Your First Appointment

In our first session, we'll spend time discussing why you’re here and what you’re looking to get out of pelvic floor physical therapy. These initial sessions are to help me fully understand your history, your concerns, and what your goals are.

After we’ve discussed what brought you to EmpowerHER we will go through the physical examination to help us gain better insight into your condition.

The physical exam offers two options:

1. Internal Pelvic Assessment: This involves external and internal palpation of your pelvic floor muscles, checking for tenderness, resting tension, strength, and endurance. I'll guide you through every step of this process. Your comfort is my top priority and you are always in control, if anything feels uncomfortable, we stop.

2. External Examination: If you prefer to skip the internal assessment no problem, I get it! We'll focus on examining your hips, abdomen, and lower back externally, which still provides valuable insights.

We'll wrap up the session by working together to create a treatment plan. This can look like follow-up sessions with me for a number of weeks, exercises and techniques you can do at home, or a combination of the two.