Why Your Pelvic Floor Doesn’t “Bounce Back”

It’s one of the most common things we hear:

“It’s been months… why doesn’t anything feel normal yet?”

You might not be in the middle of a big life change anymore — maybe the baby is walking, the stress has passed, the surgery was years ago — but something still feels off. You might be leaking when you sneeze, feeling heaviness in your pelvis, or noticing your core doesn’t feel as connected as it used to.

If your body still doesn’t feel like your body, you’re not broken and you’re not imagining it.

The Six-Week Myth (and Other Milestones That Don’t Mean You’re Fully Recovered)

Cultural timelines (like the six-week postpartum checkup, the “you should be healed by now” narrative after surgery, or the pressure to bounce back after stress) don’t account for how your nervous system, muscles, and tissues actually heal.

Just because something looks fine from the outside doesn’t mean everything is working well on the inside.

Your pelvic floor may still be compensating for months or years of pressure, bracing, fatigue, or disconnection. If no one is assessing it, you might go years without understanding why things still feel stuck.

Symptoms That Tell Us Your Body’s Still Asking for Support

Some signs your pelvic floor or core system may need more attention:

• Leaking with exercise, sneezing, or lifting

• Heaviness or pressure in your pelvis

• Discomfort during sex

• Constipation or trouble fully emptying your bladder

• Core weakness or “disconnected” feeling when you move

• Increased sensitivity or tension in your abdomen or hips

These aren’t just postpartum issues. We see them in people healing from chronic stress, cesarean birth, abdominal surgery, long-term athletic tension, and perimenopausal hormone shifts.

Recovery Is About Reconnection, Not Just “Getting Stronger”

The answer isn’t always kegels or crunches — and in some cases, those might actually make symptoms worse.

Your pelvic floor and deep core work as a coordinated team. If that team is out of sync — like breath isn’t supporting pressure, or certain muscles are doing all the work — your body finds compensation patterns that can lead to symptoms over time.

Pelvic floor therapy focuses on how your system works, not just what’s weak or tight. That means:

• Teaching your body to breathe and move in sync

• Releasing overworked muscles

• Supporting scar tissue or fascial restrictions

• Restoring connection to your core, breath, and pelvic floor — with or without symptoms

What We Do Differently at Webb Pelvic Health

We meet you where you are — whether it’s been months or years since things started feeling “off.”

In your first sessions, we assess your posture, breathing, movement, and pelvic floor function to see the full picture. From there, we build a plan together that may include:

• Gentle manual therapy

• Movement retraining

• Scar tissue support

• Breath-based core work

• Real-life education that helps you feel confident in your body again

There’s no expiration date on getting support.

You Deserve to Feel Like Yourself Again

Healing isn’t about bouncing back — it’s about moving forward with the right tools.

If your body’s been whispering (or yelling) that something still feels off, you don’t have to wait any longer. You deserve care that listens, honors the full story, and helps you get back to feeling strong, supported, and at home in your body.