by Sarah Sawall | Jun 17, 2026 | Back Pain, Blog, Hip Pain, Incontinence, Labor & Delivery, Pelvic Floor, Physical Therapy, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Sciatica, Women's Health
Pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms aren’t always what people expect them to be. Some are obvious and you know right away that something is off. Others are subtle enough that you might dismiss them entirely, or attribute them to something else, for months or years...
by Emily Buchner | Jul 14, 2025 | Back Pain, Blog, Hamstring, Hip Pain, Labor & Delivery, Pelvic Floor, Physical Therapy, Postpartum, Pregnancy, Sciatica, Women's Health
Piriformis Syndrome During Pregnancy: Can It Be Fixed? Spoiler alert: YES, piriformis syndrome during pregnancy CAN be fixed! You don’t have to suffer through it! One of my biggest pet peeves is when pregnant women are told, “That’s just normal pregnancy pain. It’ll...
by Emily Buchner | Feb 24, 2025 | Back Pain, Blog, Hip Pain, Incontinence, Pelvic Floor, Physical Therapy, Pregnancy, Sciatica, Women's Health
Have you ever had sciatica before? (Just ask Dr. Sarah – she knows first hand how uncomfortable and irritating it is!) Sciatica is a common complaint that we see at our clinic in Lake Country. If you have sciatica, you probably feel numbness, tingling, and/or...
by Sarah Sawall | Feb 10, 2025 | Back Pain, Blog, Dry Needling, nerve pain, Physical Therapy, Sciatica
Dry Needling for Sciatica: Everything You Want to Know Dry needling is gaining popularity to treat sciatica. I perform dry needling for sciatica on a regular basis at our clinic in Oconomowoc. And, I’ve also received dry needling to treat my sciatica. This combination...
by Sarah Sawall | Nov 13, 2024 | Blog, Mental Health, Performance, Sciatica, Who We Are
Do you do any sort of end of the year reflection? A couple years ago, I started doing a ‘year in review’ after Tim Ferriss explained how he benefited from it. The short version of this is you spend some time looking back over the past year. You identify...
by Sarah Sawall | Jun 27, 2024 | Blog, Chronic Pain, CrossFit, Dry Needling, Hip Pain, Leg Pain, Mental Health, Pelvic Floor, Performance, Physical Therapy, Running, Sciatica, Squatting, Women's Health
Me? A Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist? If you know me, you know I love talking about my feelings. Just kidding! It’s probably one of my least favorite things to do. I prefer sarcasm and climbing mountains (like Half Dome in Yosemite, pictured above!). However, I...