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Emily Gilmore

Emily Gilmore

Physical therapist (PT, DPT) and owner of Thrive Physical Therapy & Wellness in Birmingham, Alabama, specializing in women's health, orthopedics, and pelvic floor rehabilitation.

Oct 19, 2026

1:44
... yes.
1:45
So, like, you know, we see a multitude of issues, and we're gonna kinda cover some vaginal and cesarean birth issues.
1:51
So some kinda heavy issues that we hit, um, in the postpartum period is, um, issues with intercourse, right?

15 MINS LATER

17:08
Absolutely.
17:08
And, I mean, for both, like, if, if we talk about, like, kinda general guidelines for postpartum recovery, I think six weeks to me means we start rehab, and we don't talk about return to sport till after 12 weeks.
0:39
... and why we need pelvic floor PT?
0:41
Absolutely.
0:42
So the pelvic floor is a sling of muscles that sits at the base of our pelvis.
0:47
Um, it has three, uh, actually four kind of basic functions.
0:50
We have bladder, bowel, sexual, and lymphatic drainage, and it's also huge in core stability.
0:56
Mm.
0:57
So it's a sling of muscles.
2:33
Yeah, yeah.
5:53
Right.
5:54
So a lot of people are, you know, they're trying to get back out there.
5:56
They hear weight training is really good for my bones or they get that first DEXA scan that looks a little osteopenic and they're like, ah, they said I need to weight train.
6:05
And so they get out there.
6:06
Right.
6:06
But we're not exactly starting at like a neutral point.
6:10
And so that can tee up a lot of injuries.

22 MINS LATER

28:38
Can you talk a little bit about mobility? Like how do we maintain that? Because you know, that's maybe we're strong, but we're like, you know, how do we, how do we maintain that as well?

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