We provide pelvic pain physical therapy in Grand Rapids, Michigan or via remote consultation, for those who qualify, to ease your pain and resolve pelvic floor dysfunction
End your suffering and get relief! You can feel more like yourself again. Because we specialize in treating pelvic pain with physical therapy, you will find that the care you receive is comprehensive, effective and unique.
Many of our patients who are looking for pelvic pain physical therapy in the Grand Rapids, Michigan or beyond find us through googling or word of mouth from other patients who recommend us. Because we specialize in pelvic pain physical therapy, our patients find that they receive answers, hope and in-depth treatment to give them pain relief.
Our experience covers all pelvic pain conditions including, but not limited to, pelvic organ prolapse, endometriosis, SI joint pain, tailbone pain, pelvic floor muscle spasms, vaginismus, dyspareunia, interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis, pudendal neuralgia, testicular pain, chronic hip pain, gluteal tendinopathy, hip labral tears, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, chronic low back pain, C-section scar pain, and more.
Quite often our patients who have pelvic pain have tried numerous other providers and not experienced meaningful relief of pain. We find that treating the whole body has not happened and assessment and treatment of nerves, organs and muscular imbalances is not happening effectively, so the pain persists. Our goal is to give you whole body care that is resolves your pelvic pain. If interested in talking about your condition to learn more about our treatment, call our office at (616) 516-4334 or contact us here with your questions.
If you are wondering if we may be able to help your pelvic pain, call (616) 516-4334 to talk with one of our knowledgable team members or ask us a question here and we will be in touch! We love this work and look forward to connecting with you.
We have helped countless people just like you who have pelvic pain and are looking for a solution to their pain and answers to why it won’t go away. Our physical therapy for pelvic pain has you covered! Come see us in Grand Rapids, Michigan or for remote consult, if you qualify
Our pelvic pain specialty and experience provides our patients insights and a whole body therapeutic approach that they have not received elsewhere. All of our physical therapists here at Purple Mountain PT have advanced post-doctoral training specific to treating chronic pelvic pain conditions such as endometriosis, chronic C-section scar pain, painful sex, vaginismus, interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis pain syndrome, pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain, myofascial pain syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos chronic pain and more. We provide private, one-one-one appointments that are upto 55 minutes in length so that we can give you whole body treatment and comprehensive therapy to begin the process of reducing your pain and the many drivers of your pain. We never leave your side during an appointment to treat another patient; you have our undivided attention the entire appointment so that we can give you hands-on manual therapy, neural calming, pain neuroscience education, self care recommendations or therapeutic exercises with specific instruction and guidance on how to correctly and effectively move and complete these exercises. If you are experiencing chronic pelvic pain and don’t know where to begin, we suggest reaching out to us by calling (616) 516-4334 to talk with one of our knowledgable staff members who can explain more or ask us a question here and we will be in touch.
To treat your pelvic pain, you need comprehensive care that treats the whole body, including muscles, your rib cage, thoracic spine and low back, abdomen, nerves, hips, scar tissue and more.
The comprehensive approach that we give our patients, in a one-one-one setting with 55 minute appointments, are key things that set us apart from the crowd. We do not dabble in treating chronic pelvic pain, this is our passion and you will be able to detect this the moment we meet.
At Purple Mountain Physical Therapy, because our pelvic health physical therapists love to provide pelvic pain physical therapy treatments in Grand Rapids or via remote consultation (if you qualify). You will find hope, results and a compassionate place to receive your treatment. We work with people who often have suffered with mysterious and difficult-to-treat chronic pelvic pain to provide you comprehensive and individualized treatment to ease your pain. We love to bring clarity to your pelvic pain mystery and help you learn how you can feel better. So often patients tell us that no one has ever checked an area that we check or no one has ever explained things to them so that it makes sense. If you would like to learn more about our treatment, speak with our knowledgeable staff by calling 616-516-4334 or contact us here to ask us a question and we will be in touch.
Our Whole Body Framework Makes A Difference: To Best Resolve Pelvic Pain, We Treat All The Contributors to Your Pain, Head to Toe! Your physical therapy for chronic pelvic pain at Purple Mountain PT will treat the many areas of your body, such as your myofascial tissues, stiff neck, slouched rib cage, tense nerves, tight hips, weak inner thighs and more that are contributing to your pelvic pain.
We treat everything from your jaw, neck, thoracic spine, rib cage, pelvis, SI joint, abdomen, hips, thighs and feet. We also treat pelvic floor dysfunction and the pelvic muscles, fascia and nerves. Treatment may include a combination of hands-on manual therapies, therapeutic exercises, neural calming, rehabilitative ultrasound imaging so you can see your pelvic floor & deep core muscles at work, pelvic and low back mobility, hip treatments, scar tissue work and more. Our evaluation reveals what needs to be treated and at every appointment we work on all of these things. Your appointment is always in a private, comfortable treatment room and with your licensed physical therapist. We never leave you alone to do exercises unsupervised and we don’t have you work with lesser trained staff. If you are interested in asking us questions about your condition and our private one-on-one pelvic pain treatments with our licensed physical therapists, call (616) 516-4334 or contact us here.
We teach you exercises and movements to help reduce pelvic pain!
The right movement, at the right time, in the right dosage with the right load has been found to help improve pelvic pain. Determining all of the “right” things you need is where our licensed physical therapists help you. When you have pelvic pain often you have fear of moving or of doing the wrong thing and flaring up your pain. We bring clarity to you so that you can get your life back. Often your movement patterns have adapted in a way that inadvertently worsens your pain. We examine how you move and help correct your posture, muscular imbalances and movement patterns so you have less pain. Today you might feel like your pelvic pain is unpredictable and, therefore, you have reduced your activity levels because you don’t have the energy and you have found that your pain gets worse if you do too much.
When working with our physical therapists our goal will be to help correct your movement patterns, improve your strength and flexibility, calm down your nerves and help you to feel like you can enjoy the things in life that are fun.
If you are at a loss for how you can move and participate in life’s activities because your pelvic pain holds you back, our pelvic physical therapists will customize a progressive pelvic pain therapeutic exercise program and a plan you can implement on your own to get your body able to tolerate day to day activities. Call us at (616) 516-4334 or contact us here to inquire about cost and availability or anything else related to your needs.
Our Pelvic Pain Physical Therapy program in Grand Rapids or remotely provides you with therapeutic exercises, postural balancing, neural calming, self-care instruction as well as hands-on treatments.
Because pelvic pain rarely is due to one-and-only-one problem, we take a whole body approach to getting your better.
Patients are surprised that your midback or feet or neck may be contributing to your pelvic pain and bladder or bowel issues. In your evaluation and at each appointment we will continually be educating you on our findings and giving your therapeutic physical therapy methods that effectively help your pelvic pain. Our specialty in pelvic health, pelvic floor dysfunction and pelvic pain enables us to focus our efforts on treating pelvic pain and getting you relief. We partner with you and treat you with respect and dignity so that, together, we can figure out how to get you feeling better again. Because we are focused on pelvic health, pelvic pain physical therapy, spine, neck and TM joint disorders, we have treatment methods and insights that can help you. Some patients have told us “no one has ever given me this amount of treatment before; it’s way better!” If this resonates with what you need, call us at (616) 516-4334 to learn more or ask us questions here.
One unique form of exercise that we use to alleviate pelvic pain is whole body vibration. This method challenges balance, engages your deep core differently, eases fascia restrictions and helps with pelvic pain.
At Purple Mountain PT one thing we may offer you to help your pelvic pain is completing exercises on our whole body vibration machine. This is a platform you will stand on and perform specific exercises with the watchful guidance of your PT right with you. We use this machine as one method of pain reduction and to retrain your movement patterns, balance, posture and strength. Whole body vibration has been shown to help myofascial pain and we find that many patients, after they finish their supervised exercises on the machine, get off and report less pain. Use of the whole body vibration machine is one of many special interventions we offer at Purple Mountain PT. Patients like it. Our PTs see a dramatic improvement in things like balance and movement capacity following a single session of the whole body vibration machine. For longterm results we tend to use it at multiple appointments in conjunction with hands-on treatments and other therapeutic exercises designed to help your pelvic pain through physical therapy treatments.
Curious about Whole Body Vibration and whether it may help you with your pelvic pain treatment at Purple Mountain PT? One meta-analysis review found it helps chronic pain and that the improvements were long lasting!
“Evidence suggests positive effects of WBVE on chronic musculoskeletal pain, and long durations of WBVE could be especially beneficial.”
-Yulin Dong, Wu Wang, Jiejiao Zheng, Su Chen, Jun Qiao, Xueqiang Wang, Whole Body Vibration Exercise for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Volume 100, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 2167-2178,
Whole body vibration, is one of the many unique things Purple Mountain PT offers our patients. Sometimes we pair the whole body vibration with pelvic floor and deep core retraining and using our rehabilitative ultrasound imaging so you can see exactly what your muscles are doing (or need to improve!). Whole body vibration combined with the whole body framework our PTs provide to help stop pelvic pain will yield you results. Working with a specialist, who knows and understands your pelvic pain condition, who provides you one-one-one care and uses a multi-pronged approach truly makes a difference. If interested in learning more about working with our specialist pelvic pain, bladder, bowel, spine and TMJ physical therapist, contact us here or give us a call at (616) 516-4334.
Our patients tell us that our pelvic pain treatments, including hands-on manual therapy, corrective exercises, rehabilitative ultrasound imaging and whole body vibration, provide pelvic pain relief and also teach you what exercises are recommended or should be avoided.
We use progressive loading and retraining of movement patterns and strength & flexibility to help chronic pain conditions. For example, for women who experience postpartum chronic pelvic pain our progressive postpartum recovery program helps moms overcome pelvic girdle pain, tailbone pain, diastasis recti abdominis and back pain. If you may benefit from our pelvic physical therapy treatments, we are available to answer your questions at (616) 516-4334 or contact us here.
We give you hope, direction and confidence that you can recover from your chronic pelvic pain
Sometimes this is the most valuable thing we offer. We are not diminishing the value of pain relief, because we know that is what you need. But, we also understand that chronic pain can feel hopeless and debilitating. So many patients tell us that they finally understand what is going on with their body and feel hope that they will be able to enjoy themselves again. We know chronic pelvic pain decreases your spirit and zest for life. We know it causes anxiety. We know you used to be happier. We know you used to believe you were healthy and now this problem makes you wonder. We know your sex life has suffered and, because of that, your relationships might feel more disconnected. We will clear away the fog and anxiety that chronic pelvic pain causes. We shine a bright light on your path forward so you can see a better future ahead.
If you are looking for a beacon of hope to help give you treatment for pelvic pain, you have found it. Reach out to us at (616) 516-4334 to learn more, or submit your questions here.
Our physical therapists are devoted when it comes to pelvic pain! We read research, continue to learn at major conferences, teach other physical therapists advanced treatments and truly love to help you to feel better! We are devoted to pelvic pain physical therapy, pelvic health, pelvic floor dysfunction, bladder conditions and sexual health. If you live in our around Grand Rapids, Michigan and are looking for a PT who understands your pelvic pain, we are here for you.
Patients tell us that they can feel how much we care and are impressed by everything we teach them. Our team of physical therapists have gone beyond their doctoral education to learn the optimal methods to help you experience relief from pelvic pain. The truth is, to be devoted to getting you pelvic pain relief comes with a commitment on our part to do our best to help you. This means we are continually listening to podcasts, reading research, taking webinars, collaboarting with professional or attending conferences. Our team of PTs has dedicated time for structured mentorship with our founder, Dr. Maureen O’Keefe, DPT, so that we can help you the best we are able. Our licensed pelvic physical therapists at Purple Mountain PT continually learn (and even teach others) so that we have additional skills and knowledge to provide effective and skilled physical therapy treatment for pelvic pain. This is what sets Purple Mountain PT apart and why you immediately feel there is a difference when you choose us for your pelvic pain PT. Call us at (616) 516-4334 or contact us here to learn more.
Remote Consultations: Are you struggling with chronic pelvic pain and feel like you are at a loss for what to do next? If you live too far away from Grand Rapids we offer remote consultations to guide your next best steps. We also have patients travel to us from all over the country and from other countries, so that is an option also.
If you are unable to come to us for physical therapy for your pelvic pain at our clinic in Grand Rapids, Michigan, we also provide remote consultations to provide you practical suggestions for what you should be doing to help your pelvic pain. Our remote consultations include a review of what you have tried, what works for you, what you are currently doing and what your symptoms and frustrations are. Together, we will determine a customized action plan that provides you a new direction and/or next best steps to take to improve your pain relief. If you have a physical therapist you are working with, we are happy to discuss with you what treatments you receive in physical therapy and provide suggestions for what to ask your PT to check and work on. In providing remote consultations, we have found that with chronic pelvic pain, not only is the pain frustrating and demoralizing, the lack of hope and uncertainty about what to do next is a big issue. Our PTs specialize in treating chronic pelvic pain and keep up with best practices, what options are available to you and what comprehensive treatments your PTs should offer, including specifically which nerves to check, working on scar tissue, and pelvic and hip muscle training approaches that best help chronic pelvic pain and associated bladder, intimacy or bowel problems. With these remote consults we can review what you have tried, what you are doing, and what we recommend you do going forward to treat your pelvic pain. We can bring clarity and hope to you, especially when you are having chronic pelvic pain that seems to be treatment resistant. If you want to learn more about our in-person or telehealth visits for treating pelvic pain, call us at (616) 516-4334 or contact us here.
When you choose Purple Mountain PT, you are taking an important step towards reclaiming your ability to enjoy life and starting physical therapy that helps your pelvic pain.
If you think you have tried everything to help end your pelvic pain, we would have multiple other suggestions and treatment methods for you. If you feel stuck and not certain about what you could do to feel better, we can help you get a customized plan for self-care for your pelvic pain. We’ve written about how PT can help pelvic pain here.
If you are suffering with pelvic pain, contact us today to learn more about how you can experience pelvic pain relief by coming to see us in Grand Rapids, Michigan or with a remote consultation. We promise to provide you a supportive and caring environment with comprehensive methods to resolve your pain! We love this work and getting to know you is an honor!
Peace,
Dr. Maureen O’Keefe, specializing in pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic pain, urinary, bowel and sexual health conditions, low back pain, SIJ dysfunction, neck pain.
Dr. O’Keefe’s experience for more than two decades was in Chicago, working with complex pelvic floor dysfunction, treating men and women.
Dr. O’Keefe has worked closely with physicians leaders from Chicago’s major medical research centers and also members of the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS). Many of these physicians, researchers and surgeons are nationally and internationally known in the pelvic health field & chronic pelvic pain and she has even instructed them at the annual IPPS conference. By partnering with these leaders, treating shared patients and being active in professional societies for 25+ years, Dr. O’Keefe, DPT brings experience and insights into treating chronic pelvic pain that is difficult to find.
More about Purple Mountain Physical Therapy and our Dedication to Treating All Adults who have Pelvic Pain
Now located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and founder of Purple Mountain Physical Therapy, she and her team of PTs bring the Michigan and beyond community high quality care that is not readily available. All PTs at Purple Mountain PT have post-doctoral training specific to treating chronic pain, pelvic floor conditions, orthopedic problems, back pain and more. And, all staff, have been trained by Dr. O’Keefe in the methods and techniques she uses to get your pain feeling better. We all are passionately devoted to helping your chronic pelvic pain, which is why we have specific training for chronic pelvic pain conditions, male pelvic pain, pregnancy & postpartum pain conditions and women’s health related pelvic pain. When you come to Purple Mountain Physical therapy for your pelvic pain treatment in Grand Rapids, you are receiving the benefit of this knowledge and clinical experience. Our pelvic health physical therapists are experienced and provide high quality, effective and compassionate care. Our patients are grateful that they are able to receive this level of pelvic pain treatment here in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We have patients travel to us from many other states to receive this care and from all over the state of Michigan. If you have questions or want to learn more, reach out to us at (616) 516-4334 or contact us here online. We do like to talk to you before getting started to make sure we believe we can help you and to allow you the chance to have your questions answered. Next, we begin care with a detailed evaluation, which will give you insights into your condition and what’s driving your pelvic pain. We will let you know what our plan of care would include for your unique pelvic pain treatment.
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Still looking for more information? Check out these articles we’ve written:
- Information about our pediatric bladder and bowel physical therapy
- Information about interstitial cystitis and our treatment
- Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women. Why pelvic PT treatment can help you.
- Why high tone pelvic floor dysfunction might be happening for you.
- Testicular pain and how pelvic PT helps that condition.
- If your pain is specifically related to intimacy, we have information here.
- If you have neck pain or cervicogenic headaches, why we can help you.
- If your C-section scar hurts, did you know that physical therapy can help that?
- What is pelvic floor dysfunction?
- Chronic prostatitisis a pain syndrome and our pelvic PTs can help you.
- Pelvic organ prolapse responds very well to our pelvic PT and your pain and pressure will improve.
