pelvic and

abdominal pain

Pelvic and abdominal pain can show up in many ways, but it can seriously affect your quality of life.

Pelvic and abdominal pain can be tricky to pin down because it can feel like low back pain, hip pain, groin pain, pelvic or perineal pain, pubic symphysis pain, pain with penetration, pain when inserting menstrual products, urgency or frequency, or bowel issues like constipation or cramping. If you're dealing with any of these, you're in the right place. Everyone deserves to live pain-free, and pelvic floor physical therapy may be your ticket to pain-free living!

Have questions about your specific symptoms? Give us a call, and we'd be happy to help. If pain with penetration is one of your concerns, check out our blog post "Understanding Pain During Sex" for more info!

Let our experts Help!

Our Doctors of Physical Therapy will assess your pelvis and all possible contributing factors in a thorough evaluation to find the root cause of your symptoms. They will then create a treatment plan specific to you to lead you towards symptom relief.

A typical treatment for pelvic and abdominal pain could include

  • Manual therapy can include myofascial release and visceral releases direct to your bladder and any contributing area to help reduce pain and tension and improve tissue length

  • You will be prescribed specific exercises to help improve mobility where you lack it and decrease your specific pain

  • Our goal is to improve your overall awareness of you pelvic floor and all parts of you body that contriute to it. We will help improve your strength deficits, motor coordination, timing and empower you to feel confident and pain free with all of your daily tasks

  • Our therapists will educate you on their findings and help you fully understand not only what is going on with your body but also what you can do to help reduce your symptoms

  • If we have inappropriate pressure management strategies, meaning, we bear down, breath hold and maintain improper alignment especially when lifting then we could be overloading our pelvic floor resulting pain and tightness

  • If we deem that Dry Needling is an appropate treatment stragety for you then it is proveided at no additional cost! Click here to learn more about what Dry Needling is.