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Orthopedic & Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Specializing in women's health & pelvic floor physical therapy. Helping women find BALANCE throughout every stage of life!
How Can The Balanced Momtality help You?
Are you suffering any of the following?
- Back pain
- Hip pain
- Pelvic pain
- Vaginal Pain
- Pain with sitting
- Incontinence (leaking urine/feces at ANY time)
- Urinary Frequency
- Urinary Urgency
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse (heaviness)
- Pain with Sex (Dyspareunia)
- Endometriosis
- Interstitial Cystitis
- Post surgical (joint or abdominal/pelvic)
- ANY other muscle or joint pain
- Diastisis Recti Abdominis (DRA)
- Pain after a pelvic or abdominal procedure
DON'T WAIT!
Are you pregnant or Postpartum?
- Once Postpartum ALWAYS postpartum
- Experiencing any of the symptoms noted above
- Wanting to safely exercise or return to exercise without fear of causing pain, leaking or harm to your body or baby?
- Wanting to prepare your body for pregnancy and delivery for an optimal birth, reducing risk of perineal or vaginal tears, laboring and pushing times
- Want to know the best birthing positions for YOUR body? (hint: its probably not lying flat on your back)
- Want to reduce the risk of any complications occurring during pregnancy and/or delivery?
- Want to feel confident as you recover postpartum with an optimal plan so you avoid causing issues as you return to exercise and activity?
DON'T WAIT!
Services Provided by TBM
Comprehensive Evaluation
During your first physical therapy session, we will spend over an hour developing the ideal personal program to help you reach your goals! Your therapist will perform a comprehensive evaluation assessing your mechanics, strength, limitations, alignment/posture, gait, pelvic floor function and more. Then we will educate and guide you through your own personal Home Exercise Program (HEP) so you can start taking the steps to reach your goals on day one!
Follow-up Therapy Session
In our follow-up appointments we will utilize multiple skills and modalities such as: postural/alignment correction, manual therapy, internal pelvic tissue mobilization, specialized exercises, kinesiotaping and more depending on your individual body needs! We will review your home program and progress as appropriate. (6 and 10 visit packages also available for a discounted rate)
Prenatal Care
I wish someone would have told me that there is more to prenatal care than just seeing your OB or midwife and taking your prenatal vitamins. PT is crucial for not only staying active and pain-free throughout your pregnancy, but also to help prepare your body and mind for birth so that you can have an empowered experience with reduced risk of complications and delivery times! If you are told "it will go away after the baby comes" get another opinion! Sadly many women, and even practitioners do not know of the amazing benefits of physical therapy during pregnancy.
Post-Partum Screen and Recovery
After you have had the "all-clear" from your OB-GYN or midwife for exercise around the 6-wk mark, it is necessary to also get cleared by a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist. As we more evaluate the function of your pelvic floor and core system and it's ability to perform during your daily demands. Your therapist will perform a thorough internal pelvic exam to assess your tissues for appropriate healing, strength, control and presence of: scar tissue, trigger points, pain, prolapse, DRA, hemmorhoids, hernias. We will make sure that you safely return to sport/exercise and avoid any injury, pain or incontinence.
Wellness Consultation
If you are free from pain, limitations, incontinence etc, it's still a great idea to have a yearly check up with your women's health Physical Therapist in order to keep an eye on your bodies functional capacity before there is an issue! Think about it, we bring our cars in for oil changes regularly and see our dentist and physician once a year, so why not get a tune up before you are having a hard time walking or peeing your pants?! YOU DESERVE IT!
Whats Unique About The Balanced Momtality
High Quality One-on-One Visits
Whole Body Orthopedic and Pelvic Floor Assessment
Whole Body Orthopedic and Pelvic Floor Assessment
Spend up to an hour or more with Dr. Cassell working on your individual impairments and limitations to reach your goals!
Whole Body Orthopedic and Pelvic Floor Assessment
Whole Body Orthopedic and Pelvic Floor Assessment
Whole Body Orthopedic and Pelvic Floor Assessment
With her background in Orthopedics and her current focus of Pelvic Floor, Dr. Cassell not only treats orthopedic conditions in addition to pelvic floor dysfunction, but she is always assessing the whole body and how it works as a system to help find the root cause of your symptoms and not just a bandaid solution.
In-Person and Virtual Visit Options
Whole Body Orthopedic and Pelvic Floor Assessment
In-Person and Virtual Visit Options
We offer in-person visits at our clinic location, but also through our mobile clinic and Telehealth services! Receive your therapy in the comfort of your own home, a park, a pool or wherever YOU want! The same high quality care without the risk of exposure and the convenience of not having to leave your home or find a babysitter!
About Dr. Desiree Cassell, PT, DPT
Dr. Desiree Cassell, PT, DPT
A native New Mexican, born and raised in Los Alamos, NM and mom of 3, Desiree has been passionate about educating and supporting ALL women throughout their many phases of life, since she graduated with her Doctorate degree in 2017. She has also experienced first-hand, the aches and pains during and after pregnancy, the mental load of trying to re-learn and re-love your body, and be the happy, playful mom and woman you and your family deserve! After learning and mastering her own body's imbalances and dysfunctions, she became determined to spread the word and help support and empower other women. Who many times, get brushed off by other healthcare practitioners and are told to just accept this as "life now". Trying to balance staying healthy and active with mom-life can feel nearly impossible. After all, what mom has time for self care?! YOU do! With a Bachelors in Nutrition, her Doctorate in Physical Therapy and her background working in an outpatient setting and then specializing in Women's/Pelvic Health, Desiree has created a whole body, holistic approach to healing. Helping find the cause of the problem and not just a bandaid solution. Her passion is working with mom's like her that want to be active without pressure, pain or peeing their pants, but need help finding their BALANCE.. Starting at their Core!