Most of the time when people think about infertility struggles they think about hormonal or medical conditions that are contributing to the difficulty in conceiving and maintaining a pregnancy. As physical therapists we can’t help with those problems but we do get involved in the process of making babies.
Just like any professional (or human), not all physical therapists are created equal. Have you ever been to an incompetent dentist or hired a bad plumber? I have done both – one who told me I had 5 cavities when I had none and one who told me I had to dig up my garage to find a pipe when it was located on the complete other side of the house and required no digging at all. Before I drilled into my healthy teeth or hired an excavator to destroy my garage floor, I thankfully got a second opinion.
Leaking or increased pelvic heaviness with running, jumping, and walking fast are common postpartum but can also occur in female athletes that have never been pregnant or in patients post-prostatectomy.
Pelvic girdle pain is a common yet poorly understood condition that affects women during pregnancy, childbirth, and/or the postpartum period. It is known by multiple different names, which adds to the confusion in the literature and in research. It may be called pelvic arthropathy, oteitis pubis, pelvic insufficiency
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