Pelvic Health Care: Personalized Services
Trauma-Sensitive Pelvic Floor Therapy
Located in Oakland, CA
We understand. We can help.
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Pelvic floor physical therapy is a personalized process designed to support your nervous system, movement patterns, and symptom relief.
Your initial evaluation establishes a pelvic floor PT plan that is specific to your goals, history, and body.
How care typically unfolds
Online visits are optional to begin care and are well-suited for:
Coaching and modern pain science education
Bladder training and urge suppression strategies
Dilator guidance for vaginismus or dyspareunia
Complex medical history review
Reviewing treatment options suggested by other providers
Establishing a sustainable home exercise practice
Ongoing care may be weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Sessions focus on:
Training your brain and body together
Tailored relaxation practices
Internal awareness and movement retraining
Building confidence with daily practices
Most participants work with us for 3–6 months to achieve lasting change.
Not sure whether to start online or in person? We’ll help you decide.
Why this approach works
Some participants respond very well to education and coaching alone.
Research shows that when a provider listens deeply, asks skilled questions, and offers clear explanations of symptoms and options, outcomes improve. Fear and confusion are known to amplify pain and pelvic floor symptoms. Understanding reduces threat—and the body responds.
Contact us to learn how to begin a pelvic therapy plan that fits your needs.
Visit Frequency & Pricing
You can expect to work with your pelvic physical therapist once weekly or every other week for at least 2–3 months, depending on symptoms and goals.
30-minute online intake & education
$97.5075-minute initial pelvic floor PT visit in-person
$290Follow-up pelvic floor PT visit
$230 / hour30, 45, or 60-minute “interventions-only” visits and online physical therapy
$195 / hour
(Frequency depends on your needs and symptoms)
Online Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy (California Residents)
Online physical therapy in CA is available if you are a California resident and located in CA at the time of service.
60-minute online initial evaluation
$19530–60 minute follow-ups
$195 / hour
Therapeutic Exercise, Touch, & Brain Training
For established clients
This supportive follow-up service is ideal if you:
Feel confident with your corrective exercises
Are committed to a daily practice
Want to build strength safely and progressively
Sessions focus on improving posture, total-body strength, and returning to activities such as running, hiking, dancing, or sport.
“Exercise” may be as simple as breathing during a pelvic floor exercise—or as complex as squatting with 100-lb weights while maintaining spinal length. When you’re in a steady exercise progression with your therapist, symptoms are typically significantly improved.
60 minutes | $195 / hour
Common goals include exercises for prolapse and diastasis recti support in the Bay Area.
Manual Therapy Services
For established clients
This service may be appropriate if:
You respond well to touch
Your therapist agrees that mobility and body awareness training will support your progress
You want to refine symptom management and deepen your home practice
Typically recommended after at least four weeks of weekly one-hour visits.
30 minutes | $97.50
Somatic Pilates
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Experience Pilates Reformer sessions through a therapeutic, somatic lens. These sessions support a safe return to Pilates following injury, pain, or pelvic floor symptoms.
60 minutes | $150
Somatic Exercise & Embodied Touch
This wellness-focused service is appropriate for:
People new to pelvic PT and not ready for internal pelvic floor work
Current clients interested in deepening internal awareness
Those drawn to touch or movement practices grounded in embodiment
Sessions support trust in your body, creativity, nervous system regulation, and rest for the thinking mind.
60 min in-person | $150
60 min virtual | $150
FAQ
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Be prepared to discuss your medical history, current medications list, relevant imaging and post-op reports, and to be asked detailed questions about your symptoms and patterns. You share your pelvic health story and fears and beliefs about your symptoms and movement, current relationship to physical activity and mindfulness practices, and what you are hoping to receive and integrate from pelvic PT. How would you consider your PT care complete?
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If you have a complex medical history, a lot of questions, “mysterious” symptoms that other providers have told you cannot be treated, or chronic pain, then a 30-60 minute online initial visit may be best for you to start with. Be prepared to discuss your symptoms, answer detailed questions, share your story, to receive education about your pelvic health, and to receive resources to begin your daily home practice.
This service is also available any time during your care. Examples include coaching and dilator training for vaginismus, bladder training and urge suppression for urinary incontinence, and guiding you through your posture exercises and self treatments while you are in your home environment.
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All visits include movement assessments and other physical therapy diagnostics to determine the root cause of your symptoms. You will receive treatment and details about how to start the process of taking care of your symptoms at home.
When the root cause is clear, then your PT will transition you to ongoing supportive visits at a reduced fee. These options are dynamic and flexible.
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Most of our participants stay with us for 3-6 months to get the best results.
Also, consider that a pelvic physical therapy plan of care is an “intervention.” Therefore, if you are seeing multiple providers and trying multiple interventions at the same time, it can challenge your PT’s ability to find the root cause of your symptoms. Feel free to discuss alternative and complementary options to support your holistic health with your physical therapist. PTs are medical providers that can educate you on how to find all options that are best for you. We can discuss with you what may be complementary and what may be best explored when you are discharged from PT.
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If you are “sore,” “tight,” symptoms get worse after sustained positions or activities, then targeted strengthening will likely help you.
Movement training and endurance training that bolsters your function takes months of practice.
Often, you also need to let go of dominant, tense, tight muscles first. This is why physical therapy works.
You can work harder, or you can let something go!
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First of all, that is great to hear!
But ask your PT! It takes at least 6 weeks to change your tissues and to start to get functionally stronger. It takes 3 months to improve your endurance.
In other words, expect 6 weeks of daily practice for your spine to be more mobile, for you to feel more coordinated, and for your abdominals and glutes to start to feel stronger.
It will take 3 months for you to be consistently symptom free after a long day.
We can get to the deeper cause of your symptoms when your brain is less activated by pain and fear. In fact, physical therapists can predict injuries just by analyzing movement patterns and dynamic postures.
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You do not need to! If you can get yourself to the clinic, we recommend you keep your appointment. Pelvic therapy can help with cramping and discomfort. Also, internal work is still appropriate if you are on your period.
“The pelvic floor specialists at Bodyful are so skilled, kind, and professional! I instantly felt comfortable when I arrived for my session. I was taught how to do proper diaphragmatic breathing and self care techniques to do at home when I need. As a very active person, I found their treatment plan to be so helpful to improve my body mechanics for work and daily activities. The pain and discomfort I was experiencing had greatly reduced after just the first session! I highly recommend Bodyful Physical Therapy!”
— URSULA, MAYAN ABDOMINAL MASSAGE THERAPIST, BODYFUL CLIENT