Questions worth asking before you book

PELVIC FLOOR THERAPY COLUMBUS | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

If you’ve been navigating the healthcare system for a while, you probably have questions.

Here are the ones that come up most often.

General Pelvic Floor Therapy Questions

  • Pelvic floor therapy is a form of physical therapy that works with the muscles, connective tissue, nerves, and bones that make up the pelvis and how they interact with the rest of your body. In this practice, it’s not about correcting or overriding your body, it’s about listening to what your body has been carrying and what it needs now. Symptoms are never treated in isolation. Context always matters.

  • Pelvic floor therapy in Columbus can support people at any stage of life, especially those experiencing:

    • Pelvic pain, pressure, or heaviness

    • Pain with intimacy or gynecological exams

    • Urinary urgency, leakage, or difficulty emptying

    • Symptoms connected to pregnancy, birth, postpartum, or menopause

    • Pelvic symptoms following trauma, surgery, or medical stress

    • Bowel issues, constipation, or straining

    • Chronic pain patterns that haven’t responded to traditional care

    Many people who come here have already tried the usual route and still feel unheard or dismissed. This work is for those who know their body is communicating and want care that takes that seriously.

  • Yes. These areas are often connected to how the pelvic floor, core, spine, breath, and nervous system work together. Many issues labeled as orthopedic overlap with pelvic floor function, even when pelvic symptoms aren’t obvious. If isolated treatments haven't brought lasting relief, an integrated approach to pelvic floor therapy in Columbus may uncover what's been missed.

  • This approach is not performance-based. Care is rooted in nervous system safety, whole-body pattern recognition, and trauma-honoring practice, focused on understanding why symptoms developed, not just how to manage them. Your symptoms are treated as meaningful information, not problems to suppress.

  • It can, but it doesn’t have to be. Many symptoms improve without internal work. When internal techniques are used, they are always consent-based, paced, and responsive to your body’s cues. Your boundaries are respected, always.

  • The goal is not optimization or correction. This work supports you in rebuilding trust with your body, learning to listen again, understanding patterns, and moving forward with more clarity and self-connection. Healing here is collaborative. Your body leads.

  • The pelvic floor does not function separately from the nervous system. Stress, trauma, sensory processing, and long-term adaptation all influence muscle tone, pain, and healing capacity. Sessions often include breathing, pacing, movement, and regulation; helping the body shift out of protection and into repair.

  • Yes. This practice is intentionally structured to support neurodivergent and highly sensitive individuals; especially those who have felt unsafe or dismissed in medical environments. Sessions are slower, relational, and responsive to how you process information and sensation. You are not expected to mask, push through discomfort, or perform wellness here.

Pregnancy & Postpartum Specific

  • Pelvic floor therapy can support fertility by improving pelvic blood flow, reducing muscle tension, and addressing scar tissue and adhesions. Care is non-invasive and can be used alongside fertility treatments like IVF, incorporating manual therapy, myofascial release, and breath-work.

  • Yes. Pelvic floor physical therapy during pregnancy can help with pain, pressure, breathing, posture and movement changes, and birth preparation; all while prioritizing nervous system safety.

  • Yes. Birth preparation focuses on pelvic mobility, baby positioning, labor and birth positions, perineal preparation, and breathing and pushing strategies tailored to your body and your planned birth.

  • Yes. Care is an important resource for people who experienced traumatic or medically complex births; including cesareans, assisted deliveries, prolonged labor, emergency interventions, or significant tearing. Sessions are paced, consent-based, and structured around nervous system safety.

  • Yes. Pelvic floor therapy supports both cesarean preparation and recovery by addressing the pelvic floor, abdominal wall, breathing, scar mobility, and nervous system regulation. Cesarean birth is one of the most commonly performed major surgeries, yet rehabilitation is rarely offered. Care focuses on whole-body recovery, not just incision healing.

  • Yes. Care focuses on improving coordination of the abdominal wall, pelvic floor, breathing, and strength, restoring tension management and functional strength rather than simply closing the gap. Diastasis recti can be addressed at any point postpartum, even years after birth.

Midlife & Menopause Specific

  • Yes. Pelvic floor therapy can help address changes in bladder and bowel function, pelvic pain, prolapse symptoms, sexual health, and movement patterns that often emerge during this transition. Care also considers nervous system regulation and recovery capacity as hormones shift.

  • Yes. Pelvic floor therapy can help manage GSM symptoms such as vaginal dryness, irritation, painful intercourse, urinary urgency, & recurrent infections by supporting tissue health, circulation, & muscle coordination. Therapy is often used alongside medical or hormonal treatments when appropriate.

  • Yes. Pelvic floor therapy can support bone health by improving load tolerance, balance, posture, strength, & impact readiness which are key factors in maintaining bone density & reducing fracture risk.

  • Yes. Pelvic floor therapy can help address the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause, which may include joint pain, tendon issues, stiffness, muscle weakness, & increased injury risk. Treatment focuses on restoring coordinated movement, strength, tissue tolerance, and capacity as hormonal changes affect connective tissue.

Billing, Payments, & Insurance Information

  • Unbound Pelvis is an out-of-network, fee-for-service practice and payment is due at the time of service. We accept HSA, FSA, check, cash, and all major credit cards.

  • A superbill can be provided for possible out-of-network reimbursement depending on your plan. Coverage varies by provider.

  • Evaluation is $240 (80-min in length) and follow up treatments are $210 (70-min in length) per visit.

  • Yes. Less than 24 hour notice is a $105 fee.

    Same day no shows are a $210 fee.

    Visits can always be switched to a virtual visit to avoid late cancellation fees.

*If you have Medicare or Medicaid, I am unable to see you as a patient even if you choose to pay out of pocket. This is due to Medicare or Medicaid rules and regulations.

Still have questions?

The best way to find out whether this pelvic floor therapy in Columbus is right for you is to book is a free discovery call — a real conversation about your history, your body, and what you've been carrying, so we can make sure Unbound Pelvis is the right fit before we begin. No referral required.

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