About Your Therapist
Dr. Lauren H. Collins PT, DPT,WCS, CLT
Dr. Lauren H. Collins, is a board certified physical therapist, a Board-Certified Specialist in Women’s Health Physical Therapy and a certified lymphedema therapist. She graduated from Howard University in Washington, DC with her Master's in Physical Therapy in 1998 and her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2020. She has practiced physical therapy for 25 years with an emphasis in women's health for the past 21 years, inclusive of pelvic floor dysfunction for the past 14 years. She has specialized training in Craniosacral therapy, Visceral manipulation and Myofascial Release as part of her manual therapy treatment skills. Dr. Collins is a professor at Howard University in their Physical Therapy program and on faculty with the American Physical Therapy Association Academy of Pelvic Health.
Dr. Lauren believes in multi-layer healing and incorporates a philosophy of whole self healing in her treatments. She is a trained sexual assault survivor first responder and trauma-informed physical therapist. She has special interest areas in working with survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Dr. Lauren provides multifaceted workshops and training sessions to survivors as well as those organizations that support survivors on healing chronic pain, pelvic floor dysfunction issues and trauma-informed care. She has been a teaching assistant for the past 10 years for the American Physical Therapy Association's Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. She has also guest lectured at Alabama State University and the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Lauren has created free videos on YouTube under the heading Pelvic Love to promote education on pelvic health.
Please see the link at the bottom of the Home page for links to the YouTube videos about pelvic health.
Therapies and Fees
Craniosacral Therapy
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Visceral Manipulation
"CST is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the functioning of a physiological body system called the craniosacral system - comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord.
Using a soft touch generally no greater than 5 grams, or about the weight of a nickel, practiti
"CST is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the functioning of a physiological body system called the craniosacral system - comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord.
Using a soft touch generally no greater than 5 grams, or about the weight of a nickel, practitioners release restrictions in the craniosacral system to improve the functioning of the central nervous system." -upledger .com
Please follow the link for further information on Craniosacral Therapy
Visceral Manipulation
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Visceral Manipulation
" Visceral Manipulation is based on the specific placement of soft manual forces to encourage the normal mobility, tone and motion of the viscera and their connective tissues. These gentle manipulations can potentially improve the functioning of individual organs, the systems the organs function within, and the structural integrity of the
" Visceral Manipulation is based on the specific placement of soft manual forces to encourage the normal mobility, tone and motion of the viscera and their connective tissues. These gentle manipulations can potentially improve the functioning of individual organs, the systems the organs function within, and the structural integrity of the entire body." -Barral Institute
Please follow the link for further information on Visceral Manipulation
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Pelvic floor physical therapy involves treatment of the muscles, connective tissues, joints, nerves and organs of the lesser pelvis. Diagnoses of pelvic floor dysfunction include; pelvic pain, pain with intercourse, urinary or fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, hip, low back and lower abdominal pain. Treatment is done via educat
Pelvic floor physical therapy involves treatment of the muscles, connective tissues, joints, nerves and organs of the lesser pelvis. Diagnoses of pelvic floor dysfunction include; pelvic pain, pain with intercourse, urinary or fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, hip, low back and lower abdominal pain. Treatment is done via education, various manual therapies performed externally and, if tolerated, internally vaginally or rectally, exercise, posture and alignment corrections, and other types of treatment techniques, Internal treatments are only performed with the consent of the patient. Therapy can still be performed without having to do internal work, although, with many pelvic floor issues, internal assessment and treatment of the pelvic floor muscles is the most direct way to affect change to the muscles and tissues.