Birthing Preparation

Physical Therapy can help prepare your body for childbirth, optimize perineal health, and support your birth plan. Birthing Preparation will help you manage your changing body and prepare you for labor, delivery, and postpartum care. We want you to have a healthy pregnancy and smooth delivery, as well as prioritize your pelvic health after giving birth.

A woman in a white tank top sitting on an examination table with her legs apart, while a healthcare professional in black scrubs performs a physical exam, placing her hands on the woman's abdomen. There is a potted plant in the background.

Physical Therapy for Birthing

  • Optimizing pelvic floor muscle length and tension

  • Improving hip and low back strength and mobility

  • Preparing the perineal tissues to minimize tearing

  • Breathing strategies to promote optimal labor

  • Pushing assessment and training for effective pushing

  • Guidance and options for safe labor and birthing positions

  • Techniques to minimize diastasis during pregnancy and delivery

  • Enhancing and engaging abdominal wall and deep core muscles to assist with pregnancy pain, labor, delivery and postpartum changes

  • Strategies for the first 4 weeks postpartum to optimize healing

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