Start Your Pelvic Health Journey
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Unlike other offices, your first visit to Femina Physical Therapy is a thorough 85 minute evaluation.
Here's an outline of what to expect when it comes to pelvic floor therapy.
The goal of this initial evaluation is to understand all the different layers that could possibly be contributing to your condition. Once we understand the root causes of your issue, we will formulate a treatment plan to help you start feeling better, experiencing less pain, and getting back to the activities that you care about.
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Our Premier Post-partum physical therapy program in Los Angeles is a complete evaluation for diastasis rectus abdominus, postural and movement dysfunctions and pelvic floor muscle status. Treatments may include pelvic floor muscle biofeedback, specific strengthening exercises and an educational program, manual therapy to address myofascial restrictions -- all custom-tailored with your specific goals in mind. Our goals are to help you get back to all of the activities you were doing before baby.
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Utilizing Shockwave Therapy in Rehabilitation
We are excited to offer SoftWave's shockwave therapy at our Sherman Oaks and Beverly Hills offices
SoftWave therapy (also called Shockwave Therapy) has been increasingly utilized in rehabilitation environments. Shockwave therapy has well-researched applications not only for conditions like wound healing, but is also general orthopedic conditions including joint inflammation, sprains and strains and urologic issues such as incontinence, erectile dysfunction and pain. It can also help create angiogenesis and activate healing in the body.
There are two types of shockwave devices, high intensity and low intensity. High intensity focused shockwave would be the type used in lithotripsy for kidney stones, for example. This type of energy wave can break up tissue and be very precise. Low intensity shockwave has a therapeutic effect and is the one we utilize in rehabilitation. Focused, low intensity shockwave is believed to create microtrauma to then stimulate healing. We use the SoftWave OrthoGold® and UroGold® Broad Focused, low-intensity device in our offices. Broad focused shockwave does not cause microtrauma and is believed to stimulate healing through mechanotransduction. Shockwave is marketed under different names, and not all machines are the same. SoftWave specifically does not create microtrauma and therefore does not damage the tissue.
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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.
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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.
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We are excited to announce the addition of the NormaTec PULSE Series to our treatment options!
NormaTec is the ultimate recovery device. The technology can increase circulation and improve mobility for those who work out regularly, are training for a competition or race, experience swollen legs from traveling frequently, stand for long hours on the job, or suffer from inflammation, sore muscles, or other circulatory issues.
NormaTec is used extensively in professional athletics and is utilized for both rehab and recovery by 97% of pro teams, as well as Olympic and elite athletes across a broad spectrum of sports. Plus, our pregnant and post-operative patients love the way they feel after a session!
