FARMINGTON — Franklin Memorial Hospital physical therapists Rebecca Gagnon-Pillsbury, MSPT, ATC, CLT, and Heather Patterson, PT, recently completed a three-day course in pelvic health physical therapy, level 1. It was offered by the Section on Women’s Health of the American Physical Therapy Association.
The two are accepting referrals from primary care providers to treat female patients who have pelvic floor disorders, including urinary or bowel urgency, incontinence, constipation, pelvic pain, back pain, or pain with intercourse. Physical therapy can break into those dysfunctional cycles through education, behavior modification and exercises to facilitate normal coordination of pelvic floor muscles.
Patterson and Gagnon-Pillsbury plan to complete levels 2 and 3, which will result in a certificate of achievement in pelvic physical therapy.
Other women’s health services offered by the FMH Physical Therapy Department include treatment for back pain related to pregnancy and post-partum issues; lymphedema; post-operative breast care; treatment of lower back pain; and osteoporosis.
For more information or an appointment, call 779-2620.
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