Essential Pelvic Health

Essential Pelvic Health Pelvic Rehabilitation to optimize bladder/bowel/sexual health, and eliminate persistent pain.

03/19/2026

Join us June 6–7, 2026 for Pelvic Rehab Manual Assessment & Treatment Techniques (PR-MATT) live Lab— a hands-on, immersive weekend led live by expert lab instructor Marlene Handler.

This is your opportunity to sharpen your pelvic health assessment skills, refine manual techniques, and walk away with tools you can use immediately in the clinic.

💻 3 Ways to Attend (All Led Live by Marlene)

1️⃣ In-Person (Brooklyn, NY)
📍 SUNY Downstate
2️⃣ Remote Satellite – Denver, CO
📍 OWN Your Pelvic Health
With onsite TA Courtney Trocinski
3️⃣ Remote – Self-Hosted Pod
Gather your own group and stream the lab live from your location while participating in real time.

If pelvic health is part of your caseload (or you want it to be), this lab is for you!

What You’ll Gain:
✔️ Comprehensive pelvic floor anatomy review
✔️ Internal + external pelvic floor assessment demos
✔️ POP assessment + treatment techniques
✔️ Mock evaluations for real-time integration
✔️ Pregnancy + postpartum considerations
✔️ External MSK assessment framework
✔️ Soft tissue + visceral mobility techniques
✔️ Breathing, bracing + posture strategies
✔️ Case study application
✔️ Myofascial lines + sling integration
✔️ Exercise progressions
✔️ Documentation templates to streamline care

🎓 Earn 2.3 AOTA CEUs (23 contact hours - for Online course + Lab) from an AOTA-approved provider — supporting your professional growth and confidence in pelvic health practice.

👉 Register now to secure your spot.
https://essentialpelvichealth.mvsite.app/products/courses/view/1072951/?action=signup

In this episode, I dive into the important role state association advocacy plays in advancing pelvic health occupational...
03/16/2026

In this episode, I dive into the important role state association advocacy plays in advancing pelvic health occupational therapy. As pelvic health continues to grow as a specialized area of practice, advocacy is essential to ensure that occupational therapists are recognized for the valuable role we play in supporting patients with pelvic health concerns and improving access to care.

I share how state occupational therapy associations, position statements, and professional collaboration help expand awareness of pelvic health OT and strengthen our profession’s ability to serve patients effectively. I also discuss recent advocacy efforts happening across different states and why I believe more therapists should consider getting involved in shaping the future of pelvic health care.

Whether you're a practicing occupational therapist, a student exploring specialty areas, or a healthcare professional interested in pelvic health, this episode highlights how education, advocacy, and community involvement can help expand access to care and improve outcomes for patients.

💬 Topics Covered:

🩺 What pelvic health occupational therapy is and why it matters

📣 The importance of advocacy at the state association level

📄 How position statements help establish and support pelvic health OT practice

🌎 Examples of advocacy progress in different states

🤝 The role of professional organizations in expanding pelvic health care

📚 Resources available for therapists interested in pelvic health specialization

🚀 How occupational therapists can get involved in advocacy and leadership

🔗 Learn More:
Essential Pelvic Health is dedicated to supporting therapists through education, advocacy, and professional development in pelvic health occupational therapy. Through Essential Pelvic Health Education, therapists can access specialized training, resources, and community support to help expand pelvic health services and improve patient care.

Pelvic Health Occupational Therapy State Association Advocacy Guidelines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WR5K...

Pelvic Health OT Advocacy Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/pelvicotadv...

To learn more about pelvic health education, advocacy initiatives, and training opportunities, visit Essential Pelvic Health Group Community at
https://mc.essentialpelvichealth.com

or our website at
https://www.essentialpelvichealth.com

Watch this episode on YouTube Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS2WF_tMKo4 or listen wherever you get your pods!

In this episode, Laura Rowan dives into the important role of state association advocacy in advancing pelvic health occupational therapy. As pelvic health co...

Enrollment for CES's Pelvis Pro 2.0 is officially open! They have fully updated the course and this is the first release...
02/24/2026

Enrollment for CES's Pelvis Pro 2.0 is officially open! They have fully updated the course and this is the first release of 2.0! Register between 2/24-3/3!

“Master hip and pelvic biomechanics to confidently address hip impingement, SI joint dysfunction, tailbone pain, and more. Build the clarity and tools to resolve complex cases and improve outcomes”

What does EPH's unique link get you?
What you’ll get when you register through our link:�
✔️ $150 off the Pelvis Pro 2.0 course (valid 2/24–3/3)�
✔️ 2 weeks FREE inside the EPH Mentor Creative Membership
✔️ A FREE copy of my Nervous System for Pelvic Health Workbook

You must Register using this link to get our discount and bonus!

Become the Pelvis Pro your clients need Take the mystery out of pelvic pain. Master hip and pelvic biomechanics to confidently address hip impingement, SI joint dysfunction, tailbone pain, and more. Build the clarity and tools you’ve been missing to resolve complex cases and improve outcomes. Vers...

Join us June 6–7, 2026 for Pelvic Rehab Manual Assessment & Treatment Techniques (PR-MATT) — a hands-on, immersive weeke...
02/23/2026

Join us June 6–7, 2026 for Pelvic Rehab Manual Assessment & Treatment Techniques (PR-MATT) — a hands-on, immersive weekend led live by expert lab instructor Marlene Handler.

This is your opportunity to sharpen your pelvic health assessment skills, refine manual techniques, and walk away with tools you can use immediately in the clinic.

💻 3 Ways to Attend (All Led Live by Marlene)

1️⃣ In-Person (Brooklyn, NY)
📍 SUNY Downstate

2️⃣ Remote Satellite – Denver, CO
📍 OWN Your Pelvic Health
With onsite TA Courtney Trocinski

3️⃣ Remote – Self-Hosted Pod
Gather your own group and stream the lab live from your location while participating in real time.

If pelvic health is part of your caseload (or you want it to be), this lab is for you.

What You’ll Gain:
✔️ Comprehensive pelvic floor anatomy review
✔️ Internal + external pelvic floor assessment demos
✔️ POP assessment + treatment techniques
✔️ Mock evaluations for real-time integration
✔️ Pregnancy + postpartum considerations
✔️ External MSK assessment framework
✔️ Soft tissue + visceral mobility techniques
✔️ Breathing, bracing + posture strategies
✔️ Case study application
✔️ Myofascial lines + sling integration
✔️ Exercise progressions
✔️ Documentation templates to streamline care

🎓 Earn 2.3 AOTA CEUs (23 contact hours) from an AOTA-approved provider — supporting your professional growth and confidence in pelvic health practice.

👉 Register now to secure your spot.
https://essentialpelvichealth.mvsite.app/products/courses/view/1072951

CES’s Pelvis Pro 2.0 registration is live starting tomorrow 2/24! — and this is the first release of the fully updated 2...
02/23/2026

CES’s Pelvis Pro 2.0 registration is live starting tomorrow 2/24! — and this is the first release of the fully updated 2.0 course! 🙌
Register between 2/24 and 3/3!

👀 Keep your eyes peeled for our post where we’ll share our exclusive link so you can grab your discount + bonuses.

Want it delivered straight to your inbox? Make sure you’re on our email list. https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/714981/179579596441650315/share

When you register through our EPH link, you’ll receive:
✔️ $150 off Pelvis Pro 2.0 (valid 2/24–3/3)�
✔️ 2 weeks FREE inside the EPH Mentor Creative Membership�
✔️ A FREE copy of my Nervous System for Pelvic Health Workbook

If Pelvis Pro 2.0 has been on your radar, now’s the time.

Note: you must us our specific link to get the discount + EPH bonuses!

I'm thrilled to invite you to my workshop: The Pelvic Hormone Connection: Navigating Menstruation, Motherhood & Menopaus...
02/16/2026

I'm thrilled to invite you to my workshop: The Pelvic Hormone Connection: Navigating Menstruation, Motherhood & Menopause 🌿

This workshop is designed to address the myriad symptoms that can occur throughout a woman’s lifespan. Regardless of your current life phase, we’ll help you better understand the symptoms you may be experiencing — and what you can do to support your pelvic health.

Attendees will learn practical, evidence-based strategies to incorporate into daily routines to improve symptoms and feel more confident in their bodies.

We will also proactively address changes in bladder, bowel, and sexual health, including:
• Urgency and frequency
• Leakage
• Constipation
• Pelvic pain
• Painful periods
• Painful in*******se
• Low libido
• Changes in arousal or or**sm

🗓 Saturday, March 28th
⏰ 1–3 PM EST
📍 In person at Chatham Yoga Center - 3 Railroad Avenue
Chatham, NY, 12037
💻 Remote option available
💛 Sliding scale: $20 / $25 / $30

Wherever you are in your journey, this workshop is for you.

👉 Register now to reserve your spot.
https://chathamyogacenter.com/pelvic-hormone-workshop/

🚨 Registration is NOW OPEN for PR-MATT Live Lab! 🚨Join us June 6–7, 2026 for Pelvic Rehab Manual Assessment & Treatment ...
02/16/2026

🚨 Registration is NOW OPEN for PR-MATT Live Lab! 🚨

Join us June 6–7, 2026 for Pelvic Rehab Manual Assessment & Treatment Techniques (PR-MATT) — a hands-on, immersive weekend led live by expert lab instructor Marlene Handler.

This is your opportunity to sharpen your pelvic health assessment skills, refine manual techniques, and walk away with tools you can use immediately in the clinic.

💻 3 Ways to Attend (All Led Live by Marlene)

1️⃣ In-Person (Brooklyn, NY)
📍 SUNY Downstate

2️⃣ Remote Satellite – Denver, CO
📍 OWN Your Pelvic Health
With onsite TA Courtney Trocinski

3️⃣ Remote – Self-Hosted Pod
Gather your own group and stream the lab live from your location while participating in real time.

If pelvic health is part of your caseload (or you want it to be), this lab is for you.

What You’ll Gain:

✔️ Comprehensive pelvic floor anatomy review
✔️ Internal + external pelvic floor assessment demos
✔️ POP assessment + treatment techniques
✔️ Mock evaluations for real-time integration
✔️ Pregnancy + postpartum considerations
✔️ External MSK assessment framework
✔️ Soft tissue + visceral mobility techniques
✔️ Breathing, bracing + posture strategies
✔️ Case study application
✔️ Myofascial lines + sling integration
✔️ Exercise progressions
✔️ Documentation templates to streamline care

🎓 Earn 2.3 AOTA CEUs (23 contact hours) from an AOTA-approved provider — supporting your professional growth and confidence in pelvic health practice.

👉 Register now to secure your spot.
https://essentialpelvichealth.mvsite.app/products/courses/view/1072951

Last call! Today is the final day to enroll in Sarah Duvall’s PCES 3.0 and receive the course discount plus all EPH bonu...
02/03/2026

Last call! Today is the final day to enroll in Sarah Duvall’s PCES 3.0 and receive the course discount plus all EPH bonuses.

Use our unique registration link — this is the only way to access both the course discount and our EPH bonus resources.
🔗🔗 https://www.coreexercisesolutions.com/pces/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.coreexercisesolutions.com%2Fa%2F2147961823%2FoCUEN3pQ

What you’ll get when you register through our link:�
✔️ $250 off the PCES course (valid 1/27–2/3)�
✔️ Mom + Baby Digital Journal�
✔️ Holding & Releasing Rhythms for Bowel Health Worksheets�
✔️ A recording of my presentation: Pathway to Postpartum Wellbeing and Longevity�
✔️ 2 weeks FREE inside the EPH Mentor Creative Membership

This certification will elevate how you work with all clients — not just pregnancy and postpartum — by strengthening your clinical reasoning, confidence, and long-term impact.

On top of PCES, you’ll gain access to EPH-created educational resources and a preview of the EPH Mentor Creative Membership, where continued learning, collaboration, and support live beyond the course.

⚠️ Please note: You must register using the EPH affiliate link to receive the $250 discount and EPH bonuses.

Take a look at a new hopeful clinical trial!
01/28/2026

Take a look at a new hopeful clinical trial!

A new clinical trial hopefully signals change

Enrollment for CES Sarah Duvall’s Pregnancy & Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist (PCES) 3.0 is officially open!Us...
01/27/2026

Enrollment for CES Sarah Duvall’s Pregnancy & Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist (PCES) 3.0 is officially open!

Use our unique registration link — this is the only way to access both the course discount and our EPH bonus resources.
🔗🔗 https://www.coreexercisesolutions.com/pces/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Flearn.coreexercisesolutions.com%2Fa%2F2147961823%2FoCUEN3pQ

What you’ll get when you register through our link:�
✔️ $250 off the PCES course (valid 1/27–2/3)�
✔️ Mom + Baby Digital Journal�
✔️ Holding & Releasing Rhythms for Bowel Health Worksheets�
✔️ A recording of my presentation: Pathway to Postpartum Wellbeing and Longevity�
✔️ 2 weeks FREE inside the EPH Mentor Creative Membership

Earn CEUs while you build confidence working with pregnant and postpartum clients. This course covers diastasis, pelvic floor issues and more!

Enrollment for CES Sarah Duvall’s Pregnancy & Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist (PCES) 3.0 officially opens Janu...
01/22/2026

Enrollment for CES Sarah Duvall’s Pregnancy & Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist (PCES) 3.0 officially opens January 27th.
If you’re on our email list, you’ll receive an email from us on 1/27 with our unique registration link — this is the only way to access both the course discount and our EPH bonus resources.
🔗🔗 https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/714981/177042349701989450/share

What you’ll get when you register through our link:�
✔️ $250 off the PCES course (valid 1/27–2/3)�
✔️ Mom + Baby Digital Journal�
✔️ Holding & Releasing Rhythms for Bowel Health Worksheets�
✔️ A recording of my presentation: Pathway to Postpartum Wellbeing and Longevity�
✔️ 2 weeks FREE inside the EPH Mentor Creative Membership

🗓️ Important: PCES registration closes completely on Thursday, February 4th.

This certification will elevate how you work with all clients — not just pregnancy and postpartum — by strengthening your clinical reasoning, confidence, and long-term impact.

On top of PCES, you’ll gain access to EPH-created educational resources and a preview of the EPH Mentor Creative Membership, where continued learning, collaboration, and support live beyond the course.

⚠️ Please note: You must register using the EPH affiliate link to receive the $250 discount and EPH bonuses.

👉 Make sure you’re subscribed to our emails so you don’t miss it.
🔗🔗 https://preview.mailerlite.io/forms/714981/177042349701989450/share

🚨 LAST CALL, pelvic health pros! 🚨If colorectal assessment + treatment has been sitting on your “I’ll learn that eventua...
12/05/2025

🚨 LAST CALL, pelvic health pros! 🚨
If colorectal assessment + treatment has been sitting on your “I’ll learn that eventually…” list — consider this your sign. The Black Friday deal on Cr-MATT Online ends very soon!

For a short time, you can take $100 OFF the full online, self-paced course with code:
👉 BF100

Cr-MATT gives you the confidence and step-by-step clinical clarity you need to work with even the most complex colorectal cases — all through a whole-body, multi-system approach you can start using immediately.

Inside the course, you’ll dive into:
✔️ Practical colorectal assessment (foundational and advanced)
✔️ Manual therapy for mobility, motility & alignment
✔️ Mind–body tools to support functional outcomes
✔️ Easy-to-follow decision-making pathways
✔️ Real case studies + integration

CEUs? Absolutely — delivered through an AOTA-approved provider. 🙌

Love learning hands-on? We also offer an optional in-person Cr-MATT lab. You can begin the online content now and join the lab when you’re ready.
Drop “LAB” below or hit the link to get on the interest list:
https://preview.mailerlite.io/.../162533185204258606/share

✨ This is your last chance to save $100 with code BF100:
https://essentialpelvichealth.mvsite.app/.../1114421/..

Got questions? My DMs are open — I’m always here to help you choose the right next step for your practice.

Let’s level up your clinical confidence and colorectal skillset. 💛

Address

181 Albany Tpke
Old Chatham, NY
12136

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14135910211

Website

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Pelvic Rehabilitation

I have practiced Occupational therapy for 20 years and began my focus work in pelvic health 12 years ago. I treat women, men, and all gender diversities for bladder, bowel, and sexual health. I work to eliminate pain and dysfunction in order to restore a healthy lifestyle. Practicing at Boundless in West Stockbridge, MA. Telehealth sessions available.

Commonly Treated Diagnoses:


  • Urinary incontinence: stress, urgency, mixed

  • Urinary urgency, frequency (typical voiding is every 3-4 hours)