Fortis Physical Therapy and Pelvic Health

Fortis Physical Therapy and Pelvic Health Fitness forward pelvic PT serving Greenville and the upstate. Located at 430 Woodruff Rd Suite 325 by appointment only
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We work with women across the lifespan to reduce leakage, prolapse, ab separation and get you back to the activities you love most! At Fortis Physical Therapy and Pelvic Health, we empower your healing journey with personalized physical therapy and pelvic health services. As a mobile physical therapist serving Greenville, SC, and surrounding areas, we bring our expertise right to your doorstep, ensuring your journey to unmatched wellness is both personalized and convenient. Our knowledgeable guidance is specifically tailored to women’s unique physical challenges, and our approach isn’t one-size-fits-all — it’s tailored uniquely to you. With a compassionate, fitness-forward approach, we guide you through the restoration of physical strength and confidence post-pregnancy or injury. Experience expert knowledge and heartfelt care — schedule your consultation today.

Pregnancy is a season where your strength, identity, routines, and body all shift at once. Things may feel a little frag...
02/27/2026

Pregnancy is a season where your strength, identity, routines, and body all shift at once. Things may feel a little fragile or vulnerable. That’s okay. It does, however, not mean that you have to avoid the things you love. It just means that while you adapt to this new season, you may just need a bit more guidance and support.

My approach is to help you understand what your symptoms mean, how to adjust your training, and how to stay (or get) strong in a way that matches this season.

If you’re feeling pressure, heaviness, leaking, or just unsure what’s “normal,” then you’re in good company. Pregnancy and postpartum can be a challenging and confusing time. You just deserve more support than just generic advice.

Book a consultation at the link in bio and I’ll help you make sense of what your body is doing and what it’s ready for next.

When you're postpartum, you don't have to jump back into 30-60 minute workouts to have a good impact. In fact, you may l...
02/26/2026

When you're postpartum, you don't have to jump back into 30-60 minute workouts to have a good impact. In fact, you may laugh at the thought of that right now. That's fair! But, you can start small. Can you fit even just 5 minutes into your day? Then maybe 10? 15? Two 15 min workouts? 30 minutes? Remember, where you start is not where you end.

Save this for later to remind yourself of this when exercise feels overwhelming

Meet one of my runners who came in five weeks postpartum. Before pregnancy she had completed multiple marathons and alre...
02/25/2026

Meet one of my runners who came in five weeks postpartum. Before pregnancy she had completed multiple marathons and already had London on her calendar. After birth she started noticing heaviness with squats, pressure in her pelvic area, bladder changes, and core weakness. When we assessed things, she was having a hard time coordinating her pelvic floor, had limited pelvic floor range of motion and strength, had more pressure on one side, and had a 3–4 finger-width diastasis. None of this was alarming, but it did explain why she felt disconnected and why symptoms were starting to show up.

We built her back gradually. We focused on breath, pelvic floor coordination, deep core control, strength, and impact tolerance in a way that matched the season she was in. As her confidence grew, her symptoms eased. She progressed from basic foundational exercises to plyometrics and marathon training.

She’s now fully graduated and training for another marathon while running comfortably.

If you’re unsure how to return to lifting or running postpartum, or your symptoms don’t make sense, send me a message. We can talk through what you’re noticing and what your next steps might look like.

There is a lot of confusing and conflicting info out there about strength training during pregnancy and postpartum. Some...
02/23/2026

There is a lot of confusing and conflicting info out there about strength training during pregnancy and postpartum. Some will tell you it’s the only thing that matters and others will tell you it’s super dangerous. So, let’s set things straight.

Our bodies are adaptable. Do you need strength for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum? Of course. So, does it make sense to say you don’t need to strength train? Of course not. What you need in these seasons is clarity, support, and a plan. You don’t need to stop lifting. You need to know how to listen to what your body is saying and how to adjust appropriately.

Feel pain? Adjust. Feel pressure? Adjust. Feel it’s too easy or too hard? Adjust. Feels challenging with body weight, but painful with dumbbells? Okay, drop the dumbbells (or go lighter) and build back up as you are able. If you’re coning with core work, then scale back to find what you can manage and build up from there. Just because you can’t handle something right now, doesn’t mean it’s bad or off limits for you. It just means you need to to train up for that exercise or activity.

If lifting feels good and your symptoms are managed, you’re allowed to keep going.

Save this as a reminder the next time you train.

Note: This is not medical advice. As always, consult with your medical provider to find what is right for you and your specific needs.

Your pelvic floor doesn’t just help you hold things. It also helps you let go.Constipation, straining, pressure, hemorrh...
02/20/2026

Your pelvic floor doesn’t just help you hold things. It also helps you let go.

Constipation, straining, pressure, hemorrhoids, or fissures often get framed as gut or hydration issues, but that’s only one layer. The other layer is how your pelvic floor responds when you actually sit down to go.

If those muscles can’t relax, coordinate, or tolerate pressure, your body will try to compensate. That looks like straining, breath holding, feeling stuck halfway through emptying, avoiding bathroom urges at work, or planning your day around your bowels.

This is where pelvic PT comes in. We look at what’s impacting your bowels and what’s impacting your pelvic floor. The thing is, constipation can contribute pelvic dysfunction and pelvic dysfunction can contribute to constipation. We have to look at the whole system and the habits your body has built if we want to get true change.

If the bathroom has become stressful, unpredictable, or something you dread, you don’t have to keep pushing through it (literally).

Book a consultation and we’ll sort out what your body is trying to tell you!

Ah yes, my favorite purchase in my home: the Squatty Potty.So, why is this my tip? There's a muscle in the pelvic floor ...
02/20/2026

Ah yes, my favorite purchase in my home: the Squatty Potty.

So, why is this my tip? There's a muscle in the pelvic floor called the puborectalis. It kinks off the re**um to help your body keep stool in until you're ready to use the bathroom. That muscle needs to relax to have a bowel movement.

The squatty potty helps get your knees above your hips which in turn relaxes this muscle and opens the angle of the re**um. These two changes allows stool to empty a bit easier.

We don’t want to strain or push p**p out, and this is one of the simplest ways to help the pelvic floor soften so you can empty without forcing it.

This is not a sponsored post I just really love the

P**p smoothly, friends.

Chronic fissures or hemorrhoids are not only a stool consistency issue.They are often a much deeper issue involving fear...
02/18/2026

Chronic fissures or hemorrhoids are not only a stool consistency issue.

They are often a much deeper issue involving fear, prior experiences, breathing/p**ping strategies, nervous system regulation, and pelvic floor functioning. The beauty is that after years of dysfunction or challenges, our bodies are able to adapt.

If bowel movements feel stressful, painful, or unpredictable, you are not broken and you are not alone. You just need a strategy that looks at the whole picture.

DM “RELIEF” to start a conversation.

When we think constipation, we often just think about upping our fiber. Here's where that may not actually help you...Th...
02/16/2026

When we think constipation, we often just think about upping our fiber. Here's where that may not actually help you...

The pelvic floor, diaphragm, abdominal wall, and nervous system all have to coordinate for bowel movements to happen efficiently. We need positioning to support muscular relaxation. AND we need good GI health.

So yes, fiber is helpful and hydration is helpful, but we also need to take a look at the "how are we p**ping" question as well to figure out how to make our BMs easier.

This week we’re talking about what actually drives stubborn constipation and what helps.

Save this and follow along.

A lot of people throw a bunch of core work like deadbugs, bird dogs, crunches, cat/cow, foam rolling, or lacrosse ball w...
02/13/2026

A lot of people throw a bunch of core work like deadbugs, bird dogs, crunches, cat/cow, foam rolling, or lacrosse ball work at their back and hope it helps. Yet they still have pain.

So why does this not work? Tunnel vision: Back hurts, so we hit the back. While some of those things can be really helpful and absolutely can have a place in rehab, they won’t fix everything on their own. People forget to look at breathing patterns, tension habits, bracing, coordination, or how the body manages load in different planes. We don’t live our lives on our backs doing isolated drills. We live dynamically, rotating, carrying, bending, and reacting.

Our bodies need variation in training, coordination, pressure management, load progression, and healthy length-tension relationships. When we ask what the back is responding to instead of only what it needs, we can create a plan that actually builds capacity and long-term resilience.

This is the approach we take at Fortis PT and Pelvic Health. We look at your specific needs and goals and build a program around them. If this sounds like what you’ve been looking for, book a consultation at the link in bio and let’s sort out what your body actually needs.

One of my favorite things to include in back rehab is anti-rotation work. Your spine is built to move, but it also needs...
02/12/2026

One of my favorite things to include in back rehab is anti-rotation work.

Your spine is built to move, but it also needs to control rotation and movement when we're managing a load.

Some examples could be a stagger-stance cable hold, a suitcase loaded carry, or a banded pallof press where your body resists twisting. This is a great approach to include in order to build stability and a more robust and adaptable spine.

Save this for your next workout day

Let’s chat about when my back was rude and betrayed me. I don’t usually talk about my own injuries, but this one fits th...
02/11/2026

Let’s chat about when my back was rude and betrayed me. I don’t usually talk about my own injuries, but this one fits the conversation we’re having this week. So, I figured I’d share this recent experience of my own a bit.

In November, with no obvious cause, I hurt my back. Big time. I woke up and couldn’t move and in no way is that an exaggeration. I couldn’t bend forward. At. All. Everything was intensely painful…especially sneezing.

Naturally, my brain went worse case scenario. One sneeze and I’ll be paralyzed, right? RIGHT?? Luckily my own coach just called it like it is and said, “yeah we’re not catastrophizing at all are we?” I just sat there like I knowwwww just let me be dramatic for a minute and I’ll be fine.

Spoiler alert: I am now fine

But, this took about 2-3 months to be fine and I still find it gets grumpy from time to time. Which is completely expected.

So, what caused it? Who the heck knows, but it wasn’t core weakness. I train my core frequently (I’m a pelvic PT after all). I grew up as a dancer, enjoy pilates, and love a good plank. I walk daily. Out of all of the uncertainty of what caused my pain, I was confident it wasn’t my core. But, I will say my core strength was definitely shot after 2 months of barely being able to bend my spine.

Now let’s talk about what helped. I looked at the whole system. I increased my step count (walking was super helpful at alleviating my pain). I focused on making sure sleep, hydration, and nutrition were supporting healing. I talked things through with my coach to make sure I had a healthy mindset. I found movement that was tolerable and started building back up. The focus wasn’t on one thing, because one thing wasn’t going to fix it.

This is the same approach I use with my patients. We ask what the body is telling us and we hit it from a holistic approach, so that we not only get the symptoms under control, but that we make that improvement sustainable.

If your pain feels like your body is betraying you too, send me a DM and we’ll talk through what you’re noticing.

Most people think “my core was weak and that’s why I have back or hip pain”……except that’s not true. We have a solid amo...
02/09/2026

Most people think “my core was weak and that’s why I have back or hip pain”……except that’s not true. We have a solid amount of evidence that states back pain is rarely about a weak muscle (or muscle group) alone. Usually, it’s way more multifactorial than that. Did you sleep? Are you stressed? Have you moved your body at all? Did you do something way outside of your norm?”

So, what does the core have to do with things? Well, a strong core isn’t just about how long you can hold planks or whether your abs look a certain way. It’s about how you manage pressure and load. Ever noticed pressure in your belly and pelvic floor when you do a certain core exercise? That’s your body looking for stability when the system isn’t coordinating that pressure management correctly.

This may look like a bearing down/out or it could look like upper ab gripping. You may brace hard without meaning to. You may hold your breath during lifting. We need stiffness and stability, but we need it to be efficient and effective. These are incredibly common strategies. And while no, they aren’t necessarily causing your pain, we do need to address it. Because the thing is, pain does end up affecting our strength. Pain makes movement scary and can impact muscular strength and by building up this coordination, strength, and efficient movement strategies, we can transform how the body functions (and in turn lesson or eliminate pain).

But even that said, pain is never a “fix one thing” kind of deal. This is just a snippet of the whole picture. If your back or hips keep acting up and the “just strengthen your core” advice is not cutting it, there’s usually more going on.

Save this if you’ve been stuck chasing the same pain in circles.

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430 Woodruff Road , 325
Greenville, SC
29607

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 12pm

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+18645014456

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