Foundations Physical Therapy

06/27/2025

🌿 HOLISTIC PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR KNEE PAIN 🌿
Your knee pain isn’t just about the knee.
It’s about how your whole body moves, aligns, and supports you.

✨ In holistic PT, we look at:
🔸 Hip + ankle mobility
🔸 Posture and walking patterns
🔸 Muscle imbalances and tension
🔸 Emotional and energetic stress that may be held in the body

You are more than just a joint.
Let’s uncover the why behind your pain and create a plan that supports your healing from the inside out. 🌀

📥 DM to book a session or learn more.

05/22/2025

Did you know your pelvic floor could be the hidden link to your back pain? These deep core muscles support your spine, posture, and movement—when they’re weak or tight, your back feels it. Strong pelvic floor, strong back. Start at the root.

05/06/2025

Most people have heard of the pelvic floor…
But few have been taught how important it really is. 🧠✨

Your pelvic floor is the foundation of your core.
It supports your organs, controls bladder and bowel function, and plays a major role in sexual health, posture, and stability.

When it’s out of balance, you might notice:
👉 Leaking when you cough, sneeze, or laugh
👉 Pain with intimacy
👉 Constipation
👉 Low back or hip pain
👉 Feeling “disconnected” from your core or body

This is where Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy comes in — and no, it’s not just kegels. 🙅‍♀️

We combine movement, breathwork, hands-on care, and nervous system support to help your body heal from the inside out.

✨ Everyone has a pelvic floor.
✨ Everyone deserves to feel at home in their body.

📩 DM me “PELVIC” if you’re curious or have questions
📅 In-person sessions and evaluations available

04/30/2025

🎯 Tight Shoulders Aren’t Just a Muscle Problem 🎯
Shoulder pain or tension often isn’t coming from the shoulder alone.
It could be your breathing pattern, stress levels, spine alignment, or even your gut health.

Holistic Physical Therapy looks deeper:
🔹 Gentle manual therapy to release fascial restrictions
🔹 Postural and nervous system rebalancing
🔹 Mind-body techniques to address stress-related tension

👉 Reclaim mobility, release long-held tension, and move with freedom again—because you’re more than just shoulder pain.

04/25/2025

If you’ve ever felt like healing is more than just a set of exercises… you’re right. 💫

In holistic physical therapy, we don’t just treat the site of pain — we explore the why behind it.

Because healing isn’t linear.
It’s not just physical.
And it’s definitely not one-size-fits-all.

It’s a blend of:
🌿 Nourishment that supports your cells and your soul
🧘‍♀️ Movement that builds trust with your body
🧠 A calm nervous system that allows real repair to begin

This is whole-body healing.
This is what you deserve. 🤍

06/20/2023

Today's blog post explores current top-tier evidence for manual therapy to reduce a wide variety of pain disorders. We'll cut to the chase: Manual therapy WORKS.

Manual therapy is a widely used approach in healthcare for managing pain conditions. Functional Manual Therapy, which integrates many of the most important and efficacious approaches to manual treatment of the body with hands-on motor control exercises and postural and movement re-education, is the....

03/22/2023

Exciting news: in Virginia, as of July 1 this year, you will no longer need a prescription to see a doctor of physical therapy. So excited for this progressive legislation and the removal of barriers to care and improved quality of life for Virginians.

02/04/2023

Do you use this compensation when doing core work?

0 Likes, 0 Comments - Anastasia Palaia, PT, DPT, CFMT () on Instagram: "Are you making this common core mistake? Our 6- pack muscles are important, but we often overuse them when we should be using other muscles if our core instead. ...

04/25/2021

33% of all mothers experience urinary incontinence after having a baby. Many women believe it is normal and natural to leak, and to continue to leak after childbirth. Most women aren't give any guidance on how to change this-or if it's even changeable. Some women are told to do Kegels, but are never taught the appropriate method and are left wondering if they are exercising effectively, or just wasting their time.

Foundations is here to guide you back to health with straightforward, clear instructions. We want to empower you to help yourself heal. Contact us for a consult today:

www.ptfoundations.com/rates-and-bookings

04/24/2021

Many women hear that it is “normal” for a woman to leak urine after having a baby.

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It's true that many women experience bladder (and bowel) accidents during and after pregnancy.

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But can you do anything about it?

Foundations PT has your answer:

https://www.ptfoundations.com/incontinence

04/24/2021

In this time of mass vaccination against COVID-19, many women who are pregnant are concerned whether the mRNA-based vaccines are safe for their developing baby. A study of more than 35 thousand pregnant women who received the mRNA vaccines showed no significant difference in adverse pregnancy events in vaccinated women versus unvaccinated women. This study suggests that the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine is very unlikely to have a negative effect on your pregnancy.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Preliminary Findings of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Safety in Pregnant Persons

04/24/2021

Welcome to Foundations Physical Therapy: offering comprehensive health and wellness consulting for women, specializing in pregnancy and pelvic floor concerns.

We look forward to serving you!