Because women are told to survive pregnancy — the pain, the difficulty, all of it — instead of thrive through it.
Because women are sent into labor with no preparation and no education, then told that "as long as you both leave healthy" is all they could ask for — when that's the bare minimum.
Because women are told that after six weeks postpartum they should be "back to normal," as if nothing ever happened.
Because women are told to potty-train their toddlers while still wearing pads themselves — and that it's normal.
Because women are told to be everything for everyone, and never to take the time to care for themselves.
Because of these — and so many more — Ground Floor was born: to help these women improve their lives.
Every visit is me. Not an aide running you through exercises, not a therapist you have not met because yours is double-booked. The same person assesses you, treats you, and adjusts the plan as things change.
The first visit is 60 minutes and follow-ups are 55 — long enough to actually talk before anything else happens. We cover your history, what brought you here, and what you want to get back to, and then I assess how you move, how you breathe and manage pressure, and how your pelvic floor is functioning. Externally, and internally only if it is appropriate and you consent. Nothing happens without being explained first, and you can decline any part of it without the visit becoming less useful.
Treatment starts the same day. You leave with hands-on work done, two or three things to practise rather than a printout of twenty, and written notes so you are not relying on memory.
And it happens in your house, which is the point. Your symptoms turn up on your stairs, in your bed, lifting your car seat, standing at the kitchen counter feeding a baby for an hour. In a clinic those get approximated. Here we use the real thing.
Doctor of Physical Therapy, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions · M.S. in Movement Sciences, Rutgers University · Licensed in New Jersey · Full background →
It's adapting to what you've asked of it. PT is the conversation, not the verdict.
Real change happens when there's space to listen, to teach, and to actually move together.
Not the other way around. Visits at home, on video, in early-morning windows between feeds — whatever works.
Because billing insurance is what forces the fifteen-minute visit. Not billing it means a genuinely unhurried hour, a plan built around what you need rather than what a payer will reimburse, and no pressure to schedule visits you do not require. You get a superbill to claim out-of-network reimbursement yourself.
No — that is the most common assumption and it turns a lot of people away unnecessarily. Pelvic health spans pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause and well beyond, and plenty of people I see have never been pregnant. If you have a pelvis, this can apply to you.
A conversation first, then an assessment of how you move, breathe and manage pressure, then a pelvic floor assessment — external, and internal only if it is appropriate and you consent. Everything is explained before it happens and you can decline any part of it. Most people find the first visit far less daunting than they expected.
Less than people expect, and usually less than a clinic. There is no waiting room, no receptionist, no getting dressed to go out. I arrive, we work, I pack up. Your home does not need tidying and your children are welcome to be there.