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PHYSICAL THERAPY

Trauma Informed ● Consent Driven Care ● 1:1 Sessions ● Collaborative

LGBTQIA+ Inclusive ● Gender Affirming & Celebratory

Serving Ann Arbor & greater SE Michigan

Physical Therapy is for everyone!

Adults of all body shapes & sizes, gender identities, sexualities, & abilities are welcome here.

You deserve to partner with a physical therapist that not only works with you and your healthcare team to help you find relief from pain and discomfort but also sees and treats you as a whole person. You also do not need to be in pain or struggling to move to work with a physical therapist.

We partner with you on your journey to achieve your personal health and wellness goals and empower you to return to your most meaningful activities and movements with pleasure, play, and joy!

Areas of Specialization

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

lumbopelvic skeletal model

  • Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction

    Pelvic Pain

    Dysmenorrhea (Painful Menstruation)

    Pain With Intercourse (dyspareunia)

    Endometriosis

    Vulvodynia / Vestibulodynia / Clitorodynia

    Post-Op Pelvic, Hip, or Abdominal Surgeries

    Groin, Coccyx, Back, and/or Hip Pain

    Pain or Difficulty with Orgasm

    Decreased Arousal

    Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD)

    Symptoms Related to Perimenopause or Menopause

    Men’s Pelvic Health: prostatitis, pelvic pain, and sexual dysfunction

  • Urgency, Frequency, and/or Urinary Incontinence

    Pelvic Organ Prolapse

    Abdominal Pain and/or Bloating

    Constipation, Straining, Incomplete Emptying

    Post-Abdominal Surgery

  • Pain With Intercourse (dyspareunia)

    Pain or Difficulty with Orgasm

    Decreased Arousal

    Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD)

    Dysmenorrhea

    Endometriosis

Gender Affirming Care

  • Pre-surgical and post-operative top and bottom surgery

    Post-surgical rehab for scar management and/or head/neck pain related pain to facial surgeries

    Pelvic floor physical therapy for sexual health, pelvic pain, and bowel/bladder concerns

    Neck, shoulder, rib, hip, thoracic, lumbar, and/or hip pain secondary to gender affirming practices or surgery

    Vaginoplasty preparation and/or post-surgical dilator education

    NOTE: My approach to gender affirming care is trauma informed, consent driven, and celebratory. I use a harm reduction/risk aware approach to helping you manage any adverse symptoms to gender affirming practices.

Pregnancy & Postpartum

  • Whether you are pregnant for the first time, trying to get pregnancy, prepare for birth, or recovering from pregnancy, a vaginal birth or c-section - you will be in great hands in our clinic!

    If you are currently in season of life where you are planning to become pregnant or unsure if you want to be pregnant again - it is always the right time to take care of your pelvic floor! You do NOT have to wait until “after you are done having kids,” to take control of your pelvic floor and get back to your meaningful activities without symptoms.

    I work with families of all types and styles, including queer🏳️‍🌈 and/or gender diverse🏳️‍⚧️families.

    Looking for that extra-special, luxury care in home? I offer In-Home Postpartum Wellness Services. You do not need to leave your home (if you’re not ready to!) with your new baby to start receiving post-partum care.

Orthopedics & Musculoskeletal

  • Sports Related Injuries

    Overuse Injuries

    Spine: cervical, thoracic, lumbar pain

Sexual Health & Wellness

  • Despite the name, sexuality counseling is not mental health therapy, psychotherapy, or any other counseling service. Instead, AASECT Certified Sexuality Counselors, like me, offer your more short-term, direct, realistic, and easily tangible solutions, suggestions, problem solving, and other clinical techniques and suggestions to help you resolve your concerns related to your sexuality, intimate relationships and your sexual health and wellness.

    If you are a physical therapy client of mine and we are addressing your pelvic floor, sexual health, or sexual wellness - I seamlessly integrate sexuality counseling techniques into your sessions.

    If you are NOT a physical therapy client, I can support you thought coaching, consulting, and educational sessions.

Why am I doing this work?

I am doing this work because I believe you deserve better. You deserve to have your intimate needs addressed and taken seriously in the medical community and society.

Transgender and non-binary folks deserve affirming healthcare that is built for them as unique humans, the freedom to celebrate their own lived experiences, as well as the opportunity to see other trans and non-binary people thrive in society.

You deserve to work with a physical therapist who is not only affirming but also celebratory of YOU, your goals, and meaningful activities. You deserve to work with a physical therapist who you do not have to educate on your intersecting identities, including gender/sxuality. You deserve the time, space, and 1:1 attention it takes to reach YOUR meaningful goals.

You deserve to write your own intimacy narratives and be free to feel pleasure (pleasure in every sense of the word: delight, happiness, excitement, play) in your body. You are deserving of this, play, and joy.

Physical Therapy centered on helping you move better, play more, and feel good in your body!

In-office Physical Therapy will take place at Little Lake Wellness Hub, Ann Arbor, MI. Telehealth physical therapy is available for Michigan residents who are in the state of MI at the time of their appointment.

 

  • PHYSICAL LOCATION:

    231 Little Lake Dr. Suite F, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

    There are wide hallways, doors, & accessible, single stall, all gender restrooms with grab bars. There is a disability parking spot in the front/top of building with wheelchair accessible curb. Unfortunately, the main entrance doors are heavy and not automatic. I am happy to assist you with the doors & entrance into the building for your appointment. Please just call/text me when you arrive!

    *If you are unable to travel to the clinic, virtual appointments are available.

    ASL: I partner with Jeenie, a virtual, live, human interpreter service, if you communicate with ASL. Please let me know when booking your appointment and I will make sure to schedule with them for your session!

Are you outside of Michigan and want to learn any of the following from me?

  • What is pelvic floor and/or and sexual health physical therapy it and why you might need it?

  • How to advocate for yourself in a medical setting?

  • Harm reduction tips and education on gender-affirming practices including binding, packing, tucking?

  • How to optimize your outcomes with dilator training education following a gender affirming surgery?

  • Gender affirming, inclusive, and trauma informed anatomy education?

  • and more!

  • "I am so grateful for your kindness & patience.

    As we complete yet another round of physical therapy together, I find myself so very grateful for you & the role you play in my life. You have not only helped me achieve better physical health, but a better outlook on life in general. I appreciate your continued support…Thank you hardly seems sufficient.”

  • "I need to broadcast that Christina is an exceptionally talented physical therapist!

    Christina stands out to me as a star as they regularly pursue further education, specialty techniques and treatment options for their patients. Their unique skills have been critical to my improvement in function and reduction in pain.”

  • "I do not believe that I would have made anywhere near the progress that I have without them.

    Christina followed up with my case and made sure that I got the diagnosis and care that I needed. I can tell that they love and are engaged with their job. Every time I come to physical therapy, Christina’s level of knowledge about PT, care for their patient, and commitment make me very thankful that they are my therapist. I do not believe that I would have made anywhere near the progress that I have without them.”