Empowered Wellness by Pelvicptmama

10/15/2026

Your body has been carrying more than you realize. 🤍

Ever notice how stress makes you clench your jaw, hold your breath, or tighten your pelvic floor without even realizing it?

In The Body Keeps the Score, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk explores how trauma and stress can affect the body, not just the mind.

And your pelvic floor is no exception.

Chronic stress, anxiety, and past experiences can contribute to pelvic floor tension, pain with intimacy, urinary urgency, constipation, and difficulty fully relaxing those muscles.

✨ Pelvic floor therapy isn't just about strengthening. Sometimes, it's about learning to let go.

Through breathwork, gentle manual therapy, nervous system regulation, and body awareness, we can help you reconnect with your body, reduce unnecessary tension, and create a safe space for your muscles to relax.

You don't have to keep holding everything together — especially down there. 😉

Your pelvic floor deserves some love, too. 💗

📍 At Empowered Wellness, we see the whole woman, not just her symptoms.

10/08/2026

Sometimes life doesn’t go according to plan. 🌪️

We drove halfway to our family beach vacation only to turn around because of the hurricane.

Not exactly the lesson we planned for the kids… but maybe an even better one. ❤️

Teaching them that we can’t control everything that happens, but we can control how we respond, find the good, and choose our perspective.

So… here’s to making the most of the unexpected. 🫶🏼

10/05/2026

🎃👻 VICKY THE V***A IS BACK… AND SHE’S GIVING AWAY FREE DRY NEEDLING! 👻🎃

October is National Physical Therapy Month AND Halloween, so obviously we had to celebrate the Empowered Wellness way. 😂

Want a chance to win a FREE DRY NEEDLING SESSION?! 🙌🏼

Here’s how to enter:

👙 Put on the Vicky the V***a costume
📸 Take a picture or video
📲 Tag Dr. Stephanie Perez, PT, DPT 🔑 on social media
🎟️ Every person who puts on Vicky and tags us gets ONE entry!

The more Vickys we see… the more fun this giveaway gets. 😂💀

We’ll draw ONE lucky winner at the end of the month!

So whether you’re a fellow PT, a patient, a friend, a local business, or just someone who really wants to walk around as a giant vulva… WE WANT TO SEE YOU. 😂

💗 Celebrating Physical Therapy Month
🎃 Celebrating Halloween
🩸 Celebrating the weird, wonderful world of pelvic health

Now go put Vicky on. We dare you. 👀😂

Must tag us for your entry to count. Giveaway is not affiliated with Instagram.

10/05/2026

🎉 October is National Physical Therapy Month 🎉

And while most people think of physical therapy as something you go to after an injury, there’s a whole area of PT that many women don’t even realize exists…

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy. 👇🏼

If you’ve ever thought, “I’ve been curious about pelvic floor therapy, but what do they actually DO?” — this is for you!

Pelvic floor PT can help with SO much more than just leaking. We work with women through pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, menopause, painful s*x, pelvic pain, prolapse, constipation, urinary urgency/frequency, diastasis, core dysfunction, and so much more.

A pelvic floor PT appointment is individualized to YOU. We may talk through your symptoms and history, look at your posture and breathing, assess your core and hips, work on mobility and strength, use hands-on techniques, educate you about your body, and perform an internal pelvic floor assessment- the GOLD STANDARD of pelvic floor care!!

If you’ve ever wondered whether pelvic floor PT could help you, this is your sign to ask questions!

And if you’re a mom who has ever thought, “I guess this is just what happens after having kids…” — it doesn’t have to be.

You deserve to feel good in your body again. 💕

Contact us to get started!!

09/30/2026

☕️ HAPPY NATIONAL COFFEE DAY, MAMA. ☕️

And if we’re going to celebrate coffee…we’re going to celebrate GOOD coffee. 🙌🏼

My go-to? Purity Coffee. 🤎

Why Purity? Because not all coffee is created equal. I love that Purity focuses on quality, freshness, and a cleaner approach to coffee—without sacrificing the thing we all actually care about:

☕️ IT TASTES GOOD.

And since I’m your pelvic floor PT, let’s talk about what that cup of coffee can do down there 👀👇🏼

Caffeine can:
• Increase urinary urgency and frequency
• Irritate an already sensitive bladder
• Make it harder for some people to control those “I NEED TO GO RIGHT NOW” moments
• Stimulate bowel activity—which can be a blessing or a bathroom emergency 😂

And here’s the important part: coffee doesn't automatically mean pelvic floor problems.

If you notice more leaking, urgency, frequency, bladder discomfort, or pelvic pressure after your morning cup, your pelvic floor may not simply need to be “stronger.” Your bladder, pelvic floor muscles, nervous system, hydration, and caffeine intake can all play a role.

So I’m NOT here to tell you to give up your coffee.
🙅🏼‍♀️ Absolutely not.

I’m here to help you understand your body so you can enjoy your coffee without planning your entire day around the nearest bathroom. 😂

☕️ Want to try my favorite?

Use code PELVICPTMAMA for 25% OFF Purity Coffee + FREE shipping until Oct 2nd!

Happy National Coffee Day, friends. Now go drink your coffee…strategically. 😘☕️

09/27/2026

Pelvicon 2026 in the books! What a weekend jam-packed with information from the best of the best in our industry!

Thank you for one again knocking this event out of the park!

Thank you for being my roomie once again!

It was amazing to learn from and spend time with
.sinead

There's nothing like being in the room with 650 other pelvic floor therapists who are just as passionate about the profession as you are!!

09/26/2026

09/25/2026

When you’re a Mom and you get a quiet hotel room…

No kids.
No noise.
No one asking for a snack.
No one needing you for 5 whole minutes.

Just me dramatically throwing myself into this bed and laying there like the exhausted queen I am. 😂

Sometimes the luxury isn’t room service.
It’s SILENCE.

09/24/2026

Yep. That’s me cleaning the toilet.

Because when you choose Empowered Wellness, you’re choosing a small business.
Not a corporation.
Not a giant healthcare system.
Not a clinic with multiple locations and someone in an office somewhere making decisions about your care.

You’re choosing US. ❤️

I take a lot of pride in this little place we’ve built and in the community we get to serve. And that means I care about all of it — from the quality of your care to the cleanliness of the bathroom. 😂

I want you to walk through our doors and feel cared for, safe, welcomed, and valued.

Because when you pour your heart into something, you want every detail to reflect that.

So yes… sometimes the pelvic floor PT is also the toilet-cleaning lady. 🙋🏼‍♀️

And honestly? I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Thank you for choosing small.
Thank you for choosing local.
Thank you for choosing Empowered Wellness. 💕

09/23/2026

SAUNA THOUGHTS WITH DR. STEPH

Leakage doesn’t always mean your pelvic floor is weak.

Especially after a UTI, your pelvic floor can become tight, irritated, and overprotective. And a muscle that is constantly “on” can actually become weak and poorly coordinated because it can’t fully relax, lengthen, and then contract when you need it to.

So if you’re leaking after a UTI, don’t automatically start doing Kegels.

Sometimes your pelvic floor doesn’t need to squeeze harder… it needs to learn how to LET GO.

Your pelvic floor is a muscle. It needs both strength AND relaxation.

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