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Women's Health Therapy
Our devotion to women’s health starts with a select group of AthletiCo physical therapists who have received specialized training in the treatment and education of women’s health issues. Not only will patients receive one-on-one treatment with a female therapist in a private and comfortable setting, but they will also receive the latest research and treatment methods for the most advanced plan of care. Whether it is for preventive or restoration services, AthletiCo therapists are the experts women can trust.
Click here for a list of locations offering this service.
Our Women’s Health Therapists specialize in the following conditions and treatment options:
- Incontinence - Treatments include strengthening exercises for weakened pelvic floor muscles, education on fluid, diet, and lifestyle modifications, as well as biofeedback training.
- Chronic Pelvic Pain - Treatments include muscle re-education/strengthening/relaxation exercises. Functional activity of daily living alternatives, postural education, soft tissue massage, spinal/pelvic alignment corrections, and biofeedback training.
- Prenatal and Postnatal Care - Treatments include instruction on proper body mechanics to prevent back pain, exercises to
strengthen pelvic floor muscles, and pre/postnatal massages.
- Sacral Dysfunction - Treatments include manual techniques/mobilizations/muscle energy techniques, flexibility for the lower back/lower extremity muscles, strengthening of core/hip stabilizers and pelvic floor, and patient education.
- Lymphedema - Treatments include exercise, manual lymphatic drainage, compression bandaging, proper wound care, scar massage, and an individualized home exercise program.
- Osteoporosis - Treatments include education on ways to reduce the risk of falling, education on safe techniques to move, lift, and perform daily tasks, and instruction on proper weight-bearing exercises.
Chicago
Andersonville,
Bucktown,
Lincoln Park/Clybourn,
Lincoln Park/Lakeview,
Niles/Northwest Chicago,
River North,
Northern Suburbs
Bannockburn,
Glenview,
Niles/Northwest Chicago,
Skokie,
Northwest Suburbs
Arlington Heights,
Barrington,
Lake in the Hills,
Palatine,
Schaumburg,
Wheeling,
Western Suburbs
Lisle,
Oak Park,
St. Charles,
Willowbrook,
South Suburbs
Lemont,
New Lenox ,
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