Why Virtual Pelvic Floor Therapy Can Be a Game-Changer for Your Health
Virtual Pelvic Floor Therapy has become more and more popular over the past 5 years, due to its convenience and effectiveness. Virtual visits, (aka Telehealth), involve meeting with your therapist online, using a video chat program.
The Benefits of Virtual Pelvic Floor Therapy
✔️Accessible and Convenient
Virtual visits allow you to cut out the traffic and commute time. This ensures you can be as efficient with your day as possible.
Virtual visits are easier to schedule around work, childcare, or other responsibilities. Nanny cancelled on you? - No worries. Woke up feeling under the weather? - Now you don’t need to drag yourself out of the house.
Meet with your therapist from anywhere!
✔️Personalized and Effective
Unlike online program with generic exercises to follow, virtual pelvic floor therapy allows you to get one-on-one care with a licensed pelvic floor therapist. This means, your therapist can watch you move in real time and offer helpful feedback, just as if you were in the clinic.
So much of what pelvic floor therapy provides is all possible virtually - Education, behavioral strategies, movement assessments, and self-treatment guidance! After all, our goal for you is to become able to self-manage symptoms and prevent issues down the road.
✔️Comfort of Your Own Home
Some patients feel more at ease discussing intimate symptoms in their own space. Some people are not comfortable being touched and this is where the virtual option can be so beneficial.
Seeing someone in their own home environment and observing how they move about can be the key to diagnosing problems contributing to symptoms (e.g., posture, bathroom setup).
For new moms, I alwasy encourage them to schedule their first visit via telehealth, in order to see the home environment and avoid the stress of hauling your new baby across town for an appointment.
Common Misconceptions (and Why They Shouldn’t Hold You Back)
Myth 1: “You can’t treat the pelvic floor without hands-on therapy.”
Virtual sessions focus on empowering you with tools, education, and self-treatment strategies. The truth is, my job as a pelvic floor therapist is not to “fix” you but to guide you towards the solutions that you can implement yourself.
Many pelvic floor issues are behavioral, muscular, and positional—these respond well to guided self-care.
Not all symptoms/conditions require internal work and those who do benefit from this can be guided to do this themselves. And don’t worry, we’ll never have you undress on camera.
Myth 2: “It’s not as effective as in-person therapy.”
Research and clinical experience show virtual therapy can be equally effective for many conditions.
Therapists can still assess movement, guide breathwork, posture, core activation, and provide meaningful coaching.
Myth 3: “It’s too awkward to talk about personal topics on a screen.”
A skilled provider creates a professional and welcoming environment for open communication—just like in person.
Who Can Benefit from Virtual Pelvic Floor Therapy?
Anyone with bladder urgency/frequency, leaking, constipation, pelvic pain, painful sex, or core weakness. Check out our list of the common issues we treat, to get a more comprehensive idea.
👉Pregnant or postpartum individuals needing support from home.
👉People in rural areas or those without access to specialized care locally.
👉People who do not live close to our office or those needing a quick visit during their lunch hour.
👉People who have had recent surgery and need help navigating mobility around the house.
How to Set Yourself Up for Virtual Therapy Success
✅ Choose a quiet, private space
✅ Use a phone or laptop with a stable internet connection
✅ Wear comfortable clothing for movement
✅ Have a yoga mat or towel handy for floor exercises
✅ Keep a notebook nearby for key takeaways
✅ Be open to learning, moving, and asking questions
✅ Follow through with your home program between sessions
As you can see, Virtual pelvic floor therapy removes common barriers to care—time, travel, access—and puts powerful tools in your hands. Don’t let myths or doubts keep you from getting the support you deserve. Healing is possible, even from home!
I hope this information was helpful and maybe caused you to look at symptoms you have been ignoring. If you need help finding a pelvic floor therapist in Florida, we hope that you will consider us for either in-person or virtual appointments.
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