Healing Pelvic Organ Prolapse Naturally with Physical Therapy
1 in 10 women will have pelvic organ prolapse surgery in their lifetime.
But here's the truth most aren’t told: many of these cases are preventable. And even after surgery, if the root causes aren’t addressed, symptoms often return.
At Empower Movement Physical Therapy, we specialize in helping women restore proper pressure, alignment, and strength so your pelvic floor can actually function like it's meant to.
POP Isn’t Just a Pelvic Floor Problem - It’s a Pressure System Problem
While pelvic organ prolapse can feel like a "pelvic" issue, the root of it often starts above with how you're breathing, how your rib cage is moving, and how pressure is being managed through your core.
🫁 The Breathing Breakdown
During pregnancy, the growing uterus moves up into the rib cage, flattening the diaphragm and creating shallow, upper chest breathing.
Postpartum, many women stay stuck in this pattern becoming mouth-breathers and upper chest breathers. This disrupts your core pressure system and puts downward pressure on the pelvic floor with every breath.
You breathe 20,000+ times per day. So if your breath is dysfunctional, that’s 20,000 opportunities to overload your pelvic floor.
Stacking your rib cage on pelvis takes pressure off lower belly
Fixing your mouth/throat adjust pressure on pelvis
Getting pressure off from above
Here’s What We Do Differently:
✅ Restore Your Rib Cage Mobility
Your rib cage isn’t just about posture it sets the stage for healthy breath and pressure. We help you re-establish rib movement and diaphragmatic control to reduce strain from above.
✅ Reteach Functional Breathing Patterns
No more shallow, stressed breathing. We train your body to return to 360° core expansion—so every inhale supports, not sabotages, your pelvic floor.
✅ Regulate Intra-Abdominal Pressure
Think of your core like a toothpaste tube—if there’s too much pressure from above, it has to go somewhere… and it’s usually down.
We help you regulate and rebalance that pressure so your pelvic floor can stop absorbing the load.
✅ Release Scar Tissue + Muscle Tension
Whether it’s vaginal scarring, a C-section, or tension from years of compensation, internal and external restrictions can hold your pelvic floor hostage. We use advanced manual therapy techniques to restore balance from the inside out.
✅ Realign Pelvic Organs
Yes, organ position can shift—and yes, we help guide them back into place. Whether from birth, trauma, or pressure patterns, our techniques help restore natural positioning, even years postpartum.
Prolapse Isn’t Just Genetic. It’s Multifactorial. And It’s Treatable.
We hear it all the time: “I thought this was just genetic.”
But prolapse is almost always a combination of pressure, posture, breath, and movement habits plus any injuries, scars, or unresolved tension.
You deserve more than just a pessary or surgery referral.
You deserve answers. You deserve a plan. And you deserve a provider who sees the whole picture.
Surgery Isn’t the First or Only Option
We’ve worked with urogynecologists and pelvic surgeons—and even they agree:
The right physical therapy can prevent many prolapse surgeries.
And if you are having surgery? Rehab matters. Because if you don’t address the pressure and patterns that caused it, you’re likely to end up back in the same place.
Your Comeback Starts Here
Pelvic organ prolapse is not a life sentence.
You can restore comfort, confidence, and control without shame or surgery as the only option.
You’re not broken.
You’re ready to be rebuilt—the right way.
Let’s restore function from the rib cage to the pelvic floor and get you back to living empowered.