Online Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
Secure and HIPAA-compliant online pelvic floor physiotherapy support in the comfort of your home. Yoga Mamas' virtual wellness appointments are built within a secure infrastructure and are designed from the ground up to be secure. All data is encrypted in transit, and nothing is ever recorded or stored.
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We are committed to offering accessible solutions so you can continue to receive education and guidance as you prepare for birth, or prepare to resume physical fitness postpartum. You have the flexibility to choose between in-clinic and online physiotherapy appointments, or enjoy a combination that best suits your schedule. Virtual appointments can easily be booked online with availability 7 days a week daytime and evenings.
All Yoga Mamas online and in-clinic physiotherapy appointments are performed by registered physiotherapist, and may be eligible for coverage under your health care benefits. |
About Virtual Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy Appointments
- Your privacy is important to us. We use encrypted software to keep your physiotherapy appointments confidential.
- Your online physiotherapy appointments are done though video utilizing a seamless secure platform.
- You can connect to your online physiotherapy appointment via desktop. Mobile and tablet use not yet supported.
- You can schedule your online physiotherapy appointments with the same ease and convenience that you schedule your in-clinic appointments.
Why You Should Make An Online Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy Appointment
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In Pregnancy
Experiencing urinary incontinence, low back pain, increased pelvic pressure? Your physiotherapist can guide you on how to strengthen your pelvic floor to prevent and alleviate these common issues during pregnancy. Want to work out from home but unsure how to go about it safely? Your physiotherapist can review your routine and provide modifications to ensure you are exercising safely. Preparing To Push Your Physiotherapist will provide education on optimal labour and delivery positions, demonstrating hands on maneuvers to help alleviate discomfort during labour and also how to push when baby is ready to arrive. |
During Postpartum
Unsure of how to safely return to exercising? Worried about diastasis recti? Your physiotherapist will go through your birth experience and current health to create a safe rehabilitation routine so you can return to your fitness confidently.
Still experiencing urinary incontinence and low back pain? Concerned with pain with intercourse or potential pelvic organ prolapse? Your physiotherapist can guide you on how to rehabilitate your pelvic floor and core postpartum.
Unsure of how to safely return to exercising? Worried about diastasis recti? Your physiotherapist will go through your birth experience and current health to create a safe rehabilitation routine so you can return to your fitness confidently.
Still experiencing urinary incontinence and low back pain? Concerned with pain with intercourse or potential pelvic organ prolapse? Your physiotherapist can guide you on how to rehabilitate your pelvic floor and core postpartum.
"The Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist at Yoga Mamas was very thorough in her assessment. I was happy that she even identified my prior knee injury and not only helped assess my pelvic area but my overall well being to help me attain my goal of running after having a baby. She also emailed me my exercises - love this considering there is such thing as mommy brain." Sara
"Love Yoga Mama’s! Have been using the services since I was pregnant with my second. I started using the pelvic floor therapy in 2017 and came back to use again when I was pregnant last year. Nav is so nice and doesn’t make you feel uncomfortable as you can imagine it’s quite sensitive type of physio. I would recommend her to anyone." Rebecca
Preparing To Push
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Meeting with your pelvic floor physiotherapist as part of your labour and delivery preparation can be extremely beneficial.
Meeting one on one, or including your birth support person, you will learn the following:
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Along with prenatal stretches and exercises that will support you during delivery to prevent / minimize trauma, and assist with healing postpartum.
About Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
What is pelvic floor physiotherapy?
Pelvic floor physiotherapy is a specialized area of physiotherapy that deals with treating muscles of the pelvic floor. This involves assessment/treatment of the muscles with internal vaginal and/or rectal palpation. A specially trained pelvic floor physiotherapist can work with you to prepare the pelvic floor for labour and delivery and also to rehabilitate these muscles following birth.
What is prenatal pelvic floor physiotherapy?
Prenatal pelvic floor physiotherapy focuses on preparing the pelvic floor for delivery of the baby while preventing or limiting the damage!
Prior to delivery of the baby you can imagine that the weight placed on the pelvic floor continues to increase through the pregnancy. A physiotherapist can help you strengthen the pelvic floor to prevent common issues during pregnancy. These include urinary incontinence, low back pain, increased pelvic pressure and more. As the end of your pregnancy approaches we begin to bring the focus to stretching of the pelvic floor muscles by working on perineal massage. We also provide education on optimal labour and delivery positions, hands on maneuvers to help alleviate discomfort during labour and also how to push when baby is ready to arrive.
What is postpartum or postnatal pelvic floor physiotherapy?
With the delivery of a baby comes trauma to the pelvic floor. The muscles of the pelvic floor are stretched, strained and often torn during the process. 6 weeks postpartum most women are given the “all clear” signal from their doctor to resume regular activities. Without proper rehabilitation of the muscles, new mamas can develop urinary incontinence, low back pain, pelvic organ prolapse, pain with intercourse and more.
Postpartum a pelvic floor physiotherapist will work with you to strengthen your pelvic floor and guide you back to regular activities and exercise. They will also look for a diastasis (separation of the abdominal muscles) and help restore the core. Finally, a very common issue postpartum is pain with intercourse. This often occurs as a result of scar tissue and hypersensitivity of the muscles following tearing and/or stretching. A pelvic floor physiotherapist will help soften the scar tissue and desensitize any hypersensitive areas to help resume pain-free intercourse.
What is pelvic floor physiotherapy for dysfunction?
Some women may experience pelvic floor dysfunctions despite never having given birth. In addition, women that are well past their child bearing days may experience an onset of pelvic floor dysfunction later in life. A pelvic floor physiotherapist can work with this population to help restore the pelvic floor and treat the dysfunction. Common conditions treated by a pelvic floor physiotherapist include but are not limited to the following:
Pelvic floor physiotherapy is a specialized area of physiotherapy that deals with treating muscles of the pelvic floor. This involves assessment/treatment of the muscles with internal vaginal and/or rectal palpation. A specially trained pelvic floor physiotherapist can work with you to prepare the pelvic floor for labour and delivery and also to rehabilitate these muscles following birth.
What is prenatal pelvic floor physiotherapy?
Prenatal pelvic floor physiotherapy focuses on preparing the pelvic floor for delivery of the baby while preventing or limiting the damage!
Prior to delivery of the baby you can imagine that the weight placed on the pelvic floor continues to increase through the pregnancy. A physiotherapist can help you strengthen the pelvic floor to prevent common issues during pregnancy. These include urinary incontinence, low back pain, increased pelvic pressure and more. As the end of your pregnancy approaches we begin to bring the focus to stretching of the pelvic floor muscles by working on perineal massage. We also provide education on optimal labour and delivery positions, hands on maneuvers to help alleviate discomfort during labour and also how to push when baby is ready to arrive.
What is postpartum or postnatal pelvic floor physiotherapy?
With the delivery of a baby comes trauma to the pelvic floor. The muscles of the pelvic floor are stretched, strained and often torn during the process. 6 weeks postpartum most women are given the “all clear” signal from their doctor to resume regular activities. Without proper rehabilitation of the muscles, new mamas can develop urinary incontinence, low back pain, pelvic organ prolapse, pain with intercourse and more.
Postpartum a pelvic floor physiotherapist will work with you to strengthen your pelvic floor and guide you back to regular activities and exercise. They will also look for a diastasis (separation of the abdominal muscles) and help restore the core. Finally, a very common issue postpartum is pain with intercourse. This often occurs as a result of scar tissue and hypersensitivity of the muscles following tearing and/or stretching. A pelvic floor physiotherapist will help soften the scar tissue and desensitize any hypersensitive areas to help resume pain-free intercourse.
What is pelvic floor physiotherapy for dysfunction?
Some women may experience pelvic floor dysfunctions despite never having given birth. In addition, women that are well past their child bearing days may experience an onset of pelvic floor dysfunction later in life. A pelvic floor physiotherapist can work with this population to help restore the pelvic floor and treat the dysfunction. Common conditions treated by a pelvic floor physiotherapist include but are not limited to the following:
- Stress/Urge Urinary Incontinence
- Fecal Incontinence
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Dyspareunia
- Vaginismus/Vulvodynia
- Diastasis Recti
- Constipation
- Urinary Frequency
- Nocturia
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Persistent Pelvic Pain
Frequently Asked Questions
What exercises should I be avoiding?
Crunches, getting up from a back-lying position, front planks, v-sit, boat pose, jumping, heavy lifting. These exercises can create a diastasis or make an existing one worse, by increasing pressure on your pelvic floor/abdominal region. (edited)
Can my partner attend one of the sessions?
Yes, your partner can attend one of the sessions and learn ways they can support you.
What does the frequency of sessions look like?
All treatment plans are unique to each client’s health history and their personal goals. Treatment plans consist of an Initial Assessment and Treatment followed by additional 30 - 60 Minute Treatments.
Can this be billed as physiotherapy?
All Toronto Yoga Mamas Physiotherapy Treatments are performed by a Registered Physiotherapist. These treatments may be eligible for coverage under your health care benefits.
What are the benefits for my labour?
- Improve confidence going into labour
- Improve connection to deep core and pelvic floor
- Learn how to push properly
- Reduce risk of tearing
Should I be doing kegels?
Not always, if you are experiencing tension kegels may be inappropriate to do, as doing them could potentially increase discomfort.
Our Virtual Team Of Yoga Mamas Registered Pelvic Floor Physiotherapists
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Nav Grewal
Registered Physiotherapist-Pelvic Health, Women's Health After graduating from McMaster, Nav was immediately drawn to Women’s Health and decided to specialize in the area. Nav has worked extensively with pre and postnatal patients with pelvic floor dysfunction alongside urologists and obstetrician/gynecologists. She continues to expand her knowledge by taking advanced courses in pelvic health and integrating new research into her practice. Nav takes great care in treating each client’s concerns with compassion and respect. She combines manual therapy techniques, exercise prescription, and patient education with her client’s individual goals to improve their quality of life and return them to health. When she is not treating patients, Nav enjoys leading a healthy lifestyle by keeping active with running, yoga, meditation, and dance. |
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Ellie Hong
Registered Physiotherapist- Pelvic Floor, Women’s Health, Orthopaedic Ellie is a fantastic pelvic floor and orthopaedic physiotherapist, who has a passion for serving women both pre and postnatally in their journey of managing their pelvic floor health. She works closely with women to prepare them for labour (e.g. how to push), and educate them on the effects of pregnancy, delivery and a c-section on their bodies. She believes in developing a goal-based, individualized treatment plan, so as to address pelvic floor dysfunction, poor core function and improper biomechanics. She also works to integrate manual therapy, McKenzie spinal therapy, functional taping, myofascial release, active release therapy, Mulligan therapy, exercise prescription and acupuncture skills to manage any orthopaedic issues pre and postnatally for moms and for papas too! Ellie is dedicated to continuing education. After completing her Bachelor of Health Sciences at McMaster University and Masters of Physical Therapy at Western University, she has taken a plethora of specialized courses in pregnancy, pelvic girdle pain, and pelvic floor/orthopaedic treatment. She has also received specialized training in MPS Scar Release using the Dolphin Neurostim, to help release all types of scars including c-section scars. Furthermore, she is a trained Women’s Health Coach through the Integrative Women’s Health Institute and strongly believes in a holistic approach to care. Ellie’s favourite part of being a pelvic floor physiotherapist is empowering mamas-to-be to and mamas with the knowledge and tools to prepare and rehab their bodies optimally. In her spare time, she enjoys playing with her dog Lucky, doing yoga, and sipping a nice glass of Cabernet Sauvignon! |
WELLNESS CANCELLATION POLICY:
All Wellness cancellations must be made a minimum of 24 hours prior to your appointment time. We have a limited amount of Wellness appointments available and they are in high demand. Any appointments cancelled outside of the 24 hours will be charged in full. Thank you for your understanding, COVID-19 considerations will be made.
All Wellness cancellations must be made a minimum of 24 hours prior to your appointment time. We have a limited amount of Wellness appointments available and they are in high demand. Any appointments cancelled outside of the 24 hours will be charged in full. Thank you for your understanding, COVID-19 considerations will be made.
