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Postpartum Repairs & Physical Therapy
There is a wide range in postpartum healing. If someone gives birth by C-section, or has a 3rd, or 4th degree tear healing can take many weeks or months.
Some people like to see a pelvic floor PT before they give birth, others only after, and some people just have a wait and see approach. This is not a resource that is often spoken about in clinic spaces, and doctors and midwives can claim that the aches and pains of pregnancy or postpartum are normal. Ask a PT and they will say that that is not true, and that there is A LOT someone can do to stay fully active and pain free in pregnancy, and resume health in the postpartum period.
Below are a few resource:
Article about Pelvic Floor Therapy
Book- Reviving Your Sex Life After Childbirth by Kathe Wallace, PT
Providers: There are so many pelvic floor specialist now, this is a list of people who I know, or have worked with past clients. Let me know if you know someone who I should add!
April Bolding (West Seattle)
Experience Momentum (Lynnwood + Fremont)
4030 Alderwood Mall, Lynnwood, WA 98036
or
1100 N 35th St, Seattle, WA 98103
Action Reaction Physical Therapy, Inc. Darshana Naik, DPT, MS, WCS, OCS, Cert MDT
Trained Pelvic and Pre/Post Natal Physical Therapist, Lake City Professional Center, 2611 NE 125th, Suite 90, Seattle, Wa 98125
Body Motion Physical Therapy Allison Feldt, PT.
320 Dayton St, Suite 112, Edmonds, WA
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