When should I start pelvic therapy after delivering a baby?

After you give birth, we can work on strategies to optimize your healing from a vaginal or cesarean birth and give you techniques to improve common postpartum issues, like bowel or bladder function. If your joints make it hard to comfortably navigate through your new routine with baby, it’s helpful to start physical therapy as soon as possible to resolve any limitations.

We usually wait until you get the all-clear from your provider at your six-week checkup to start an internal pelvic floor assessment and treatment. When we know you’ve healed well, we can introduce internal therapies for issues like painful intercourse, difficult bowel movements, and urinary leakage.