common conditions we treat. It can occur during activities like exercising, lifting, laughing or sneezing. Some people also experience a sudden, strong urge to urinate and may not make it to the restroom in time, or they may leak in response to triggers like running water.

While incontinence is common, it’s not something you have to accept as a normal part of life. Pelvic floor therapy can make a meaningful difference at any age.