Expert and Empathetic Care to Optimize Your Pelvic Health
Offering Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for All Genders in Santa Cruz, California
At Santa Cruz Pelvic Health, we help you get out of pain and improve bowel and urinary function so you can feel better, stop leaking, prepare better and recover more quickly from childbirth or surgery or finally address the chronic issues that have been impacting your quality of life so you can move with ease, get back to exercise, improve sexual health and enjoy your life with confidence.
Testimonials
“Taflyn is a gifted healer with advanced training in nerve work that helped me resolve 10 years of chronic hip pain”
O.W.
“Jen took the time to listen deeply to my long history of pelvic floor issues and then undertook a course of treatment that was targeted specifically to me”
K.S.
“I have made worlds of progress which I would never have been able to accomplish on my own”
A.R.
Jen Rawlins (she/her), Doctor of Physical Therapy
Jen and Taflyn met in January of 2020 when they were both assisting with an introductory pelvic health training course and connected over a mutual passion for pelvic health. At the time, Jen had recently had her second child and was planning to move her family back to her hometown in Arizona. Many pandemic-influenced life changes later, Jen and her family moved to Santa Cruz, and Taflyn convinced her to join the team at Santa Cruz Pelvic Health.
Jen’s interest in pelvic health was sparked when she was a physical therapy student and saw her mentor struggling to treat patients with obvious pelvic health needs. He encouraged her to specialize in pelvic health. During her graduate training, she gained experience in the treatment of urinary incontinence, bowel issues such as constipation and IBS, and sexual dysfunction such as pain with sex and limitation with orgasm. After graduation, she continued her pelvic health education with additional clinical courses, and went on to spearhead a pelvic health department at a large outpatient clinic in Sunnyvale.
Jen has a special certification, (the CAPP-OB), through the American Physical Therapy Association, recognizing her skills and abilities in working with pregnant and postpartum individuals. As a mother who benefited from being treated by a colleague after her first child was born, Jen understands the difficulties of the postpartum period, and how pelvic floor physical therapy can help. She loves helping new parents overcome symptoms such as back pain and urinary leakage, while managing the daily demands of infant care such as feeding, carrying the car seat or lifting the stroller. With her own lifelong love of fitness, Jen also enjoys helping parents resume more high level physical activity, such as running and working out without symptoms.
In addition to working with patients during pregnancy and postpartum, Jen also loves treating women throughout the lifespan, and believes in a holistic approach to pelvic health treatment: addressing factors such as diet, sleep and stress in addition to posture and movement to help improve symptoms.
Taflyn Wilschinsky (she/her), Doctor of Physical Therapy, Owner
Taflyn’s specialty training in pelvic rehabilitation includes treatment for a variety of conditions associated with the pelvic floor. She is passionate about working with patients to optimize pelvic health, helping them overcome issues such as pelvic pain, urinary problems, chronic constipation, and other bowel problems- as well as helping patients to prepare for and recover from surgery, including c-sections, other abdominal surgeries, and prostate surgery. She also works with individuals before, during, and after pregnancy, and throughout the lifespan, to assist and empower them to recover and maintain pelvic floor muscle coordination, flexibility, and strength.
Assuring optimal pelvic floor function allows patients to be confident and comfortable in their bodies throughout the seasons of life. Taflyn’s goal when working with patients is to find the unique combination of exercise, hands on treatment and other strategies to address pelvic health conditions that may be limiting their physical activity and other important aspects of their life.
Individualized one-on-one care
Wholistic Approach
Move to Improve
Hands on Treatment
Exercises Tailored to Your Movement Goals
