Cincinnati Magazine
February 18, 2021
When Dr. Adina Leifer graduated as a doctor of physical therapy in 2007, she knew absolutely nothing about the pelvic floor. Like most programs, hers simply ignored it. But on a whim, she signed up for a continuing education course on the topic a few years later. “I’d just had my first child and it looked cool,” says Leifer, who got hooked on learning how to help with problems associated with pregnancy, such as prolapse (when organs drop into the vagina) and diastasis recti (abdominal separation). She became a certified pelvic rehabilitation practitioner, and the mom of four now runs Able Pelvic Physical Therapy in Atlanta.