Pregnancy & postpartum

Postpartum physical therapy

The first three months postpartum are considered the fourth trimester.¹² Your body has gone through a significant event, and pelvic PT can help you recover.

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A physical therapist working with a patient on a floor mat in a Gadsden Pelvic Rehab treatment room

You deserve more

Every mom deserves a postpartum fitness evaluation. You deserve to know when your body is safe to return to running, lifting, jumping, and all the activities you enjoyed before and during pregnancy.

Postpartum care

Pelvic girdle pain

Hormones released during pregnancy, including prolactin, reduce ligament laxity but can cause the joints to feel stiff.

Urinary incontinence

Leaking urine after you have a baby is common: about 1 in 3 women have some leakage in the first year.³ However, common doesn’t equal normal. It’s likely a muscle issue that PT can help resolve.

Neck pain

All of that looking down at your little one can take a toll on your neck and back. Is your bra giving you the right support? How’s your posture? Let us help.

You have options

Therapeutic ultrasound

Therapeutic ultrasound may help with a clogged duct by easing inflammation and swelling in the breast, and the treatment itself takes about 5 minutes.⁴

Constipation management

Bowel massage and vagus nerve stimulation are great ways to help get things moving.

Infrared light therapy

Infrared light focused on scar tissue at the vulva or abdomen can help increase blood flow and aid in pain and tissue healing.

Dr. Jazma explains

Postpartum, explained

Short videos from Dr. Jazma’s TikTok, where 175K+ people follow her for straight talk about pelvic health.

Questions we hear

Will I ever be able to jump on a trampoline again?

You don’t have to avoid the trampoline forever. Leaking with jumping is common, but it isn’t normal, and it is something pelvic PT can help with.

Is pain with sex after baby normal?

Pain with sex isn’t normal. It is something we can help with.

What do I do with the baby during my appointment?

Free childcare is available during your appointment.

Sources

ACOG Committee Opinion No. 736: Optimizing Postpartum Care. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2018. (opens in a new tab)
The fourth trimester: a critical transition period with unmet maternal health needs. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Tully et al.), 2017. (opens in a new tab)
Prevalence, incidence and bothersomeness of urinary incontinence between 6 weeks and 1 year post-partum: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Urogynecology Journal (Moossdorff-Steinhauser et al.), 2021. (opens in a new tab)
Clinical Protocol #36: The Mastitis Spectrum, Revised 2022. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 2022. (opens in a new tab)

“Jazma Dobbins literally changed my life!”

Jazma Dobbins literally changed my life! After having a terrible car accident in my youth, I was accustomed to pain. Jazma showed me that I didn’t HAVE to live that way! I was so used to just sucking it up, because I thought there wasn’t another option. Because of her, my day to day life has improved, my pelvic floor pain has decreased exponentially, and my spirits have lifted! I’ve been with Jazma for about four years, and I can honestly say she will be there for you! She came in the room with me when my baby was born, and coached me through the processes of my healing. She’s doing it all over again with baby number two. Gadsden Pelvic Rehab is the perfect place to go to pelvic floor rehab AND any other needs. The staff handles the extent of my injuries, so I don’t have to be juggled from office to office. The environment just makes you want to relax and take care of YOU.

— Olivia O.

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