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Meagan Schwarzrock Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist

09/17/2026

Bladder health = pelvic floor health.

Your pelvic floor muscles support your pelvic organs, including your bladder.

So when women are experience symptoms associated with their bladder, the pelvic floor is often to blame.

And changing these 2 daily habits can have a big impact on your pelvic health🤯

She booked 3 months of pelvic floor therapy before her due date. Not because something was wrong, because she wanted to ...
09/03/2026

She booked 3 months of pelvic floor therapy before her due date. Not because something was wrong, because she wanted to be proactive.

Link in bio to book your free consult.

August, what a MONTH.Personally and professionally, this was arguably my busiest month to date.Pelvic Confidence Physica...
08/31/2026

August, what a MONTH.

Personally and professionally, this was arguably my busiest month to date.

Pelvic Confidence Physical Therapy - Lincoln Park, Chicago is growing: I hired an EA, we officially have a two-week waitlist for new clients, and I’ll be looking to hire again in the coming months.

Life didn’t slow down either. Dr. Kevin Hershberger and I hosted out-of-state friends and family three weekends in a row. I wouldn’t have it any other way, even if it means bringing work to the beach 🤠

08/17/2026

Most birth prep online is mobility work. Hip openers, deep squats, figure fours, a lot of stretching.

Mobility matters. It’s how you get into and out of the positions that open all three levels of the pelvis, the inlet, the mid pelvis, and the outlet, and how you move between them while you’re laboring.

But more mobility is not automatically better in pregnancy. Relaxin and the other hormones already have your ligaments more lax than usual, so your joints have less passive support than they did before.

When you keep chasing more range on top of that, women can end up with p***c symphysis pain, SI joint pain, or low back pain. The joint doesn’t need more room. It needs more control….

That’s why I lean heavily on strength training to open all three levels of the pelvis. A squat, a lunge, a hip hinge, a deep split stance take you through those same ranges, and you build strength through the range instead of just hanging out in it.

You get the position plus the ability to hold it, change it, and produce force in it, which is what labor actually asks for.

I still prescribe mobility work. Just a lot less of it than people expect.

Andddd mobility and flexibility aren’t the same thing.

Mobility is how much motion you can control at a joint. Flexibility is how much a tissue can lengthen.

During a vaginal delivery, your pelvic floor muscles can stretch to about three times their resting length. That’s tissue extensibility, and it’s trained differently.

That’s why birth prep includes things beyond exercise. Learning to fully relax and lengthen your pelvic floor on demand, breath work that takes tension out instead of adding it, perineal work in the last few weeks, hands-on treatment if there’s real tension, and practicing pushing mechanics so you know how to coordinate all of it when pushing.

The women I work with train strength and mobility and flexibility, and they practice the coordination piece before they’re in a room with contractions.

If you’re pregnant and just realized you don’t know, what you don’t know… I’m a pelvic floor physical therapist and I work 1:1 with clients in Chicago and online offering custom programs.

08/05/2026

Apparently I had lots to say and this turned into a mini vlog, please hold for 2x speeeeeed😅

What I wasn’t prepared for:

- needing 8+ sessions with 8-12 weeks between each session, totaling 1-2 years before the tattoo is fully removed

- it is costly… thousand/s of dollars.

- I knew it was going to be painful… but that was more painful than I expected!!

This is something I have been debating for years, but ultimately happy I am going through with it so if you have questions lmk🤠

07/29/2026

Insurance-based pelvic floor therapy is not built to get you back to lifting heavy or running six miles. It’s built to get you functional.

Medical necessity is the standard.

So women graduate able to sneeze, carry a toddler, and walk the dog. For plenty of women that’s all they need, and the system serves them well.

You’re not that woman though.

Active women get discharged at exactly the moment their rehab should be getting harder.

Average care is designed for average goals. Yours aren’t average.

To work with me 1:1 in Chicago or online, link in bio.

07/28/2026

What happens when your postpartum recovery doesn’t go as “planned”?

Hold for 2x speed for my take as a Pelvic PT and how I help my clients through this.

You can work with me 1:1 in Chicago or online - link in bio.

07/15/2026

Waitttt Pelvic PTs what did I miss???

Things I’d change about pelvic health marketing as a pelvic floor PT:

“Kegels strengthen your pelvic floor.”
Kegels build coordination and connection, but they’re a starting point, not the plan. Your pelvic floor has to work reflexively under load so you stay symptom-free when you lift, run, or jump. And if there’s tension in there already, Kegels might not be what you need at all.

“Influencers building programs to treat pelvic floor dysfunction.”
Having a baby doesn’t make someone an expert in pelvic health. If you tore your ACL, you’d see a DPT who understands tissue healing and rehab, not someone whose only qualification is that they’ve also torn their ACL.

“Deep core exercises that sn**ch your waist after childbirth.”
There’s no exercise that sn**ches your waist. Managing pressure and engaging your core well matters for a lot of reasons, but that’s not the same thing as a tone stomach. That’s mostly nutrition.

“Diastasis-safe exercises.”
There’s no universal safe list. What works for one person needs to be progressed differently for the next. It depends entirely on you, not on a rule someone put in a carousel.

“Do these 3 exercises for [X] dysfunction.”
You don’t treat the dysfunction. You treat what’s causing it. And the cause is different from person to person, so three generic exercises can’t get you there.

“Return to high-impact at 6 weeks postpartum.”
Your tissues heal on a timeline. High-impact means your pelvic floor is managing ground forces 3x+ your body weight. You want to rebuild strength and load tolerance first, not skip straight to it.

“Avoid weightlifting with pelvic floor dysfunction.”
Lifting done well, with the right exercises and the right coaching, can strengthen your core and pelvic floor and actually improve symptoms.

“You need an internal exam to treat pelvic floor dysfunction.”
Not always. A skilled PT can assess a lot through movement, breathing, and posture, which is also why so much of this works online, not just hands-on in person.

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