Pelvic Floor Health • Orthopedics • Yoga • Personal Training

Jenkyns Physical Therapy & Wellness

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PATRICIA J. JENKYNS PT, DPT, WCS

  • Doctor of Physical Therapy

  • Board Certified in Women's Health Physical Therapy

  • Board Certified in Biofeedback for Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction

  • Yoga Teacher Training

I have been providing physical therapy for more than 30 years, specializing in pelvic floor physical therapy in the Boston area.  It has been an honor to help so many women with their pelvic floors! I have closed my Woburn physical office and am now offering:

  • In-Home Physical Therapy 

  • Personal Training for Individuals and Small Groups in your Home or other Venue

  • Workshops and Trainings for Exercise/Yoga Instructors, Personal Trainers & Exercisers


In the past few years, there has been a growing awareness of and attention to the pelvic floor.  This is due to very good research helping us to understand more fully both the function as well as dysfunction of the pelvic floor.  Research continues, but additional focus and discussion is essential in order to spread the word about both treatment and prevention of pelvic floor dysfunction.  We need to take the ‘mystery’ out of the pelvic floor!

What is pelvic floor dysfunction?

Women often don't talk about it, but basically and in plain language, pelvic floor dysfunction is typically present when women report they are “...peeing or pooping when they don’t want to”, or  “something is bulging out of their vagina,” or they have pelvic or vaginal pain.  We need to understand pelvic floor dysfunction otherwise these related problems can progress and further difficulties may occur.  Problems may range from mild to severe levels of decreased bladder and bowel control or prolapse (which means the descent of the uterus, bladder, rectum and/or vagina). In addition, pelvic floor dysfunction may be present with reproductive issues, low back pain, abdominal core dysfunctions, and balance deficits.    

An overwhelming number of women are predisposed to pelvic floor challenges due to the distinctive female pelvis & organs, the capacity of birthing children and female hormonal variations.  In fact, a widely acknowledge statistic reveals that as many as 50% of women may have pelvic floor dysfunction.

How does our thinking add to this challenge?

When we learn and more fully understand our health challenges it significantly helps to take stressful thinking out of an already challenging condition.  Our thinking and emotional selves impact our health. I have completed some powerful training/education looking at the connection between thinking and feeling and it can be helpful to bring this into the healing process.  For example, stressful thinking often aggravates bladder symptoms of urgency or urge incontinence.