Pregnancy & Birth Support with Physiotherapy
Learn more about pregnancy and birth to help guide your own care during this challenging, exciting, and unique experience of pregnancy!
Myranda helps women address symptoms and include your partner to understand basic physiology of pregnancy, birth and postpartum, while providing options for support with each step.
Physiotherapy during pregnancy can help you:
address pain and symptoms related to pregnancy or increased by pregnancy
understand the changes happening as your body grows and how to make adjustments to posture and your environment (work adjustments, sleeping, sitting and standing)
Pelvic health support proactively and reactively if having bladder leakage, pressure or pain in your pelvis, including perineum education that supports pelvic floor muscles
exercises to help with strengthening glutes, core and back for motherhood, in balance with down regulation for your nervous system and body balancing to improve flexibility of muscles and joints in your spine, pelvis and hips
understand physiological birth: baby’s position and path through the pelvis, comfort measures and birthing positions
connect with other providers you may want or not know could be helpful on your journey
In addition to advanced core and specific pelvic floor training, Myranda is also a Provisional Spinning Babies Parent Birth Educator and Pregnancy & Postpartum Athleticism coach passionate about helping women keep moving and exercising! You can continue what you are doing or start something new AND there are helpful things to know about your body and how we can adjust exercise!
Prenatal and Post Partum Physiotherapy sessions fall within Physiotherapy supported by Private Insurance coverage plans
Birth Education Focused Physiotherapy
Support for Vaginal & Abdominal Births
The support person coming to your birth is welcome to any and all of your sessions!
Learn more about your labor and delivery options and receive support to discuss questions or concerns you may have. Options for pushing, positioning, movement, how to interact with your team
It is important to acknowledge the unpredictability of labor and delivery. This being said there will be options and professionals ready to support you and the loved ones you include in your journey.
Learn more about:
The physiological process called labor and birth
Pelvic floor muscle anatomy and function during pregnancy, labor and pushing
Perineal tear risk education & mitigation strategies
Labor & delivery positions
Partner hands on and positional support
Pain management for vaginal and abdominal birth
Movements/Exercise you may start now to help you prepare
Cesarean Birth: elective, urgent and emergent (prehab and rehab options)
Simple and early after birth supports
**Partners are encouraged to attend as there are hands on techniques they can use to support you!Recommended they attend 1 session around 20 weeks and then 1-2 more between 30-39 weeks pregnancy
Myranda’s Advanced Training in Prenatal, Birth & Post Partum Care
Maternal Support through Comfort Measures and Pelvic Biomechanics (2020) Trish Brunelle, through Pelvic Health Solutions
Cesarean Birth: The Role of Physiotherapy (2021) Jaclyn Seebach, through Pelvic Health Solutions
Spinning Babies Workshop (2023) Nikki Zerfas, through Spinning Babies
Innate Postpartum Care - Planning for the Fourth Trimester (2025) Rachelle Seliga & Don Doty through INNATE Traditions
Spinning Babies Parent Birth Educator Trainer (2026) through Spinning Babies
Innate Postpartum Care Provider Training - In Progress
Billable under Physiotherapy services with Private Insurance
PHYSIOTHERAPY ANY TIME AFTER BIRTH
You can access care anytime you want. You do not need approval from anyone.
Support on all levels are accessible to you when you feel you need it and want it.
Women have sought Physiotherapy at a varying number of weeks following birth virtually and in person at home, as early as 1 week, especially if have any type of muscle pain not managed by pain medications or related to posture
ACUTE AFTER BIRTH SUPPORT - 0 to 12 days
Learn what you can in pregnancy so you can lean into it right away.
You deserve support for any pain or wound tending guidance that you need. Ask all the questions you need in hospital and know there are other supports available to support you.
A “Healthy At Home” Nurse will come days after you arrive home provided by Public Health Care. If you need immediate medical care for severe health concerns or questions, call 911 or 811.
You can also access care from other providers known to you during pregnancy or new after birth provided their qualifications and your comfort levels.
Acute After Birth Physiotherapy care provides support for intense muscles, nerve or bone pain occurring secondary to delivery
Example: tailbone pain, back or hip pain
New and ongoing clients may reach out to book as needed.
EARLY POSTPARTUM SUPPORT - 0 to 6 weeks
All women, regardless of where they live, age, race, etc. need and deserve fundamental physiological support in the early postpartum period. Myranda provides holistic Physiotherapy support after birth in the form of:
body work - lymphatic massage, light pressure massage
wound tending and management education
early breath and connection focused exercises
reviewing pregnancy stretches that can be used after birth
New and ongoing clients may reach out to book as needed and many women schedule a follow up either virtually or in-home in person sessions in advance for 3-4 weeks after birth.
Many women send emails or request a discovery call within the first 2 weeks to check if if wanting with Myranda.
CONTINUED POSTPARTUM RECOVERY - anytime until your forever
No matter how long ago you had miscarriages, passed or live babies, you deserve care and support for any body pains, pelvic health, reproductive and sexual health.
This part of the website is being updated. If you have any questions reach out to Myranda directly to share the support that you are looking for!