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Kelley Ryan
- Mar 12
- 4 min
Perineal Scars: Preventing severe tears... and how physical therapy helps
Perineal tears (where the tissue at the vagina tears during birth) occur in 50-75% of vaginal births. Mild tears (1st or 2nd degree) are...
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Shravya Kovela, PT, DPT, OCS
- Mar 9
- 5 min
Postpartum Back Pain
Have you had low back, buttock, or hip pain that seems unrelenting? No matter what you do, it seems to show up. Maybe it’s getting to a...
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Kelley Ryan, PT & Kate Park PT
- Feb 3
- 3 min
Can Ehlers-Danlos and Hypermobility Cause Pelvic Floor Muscle Dysfunction?
Short answer: Yes! Let’s dive into the long answer. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a group of inherited connective tissue disorders...
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Kelley Ryan
- Nov 15, 2022
- 4 min
Physical Therapy for Clogged Ducts & Nipple Damage
Feeding human milk is so incredibly healthy for both baby and {m}other. Breastfed infants have unexpectedly low incidents of...
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Kelley Ryan
- Sep 28, 2022
- 2 min
Help! I only feel core work in my hip flexors!!
If you are like a lot of our clients, you might be struggling with only feeling your core work in your hip flexors. Perhaps you have...
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Ali Gallup, PT, DPT, OCS
- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
Is tight fascia the reason behind your chronic pelvic pain?
What is Fascia? Most people have heard of plantar fasciitis or IT Band syndrome. These are conditions effecting the fascia of the foot...
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Ali Gallup, PT, DPT, OCS & Kelley Ryan, PT, DPT, WCS, PCES
- Sep 27, 2021
- 3 min
Pelvic Pain and Physical Therapy: How Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Helps
When it comes to chronic pelvic pain, many patients unfortunately end up seeing 5, 6, 10+ doctors trying to find answers to why they have...
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Ali Gallup, PT, DPT, OCS
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy – What is it and What Conditions Can We Treat?
From Alison Gallup, PT, DPT, OCS I’m Alison Gallup and I am a pelvic floor physical therapist. When people find out that I work in pelvic...
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Kelley Ryan
- Jun 21, 2021
- 3 min
Pelvic Pain & Class IV Laser
Chronic pelvic pain is defined by pain below your belly button and between your hips that lasts 6 months or longer. Sometimes, even with...
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Kelley Ryan
- Oct 6, 2020
- 9 min
Can physical therapy help prolapse?
The short answer is yes! Absolutely! Pelvic Health physical therapy should be your first stop if you have a grade 1, 2 or 3 prolapse--...
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Kelley Ryan
- Aug 30, 2020
- 6 min
Diastasis Recti in the Pregnant and Postpartum Birthing Person
Exercising ONLY your core is one of the worst things you can do for diastasis (also known as DRA or abdominal separation) . Working out...
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Kelley Ryan
- Aug 13, 2020
- 7 min
Birth: Preparing for a Natural Birth with Body Balance
Hello! Let's talk about birth-- one of my favorite subjects! In labor, your job is to dilate and your baby's job is to rotate through...
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Kelley Ryan
- May 11, 2020
- 3 min
Cesarean Scar Pain: How Physical Therapy Can Help
There are 1.3 million cesarean sections performed annually or about 1 in 3 American births. Chronic cesarean scar pain is more common...
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Kelley Ryan
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
Postpartum Return to Running...
When I went to my 6 week postpartum visit after my 3rd baby (now almost 2), I was shocked to say the least. My midwife did not ask if I...
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Kelley Ryan
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Stress Incontinence... more than just "do your kegels"
Stress incontinence: Kegels are probably making you WORSE. Stress incontinence is leaking with a cough, sneeze, laugh, bend or running. ...
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Kelley Ryan
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Leaking and Running: to Kegel or not to Kegel?
So many women think that using a pad when they run is just “par for the course” after they have a baby. Leaking with running, coughing,...
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Kelley Ryan
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
What is a holistic physical therapist?
I take a holistic approach to each patient I see. That means, if a patient who has chronic pain at her cesarean scar, I work on the scar...
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