INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AND PELVIC HEALTH INC

Serena is an excellent and very knowledgeable physical therapist. I started seeing her with lower back pain expecting some massaging. But instead, she went right to discover the core of the problem. She examined and analyzed the body as a whole and started treating the route causes with me, which included postnatal PT. I received tailored exercises for different parts of my body, which improved my back pain, and additionally gave me more stability and strength in core supporting muscles as well. I really appreciated her comprehensive perspectives and her focus on long-term improvement, which I can maintain myself by continuously tailored exercising. Thanks so much, Serena!... read full review

10 months postpartum and I'm finally able to get back into normal exercise thanks to Serena. 7 months ago when I first saw Serena, I had a really bad case of prolapse, hip and back pain, diastasis recti and incontinence after giving birth to a baby that was too big for my small body. I thought I was doing all the right things advised by my provider - daily kegels and walks but turns out I needed much more than that. She taught me how to do kegels properly (it was an arduous journey to reteach my body but so worth it) and worked with me to achieve my goals. I tried my best to stay disciplined with the exercises and Serena was able to modify my program when life (and... read full review

I cannot say enough about Serena. I wish I had found her earlier. Long story, but here it goes...I delivered twins this fall at Stanford which as you can imagine did a number on my body. I ended up having two beautiful boys and a diastasis recti with a side of peeing in my pants when I tried to run (stress incontinence if you will). As you can imagine this was not an ideal situation for me. Having just moved to Palo Alto, I didn't really know where to turn, but I managed to finally convince them to give me a referral to the pelvic floor pt at Stanford (this is not easy if you aren't already a urogyn patient which doesn't make a lot of sense, but that is... read full review