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femina atlanta

The best kept SECRET in Atlanta

We redefine women's health with a personalized touch, specializing in therapy that empowers and heals. Our studio in the heart of Buckhead is your sanctuary for pelvic wellness, where the SECRET to thriving is not just known but practiced with compassion and innovation. We turn the whispers of pelvic dysfunction into empowering conversations—think of us as your pelvic health fairy godmothers, helping you conquer incontinence, breeze through pregnancy, and soar in postpartum recovery!

Our Atlanta location is convenient to Midtown, Virginia-Highlands, Ansley Park, Sandy Springs and Brookhaven to name but a few!

femina atlanta

The best kept SECRET in Beverly Hills

We focus on women’s health with a compassionate and personal approach, offering therapy that empowers individuals and facilitates deep healing experiences. Our well-designed studio in Beverly Hills serves as a welcoming place dedicated to pelvic wellness, where therapy is practiced with attention, care, and innovative ideas. Consider us your trusted guides as you work toward conquering pelvic dysfunction, navigating the complexities of pregnancy, and excelling in postpartum recovery with confidence and support.

Come see us

9012 Burton Way
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Telephone: (818) 873-1403

Hours:

Monday 1 pm-6:00 pm
Tuesday 7am-12:00pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday 9 am-1:00pm
Friday 7am-6:00 pm

Our Beverly Hills office is convenient to Mid-Wilshire, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Beverlywood, Korea Town, Downtown LA, Culver City, Century City, Santa Monica and Malibu.

Specialty Treatments available at Femina Atlanta

Specialty Treatments available at Femina Beverly Hills

Myofascial Release Therapy to Alleviate Chronic Pain

Myofascial restrictions can be caused by postural dysfunction, trauma, inflammatory conditions and/or surgeries. When these restrictions occur, they can produce tensile pressures up to 2,000 pounds per square inch on sensitive structure and lead to chronic pain. It essentially creates a ‘straight-jacket’ of pain around the tissue and can keep you in a cycle of pain.

Read more: Myofascial Release Therapy

Femina PT offers Fascial Stretch Therapy™, an assisted-stretching system that unlocks the flexibility potential in your body! FST™ is a unique system of therapy & training that dramatically improves your flexibility by lengthening your fascia.

Fascia is the connective tissue that envelops all structures of the body, effectively connecting them together. The problem is that fascia will thicken & shorten when any of your tissues are under stress from poor posture, improper body mechanics, lack of exercise, injury, surgery, disease or over-training. This process is accelerated when the body (and, therefore the tissues) are dehydrated.

Read more: Fascial Stretch Therapy

What is Graston Technique?

Graston Technique is a type of manual therapy that uses stainless steel instruments to treat dysfunction and pain in connective tissue. It is form of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation. While the instruments may look a bit medieval, treatments should not cause extreme pain. The tools are made of stainless steel and are either concave or convex-shaped. They have rounded edges that are not sharp but can be more precise compared to a therapist’s hands. These design elements assist in diagnosing the location and isolating the treatment of a connective tissue lesion. Graston Technique is well researched and has been proven to improve tissue quality while decreasing healing time. 

Read more: Graston Technique

CBD Suppositories
Once again Gabrielle Kassel of the website Well + Good has reached out to me for my expertise, this time on the use of BD suppositories for overcoming a hypertonic pelvic floor which can lead to vaginal tightness, pain during sex or tampon insertion, etc. Here is a brief synopsis of the article along with a link to the full article below.

Heather Jeffcoat, DPT

Can CBD Suppositories Relieve Pelvic-Floor Pain?

And Even Allow You to Finally Experience Pleasure?

As someone with a hypertonic pelvic floor, my pelvic-floor muscles are in a near-constant state of contraction. Think: tight as a closed fist. This situation can make penetrative play painful if not impossible—that is, unless I coax my pelvic-floor muscles into submission ahead of time.

Historically, I’ve been able to do just that with a combination of meditation, external genital masturbation, and breathing exercises. But I recently discovered Foria’s Relief Suppositories with CBD ($50), and they quickly became a mainstay component of my pre-penetrative sex ritual.

Even better, these gems aren’t just for people like me who have a hypertonic pelvic floor. Rather, they’re for anyone looking to reduce pain and/or increase pleasure during penetrative play, according to Heather Jeffcoat, DPT, a doctor of physical therapy who specializes in sexual dysfunction and incontinence and author of Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide to the Sex Life You Deserve.

Intrigued? Read on to learn how CBD suppositories for pelvic pain and increased pleasure work and what my experience using them has been like.

What are CBD suppositories?

Available in anal or vaginal form, suppositories are bullet-sized solids that dissolve after insertion into your internal anal or vaginal canal. CBD suppositories, specifically, are any suppository that contains cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound found in the hemp plant.

But how do CBD suppositories differ in function from other items like CBD arousal oil or CBD lube? Well, texturally, suppositories are waxy solids that become liquid only after insertion. This application allows you to access and therefore target the deeper internal tissues than what’s possible with arousal oils or lubes, according to Dr. Jeffcoat.

Who might consider using CBD suppositories?

Anyone with chronic pelvic pain, as well as anyone with suspected or confirmed endometriosis, vestibulodynia, or vaginismus may benefit,” says Dr. Jeffcoat.

In addition to helping folks with pelvic-floor pain, CBD suppositories can also be useful for those who have high mental and emotional interest in sex but a low physical response, as well as those looking to ramp up genital sensitivity, she says.

That said, Dr. Jeffcoat recommends talking with a pelvic-floor specialist or OB/GYN ahead of giving it a go. While none of her patients have experienced any side effects of using CBD suppositories, covering up sexual pains or hang-ups with something like CBD suppositories rather than learning the root cause and addressing it accordingly is likely to do your body a disservice in the long-term.

Click here to continue reading more about the use of CBD suppositories to improve your sex life.

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Get The Book

Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve

Haga clic aquí para la versión española Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve was written by Heather Jeffcoat, DPT, a physical therapist with countless successes in treating pain of this type. Women with vaginismus, overactive pelvic floor, painful intercourse, vulvodynia, vulvar vestibulitis, vestibulodynia, dyspareunia, interstitial cystitis have all benefited from her unique program. Heather uses her orthopedic background to approach treatment of these muscles like they are....muscles! She utilizes a self-treatment tool called a dilator to provide massage and other muscle relaxation and stretching techniques in a gentle fashion to return a women's muscles back to a resting, rather than guarded, state.


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Our Atlanta Team

Meet Dr. Erin Policelli, PT, DPT, RN, FST

Dr. Erin Policelli, PT, DPT, RN, FST

Owner of Femina Atlanta

With two decades of experience as a women's health physical therapist, my journey has been defined by a steadfast commitment to caring for my patients and enhancing their quality of life. Every day, I draw upon my passion for this specialty to provide patient-centered care that addresses both physical pain and emotional well-being. My most fulfilling moments occur when I witness the transformative impact of my interventions—when I help women decrease pain and improve their function. Being invested in their unique experiences fosters trust and empowers them, creating an environment where healing truly thrives.

Read more: Meet Dr. Erin Policelli, PT, DPT, RN, FST

Our Beverly Hills Team

Meet Heather Jeffcoat, DPT

Meet Heather Jeffcoat

Femina PT Founder

Heather Jeffcoat (she/her/hers) is the author of Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve and a recognized expert in the field of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. She is also a past President of the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy from 2021-2024, and she is on the Advisory Board of the International Pelvic Pain Society. After receiving many emails from people around world, she noticed there was a gap in access to quality pelvic floor physical therapy providers, and women deserved answers and a treatment plan for the painful sex they were experiencing. She developed her book as a way to get her proven techniques to all who needed it.

Read more: Meet Heather Jeffcoat, DPT

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