Leaking when you laugh, pressure that won’t ease, a postpartum body that doesn’t feel like yours — pelvic floor problems are common, treatable, and nothing to white-knuckle through alone.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Mandy Robertson, PT, DPT · August 2026
Pelvic floor physical therapy treats bladder leakage, pelvic pain, prolapse symptoms, and postpartum dysfunction by retraining the muscles at the base of the pelvis. About one in three women experience urinary incontinence after childbirth, and structured pelvic floor muscle training is the evidence-based first-line treatment. RISE Physical Therapy offers certified pelvic floor care in private, one-on-one 45-minute sessions at our Boise, Idaho clinic.
Pelvic floor physical therapy is specialized care for the muscles that form the base of your pelvis — the sling that supports your bladder, bowel, and (in women) uterus, controls continence, and stabilizes your core. Like any muscle group, these muscles can be weak, overactive, poorly coordinated, or painful. A certified pelvic floor therapist figures out which, then retrains them.
It's care for a problem set that is enormously common and rarely talked about: roughly one in three women experience urinary incontinence after childbirth,[1] and pelvic pain, urgency, and prolapse symptoms affect people of every age — men included. Common doesn't mean normal, and it doesn't mean permanent.
Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is one of the most rigorously supported interventions in physical therapy. A Cochrane systematic review found that structured PFMT during and after pregnancy can both prevent and treat urinary incontinence, with essentially no reported adverse effects.[1] International guidelines list supervised PFMT as first-line treatment for stress urinary incontinence — ahead of surgery. And research shows the details matter: correct technique and supervised progression outperform a handout that just says "do Kegels."
That last point is the practical one. Studies using internal assessment find a large share of people perform Kegels incorrectly — often bearing down instead of lifting — which is why guided training with feedback, sometimes including biofeedback, changes outcomes.[2]
Pelvic health requires privacy, time, and trust. At RISE, every pelvic floor session is 45 minutes, one-on-one, in a private treatment room with Dr. Mandy Robertson — a Herman & Wallace certified pelvic specialist. Nothing is rushed, and nothing happens without your explicit consent.
A private, consent-based evaluation determines whether your pelvic floor is weak, tight, or uncoordinated — they need opposite treatments.
Guided muscle retraining, manual therapy, and habit changes matched to your findings.
Progressive loading until running, lifting, laughing, and living are leak-free and pain-free.
Private, one-on-one pelvic floor care with a certified specialist — no referral needed in Idaho.
Mandy earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Idaho State-Meridian and holds pelvic floor specialist certification from the Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute. She treats male and female pelvic health patients at our Boise clinic — and as a mother herself, has a deep passion for postpartum care. Meet the full team →
