Services

Why you would seek physical therapy

Inpatient services

There are several reasons why a patient at the Pavilion may require physical or occupational therapy, including:

• Assistance with getting out of bed and walking following cesarean delivery, gynecological surgery, or bed rest
• Assistance with activities of daily living
• Cesarean section incision protection and management
• Difficulty with positioning, bed mobility or walking during pregnancy
• Optimizing muscle function during extended hospitalization
• Swelling management   
• Muscle, nerve or joint pain related to pregnancy, delivery or surgery

Outpatient services

Common reasons for referral to outpatient physical therapy services include:

• Abdominal rehabilitation (including diastasis recti)
• Coccyx pain
• Constipation and defecation dysfunction
• Recovery following gynecologic surgeries
• Labor and delivery preparation
• Loss of bladder and/or bowel control (urinary or fecal incontinence)
• Musculoskeletal pain
• Pain with sexual activity
• Pelvic organ prolapses
• Pelvic floor conditions related to menopause
• Pelvic and genital pain
• Pregnancy related back, pelvic girdle and/or hip pain
• Post-partum pelvic floor assessment
• Post-cesarean section recovery
• Post-partum nerve injury
• Osteopenia and osteoporosis
• Overactive bladder
• Exercise during pregnancy and in the post-partum period
• Swelling, Numbness or tingling in the extremities
• Vulvar pain (vulvodynia)