Common things I've heard (and helped with!) from my clients ​(you're not alone!)
"I cannot sit for more than 20 minutes at a time because I feel like I'm sitting on a golf ball. I just want to take my girlfriend out to dinner like a normal person."
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"I've always wanted to get fit and become athletic, but I have never felt comfortable in typical gyms and I have no idea where to start...so I haven't."
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"I've been suffering from IBS, vulvodynia, fibromyalgia, low back pain, and urinary urgency since I was a teenager. I've never had a normal life and I'm losing hope that I will."
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"I haven't been able to get back to my sex life since having our baby. I'm in a same-sex relationship and I feel like my providers don't know how to talk to me about this."
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"I had no idea that there was any help for my rectal pain and chronic constipation besides medication and surgeries. No one has ever explained this to me."
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"I've been suffering with low back pain for years and I miss the way weight lifting and higher intensity exercise makes me feel. My doctors say I should just stick to walking."
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"I didn't know that men could have pelvic floor problems too. I've had pain "down there" for a long time now. It's been ruining my life."
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"I don't want to miss my grandson's graduation, but I'm afraid I will need to use the restroom constantly and then what will I do?"
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"I avoid seeing any clinicians as much as possible. They assume because of how I look that I am heterosexual and live a binary lifestyle. It makes me feel untrusting and unable to truly discuss my health concerns."
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"I'm having a gender affirmation surgery and I want to make sure that my pelvic floor is healthy before and after surgery for the best results. I've been waiting my whole life for this."
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"I just want to find a provider who will listen to me for once. I've been to every doctor and therapist in the book...and no one has been able to help."
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"I have a long history of trauma and abuse and have never felt comfortable addressing my pelvic pain."
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"I heard that I shouldn't try any new exercise that I haven't done before now that I'm ________ [insert 'pregnant,' 'too old', 'recovering from a surgery'].
"I was told that most women have a pelvic organ prolapse after giving birth so I just shouldn't lift anything more than 15 pounds. How can I take care of my child?"
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"I'm too old to get in shape. I was told I have arthritis everywhere so I should just take it easy."
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