For those experiencing pelvic pain/pressure, frequent urination, constipation, stress incontinence (leaking with activity, sneezing or coughing) a pelvic health assessment & treatment can help!

• Functional assessment of your pelvic floor/core, related muscles and joints, lifestyle & activities.
• Education around how to best support your core and pelvic floor day to day and during activity and prevent dysfunction.
• Comprehensive treatment plan and recommendations for follow ups and next steps depending on assessment findings.

No matter where you are in your journey towards having a baby pelvic floor physiotherapy techniques can help assess how your pelvic floor is functioning and help you begin to incorporate pelvic floor conditioning/rehab into your lifestyle to optimize the function of your pelvic floor even before conception.

Pregnancy prep typically includes the following services:

• Functional assessment of your pelvic floor/core, related muscles and joints, lifestyle & activities.
• Education around how to best support your core and pelvic floor day to day and during activity and prevent dysfunction.
• Comprehensive treatment plan and recommendations for follow ups and next steps depending on assessment findings.

You’re pregnant, now what?! Pregnancy care at Homebody will walk you through how to best support the many physical changes you will experience over the next 40 weeks to help keep you active, pain free, and optimize your pelvic floor function in preparation for labour, delivery and postpartum recovery!

Pregnancy Care typically includes the following services:

• Functional assessment of your pelvic floor/core, related muscles and joints, lifestyle & activities.
• Treatment to help you maintain pelvic alignment and symmetry during pregnancy to reduce potential pelvic girdle pain and help facilitate labor and delivery.
• Strengthening and lengthening the pelvic floor muscle to improve function, mobility, and minimize pain.
• Perineal care and stretching to help prepare the vaginal connective tissue and pelvic floor muscles for delivery in order to prevent or minimize tearing.
• Education on optimal birthing positions to help facilitate the babies descent through the birth canal, and optimize efforts while pushing.
• Education on pain and pain management, and discuss any fears, concerns and goals for labour and delivery.

Recovery and rehabilitation postpartum is so important as many women will continue to have pelvic floor dysfunction for many years after giving birth. Pelvic floor muscles are just like any other muscle in our body, and they need to be restored after childbirth.

Homebody postpartum services include:

• A detailed history including your labour and delivery.
• A functional assessment of your pelvic floor/core to determine strength, mobility, and perineal tissue recovery for vaginal deliveries.
• If you are recovering from a cesaerean birth we will also assess scar sensitivity, mobility, pain, and discuss rehabilitation techniques that will optimize your cesarean recovery.
• You will also receive education and a detailed plan on how to gradually return to your favorite activities, pain and dysfunction free.
• Returning to activities gradually and with support for your pelvic floor/core is crucial for preventing injury and pelvic floor dysfunction later in life!