Postpartum physical therapy
Recover, rebuild, and feel strong again with personalized postpartum care
postpartum physical therapy at any stage
Your body has been through an incredible transformation. Postpartum physical therapy can help you heal, rebuild strength, and feel confident in your body again. At Revive Rehab, we provide individualized postpartum rehab after birth so you can return to the activities you love with confidence.
Vaginal Tears
C-Section Scar Care
Bowel Leakage
Urinary Leakage
Hip Pain
Low Back Pain
Lower Abdominal Pain
Painful Intercourse
Piriformis Syndrome
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Return to Exercise Postpartum
Return to Running Postpartum
SI Joint Dysfunction and Sciatica
Tailbone Pain
What we treat
what to expect from the best postpartum rehab
There is never a “one size fits all” approach to physical therapy, but this is especially true during postpartum recovery. When you walk in to your first appointment at Revive Rehab, we talk birth story - YOUR birth story. The Revive team has helped countless women return to the activities they love and knowing where you started and what happened during labor is important when structuring a return plan. The best part of our job is the time we get with each person we see.
We always book 1 on 1 appointments for a full hour so there is no need to rush through appointments.
Pregnancy and delivery looks different for everyone, Revive Rehab is here for your postpartum care.
Vaginal Delivery
If you had a vaginal delivery, our therapists will assess all relevant structures: abdominals, pelvic floor, hips, tailbone, and anything else that may be involved based on your story. Physical therapy can help with any of these common postpartum issues, and many more: tailbone pain, low back pain, pain with sex, urinary leakage, hip pain, pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
C-section
A cesarean section adds new precautions and recovery guidelines from your doctor, but it also can change the way your body recovers long term. Specific care is needed for the best healing after a c-section. Your therapist at Revive will perform a typical postpartum assessment with an emphasis on scar care and mobility. Exercises and recommendations will be adapted as needed to improve healing while preventing new setbacks.
Some common physical therapy priorities after c-section include: scar mobility assessment, abdominal pain, ab weakness, low back pain, pain with sex, and urinary leakage.
Diastasis Recti
Regardless of your delivery method, diastasis recti can be an ongoing problem. When your abdominal muscles stretch to hold your growing baby, the attachment between them starts to widen. After delivery, those muscles don’t immediately go back together and can cause core weakness and a noticeable coning in the abdomen.
Revive Rehab physical therapists are experts in evaluating diastasis recti and determining what treatments (if any) are needed to help your recovery. Our evaluation may include a static and functional assessment of your diastasis, ab wall and ab strength assessments, breathing and pressure control techniques, and testing of fascial restriction. Anything we find will be addressed through manual treatments and targeted exercises tailored to your specific needs.
“Sarah has been an amazing resource for me during my postpartum recovery. She continues to help me regain my core strength and assist with the recovery of my c-section and my c-section scar.”
— Cassie
“It's nice having someone postpartum who cares about how your body is healing - one six-week checkup at the OB just isn't enough for such a huge event!”
—Lydia
Frequently Asked Questions
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Physical therapy postpartum typically starts 6 weeks after delivery -roughly the same time as your OB or midwife postpartum follow up. This allows for tissue healing while still allowing early and optimal recovery.
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It starts with a conversation about your birth story, birth outcomes, and current symptom presentation.
We will evaluate scar mobility, core strength and coordination, and pelvic floor strength and endurance.
Our goal is to walk alongside you during your postpartum journey and get you back to the things you love.
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Yes! We love seeing all the babies. Our clinic has a small play space for toddlers and our treatment rooms are spacious for strollers or occupying little ones.
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Absolutely not!
A C-section is major abdominal surgery. Just as any other surgery requires rehab in order to recover, so does a C-section.
Patients who underwent a C-section delivery need a pelvic PT assessment, even if they don’t have symptoms.
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Not necessarily. An internal pelvic floor assessment is one tool to help us get a good picture of what could be contributing to your symptoms.
At Revive Rehab, we want to know your goals and symptoms prior to making any recommendations. If we feel an internal exam would be helpful, we will educate, help you understand the anatomy, and always gain consent prior to treatment.
You are always in control of your care. We can make meaningful progress with or without a pelvic floor internal exam!
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Postpartum care is something we specialize in at Revive Rehab. We commonly see women after baby for:
Diastasis Recti (abdominal coning)
Core weakness
Vaginal pain after baby
C-section pain after baby
Hip pain
Lower back pain postpartum
Return to exercise
We provide the best postpartum therapy in Mid-Missouri with a personalized approach to our care.
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Post pregnancy care with a pelvic floor physical therapists includes: c-section scar tissue mobility work, specific core work for abdominal separation, and assessing the pelvic floor for urinary leakage or pelvic pressure/heaviness.
Treatment is personalized for what you are struggling with postpartum. Whether you’re wanting to return to running or lifting your kids without pain, we’re here to get you back to the things you love!
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The best postpartum physical therapy should be individualized and adjusted based off of your needs.
Look for a physical therapist that specialized in pelvic floor physical therapy to ensure you’re getting a full-body approach. Whether you’ve had a vaginal or c-section delivery, a pelvic floor PT will be able to find the root cause of your concerns after baby.
If you are in the mid-Missouri area, Revive Rehab specializes in postpartum care. Our postpartum physical therapy assesses core strength and function, pelvic floor strength and function, and hip and pelvis strength. We get you back to the activities you love without aches, pains, or urinary leakage holding you back.
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