What if the pain, tension, constipation, leaking, or back discomfort you have been dealing with is not just something you have to live with? In this episode of The Well Known Podcast, Shannon Conklin sits down with Dr. Ally Halbig, founder of The PT Spot, to unpack a whole-body approach to physical therapy, pelvic floor health, pregnancy and postpartum recovery, nervous system regulation, sleep, hydration, and movement. Their conversation is a reminder that wellness is not about piling on more treatments - it is about understanding what your body is communicating and learning how to work with it instead of against it.
What You’ll Learn
- Why pain in one area of the body may actually be driven by dysfunction somewhere else.
- How pelvic floor dysfunction can show up as constipation, hip or back pain, jaw tension, painful intimacy, leaking, and more.
- Why stress, breath-holding, poor sleep, and chronic tension can keep the body stuck in a “brakes on” state.
- What women can do during pregnancy and postpartum to support movement, strength, breathing, and pelvic floor function.
- Why learning to relax and breathe well may be one of the most foundational wellness practices.
Chapters
00:00 Why pelvic floor support during pregnancy matters
00:46 Meet Dr. Ally Halbig of The PT Spot
01:14 How Ally found physical therapy
02:03 Why traditional PT can miss the root cause
03:02 Looking at the whole body instead of one painful joint
04:10 Pain as a warning signal from the body
06:01 What pelvic floor dysfunction can actually look like
07:27 The connection between stress, clenching, and the nervous system
08:17 Why sleep matters for healing and tension
09:33 Movement, hydration, and digestion
11:17 Pregnancy: what women should know before delivery
12:25 Postpartum strength, lifting, and a changing body
14:00 The patterns Ally sees in busy, driven women
15:29 Making sleep a wellness non-negotiable
16:39 The most fundamental wellness practice: relax and breathe
18:00 Dr. Ally Halbig’s definition of wellness
18:42 Where to find The PT Spot
If this episode gave you a new way to think about your body, pain, or pelvic floor health, like this video, subscribe to The Well Known Podcast, and share it with someone who needs to hear that common symptoms are not always something they simply have to accept.
Connect with Shannon: https://instagram.com/thewellknownpodcast
Connect with Ally: https://instagram.com/theptspotpc
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