Meet Tampa's Leading Pelvic Floor Therapy Experts
Care for your Pelvis, and your Soul
At Pelvic Soul, our mission is to help people of all genders foster confidence in their bodies through direct patient care and corporate consulting for pregnancy health, postpartum wellbeing, pelvic health, and sexual health.
We are a multi-specialty practice that provides advanced care for all female and male pelvic floor health concerns including birth preparation, chronic pelvic pain management, infertility, men’s pelvic health, and sports rehab. All our services are available at our Tampa Bay location, and through virtual care.
Dr. Melissa Mendez, PT, DPT
Dr. Melissa Mendez, PT, DPT is a residency-trained pelvic floor physical therapist who is passionate about providing patient-centered, detail-oriented care in both English and Spanish. She believes that understanding your own body is the first step toward healing — and she’s dedicated to making sure every patient leaves feeling informed, heard, and empowered.
Dr. Melissa has experience treating a wide range of pelvic health concerns, including bladder and bowel dysfunction, pelvic organ prolapse, pregnancy, birth prep, and postpartum recovery, menopause, and pelvic pain conditions such as endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, and tailbone pain. As someone with hypermobility she also understands how to treat and provide support for patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. She takes a truly individualized approach, building personalized treatment plans around each patient’s goals, lifestyle, and pace — never a one-size-fits-all protocol.
Her care is rooted in collaboration: she walks alongside her patients through every stage of their healing journey, helping them rebuild confidence, restore function, and return to the lives they love.
Outside the clinic, Dr. Melissa enjoys a good Scrabble match, sci-fi novels, and making art through painting and photography — and she’s always on the hunt for hidden gems at the thrift store!
Practice Specialties: Sports Rehab, Hypermobility & Chronic Pain, Menopause, Men’s Health.
Dr. Sujata Nāir-Martin, OTD/L
As a Pelvic Health Occupational Therapist, Dr. Sujata blends the mind-body-soul approach of Ayurveda and Yoga with Western Medicine techniques like Osteopathic Manipulation and Occupational Therapy to treat pelvic floor dysfunction.
Dr. Sujata’s journey into pelvic floor therapy began in 2017, during her first pregnancy, when she struggled to find guidance on preparing her core and pelvic floor for delivery and postpartum recovery. Through her own research and preparation, she experienced a smooth delivery and recovery, a stark contrast to the many difficult experiences she had heard from others. This realization fueled her passion for helping others navigate pelvic health with greater ease, knowledge, and confidence.
She is especially dedicated to working with chronic pelvic pain and trauma-informed pelvic care, helping patients rediscover safety and confidence in their pelvis. Her goal is to create a space where individuals can heal, regain control over their bodies, and feel truly healthy in their pelvic floor again.
Dr. Sujata is a published researcher and an award-winning educator, who furthers scholarship in pelvic floor therapy through The Integrative Somatic Healing Institute. She has provided pelvic health and yoga-based education to universities, non-profits, physician groups, national professional conferences, and the general community, aiming to expand knowledge on the benefits of integrative pelvic health care.
Outside of her practice, Dr. Sujata loves Argentine Tango & Bollywood dancing, binge-watching Netflix, and exploring the outdoors with her husband and sons. She is a clinical researcher, and also the author of “Not Just Kegels – The Exhausted Mama’s Guide to Pregnancy & Postnatal Wellness,” which ranked #1 on Amazon’s Pregnancy & Childbirth list.
Practice Specialties: Chronic Pelvic Pain, Infertility, Chronic Gut & Pelvic Inflammation, Somatic Trauma Reprocessing, Sex Counseling, Ayurvedic Coaching, and Male Pelvic Health Conditions
Megan Callahan, MFA, RMT, Reiki & Energy Medicine Practitioner
Megan is a long term practitioner and teacher of yoga, an embodiment coach, energy and earth medicine teacher, reiki master teacher, grief tender, sound healing practitioner and voice teacher. She is also a writer, mother, musician, and theatre artist & educator.
She has been teaching various forms of yoga, somatic movement and meditation since 2003 and is the founder and former director of The Yoga Parkside Foundation, a nonprofit yoga studio in Buffalo, New York. She also has extensive learning and experience in mediation, space holding, conflict resolution and non violent communication. This weaves into all aspects of her work, helping people to feel deeply heard.
Megan found her way to both yoga and energy work as a young teen ago to help with a serious physical condition, and continues to be amazed and humbled by what is discovered on and off the mat, and works to deeply honor the lineage from which these practices emerged, and to help the practice become more accessible to all people seeking liberation and self-actualization, and to support how people can show up in service with a balanced heart during these critical times.
Megan is part of the founding faculty of Western New York’s first MFA program in Acting at D’Youville University. She leads retreats and officiates ceremonies upon request, among them weddings, mother blessings, baby blessings, coming of age celebrations, home blessings, repair rituals and funerals.
Specialties: Meditation, Breathwork & Somatics Coaching, Reiki and Energy Medicine, Grief and Loss Coaching
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FAQs
You may benefit from Pelvic Floor Therapy if you answer yes to any of the following:
– Do you experience any leakage of stool or urine?
– Is it difficult to hold your urine or stool in before reaching the toilet?
– Do you empty your bladder frequently, before you experience the desire to pass urine, just so you stay dry?
– Do you have difficulty fully emptying your bladder or bowel?
– Are you pregnant and experiencing pelvic girdle pain?
– Have you recently given birth?
– Do you feel a heaviness in your pelvic area, making bladder & bowel emptying difficult?
– Do you avoid intimacy because of pain or fear of pain?
– Have you not been able to return to your pre-pregnancy fitness levels?
As an out-of-network provider, we are not limited by the constraints set forth by health insurance plans. We serve our clients, and not their insurance companies – allowing us to spend the time needed to reach client goals without the restrictions of insurance providers.
Payment is due at time of booking your appointment, and we are happy to assist with applying for insurance reimbursement. If your health insurance plan offers out-of-network benefits, you may be reimbursed in part or full. Please ask us about our payment plans, and pre-payment discounts!
We accept health savings accounts (HSA) and flexible spending accounts (FSA) cards.
Our model of care allows for improved client satisfaction and faster results due to the individualized care provided. Treatment is personalized to each individual, however, on average, clients only need one visit a week and are feeling better within 1-3 visits.
Once you schedule your first appointment, you will receive 3 electronic intake forms.
Your therapist will complete a detailed pelvic floor evaluation at the first visit, including, but not limited to, a review of your medical history, discussion of your current issues, and a physical examination, followed by creation of a treatment plan and home exercise program. Based upon your complaints, an internal pelvic exam may be necessary. However, your comfort and consent are paramount, and internal examinations & treatments may be declined.
Entry-level Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy practitioners receive very basic training in Pelvic Health as part of their education. Practitioners of both disciplines pursue post-professional continuing education to grow their skills in the specialty treatment area of Pelvic Floor Health.
As a Registered & Licensed Occupational Therapist, Dr. Sujata Martin OTD/L, is able to use all of the internal & external manual techniques employed by other Pelvic Floor Health Practitioners. In addition, her Occupational Therapy education in Psychology, Behavioral Health, and Sexuality enable her to treat the psychological and emotional aspects of Pelvic Floor Health & Wellness.
No, you do not need a referral or script from your medical care provider (OBGYN, PCP, Midwife, Urologist etc) to be seen for pelvic floor therapy in our Tampa Bay office or for Telehealth. Please be aware, that if you plan to submit for out-of-network coverage through insurance, a script or referral may be required by your insurance company. If this is the case, we can assist you with acquiring it.
