Our services

PEDIATRIC PELVIC CARE +

An important part of treating a woman’s health is helping her children lead healthy lives. People often think of pelvic floor dysfunction as something that affects adults. It is common, however, for pelvic floor issues to begin in childhood. Early intervention for pelvic floor dysfunction can transform the child and family understanding of these conditions.

Common questions we hear from parents:

• Why does my child struggle with constipation and/or painful pooping?
• Why does my young athlete wet their pants during sport?
• Why does my daughter suffer from painful periods?
• Why is my daughter unable to wear a tampon?

At Helix Pelvic Health we work together with families to identify physiological and environmental contributions to your child’s symptoms. We understand how stressful these conditions can be and are passionate about creating a child-centered plan that is both engaging and productive.

DANCE REHABILITATION +

Injuries sustained by a dancer’s body are unique due to the extreme stressors placed on the body during this sport. Injuries to the foot, ankle, back, hip and knee are most common. A less discussed, but equally common, response to the high demands of training is urinary incontinence. This typically presents as leakage with jumping, leaping, coughing, or sneezing. Dance related injuries are most likely to occur during the transition to wearing pointe shoes, the pre-adolescent years when muscle length tension relationships are changing and in the teen years when training schedules increase. Dance as a movement pattern, is fundamentally driven by the "core". This muscle group includes the abdominals and pelvic floor. The biomechanics of the core muscles and pelvis are valued at Helix Pelvic Health and are applied to the rehabilitation of all dance related injuries. Ashley combines her dance education experience with rehabilitation and injury prevention principles to best develop an individualized, dance specific plan of care.