Postpartum Physical Therapy
Whether it’s your 1st or 7th baby, we’re here to help!
While our bodies are absolutely amazing and resilient, pregnancy and childbirth can present some common challenges. Bloom uses a holistic, full body approach to identify and treat the root cause of your pain or symptoms, so you can get back to the activities you love and care for your little ones without pain or dysfunction.
We Specialize In Treating:
Postpartum Recovery
Gentle core and pelvic floor engagement and strengthening, gentle exercises and movements, postures and techniques for baby wearing, carrying, nursing/feeding, and lifting to reduce pain and risk of injury, scar tissue mobilization, lymphatic drainage massage for swelling, soft tissue work for aches and pains, guidance with return to exercise.
We love seeing postpartum mama's as early as 2 weeks. This is such an important time! We're happy to come to you if you're within Bloom's concierge radius.
Pain: Back, hip, tailbone, sacroiliac joint (SIJ), pubic symphysis, pain with intercourse postpartum
Leaking with coughing, sneezing, exercise, etc
Urgently or frequently needing to use the restroom
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Diastasis Recti (Abdominal Separation)
Guidance and progressions for strengthening, exercising and running during pregnancy and postpartum
C-section and perineal scar management
Postpartum Pelvic Floor
Urinary incontinence
Leaking with exertion (sneeze, cough, laugh, exercise)
Urgently needing to use the restroom
Frequently needing to use the restroom ("small bladder")
Pelvic Organ Prolapse (feeling of heaviness in your pelvic floor)
Strategies to decrease risk of pelvic organ prolapse
Managing a current pelvic organ prolapse
Returning to exercise and running with prolapse
Constipation
Difficulty initiating your stream or leaking when you stand up after urinating
Painful intercourse, insertion, or with gynecological exams
Recurrent UTI's or tests that frequently come back negative
Scar tissue mobilization
Overactive or underactive pelvic floor muscles
Postpartum Back, Hip & Pelvic Pain
Acute flare up of low back pain with or without sciatica
Chronic low back pain
Sciatica
Pelvic Pain
Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) or Pubic Symphysis pain
Tailbone or Sit Bones pain
Hip pain
We also treat other orthopedic pain, such as knee, ankle, foot, neck, headaches, shoulder, elbow and wrist pain
Postpartum Running & Exercise
Running Analysis and Running Strength Screening
Video analysis to determine possible contributors to your pain, leaking, diastasis, etc.
Return to Running Postpartum Screen
Pain with running
Back, pelvic, hip or knee
Glutes, hamstrings, TFL, IT band, inner thigh
Knee
Ankle, achilles, foot, shin splints
Plantar fasciitis
Tendonitis
Leaking (Incontinence)
Run & exercise without needing to worry about leaking.
Prolapse
Resume, begin or progress running or training when you have a prolapse.
During Pregnancy & Postpartum
Guidance for running & training during pregnancy and postpartum.
Appointments
We evaluate, treat, and create a program that gets to the root cause so you can regain confidence in your body, and feel great! We offer longer appointment times because we find so much value in taking the time to listen, using a comprehensive approach, and empowering you by providing education so that you can better understand and address your symptoms for lasting results. Bloom offers in office and virtual appointments, making it more convenient than ever to get the care you need to feel like yourself again.
Evaluation: 60 or 120 minutes
Your evaluation is a collaborative, one-on-one appointment designed to understand what’s going on, answer your questions, and create a plan that fits your goals.
- Talk through your history and goals: We’ll discuss your health history, what’s bringing you in, your goals, and any questions or concerns you have.
- Complete an objective exam: Depending on your needs, we may assess strength, range of motion, posture, movement patterns, areas of pain or discomfort, breathing patterns, and core recruitment. Pelvic floor assessment is always completely optional and will only be performed with your consent.
- Begin treatment: Based on our findings, we may incorporate exercises, stretches, movement strategies, hands-on soft tissue work, cupping, dry needling or other appropriate treatment during your visit.
- Review findings and create a plan: We’ll discuss findings, what may be contributing to your symptoms, and develop a personalized plan for moving forward.
- Get your personalized home program: Within a few days after your appointment, you’ll receive access to my app where you can view your customized exercise videos and home program.
Follow Up Treatment Session: 60 or 120 minutes
Your follow-up visits are personalized to your progress, goals, and what your body needs that day. We’ll continue building on what we learned during your evaluation and adjust your plan as you progress.
- Check in: We’ll talk about how you’ve been feeling, what’s improved, what’s still bothering you, and any questions or changes since your last visit.
- Reassess and adjust: We’ll reassess movement, strength, symptoms, or other areas as needed to see how you’re progressing and determine what to focus on next.
- Treatment: Your session may include hands-on treatment, soft tissue work, exercises, movement retraining, breath, pelvic floor and core work, or other techniques based on your needs. Optional cupping or dry needling may also be incorporated when appropriate.
- Progress your plan: We’ll build on your exercises and strategies, making adjustments or adding new movements as you’re ready.
- Leave with a plan: You’ll know what to focus on between visits, with your personalized home program updated as needed in the app.
***An evaluation is required prior to a treatment session
Happy Clients...
When I got pregnant, I knew I wanted to work with a pelvic floor physical therapist. I was referred to Jess by a co-worker and could not have been happier with the recommendation. Jess was great at guiding me through exercises to support my pregnancy, and assist with my healing and recovery postpartum. She also helped with a number of aches and pains during and after pregnancy. She created a very individualized program for me to follow that was easy to complete with my busy life. I believe I would have had a much harder time with birth and my postpartum recovery if I had not started working with Jess when I did. I can’t recommend her enough!!
Dr. Jess is fantastic! I truly have nothing but praise for her. I have struggled to heal my diastasis recti since giving birth to my second child four years ago. An intensive online program and work with a PT through my healthcare clinic left me feeling defeated and as though I still looked 5 months pregnant. I started working with Dr. Jess two months ago and immediately started to see and feel results in my core and pelvic floor. Not only is Dr. Jess warm and caring, but she is also so hands on and knowledgeable. It amazes me how she can watch me perform an exercise and make the slightest tweaks to my posture and alignment to deliver major results. I also really appreciate the fact that Dr. Jess understands that I am a busy mom. My care plan is tailored to fit my lifestyle. I continue to recommend Dr. Jess to all of my mom friends!
I first went to Jess in Jan 2023 because I had a knee injury from running that was bugging me. I am so incredibly grateful I was able to work with her. She customized my exercises and treatment to my exact needs plus preferences. I loved gaining insights into my running form with my personal analysis and getting a chance to try dry needling. Jess made my PT exercises and plan easy to understand plus perfectly tailored to my specific goals. She also assisted me with my training plan so I could feel confident, strong and ready for my half marathon coming up in June. Highly recommend anyone with running PT or any PT needs to Jess. She is incredibly knowledgeable, organized, flexible, kind and easy to open up to. Definitely a worthwhile investment in my health and running training.
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