What is pelvic floor therapy?
The pelvic floor is a group of muscles at the base of your pelvis doing constant, unglamorous work. It supports your bladder and bowel, it controls when you go and when you wait, it takes part in sex, and it braces your trunk every time you lift, cough or sneeze. Like any other muscle group, it can be too weak, it can be too tight to relax, and it can lose its timing with your breathing, your abdominal wall and your hips. When that happens you get symptoms people rarely say out loud: leaking with a cough, a laugh or a run, urgency that has you mapping bathrooms, heaviness or a bulging feeling by the end of a long day, pain with sitting, tampons, exams or sex, and constipation that never quite resolves. Pelvic floor therapy is physical therapy for those muscles. Your doctor of physical therapy assesses how you breathe, how your ribs and hips move, how your abdominal wall handles load, and how the pelvic floor contracts and, just as importantly, lets go.
You do not need a physician referral to begin. Massachusetts has direct access to physical therapy, so you can book an evaluation with us directly. Some insurance plans still require a referral for coverage, so we verify your benefits before your first visit and give you your copay in writing. We accept Aetna, ASHLink, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Fallon Health, Harvard Pilgrim, Mass General Brigham Health Plan, Medicare and Tricare, along with Workers' Compensation and auto injury claims. Flat self-pay rates are available if you are not covered.
