Femina Los Angeles Pasadena
The best kept SECRET in Pasadena
Our dedicated team fully understands the unique challenges that women face throughout their lives, be they not just physical, but also emotional or social. We see ourselves as supportive partners in our patients' journey toward achieving better health and overall wellness. Our main goal is to empower women with personalized care that not only meets their specific needs but also feels like a comforting hug from a knowledgeable friend who is genuinely invested in their pelvic health and well-being.
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Specialty Treatments available at Femina Pasadena
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You’re not alone; we offer a safe space for you to express concerns and receive guidance to enhance your quality of life.
Our Patients Journeys
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“I wanted to let you know that my pelvic floor held strong and gave me no trouble whatsoever in my trail race this morning (12 miles)! In a way, I felt like I ran better than ever because my core feels so rock solid from all the exercises you have me doing. That was especially valuable on the technical downhill - I just flew down the trail because I had confidence in my balance and form. Thank you for helping me get back to doing what I love.”
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“Months after giving birth, it was difficult for me to go from a sitting or lying position up to a full standing position without feeling that I had to remain hunched over until a bit of time had passed to get fully upright. However, after taking Heather’s course, I learned exercises to get my body back to normal. She also showed me correct ways to lift and carry my son as well as put him in/take him out of the carseat and stroller. This class was really beneficial and Heather is a wonderful teacher who made me feel very comfortable.”
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“While pregnant with my twins, Heather took care with keeping me on my feet and pain free. She saved my back, my sanity and the holidays! I would recommend her to every “mom” looking to stay on her feet during pregnancy and post-partum.”
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Discover the essence of Femina Pasadena Pelvic Health expertise
Our therapists specialize in effectively treating women's musculoskeletal and pelvic health issues. We address a range of common problems, such as pain during pregnancy, challenges related to postpartum recovery, pelvic dysfunction, incontinence, and even infertility. Through the development of personalized exercise programs, hands-on therapy, and educational support, we not only improve women's physical health but also enhance overall quality of life.
Women are often told by doctors that their concerns, such as incontinence, painful sex, and frequent bathroom visits, are normal, but they shouldn't be accepted as such. It's crucial for women to recognize that their experiences are real and shared, and shouldn't be overlooked. Just because something is common doesn't mean it's normal. Since graduating from Duke University, I have focused on supporting women at different life stages. My aim is to equip women with the knowledge and tools to thrive during pregnancy, postpartum, while trying to conceive, and to sustain a healthy sex life. I want women to know that their problems are real and happen to many other women, but should not be normalized.
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Femina PT Founder
Heather Jeffcoat (she/her/hers) is the author of Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve and a recognized expert in the field of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. She is also former President of the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy from 2021-2024, and she is on the Advisory Board of the International Pelvic Pain Society. After receiving many emails from people around world, she noticed there was a gap in access to quality pelvic floor physical therapy providers, and women deserved answers and a treatment plan for the painful sex they were experiencing. She developed her book as a way to get her proven techniques to all who needed it.
Heather is proud to have opened the first pelvic health physical therapy program in the Pasadena / Glendale area, and has continued to serve the area since 2004. Since then, her staff and services have expanded to Beverly Hills and Sherman Oaks, where her mission continues to emphasize quality of care in order to optimize her patients' goals. With her expanding mission to provide access to the specialized pelvich health services her office offers, she also launched The Origin Fund in 2019, a nonprofit with 501(c)3 status, providing no-cost care to low-income, marginalized populations.
She has been a featured guest on Vogue, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Livestrong, Mom.me, ABC Radio, Health Magazine, and many other media outlets.
Heather has contributed to the ICA Update and the International Childbirth Education Association Journal, where she hosted the long-running quarterly column entitled "Perinatal Wellness". She has presented her techniques twice at the American Urogynecologic Association's annual meeting, most recently in 2018 in video format during their general scientific session on the topic of developing a community-based program for treating vaginismus and vulvodynia.
She developed a course to further her mission of improving women's sexual health, and it made it's debut in Istanbul, Turkey in Spring of 2019. In Summer 2019, she worked with the Chinese Olympic Committee's summer and winter athletes in Beijing. She maintains her passion for treating sports and orthopedic injuries, and brings a whole-body approach to her work with women's sexual dysfunction and pain disorders. She understands that many of her patients rarely have isolated pelvic issues. The majority also come with hip, back, neck, TMJ disorders or other orthopedic dysfunction that she concurrently treats. She knows that not addressing all of their overlapping chronic pain conditions could be driving their pain further away from a solution unless the bigger picture is addressed.
Heather received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Duke University and her BS in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience from UC San Diego. Additionally, she received her Comprehensive Teacher Training Certification in Pilates from BASI and is a Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist through the Stretch to Win Institute.
She opened Fusion Wellness & Femina Physical Therapy in 2009, owing to the changing healthcare climate at the time that emphasized the quantity of patient care over it's quality. In a situation where she had to see two patients per hour that had complex pain conditions, incontinence, or all of the above, she knew that her patients deserved to be provided with actual care, not just the idea of care. With 55-115 minute sessions, her office is able to provide the hands-on treatment, skilled corrective exercises and other interventions by specialized and licensed physical therapists so they can get on the path to putting their pain or weakness behind them.
Heather specializes in treating Orthopedic and Women’s Health physical therapy diagnoses through the lifespan, as well as developing personalized Perinatal Fitness programs.
Meet our Team
Dr. Heather Jeffcoat Founder of Femina PT Owner of Femina Pasadena
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Laureen (she/her/hers) is an accomplished physical therapist with over 35 years of clinical and supervisory experience. Born and raised on Oahu, Hawaii, she received a Bachelors of Science in Health Education from California State University, Long Beach and her degree in Physical Therapy from Northwestern University in Chicago.
Laureen has a strong clinical interest in orthopedics and neurological disorders including women’s and men’s health and pelvic floor dysfunctions. She is a Certified Lymphedema Therapist and worked closely for over 23 years with the Cancer Center and Colorectal Institute of Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center. There she specialized in pelvic floor disorders and she was a frequent guest speaker at breast and prostate cancer support groups as well as other community education seminars.
She is a passionate physical therapist, understanding the gap in care for men's and women's pelvic health issues and has worked on developing successful programs to help with urinary dysfunctions such as urgency and frequency disorders, rectal pain, visceral pain, urinary and bowel incontinence and orthopedic pains during pregnancy. She has completed visceral manipulation training in addtion to her extensive pelvic floor and lymphatic training. Laureen is also a certified clinical education instructor with the American Physical Therapy Association and a member of the APTA Women’s Health Section.