DR. BRI THORNTON · DPT · CFMP · CSCS PELVIC HEALTH · ORTHOPEDICS · BONITA SPRINGS
I’m a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a certified functional medicine practitioner, which means I’m trained to look at the whole picture, not just the part that brought you in. One full hour, one on one, every visit, with me.
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5.0 on Google across 100+ reviews. Cash pay, out of network. Superbills provided. 24850 Burnt Pine Dr, Suite 3, Bonita Springs.
HERE'S WHAT THAT USUALLY MEANS I'M TREATING
If what’s going on is more about your labs than your body, that’s a different appointment and it happens virtually. See functional medicine
I hear this a lot.
Your pelvic floor is a group of muscles and nerves. Like any other muscles, they can be too tight, too weak, or not firing when they should, and that’s what’s behind a lot of leaking, pain, and pressure.
Pelvic floor therapy is working out which one is happening to you. It’s like the traditional physical therapy we think of, but in a place nobody talks about.
Most people are a little nervous before a first appointment, even when they know exactly why they’re coming. That’s normal, and we go at your pace.
Where holistic health meets hands on care.
WHY ME
I've taken 500+ hours of pelvic floor training. I'm a Doctor of Physical Therapy who is also a certified functional medicine practitioner and a strength and conditioning specialist. Not one of those, all three, at the same time.
People underestimate how much of pelvic health is orthopedics. It’s the same reasoning, in a place nobody talks about. Keeping a foot in orthopedics and strength and conditioning is what makes me better at pelvic health, and it’s what lets me get people back to golf, to lifting, to the things they actually want to be doing.
That’s why you’re not just a pelvic floor to me. If you’re exhausted, if your cycle is a mess, if you’ve been carrying an old injury that nobody ever connected to any of this, we can talk about it. One conversation with one person, instead of four appointments with four different people who never speak to each other.
Nobody wants to reach a hundred in a wheelchair. They want to reach a hundred still doing things with the people they love. That’s what I’m actually training you for.
A majority of us will deal with pain and pelvic health issues in our lives, and because they’re so common, we’ve been tricked into believing they must be normal, or that we just have to live with them.
Leaking when you cough, sneeze, or run isn’t normal. Sex that hurts isn’t normal. “That’s just what happens after a baby” isn’t a diagnosis, and neither is “that’s just your age.” Losing strength, mobility and endurance a little more every year isn’t something you have to accept either.
And a lab result that came back fine while you still feel awful isn’t an answer either. If I had to guess, I’d say 80% of my patients aren’t optimal when I look at their vitamin D or their iron panel with ferritin. Most of them have already been told their numbers are normal.
Normal means you most likely are free of disease but optimal means you are thriving.
That's what I'm looking for, whatever brought you in.
I worked with her throughout my pregnancy to prepare my body for birth, and I truly believe she played a huge role in helping me have such a smooth and positive birth experience.
She not only can help with PT issues like back pain but she has a whole picture view of the body. She spends extra time outside her office hours to help her patients. Studying blood work, looking up supplements, researching, and creating individual plans.
Had a partially torn hamstring from playing golf and Bri had me back golfing in just over 4 weeks. I'm 80 years old.
OTHER WAYS TO WORK WITH ME
Not everyone who works with me requires hands-on treatment, and not everyone is fortunate enough to live close enough to receive that. Some people I work with have received life-changing information through a computer screen. They’ve usually been told everything looks fine, or to just relax and wait, and they didn’t accept that answer.
Sometimes what's going on isn't in your muscles and joints. It's in your labs. It's a virtual appointment where the work happens before we talk. You send me your bloodwork, your symptoms, and what you want to change. I read all of it, then we sit down and I tell you what those numbers mean, what hasn't been tested, and what to do about it.
Sometimes what you need isn't an appointment. It's a plan and people who get it. Rooted Renewal is a membership for women preparing for pregnancy and everything after. Live calls with me and other practitioners, a growing library of resources, a private group where you can ask us anything, and a community of women in the same season.
24850 Burnt Pine Dr, Suite 3, Bonita Springs, FL 34134
Booking runs through Jane. Pick a time and I'll see you there.
FOR REHAB PROVIDERS
If you're a rehab provider who wants to learn to interpret bloodwork, understand the body systems deeper, and treat the whole person with a root cause approach rather than just focusing on the primary complaint or symptoms, start here.