Pelvic Floor & Orthopedic Physical Therapy in Berkeley, CA

What brings your symptoms on? What changes them? What might we be missing? I’m tenacious about understanding what’s driving your symptoms. I trial a treatment and track how your body responds. If something isn’t helping, I investigate why and switch gears. If we need input from another provider, I’ll recommend it and help make sense of what we learn.

Your experience is essential data in that process. You bring knowledge of your body that I can’t get from an exam alone. We compare observations, test ideas, and use what we learn together to guide the next step.

Trusting someone with your body and your story can take courage — I don't take that lightly. I'll explain what I'm recommending and why, so you can decide what feels right for you. We'll go at your pace, and you're always in charge of what happens in the room. You can ask questions, decline any part of treatment, or change your mind at any time.

PTs can begin treating pelvic health patients after a single introductory weekend course. ¹ Pelvic health education in PT school can amount to just 1–2 hours within other courses. ² My training included a multi-month pelvic health clinical rotation, where I gained hands-on experience before graduating. Elon University also offered pelvic anatomy dissections with a pelvic health specialist outside the regular curriculum.

After graduation, I sought extensive mentorship from women with decades of pelvic health experience. Since 2019, I’ve continued taking courses in pelvic health, advanced manual therapy, and the connections between pelvic and orthopedic conditions—well beyond the minimum required for licensure. I continue refining my techniques in practice groups and collaborating with a national network of clinicians on complex cases.

I build your program around your activities, schedule, energy, and resources—down to individual exercises that mimic the demands of your sport or job. I’ll cue the same movement five different ways until we find what clicks for you. If something isn’t working in your body or your day, we adjust it together.

"Good enough" isn't good enough unless you say so. If you can run again but you still can’t sprint for soccer, we're not done. Whether you want to get back to CrossFit or lift your kids without your back giving out, you tell me when PT is done- not insurance and not an MD's prescription. We'll get where we're going and we'll map out the path there together.

I've been a PT patient. So many times. I've had great PTs who inspired me to be the provider I am today and who helped guide this body back from injury after injury. But I've also had providers who left me alone in a room with a biofeedback machine, never checking whether I was actually relaxing my pelvic floor. Who gave me weeks of the same beginner exercises, never progressing to what I needed for rugby: sprinting, cutting, contact. I needed to be able to explode, not just walk in a straight line.

I know what it's like to wonder whether your body will ever be able to perform again, or if your favorite activities are gone forever. I want you to feel heard when you bring those fears into the room, and to know I'm taking them to heart — and working to get you back.

I've received the spectrum of care, and I know what end I want to be on.

I left teaching, but I’ll never stop being an educator. If you're game, I'll teach you as much about your condition as I know — not just so you can consent to the plan, but so you can be the co-architect. I want you to see the connection between what we’re doing and what you want your body to be able to do.

Progress isn’t always linear, and flare-ups can happen despite prevention efforts. You’ll leave sessions with hands-on self-treatment techniques, strategies for managing symptoms, and guidance on when to advance your exercises or ease back.

As you become more skilled at managing your condition, we’ll gradually phase me out. You won’t be kept in treatment longer than it’s helping—but I’ll stick with you while it is. My goal is that you understand your body, know how to help yourself, and feel confident putting those skills to use.