Prenatal and Postpartum Physical Therapy
As a board-certified Doctor of Physical Therapy with 18 years of experience in Women's Health, I'm dedicated to helping women navigate the physical and emotional challenges of pregnancy and postpartum. As a mom of 6-year-old twins, I understand firsthand the joys and complexities of this journey.
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Empowering Women Through Pregnancy and Postpartum
As a board-certified Womens Health Doctor of Physical Therapy with 18 years of experience, I'm dedicated to helping women navigate the physical and emotional challenges of pregnancy and postpartum. As a mom of 6-year-old twins, I understand firsthand the joys and complexities of this journey.
My mobile practice, Nicole Meyer Physical Therapy and Wellness, offers personalized care tailored to your unique needs. I specialize in:
Pelvic Floor Health: From prenatal preparation to postpartum recovery, I'll guide you through exercises and techniques to optimize your core and pelvic floor.
Breastfeeding Support: Struggling with clogged ducts or mastitis? I offer lymphatic drainage and ultrasound to alleviate discomfort and promote healing.
Perinatal Wellness: I'm passionate about educating women on perineal massage, optimal birthing positions, and postpartum recovery strategies to ensure a smooth transition into motherhood.
Postpartum Fitness: Whether your goal is to return to running and HIT or hiking and daily activities with your kids, I use my experience as a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and in Pilates based rehabilitation to help you return to the life you want.
My holistic approach combines manual therapy, corrective exercises, and mindfulness techniques to address your physical and emotional well-being. Let's work together to empower you to feel your best throughout your pregnancy and postpartum journey.
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Alleviate pain in your lower back, SI joint, pubic symphysis, round ligament, and pelvic girdle using manual techniques.
Prepare your body for childbirth by improving your pelvic mobility to help keep your baby in the ideal position. You will feel confident that know how to relax your muscles for the delivery to reduce your tearing risk.
Reduce risk of pelvic organ prolapse, stress urinary incontinence and diastasis recti by addressing any posture or core muscle muscle weakness.
Empowering Women In Pregancy and Postpartum
As a board-certified Womens Health Doctor of Physical Therapy with 18 years of experience, I'm dedicated to helping women navigate the physical and emotional challenges of pregnancy and postpartum. As a mom of 6-year-old twins, I understand firsthand the joys and complexities of this journey.
My mobile practice, Nicole Meyer Physical Therapy and Wellness, offers personalized care tailored to your unique needs. I specialize in:
Pelvic Floor Health: From prenatal preparation to postpartum recovery, I'll guide you through exercises and techniques to optimize your core and pelvic floor.
Breastfeeding Support: Struggling with clogged ducts or mastitis? I offer lymphatic drainage and ultrasound to alleviate discomfort and promote healing.
Perinatal Wellness: I'm passionate about educating women on perineal massage, optimal birthing positions, and postpartum recovery strategies to ensure a smooth transition into motherhood.
Conditions Treated
SI joint dysfunction
Symphysis pubis
Pelvic pain
Painful intercourse
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Diastasis Recti
Low back, hip, pelvic pain
Constipation
Painful bladder syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis
Urinary Incontinence
Round Ligament pain
Sciatica
Carpal Tunnel and DeQuervains Tenosynovitis
What I Do
Post Partum Recovery
New moms face unique challenges while recovering from pregnancy and delivery. Lack of sleep and poor nutrition can worsen these challenges. It is hard to know how to prioritize yourself when there is no energy or time to spare. Having a physical therapist early on can be invaluable to provide immediate relief and guidance on mobility and exercise to allow you to care for your newborn and heal your body.
Once you receive clearance to exercise, we will provide appropriate guidance for how to progress exercise and gradually incorporate weight training and running. This will give you the peace of mind that you won’t experience worsening symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis recti and incontinence.
My mobile practice, Nicole Meyer Physical Therapy and Wellness, offers personalized care tailored pregnancy and postpartum. I loved being pregnant and while I know not everyone loves the journey, it is my goal to help women feel confident in their body so that they can be present during every stage. As an exclusive pumper for 28 months I am passionate about supporting moms through their breastfeeding journey by doing lymphatic drainage and ultrasound for those with recurrent clogs and mastitis. I love to educate people about how to stay strong and painfree throughout there pregnancy as well as providing education about perineal massage and birthing positions to optimize birthing outcomes.
I am also committed to helping postpartum moms while their body transitions to the many new activities required to care for a newborn. I have a strong focus on manual techniques, providing corrective exercises and optimizing alignment to allow you to care for your newborn and heal your body. As you are ready to return to activity, I use evidenced based medicine to follow the research and integrate with my 18 years of experience as an orthopedic physical therapist and lifelong athlete. I am passionate about providing multidisciplinary care, looking at all aspects of the person-emotional, physical, mental and spiritual- to align with their beliefs and empower them to live the life they have dreamt of.
As an exercise and movement specialist I’ll teach you how to strengthen your body throughout your pregnancy. This includes specific movement screens to identify areas that need to be prioritized for delivery and to prepare your body for life with a newborn
What We Do
Teach you how to move safely after the birth to assure you can continue lifting, carrying and postural challenges.
Optimize recruitment of your core muscles and pelvic floor using Biofeedback assessment and pilates based rehabilitation.
Treat clogged milk ducts and mastitis using therapeutic ultrasound and manual lymph drainage.
Assist in your breastfeeding journey with a posture assessment for the best breastfeeding and pumping positioning to decrease clogs and address Mommy’s Thumb.
Decrease pain with myofascial release and scar tissue mobilization for c-section scars or tearing.
Safely return to exercise without risk of prolapse, urinary incontinence or diastasis recti.
Education on positioning considerations for painful intercourse and techniques for return to intimacy.
Perform strength testing and running analysis for return to running progression and return to HIT.
“I underestimated how hard it would be adjusting to working from home, but with Dr. Schell’s help, I was able to regain focus.”
— OLIVIA R., CLOVE CLIENT
