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

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, en

suring 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.

There is a lot of conversation happening around menopause right now, which is amazing! Yet, there are still a lot of wom...
04/28/2026

There is a lot of conversation happening around menopause right now, which is amazing! Yet, there are still a lot of women sitting with symptoms they have accepted as just part of getting older.

What am I referring to? I’m glad you asked:

- Leaking
- Dryness or itching
- Pain with intimacy
- Core strength changes
- Bowel changes
- Heaviness or pressure down there

If you’ve been here for a while, you know the phrase “common does not mean normal.” And this reigns true here again. These things are common, yes. But common and untreatable are two very different things.

The drop in estrogen that comes with perimenopause and menopause affects your pelvic floor directly. And often times nobody connects those dots at your annual appointment.

Pelvic floor PT addresses the muscle, coordination, and movement side of these symptoms. Collaboration with your medical provider is incredibly important here as well. For things like vaginal dryness and tissue changes, vaginal estrogen is worth a conversation with your medical provider. It works locally, has minimal systemic absorption, and can make a significant difference for a lot of women.

You have options, more than you have probably been told.

Save this and share it with someone in your life who needs to hear it. And if you have questions about your own symptoms, drop them in the comments.

Also I love for all things menopause/women’s health so go check her out!

Three years ago (on April 13th) I officially opened Fortis with my very first patient under this business. I had a simpl...
04/16/2026

Three years ago (on April 13th) I officially opened Fortis with my very first patient under this business. I had a simple vision after years of working in other companies: I wanted patients to matter and not be just a number. I wanted to provide only one on one care. I wanted to cap my caseload to make sure this would be the case. I knew PT and healthcare could get back to the original intent: to help the person in front of me in any way I can. So, I did something about it and opened a business…

What I did not fully anticipate was how much Fortis would ask of me. These have been the hardest three years of my life. I have worked longer, pushed harder, and dug deeper than I thought possible. When I named this practice Fortis, I was thinking of the strength and fortitude I saw in my patients every single day. I had no idea how much I would need those same things myself.

There were moments I questioned everything. And if we’re being honest, I still do. But every single time, I come back to the same answer: I do not want to do anything else.

I freaking love this work. I love my patients. I love walking alongside people through some of the hardest, most vulnerable seasons of their lives and watching them reach goals they were not sure were possible. I have gotten to work with some truly incredible people and I do not take that lightly. I carry their stories with me. I pray for them every day. I have caught myself saying "my caseload is just full of really great people" on repeat for weeks now (okay the entirety of the last 3 years) and I mean it every time.

Fortis has grown my faith in ways I did not expect. It has taught me surrender, patience, and trust. It has made me more authentically myself than I think anything else could have.
I am proud of this practice. I am proud of my patients. And I am so grateful for every single person who has trusted me with their care.

Here is to three years! And to whatever comes next!🥂🎉

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐So grateful for another 5 star review! Diastasis and pelvic pain are two of things I am so passionate about treatin...
04/15/2026

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So grateful for another 5 star review! Diastasis and pelvic pain are two of things I am so passionate about treating. This client finishing care feeling empowered, heard, and pain free is exactly why I do this work. I am so going to miss working with this incredible lady!

If this sounds like what you have been looking for, link in bio to book a consultation.

Unfortunately, nobody hands you a guide on this stuff when you leave the hospital. It seems you are just expected to fig...
04/13/2026

Unfortunately, nobody hands you a guide on this stuff when you leave the hospital. It seems you are just expected to figure it out, and the internet is not exactly helpful when half of it says do planks and the other half says never do planks again.

Yes, diastasis recovery happens in the gym, pilates studio, and core workouts. But a few daily habits are worth paying attention to outside of that too. These are small things that can work for you instead of against you.

How you breathe under load may be one of the most important but least obvious aspects of recovery. It’s one of the quickest things to start improving with just a teensy bit of awareness.

Save this one for reference and share it with a friend who might need it.
Have questions about your core recovery? Drop them in the comments.

If you have been nodding along to anything we have shared this week, this is your sign.Your symptoms are not in your hea...
04/10/2026

If you have been nodding along to anything we have shared this week, this is your sign.

Your symptoms are not in your head and you are not overreacting by begging a provider to pay attention. That scar that never was addressed, the core that still feels weak or painful, the leaking, the pressure, the pain with intimacy that nobody told you could be connected to your c-section. They’re all real.

You just have not had someone look at the whole picture yet.

That is what we do at Fortis. One on one, an hour at a time, in a private treatment room, with the same PT each visit, with someone who has been in that broken system too and built something different on purpose.

If you are in the Greenville area and you are ready to stop guessing and start actually recovering, the link to book a consultation is in our bio. We would love to have you!

We are excited to be nominated for Best of South Carolina in the Health & Medical category for the second year in a row!...
04/09/2026

We are excited to be nominated for Best of South Carolina in the Health & Medical category for the second year in a row! Vote now at GuidetoSouthCarolina.com (Link in bio)!

Scroll to Physical Therapy Practices and vote for Fortis Physical Therapy and Pelvic Health!

The 6 week clearance is not a green light for everything.It means your incision is healing. It does not mean your core a...
04/09/2026

The 6 week clearance is not a green light for everything.

It means your incision is healing. It does not mean your core and pelvic floor are ready to be loaded, especially for anything high impact.

Before jumping back into exercise, your body should be able to check a few boxes. No leaking with movement or impact. No heaviness or pressure in your pelvis. No abdominal doming or coning when you use your core. Stability in single leg movements and positions. Walking for 30 minutes without symptoms.

If any of those aren't where they need to be, that is information. Your body is telling you it needs more foundation before you add more load. Now this doesn't mean we don't exercise before 6 weeks, in fact, we often should! But this becomes very person specific as to what is done, how it is progressed, and how quickly. The research is clear that return to exercise should be criteria based, not calendar based. The date on a form does not know your body. You do!

Full blog is live today! You can find the link in bio.

*Disclaimer: This is not intended to be medical advice. A key thing here is "person-specific." Your postpartum recovery is incredibly individualized and you should always discuss with your providers before beginning any exercise.

This one genuinely made us so proud. She had a C-section with her first baby. Her second? A VBAC. Here is how she got th...
04/08/2026

This one genuinely made us so proud. She had a C-section with her first baby. Her second? A VBAC. Here is how she got there.

She came to Fortis postpartum after her C-section with low back pain, bladder urgency, and pain with intimacy. Her scar had never been addressed and, as a result, it was tense, restricted, and painful. She didn't realize the scar was playing such a role in her symptoms though.

During her care, we zeroed in on scar mobilization, pelvic floor work, hip mobility, and strength. She had already tried chiropractic, massage, and some basic postpartum PT. She wasn't starting from scratch, but things were not where they needed to be.

She made enough progress that when she got pregnant again, we transitioned her into prenatal care and kept building. Her body was moving better, her pain was reduced, her tissue was healthier, her pelvis had more room to do what it needed to do, and baby had room to move!

She went on to have a successful VBAC!

Now 5.5 weeks postpartum with her second baby, she has no urinary leakage, minimal and manageable back pain (significantly reduced from before), and a recovery that is leaps and bounds quicker and smoother than her first. This is why we do not skip the scar. She continues to improve and we are so proud of her!!

Does this sound like your experience? Drop a comment or send me a message!

You know that pulling near your C-section scar when you stand up too fast? The numbness that never quite went away? Mayb...
04/07/2026

You know that pulling near your C-section scar when you stand up too fast? The numbness that never quite went away? Maybe it's that little shelf of tissue above the incision that you have just accepted as your new normal.

That is scar tissue that never got the attention it needed.

When your body heals from a C-section, it lays down scar tissue across seven layers. When that tissue gets restricted or sticks to surrounding structures, it does not necessarily stay put. It spreads and shows up in places you would never think to connect back to your scar. It can look like:

- Leaking when you sneeze or jump
- Pain with s*x
- A core that feels completely offline
- Low back and hip pain that came out of nowhere
- Bloating or bowel changes
- Discomfort wearing anything with a waistband.

Your body was not supposed to just figure this out on its own. Most women never get the follow up care they actually needed. The good news is that scar tissue is treatable. Six weeks out or six years out, there is still work we can do.

We’re going to go deep on this on this week’s blog. Full blog drops Thursday. Link in bio when it is live.

Happy Easter!!
04/05/2026

Happy Easter!!

Let's talk about something that doesn't get nearly enough attention: your pelvic floor after a C-section.There's this as...
03/31/2026

Let's talk about something that doesn't get nearly enough attention: your pelvic floor after a C-section.

There's this assumption floating around that because you didn't deliver vaginally, your pelvic floor is in the clear. No trauma, no dysfunction, nothing to address. You can just heal and move on.

That's not quite how it works.

A C-section is major abdominal surgery. Your surgeon cuts through multiple layers of tissue, skin, fascia, muscle, to reach your uterus. The nerves and connective tissue in that region are deeply interconnected with your pelvic floor. The research backs this up: C-section or not, pregnancy itself is one of the primary drivers of pelvic floor dysfunction. So, the moral of the story is, the delivery is only part of the story.

Women who've had C-sections can and do experience leaking, prolapse, painful in*******se, scar tissue restrictions, and core dysfunction. Because they were told their pelvic floor should be "fine," they often don't get the support they actually need.

If you've had a C-section and have been wondering why things still feel off, it's not in your head. Pelvic PT is for you too.

Questions about C-section recovery? Drop them below or send me a message.

Address

430 Woodruff Road , 325
Greenville, SC
29607

Opening Hours

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

Telephone

+18645014456

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