Somatic Movement Therapy

If you are new participant, this service is great for you if you have pelvic pain, pelvic trauma, birth trauma, and if you are nervous about internal pelvic floor work. This service does not include internal pelvic floor therapy.

If you are an established client, this service is great for you to practice your prescribed home movement exercises with your practitioner.

If you are new to pelvic PT, this service includes gentle approaches to feeling safe in your body, using somatic approaches to feel grounded and present. You have the opportunity to establish a trusted relationship with your physical therapist, without receiving a diagnosis, and to ease into the process of transformation and somatic repositioning.

Are you an established client feeling a bit lost, overwhelmed, or struggling to commit to your home exercise program? If you already have a prescribed home practice (2-3 exercises), this one hour visit will start with guided imagery and meditations, and continue to hands-on guidance from your therapist as you go through your prescribed PT exercises. This is a wellness visit. Virtual option available.

To learn more, check out these blogs:

• Somatic exercises to release trauma

• Somatic exercises for the pelvis

Somatic approaches to exercise and touch include:

• Somatosensory and vestibular integration through embodied, compassionate touch with a skilled practitioner

• Connect to your nervous system, organs, fluid body, connective tissue, and endocrine system as an approach to source movement with ease and joy.

• This is also for you if you want your spine and pelvis to feel free and your hips and shoulders to feel strong.

• Individualized dynamic posture movement exercises likely included.

Fee: $140/hour in person. $100/hour virtual (guided self touch is welcome). Service facilitated by Dr. Maryssa, PT, DPT and Body-Mind Centering® student.