Postpartum Speaker Series: A Night With Jackie Smelser

About the Presenter:

Jackie Smelser LOVES working as a Physical Therapist. She received her Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy from California State University, Sacramento and her Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology from California State University Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo.

Jackie’s father owned a fitness and athletic training center in Santa Cruz, California. This is where her love for health, fitness, biomechanics and orthopedics started. She was a personal trainer through college and found her passion to be working with people who were struggling with injuries.

After attending Physical Therapy school Jackie was lucky enough to receive extensive training through the North American Institute of Manual Therapy and hone her skills in manual therapy. She became proficient at treating a wide variety of orthopedic injuries, a true passion of hers.

Then the opportunity presented itself for Jackie to go through Pelvic Health PT training. This training elicited many “aha” moments for Jackie and she has since become extensively trained in pelvic health physical therapy and is proficient at treating a wide variety of pelvic health ailments. The ability to work on the pelvis from the inside out has allowed Jackie to have much success in treating spine, pelvic, hip and lower extremity dysfunctions with increased specificity and efficiency.

Jackie wanted to create an environment where all people feel comfortable and safe attending Physical Therapy for a wide variety of ailments. She opened Sunrise Physio in Northwest Crossing with a goal of providing excellent care for all humans in the areas of orthopedics and pelvic health physiotherapy. Sunrise Physio has five Physical Therapists and they treat the following in regards to pelvic health PT: pregnancy/postpartum, urinary/fecal incontinence, pelvic pain syndromes, pain with intercourse, pediatric incontinence, male pelvic pain syndromes, post prostatectomy surgery rehab, pelvic oncology conditions, post-operative pelvic surgery rehab. Opening Sunrise Physio has been one of the most fun, inspiring and rewarding experiences of her life and she is extremely honored and humbled to work with both her Sunrise Physio team and her patients every day.