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Pelvic Floor Therapy in Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Serving Oak Brook, Elmhurst, Villa Park, Lombard and nearby DuPage County communities.

Medically reviewed by Vincent Walsh, PA-C

Lotus Trim and Functional Health offers pelvic floor therapy for men and women in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. Care is provided by an occupational therapist who has focused on pelvic health for the past five years, and each plan is built around your symptoms. It can combine manual therapy, dry needling, pelvic floor EMS, SoftWave therapy, CRYO XR ISO and a personalized exercise program. Common reasons people come in include leaking, pelvic pain or pressure, painful intercourse, sexual function concerns and BPH symptoms.

Personalized Care for Pelvic Pain, Bladder Control, Sexual Health, Strength, and Everyday Function

Pelvic health concerns have a way of showing up in parts of life people rarely talk about openly. Maybe you plan errands around the nearest bathroom. Sex has become uncomfortable. Exercise comes with leaking or pressure. Or something simply feels different, and you have been quietly adjusting around it for longer than you would like. These issues can affect men and women, and they deserve more than being brushed off as something you just have to live with. Pelvic health therapy here at Lotus Trim takes a personalized approach to improving comfort, strength, mobility, function, and sexual wellness.
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When Pelvic Symptoms Start Changing the Way You Live

Pelvic dysfunction does not always announce itself with severe pain. Sometimes it begins with smaller changes that gradually become part of your routine. You stop jumping during workouts because you leak. You avoid intimacy because intercourse hurts. You notice pelvic pressure, changes in sexual function, or discomfort that keeps returning. Pelvic health therapy gives you a place to address those concerns directly. Care at Lotus Trim is available for both men and women and may be used for concerns including:
  • Pelvic pain and pressure
  • Painful intercourse, also known as dyspareunia
  • Stress incontinence
  • Urge incontinence
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Sexual wellness and performance concerns
  • Endometriosis-related pain
  • Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
  • Chronic cystitis
  • Pelvic floor weakness
  • Pelvic muscle tension
  • Pain and inflammation
The treatment plan depends on what is actually happening with you. Someone dealing with weakness and leaking may need a very different approach from someone experiencing pelvic pain, muscle tension, or painful intercourse.
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Pelvic Floor Therapy Is About More Than Strengthening

The pelvic floor is a group of muscles involved in support, bladder and bowel function, sexual function, and movement. When something is not functioning properly, strengthening alone is not always the answer. Muscles can be weak, but they can also be tense, painful, poorly coordinated, or difficult to activate effectively.

That is why pelvic floor therapy at Lotus Trim can involve several different forms of care. Treatment may focus on restoring mobility, releasing tension, strengthening muscles, improving performance, reducing pain, or supporting healthier pelvic function. The objective is not simply to tell every patient to do more pelvic floor exercises. It is to understand what your body needs first.

Manual Therapy Can Help Restore Movement and Reduce Tension

When muscles and surrounding tissues become tight or restricted, the effects can extend beyond one uncomfortable spot. Pelvic tension can contribute to pain, limited mobility, pressure, and difficulty with normal function. Manual therapy uses hands-on techniques to address muscle tension, improve mobility, and support healthier pelvic function. It gives your therapist an opportunity to work directly with areas contributing to restriction instead of relying exclusively on exercises or technology.

Dry Needling Targets Painful Trigger Points

A muscle knot or trigger point can create pain at the source or contribute to discomfort elsewhere. When trigger points are part of a pelvic health concern, dry needling may be incorporated into therapy to target those areas more directly. Dry needling is used to release trigger points and muscle knots, reduce pain, improve movement, and support healing. It is not automatically part of every pelvic health treatment plan. It can be incorporated when appropriate based on the muscles involved and what your therapy is trying to accomplish.
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Pelvic Floor EMS Helps Muscles Learn to Work More Effectively

Knowing that your pelvic floor needs strengthening and actually being able to engage those muscles effectively are two different things. Pelvic floor EMS provides muscle stimulation that can be incorporated when strengthening and improved muscle function are priorities. Lotus Trim uses an EMS base plate for pelvic strengthening. The stimulation helps activate and tone the pelvic floor muscles, making EMS particularly relevant when weakness or reduced muscle function contributes to the symptoms being treated. It can also become part of a broader plan that includes exercises and other therapeutic techniques rather than serving as the entire treatment on its own.

SoftWave Therapy for Pelvic Pain

Pelvic pain and inflammation can make strengthening alone difficult or inappropriate as a starting point. SoftWave/Orthotripsy Therapy gives Lotus Trim another option when treatment needs to address discomfort while supporting healing and pelvic wellness.

SoftWave Therapy is used to reduce pain, improve blood flow, and support the body’s healing response. For pelvic health, it can be combined with EMS when the treatment plan calls for both pain-focused therapy and pelvic floor strengthening. This allows care to address different aspects of pelvic dysfunction rather than expecting one technique to solve everything.

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CRYO XR ISO Can Be Used When Pain and Inflammation Are Getting in the Way

Pain can change how you move, exercise, sit, and engage muscles. When inflammation is also present, getting the area more comfortable may be an important part of making progress with the rest of your pelvic health therapy. CRYO XR ISO is available at Lotus Trim for pain and inflammation. Its role within pelvic health treatment is different from EMS or exercise because it is not primarily being used to strengthen the pelvic floor. Instead, it provides another option when controlling discomfort and inflammation is part of the larger treatment goal.

Your Exercise Program Should Belong to You

Generic pelvic floor exercises are easy to find online. What they cannot tell you is whether those exercises address what is actually happening in your body. A customized exercise program can target the pelvic floor, core, and surrounding muscles to build strength, support, and function over time. Exercises can also be chosen with performance in mind, allowing therapy to extend beyond what happens during your appointments. The purpose is to give you something specific to work toward rather than handing everyone the same routine.
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Painful Intercourse Is a Pelvic Health Concern Worth Addressing

When sex hurts, it can affect far more than the moment the pain occurs. You may begin anticipating discomfort, avoiding certain situations, or feeling frustrated that something that should feel natural has become stressful. Painful intercourse, or dyspareunia, is one of the concerns addressed through pelvic health therapy at Lotus Trim. Depending on what is contributing to the symptoms, treatment may incorporate manual therapy, dry needling, exercises, EMS, SoftWave, or other appropriate techniques. The focus is on the factors contributing to pain and helping improve comfort and pelvic function.
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Incontinence Does Not Have to Dictate Your Routine

A laugh, cough, workout, sudden urge, or trip somewhere without an easy bathroom option should not have to become something you constantly plan around. Both stress and urge incontinence are among the pelvic health concerns treated at Lotus Trim. Pelvic floor therapy can focus on the strength, support, and function involved in bladder control. EMS and a customized exercise program may be incorporated when pelvic strengthening is appropriate, while other therapeutic techniques can be added according to your individual needs.
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Pelvic Floor Therapy for Men

Pelvic floor therapy is sometimes treated as though it belongs exclusively to women’s health, but men can experience pelvic pain, dysfunction, sexual concerns, urinary symptoms, and changes in performance as well. Lotus Trim provides pelvic health therapy for men, including care for sexual dysfunction and performance concerns, pelvic pain, and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Treatment is selected around the individual concern and may incorporate manual therapy, exercises, pelvic floor EMS, SoftWave Therapy, dry needling, or other appropriate components of the program.

Pelvic Floor Therapy for Women at Every Stage of Life

Women’s pelvic health can be affected by many different concerns, and the reason for seeking treatment is not always the same. One woman may be dealing with leaking, another with pain during intercourse, and another with pelvic pain associated with endometriosis. Treatment can focus on pain, pressure, incontinence, painful intercourse, sexual function, pelvic strength, and endometriosis-related pain. Rather than reducing women’s pelvic care to one symptom or one exercise, therapy can bring together different techniques based on what is interfering with comfort and quality of life.
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Sexual Wellness and Performance Are Part of Pelvic Function

Pelvic health is not limited to treating pain or bladder symptoms. Sexual function and performance are also connected to how the pelvic muscles and surrounding tissues are functioning. For both men and women, therapy can address sexual dysfunction as well as sexual wellness and performance enhancement. The treatment plan may focus on strength, mobility, pain, blood flow, muscle tension, or a combination of factors depending on the concern.

Your Treatment Plan Can Change as You Progress

The therapy that makes sense at the beginning may not be exactly what you need later. Someone who initially needs help managing pain and muscle tension may eventually place more emphasis on strengthening and performance. Another person may begin with bladder-control concerns and later want to build greater pelvic and core support. Having manual therapy, dry needling, customized exercise, EMS, SoftWave, and CRYO XR ISO available gives the treatment plan room to evolve. Different therapies can be incorporated as appropriate instead of locking you into one method from the beginning.
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Who Provides Your Pelvic Floor Therapy

Pelvic health care at Lotus Trim is led by an occupational therapist with more than 10 years of clinical experience, the last five focused on pelvic health for men and women. Her goal is to make an intimate, often stigmatized topic feel comfortable to talk about, and to build care around what matters in your daily life. The practice is owned by Vincent Walsh, PA-C, a physician assistant with more than 25 years of experience, largely in orthopedics. You can read more about both on our team page.

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What Your First Pelvic Health Visit Is Really About

You do not need to arrive knowing which muscles are involved or whether you need EMS, SoftWave, manual therapy, or dry needling. You also do not need the perfect terminology for what you are experiencing. Start with what has changed and how it is affecting you. Maybe you leak when you exercise. Maybe intercourse has become painful. Maybe you feel pressure, experience recurring discomfort, or have noticed changes in sexual function. That information gives us a place to begin. From there, your pelvic health needs can be evaluated and a treatment approach can be built around improving the symptoms and functions that matter in your everyday life. You can book a pelvic health consultation or evaluation online, where current pricing is also listed.
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Feel More Comfortable and Confident in Your Body Again

There are some things you should not have to quietly organize your life around. Leaking, pelvic pain, discomfort during sex, pressure, changes in sexual function, or difficulty trusting your body during everyday activities can take up far more mental space than other people ever see.

Pelvic health therapy in Oakbrook Terrace, IL gives men and women a place to address those concerns with care built around function, comfort, strength, and quality of life. Schedule an appointment with Lotus Trim to talk openly about what has changed and begin building a treatment plan that helps you get back to doing more without constantly thinking about your pelvic health.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Pelvic Floor Therapy

Is pelvic floor therapy only for women?
No. Lotus Trim provides pelvic health therapy for both men and women. Men may seek care for concerns including pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction and performance, urinary symptoms, or BPH, while women may seek treatment for concerns such as incontinence, painful intercourse, pelvic pain, or endometriosis-related pain.

Stress incontinence is one of the conditions treated through pelvic health therapy. When pelvic floor strength and function are contributing to leaking, treatment may include a customized exercise program and pelvic floor EMS along with other appropriate therapeutic techniques.

Tightness and strength are not the same thing. Pelvic muscles that hold too much tension can contribute to pain, restricted movement, or dysfunction. Manual therapy and dry needling are among the techniques that may be incorporated when reducing tension and restoring mobility are treatment priorities.

Yes. Painful intercourse, or dyspareunia, is among the concerns treated at Lotus Trim. The appropriate approach depends on what is contributing to the discomfort and may incorporate manual therapy, dry needling, customized exercises, EMS, or SoftWave as appropriate.
Pelvic floor EMS uses muscle stimulation to help activate, tone, and strengthen the pelvic floor. Lotus Trim uses an EMS base plate for pelvic strengthening, and it can be incorporated alongside other parts of a pelvic health therapy program.
SoftWave Therapy can help reduce pain, improve blood flow, and support healing. It may be particularly useful when pain or inflammation is part of the pelvic health concern and can be combined with EMS when both comfort and strengthening need attention.

Yes. Sexual wellness, sexual dysfunction, and performance enhancement are included within Lotus Trim’s men’s and women’s pelvic health services. Treatment can be personalized according to the function or performance concern you want to address.

No. You can begin by explaining the symptoms you are experiencing and how they affect your life. Your care can then be built around those concerns, with manual therapy, exercise, dry needling, EMS, SoftWave, or CRYO XR ISO incorporated when appropriate.

Pelvic floor therapy at Lotus Trim is provided by an occupational therapist who has specialized in pelvic health for the past five years and treats both men and women.

They share the same goal: improving how the pelvic floor muscles work. Both physical therapists and occupational therapists can specialize in pelvic health. At Lotus Trim, care is provided by an occupational therapist. Along with treating pain, weakness and tension, OTs focus on how symptoms affect everyday activities such as exercise, work, intimacy and sleep.

Cost depends on whether you book a consultation, an evaluation or a treatment session, and on which therapies your plan includes. Current pricing is listed on our online booking menu, and payment plans are explained on our financing page.