integrated pelvic floor physical therapy

Pelvic Health is Whole Body Health

The common approach to pelvic pain, leakage, or dysfunction often focuses only on the pelvic floor muscles. If you’ve been told to simply “do more kegels” or to breathe into your pelvis with limited success, you already know that only addresses the tip of the iceberg.

Your pelvic floor is not an isolated unit; it’s a central part of the complex, interconnected system that is your body. It should be functioning primarily under subconscious control, supporting you in every movement without you having to think about it.

If you find yourself consciously squeezing or contracting your pelvic floor when you cough, sneeze, run, or jump, it’s a clear signal that something in your automatic system is offline. Have you ever tried to move or run while actively performing a Kegel? It’s nearly impossible because your whole body stiffens up. Your pelvic floor is meant to work with you, not against you.

Finding the True Root Cause

Tightness, weakness, and discomfort in the pelvic floor rarely start in the pelvic floor itself. Often, this area is simply responding to inefficiencies elsewhere in your system.

At SolFuel, our expertise is in tracing those protective patterns back to their original source. That source could be:

• Visceral Strain: Scar tissue from a seat belt injury, a laparoscopic surgery, or a C-section even GI distress, constipation and bloating impact the pelvic floor. 

• Structural Adaptations: Stiffness in your rib cage and thoracic spine from postural habits, protective patterns or prior injuries.

• Old Trauma: An old injury or surgery to your back, tailbone, knee, or even a foot impacts how the pelvic floor is functioning. 

• The Nervous System & Emotions: Our pelvic bowl not only holds our organs, but it also holds our emotions and as an interconnected system these too can impact the pelvic floor. 

Our Integrated Path to Resolution

To achieve the complete, lasting resolution you deserve, we must look at the whole system first.

1. Systemic Balance First: We always start by treating the full system—the thoracic cage, the viscera (organs), the nervous system, and the extremities. By bringing balance to these areas first, the pelvic floor begins to resume its subconscious, efficient work all on its own.

2. Targeted Pelvic Work Second: We then follow this with directly addressing the pelvic bowl itself. This hands-on work focuses on balancing the ligaments and organs of the pelvic bowl alongside supporting the emotional environment to bring full resolution to symptoms like urinary leakage, pelvic pain, pain with sex, and bowel dysfunction.

After years of supporting hundreds of women, I’ve found this integrated approach is the only way to unlock the level of balance and efficiency that allows you to feel truly strong, confident, and whole.