How can pelvic PT help after a cesarean section?

For women who have a planned or unplanned C-section, your pelvic floor muscles are still affected by pregnancy. These muscles are under greater stress while supporting more weight from the baby and uterus for nine months. Your posture is greatly changed through pregnancy, and your muscle recruitment pattern is altered by this change.

Unfortunately, our bodies don’t just “bounce back” to their normal function. We must relearn and retrain the muscles to function properly again. Without coordinated training, your body will continue to move using the abnormal strategy from pregnancy.

A cesarean section also means doctors had to cut through your abdominal wall to get baby out, and that can impact the strength and recruitment of your core muscles.