Women's Health

The experts at Mend are uniquely trained and educated to treat the common conditions preventing women from living their desired lives.

• Female hypermobility/Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
• Pre and Post Partum
• Women’s Strength Class

• Pelvic Health
• Disease Risk Reduction
• Menopause/Perimenopause

• Osteoporosis/osteopenia
• Mental Health

EDS is underdiagnosed but researchers estimate about 1 in 3000 people have EDS:

• Joint hypermobility or an unusually large range of motion in joints is much more common
• Approximately 30% of the US population can be classified as having hypermobility
• Individuals can be asymptomatic without limitations (dancers, gymnasts)
• Others can have widespread pain, instability, and loss of function
• PT, especially stabilization training, remains the foundation of treatment for these conditions
• Treatments focus on improving pain, instability, function, and fatigue

• Exercise during pregnancy
• Back/hip pain
• SI joint dysfunction
• Pubic symphysis dysfunction
• Urinary incontinence
• Constipation
• Proper body mechanics and pushing mechanics training during pregnancy
• Perineal massage

• Diastasis recti
• Pelvic organ prolapse
• Urinary incontinence
• Fecal incontinence
• Return to run
• Pain with intercourse
• Body mechanics as a new mom
• Cesarean section scar pain
• General rehab ALL women need

Mend’s women’s strength class was created to empower Boulder County women across their lifespan, especially as their bodies experience significant health changes. This specialized strength and conditioning program is performed in a supportive community under the guidance of Mend’s expert Physical Therapists.

Exercise is one of the most powerful and well-studied tools for reducing the risk of disease and improving both the quality and quantity of life. Research shows that regular physical activity is linked to significantly lower risks of chronic illness, including heart disease, cancer, and early mortality when compared with sedentary lifestyles. Even modest increases in activity — such as meeting national guidelines of at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise per week plus strength training — are associated with reduced risk of death. Research also shows consistent exercise can help improve cardiovascular and metabolic markers, mitigate the harmful effects of other disease risk factors like poor sleep, and support healthier body composition and cognitive function across populations, making exercise a cornerstone of disease prevention and overall health optimization.

Mend Colorado is a valuable resource for women navigating perimenopause and menopause by offering expert guided, evidence based physical therapy and exercise interventions tailored to the unique physiological changes of midlife. Exercise and strength training during perimenopause help counteract common challenges such as loss of lean muscle mass, declining bone density, metabolic changes, and increased cardiometabolic risk, making movement especially important during this transition. Through specialized women’s health exercise classes and one on one guidance, Mend provides a safe, supporting environment supervised by doctors of physical therapy. Additionally, their clinicians’ expertise in pelvic health and individualized exercise prescription helps women address symptoms such as musculoskeletal pain or pelvic floor changes that can accompany hormonal fluctuations, empowering them to maintain confidence, strength, and quality of life through the perimenopausal and menopausal years.

As people age — especially women after menopause — bone density naturally declines because bone breakdown begins to outpace new bone formation, which increases the risk of osteopenia and osteoporosis and makes bones more fragile and prone to fracture. This decline isn’t inevitable. Appropriately prescribed exercise stimulates bone remodeling and can improve or maintain bone mineral density when done safely under professional supervision. Mend Colorado’s clinicians emphasize personalized, evidence based strength programs tailored to the individual’s ability to slow, reverse, or prevent further density decline. Working with a physical therapist ensures correct form, progression, and safety and can help both prevent fractures and improve long term bone health.

We blend orthopedics, sports medicine, and women’s health to not only look at your symptoms but your body as a whole to get to the root of your problem. With this approach and 60 minute appointments, we don’t just relieve your pain, we get you back to doing what you love, and with fewer appointments.
Treatments used – Manual therapy including spinal manipulation and joint mobilization, dry needling including pelvic floor treatments, diaphragmatic breathing, neuromuscular re education of pelvic floor and deep abdominal muscles, internal vaginal and rectal treatments, weighted strength training, sport and activity specific training.