Our postpartum return-to-run assessment is designed to determine your readiness to safely and confidently transition back to higher-impact activity after childbirth. This comprehensive evaluation focuses on rebuilding strength, restoring pelvic floor and core function, and minimizing your risk of injury.  During your session, we assess: • Abdominal healing, including diastasis recti • Pelvic floor function (with an optional internal exam, if needed) • Full-body strength and m

Pelvic floor dysfunction is common in runners, yet it’s often dismissed as a normal side effect of high-impact training. Symptoms like leaking during runs, pelvic or tailbone pain, painful sex, heaviness, or bowel and bladder changes are signs that the system supporting your body isn’t adapting well to load. The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and connective tissue that supports the pelvic organs and works closely with breathing, core stability, and hip function. Dysfuncti

is it safe? What is recommended? The first step in deciding whether you can exercise while pregnant is to check with your OBGYN. Once you have been medically cleared, movement is not only safe for most people – it is encouraged! where do you start, and how hard should you work? Stick with what your body already knows. What that movement looks like can vary widely from person to person, but pregnancy is not the time to introduce completely new, high-risk activities. If you wer

January has rolled around once again and it’s the start of a new year (Happy 2026!). This is the time of year where people set ambitious goals, change habits, and try to get a fresh start on things we wish we had been doing for most of the year prior. That’s totally normal -- we’re all human after all. Just as it is normal to annually or routinely check in with your primary care physician, dentist, optometrist, and even specialists such as your OBGYN or cardiologist, it shoul

If you’ve ever been to physical therapy before, you probably have a picture in your head. A busy clinic. Multiple patients at once. A quick check-in with your therapist before being handed off to a bike, heat pack, or exercise sheet—while the clock runs out on your session. Finish Line Physical Therapy is intentionally different. We believe physical therapy should be personal, active, and empowering. You’re not just another appointment on a schedule—you’re an athlete, a runne

How Tracking Your Menstrual Cycle Can Empower Your Training As an athlete, you’re always looking for ways to optimize your performance. One powerful tool that often gets overlooked? Your menstrual cycle! By tracking where you are in your cycle, you can understand how your hormones impact your training and use that knowledge to train smarter and more effectively. Let’s dive into what cycle tracking is and how you can use it to your advantage. What is Cycle Tracking? Cycle trac

Focusing on Pelvic Floor Health for Runners  It’s easy to persuade a runner that core strengthening should be an important part of their training routine. It’s an easy connection that a strong core is crucial for maintaining good posture, stabilizing your hips and helping to transfer power. While the abs tend to get all of the credit, the pelvic floor is quietly holding everything up (quite literally) – working behind the scenes without any recognition!  The Pelvic Floor: the