MARCH 31 • 2022 | 101

HEALTH & WELLNESS

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or weeks after Gail T. of Oak Park 
gave birth to her first child, she 
experienced tremendous pain and 
discomfort. Veteran moms told her this 
was her official welcome to motherhood 
and that she would learn to live with it. 
Fortunately, her obstetrician suggest-
ed physical therapy and 
that’s when Gail wound up 
in Rinku Singh’s office in 
Farmington Hills.
“All that pain was normal-
ized, and it really bothered 
me,” Gail, an Orthodox 
mom of two, shared. “But 
Rinku showed me how to 
strengthen my muscles and helped fix 
my scar tissue from the birth. Within a 
couple of weeks, I could feel the differ-
ence.”
When Gail discovered she was preg-
nant the second time, she was extremely 
nervous but didn’t experience any issues 
at all.
Gail said, “Everyone had told me to 
just get used to the pain, but why? It can 

be fixed! Every woman should get physi-
cal therapy after having a baby.”
Singh has been a practicing physical 
therapist for 21 years. She began her 
career in sports medicine and did a stint 
in outpatient neurology, but didn’t find 
it completely fulfilling. A co-worker 
confided she’d been experiencing pain 
during intercourse for nine years, which 
was cured after two months of physical 
therapy.
After hearing about her co-worker’s 
experience, Singh became interested in 

the topic, took classes in women’s health, 
became board-certified and completely 
switched her specialty in 2011. Now a 
certified pelvic floor specialist with the 
American Physical Therapy Association 
and a board-certified women’s clinical 
specialist with the American Physical 
Therapy Associaton, Singh works with 
women suffering from painful periods 
or sexual intercourse, difficult pregnan-
cies, incontinence, postpartum pain and 
more.
“When women first meet me, they 
often feel very alone and embarrassed 
and I provide a safe, comforting place,” 
Singh said.
T.S, another Orthodox woman from 
Oak Park, went to Singh because she was 
experiencing a prolapse. She said Singh 
was able to help her restore her pelvic 
floor strength in just eight sessions.
“Never just say ‘this is life.’ Every 
woman should see a therapist when 
they’re uncomfortable. There are solu-
tions. There is always help available,” T.S. 
said.

Physical therapist 
helps women 
dealing with 
pelvic pain and 
post-partum issues.

Don’t Suffer 
in Silence

Rinku 
Singh

ROCHEL BURSTYN 
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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