Which Services Can help:
We encourage everyone who is pregnant to book an appointment with a Pelvic Physiotherapist to prevent pain or common injuries that may occur throughout your pregnancy concerns.
The Pelvic Health Physiotherapist will take a multimodal approach to assess and treat your concerns, issue(s), and/or pain. The assessment may involve an internal (vaginal and/or rectal) examination depending on the issue and your comfort with this type of exam. An internal exam is the only way we can truly assess the status of the pelvic floor muscles (tight, tender, weak).
Treatment differs depending on the status of these muscles. If they are tight, we have to work on relaxing them, which may include some internal myofascial work, education, and home exercises. If they are weak, we need to work on activation, strength, and endurance of the pelvic floor muscles, which may include some education and home exercises.
Implementing the right treatment from the beginning will help resolve your issues and/or pain more effectively and efficiently. Taking this approach typically leads to more meaningful and long-lasting changes versus a temporary relief or quick fix.
All sessions are one on one with a Pelvic Health Physiotherapist. Overall, treatments may include: soft tissue/myofascial techniques internally (vaginal and/or rectal) and/or externally, core exercises (strengthening, lengthening, or endurance), breathing exercises, functional exercises with core engagement (squatting, bending, running, lifting, etc), and joint mobilization, and acupuncture as necessary. Our innovative care strategies at For Health’s Sake will help you find quick relief.
Fertility Acupuncture:
There are many things that may affect fertility including lifestyle, age, stress, environmental factors and diseases or conditions such as PCOS, endometriosis and irregular menstrual cycles. In some cases the problem may lie with the male rather than the female.
Our Chinese Medicine Acupuncturist customizes her treatments based on your unique story. The goal is to harmonize your body’s natural hormonal landscape and optimize your reproductive wellness, fertility, and pregnancy. Acupuncture can also be integrated alongside assisted fertility treatments in order to boost your overall wellness and reduce side effects.
Many women and couples try fertility acupuncture when they have tried repeatedly to conceive a baby without success. Perhaps you have suffered a miscarriage on two or more occasions, or are considering IVF or IUI and want to improve your success rate with fertility acupuncture.
At For Health’s Sake, our acupuncturist blends acupuncture, naturopath, massage therapy and other modalities to enhance fertility and improve overall health and well-being.
Call us today to schedule an appointment; we’ll help you get back to the sport you love as quickly as possible!