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Details: Written by: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT; Published: 02 May 2022; Last Updated: 17 June 2022; 789 Views

benefits of pelvic floor physical therapy — Photo: Stocksy/Well+Good Creative

The popular website Well + Good has been featuring a lot of content on the benefits of pelvic floor physical therapy lately, and though it's one thing to do the research and write about what you find, it's the next step of having the author actually experience the process for themselves that can really bring the issue to light. This is exactly what Natalie Arroyo Camacho has done in this latest article, and it's perhaps their most informative piece yet on the topic. Read on for excerpts from the article interspersed with my own thoughts and comments.

Heather Jeffcoat, DPT

The Many Benefits of Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Are Still Being Discovered

Despite its increased recognition as valuable therapy for many symptoms, there is still a lot to be learned

Natalie begins with some thoughts on what she was expecting from her session and how wrong she was about her preconcieved notions. She expected something akin to a Pilates class, perhaps in part because she had seen so much info on Pilates and yoga on our site. She may have been surprised to discover that Pilates and yoga are only one aspect of what we offer:

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