Should I try and find a pelvic PT with lots of experience?

Finding Pelvic Sanity

There's a wide variety of expertise when it comes to pelvic floor physical therapy. Unfortunately many patients have to go to several different ones before finding a true expert.
You might think that finding a pelvic PT who has a lot of experience means you'll be getting great care. But that's not necessarily the case.
In this 'sode we discuss why experience doesn't necessarily equal quality. In fact, sometimes more experienced therapists are still using outdated techniques they learned 20+ years ago, while someone newer to the field was trained in more contemporary methods.
So what should you be looking for to ensure you get the best care? Really, you're looking for three things:

1. Specialty Clinic: You want to find a practice that specializes exclusively in treating pelvic health. It means they have more experience with people like you and is much more likely they have specialty training instead of just 'dabbling' in pelvic health.
2. Hour-Long Treatment Sessions: You want to work hands-on and 1:1 with your pelvic PT for a full hour. No aides, no watching you exercise, no double-booked patients so they can't focus on you the entire time. These conditions are complex and you need time with the actual specialist!
3. Both internal and external treatment at every visit: Often it's only one or the other. Some pelvic PTs don't have the skills to work outside the pelvic floor, and they are just doing internal or using biofeedback the whole time. Others just 'check' the pelvic floor once and then treat entirely externally. You need the combination to see the whole picture.

Local to Southern California?
We'd love to work with you to completely resolve your incontinence and pelvic floor issues. If you're local to Southern California, please give our PelvicSanity (www.pelvicsanity.com) team a call - we'll be happy to answer any questions and get you started!
Whether we're your first call or you've been to multiple other pelvic PTs and physicians, you can absolutely find lasting relief!

About Us
Dr. Nicole and Jesse Cozean are the founders of PelvicSanity Physical Therapy (www.pelvicsanity.com) in Southern California. The clinic has helped thousands of patients in the Orange County, CA area and hundreds from around the world with a remote consultation and Out of Town Program.
They co-authored The IC Solution and Nicole created The IC Roadmap online course to provide the most accurate, up-to-date information for those with interstitial cystitis. They run the Finding Pelvic Sanity Facebook group for a supportive online community for anyone dealing with pelvic health issues.
Nicole has also created courses and trained thousands of pelvic PTs to provide better care through her work with Pelvic PT Rising (www.pelvicptrising.com).

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