The Divergent Edge - September 2025
Pelvic Floor Health and Screens
Issue #9: September 1st, 2025
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🗒️ Business Updates: Stay informed about the latest news and announcements from our cash-based physical therapy clinic.
💪 Movement Health Tips: Get expert advice to improve your mobility, build strength, and elevate your quality of life.
📚 Pain Education: Gain simple, practical insights into understanding pain and strategies to address it effectively.
🙌 Community Highlights: Meet our trusted health and wellness partners and discover how they can support your goals.
📆 Workshops & Events: Be the first to know about our interactive workshops and learning opportunities to help you take charge of your health.
🏆 Our Recommendations: Explore products we trust for optimizing health, along with exclusive discounts and links.
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Business Updates:
🤯 Introducing Emsella & Emsculpt Neo at Divergent Rehab & Wellness 🔥
We’re excited to announce the addition of two powerful tools to our rehab and performance practice:the Emsella Chair and Emsculpt Neo.
These technologies are not cosmetic gimmicks — they are evidence-based,FDA-cleared devices that have undergone significant innovation over the past few years. With updated protocols and expanded functionality, both now offer targeted, functional strengthening applications that align perfectly with the goals of physical therapy.
But let us be clear:
These tools are not replacements for rehab. They are strategic additions to accelerate it.
Why These Tools Belong in a Rehab Setting
Recent advancements have made these technologies more functional, neuromuscular-focused, and clinically relevant than ever. Here’s how we’re using them to enhance outcomes:
🔹Emsella Chair
• Restores pelvic floor strength and improves neuromuscular timing
• Supports recovery from incontinence, prolapse, or postpartum dysfunction
• Provides a non-invasive, high-repetition activation of deep stabilizers
🌸 Emsella Benefits for Women
Strengthens pelvic floor muscles to restore control and stability
Reduces urinary incontinence (stress, urge, or mixed leakage)
Supports postpartum recovery and long-term pelvic health
Helps with pelvic organ prolapse symptoms
Improves sexual wellness through better muscle tone and circulation
Non-invasive and discreet: stay fully clothed during treatment
Quick 30-minute sessions with no downtime
💪 Emsella Benefits for Men
Improves pelvic floor strength for bladder and core control
Reduces urinary urgency, frequency, and leakage
Supports recovery after prostate surgery or pelvic procedures
Helps address erectile dysfunction (ED) by improving blood flow and muscle tone
Enhances sexual health and confidence naturally
Promotes core stability and overall pelvic health
Comfortable, private, no-downtime treatment
Delivers the equivalent of 11,000 Kegels in one session
🔹Emsculpt Neo
• Builds true muscle strength and mass
• Targets the core, hips, and trunk for rehab of low back, pelvic, and postural conditions
• Recent updates allow focused use in postoperative, postpartum, and chronic injury populations
Both technologies are ideal for clients who have difficulty activating key muscle groups, plateaued in therapy, or need to rebuild strength safely and efficiently.
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Accessible Pricing to Expand Access
In the Indianapolis area, average rates for these services are:
Emsella: $300–$350/session
Emsculpt Neo: $500–$850/session
We’ve chosen to price our sessions well below market so more people can benefit from this life-changing technology:
🪑 Emsella Chair at DIVERGENT REHAB
$200 per session OR LESS when paying for packages
💪 Emsculpt Neo at DIVERGENT REHAB
$275 per session OR LESS when paying for packages
Rehab-First, Results-Focused
We remain a rehab-first practice, and these tools are being used strategically within plans of care to support recovery and function.
When clinically appropriate, portions of this technology may be included at no additional cost as part of a patient’s individualized PT treatment plan.
This aligns with our mission:
✔️ Individualized care
✔️ Innovative tools
✔️ Proven results
✔️ No shortcuts
Ready to Learn More?
If you’re interestedin seeing how this can fit into your care plan — or how your clients might benefit —please reach out today.
📞 317-350-4060 (Call or Text)
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The Team at Divergent Rehab
Dr. Tyler Holt, PT, DPT, CSCS
Upper extremity rehab, cycling specialist, and athletic performance coachDr. Alex Dunn, PT, DPT, CDNT
Lower extremity and weightlifting specialist with a focus on strength and athletic performanceDr. Julie Rudolph, PT, DPT, OCS, CMPT
Running specialist and women’s health provider, with advanced orthopedic credentialsDr. Michael Murphy, PT, DPT, COMT, CIDN, OCS
Founder and clinical director specializing in complex orthopedic conditions—especially for clients who haven’t found relief elsewhereHannah Johnson
Co-Owner, Wellness Specialist - Inbody Composition Analysis, Emsculpt Neo, Emsella
Movement Health Tips
🌟 Pelvic Floor Health: More Than Just a Chair 🍎
Pelvic floor health is foundational for core strength, stability, and confidence at every stage of life. Weakness or dysfunction in these deep core muscles can lead to bladder leakage, pelvic or back pain, sexual health concerns, or postpartum changes.
At Divergent Rehab & Wellness, we take a whole-body approach. Technology like the Emsella Pelvic Floor Chair is a powerful tool—it delivers over 11,000 Kegels in a single session—but real, lasting results come from pairing it with skilled physical therapy.
🔑 Why the Combination Matters
While Emsella effectively strengthens and retrains your pelvic floor muscles,Dr. Julie Rudolph, PT, DPT, OCS, CMPTprovides the expertise to:
Identify underlying causes of pelvic floor dysfunction
Teach breathing, posture, and movement strategies
Integrate pelvic floor strength into functional, full-body movement
Design a personalized plan of care for long-term results
This powerful combination ensures that pelvic health is not just improved in isolation but becomes a cornerstone of your whole-body strength, stability, and confidence.
💡 Free Pelvic Floor Screens
Dr. Julie is offering complimentary pelvic floor screenings to determine if you’re a good candidate for Emsella and pelvic health therapy. These quick assessments include:
A personalized look at your pelvic floor health
Education on your best treatment options
A plan for integrating Emsella with skilled therapy for long-term success
📅 Take the first step toward confidence and control. Book your free screening with Dr. Julie todayand see how this innovative technology and expert care can help you feel stronger from the inside out.
Pain Education
🧠 Pelvic Floor Pain Education: Weak vs. Tight Muscles
Your pelvic floor is a group of deep core muscles that work like a sling to support your bladder, bowel, and pelvic organs. Pain or dysfunction doesn’t always mean these muscles are “weak”—they can also be too tight,which requires a very different approach.
🔹 Weak Pelvic Floor
Muscles are underactive and lack strength or endurance
Common signs:
Urinary leakage (coughing, sneezing, exercise)
Poor core stability or posture issues
Heaviness or pelvic organ prolapse sensations
Needs: Strengthening, activation, and retraining
🔹 Tight Pelvic Floor
Muscles are overactive, tense, and unable to relax
Common signs:
Pelvic or low back pain
Pain with sitting, intimacy, or exercise
Urinary urgency or difficulty starting flow
Needs: Relaxation, mobility, and release strategies
💡 Takeaway: Not all pelvic floor issues need strengthening! A skilled pelvic health PT can determine what your body actually needs for relief and function.
Disclaimer: There is ABSOLUTELY a time and a place for imaging, surgery, medication, etc…our goal is to help educate you to make the best decisions for yourself on your health journey. The information provided in this newsletter is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for individualized professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please seek a qualified healthcare professional when it comes to your unique pains, case, findings, health, etc.
Community Highlights
We have some amazing people around us in the surrounding communities, and we love highlighting our partners! Check out our Partners Page to see who we collaborate with, and if you want to learn more about someone not sponsored in this month’s newsletter please reach out to us and we will connect you to more information…or to them!
Our September Spotlight!🎉
Burn Boot Camp Indy, an official Wellness Partner of Divergent Rehab & Wellness, is excited to offer an exclusive deal for our members.
Their Fall Challenge will kick off Monday, September 8th and they’re offering an unbeatable $79 rate for this 28 day challenge!
Burn Boot Camp workouts are designed for all fitness levels and can be modified up or down. Their strength and conditioning routines push you at any stage of your journey building both physical and mental strength for true transformation.
Workshops and Events
We are excited to be offering virtual and on-site workshops! 🎉
If your community is looking for a specific topic to be covered, feel free to reach out! We would love to help you and your community get answers to your SPECIFIC questions!
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Muscle & Motion Apps, Courses, and Education
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To your health and success,
The Team at Divergent Rehab
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