Julia Mitchell Physiotherapy is located inside Flow Integrated Therapy at 530 Portland Street, Unit 202 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The building name is Evergreen Place, and there is ample parking available.

Have you recently had a baby, and are looking for guidance on how to safely increase your fitness?

I offer one on one appointments for the following:

• postpartum core strength and function evaluations

  • strength, diastasis recti, breathing patterns

• pelvic health evaluations and treatment

  • self-report and questionnaires guide the treatment and exercise prescription. I do not provide internal pelvic health evaluations or treatment, and I am able to refer you to providers locally if this type of evaluation is recommended after our appointment.

• load and impact management

  • incontinence, pain, pressure

• return to sport guidance and progressive exercise prescription

• return to running evaluations and programming

• baseline strength testing

  • I use the VALD system for real time objective strength measurements, providing a starting place and helping us choose a goal for your strength and fitness planning.

Physiotherapy appointments are always one on one: one hour for the first appointment to assess and start treatment, and 30 or 45 minutes for follow-up appointments, depending on goals and need.

At the first appointment, we will talk about the reason you’re seeing a physiotherapist, and the goals you have for treatment. I will then complete an assessment, and together we will make a treatment plan that fits your lifestyle.

Things may feel different after pregnancy, and that’s okay. We’ll begin from where you are right now, and work together to build a plan for where you’d like to be… while feeling strong and confident along the way.