Breastfeeding Education and Intervention
Meadville Medical Center’s Women’s Health Therapies provides education, treatment, and intervention for breastfeeding and pumping support to restore normal, pain-free breastfeeding and/or pumping.
Common Breastfeeding Conditions:
- Mastitis
- Blocked ducts
- Milk blebs
- Cracked nipples
Treatment Interventions:
- Education
- Skin care
- Therapeutic breast massage
- Connective tissue stretch
- Manual milk expression
- Pain reduction strategies
- Posture/positioning
Breastfeeding Therapist: Rachel Yochim, MSOT, OTR/L, CLT
Occupational Therapist, Rachel Yochim, MSOT, OTR/L, CLT, has completed specialty course work to receive certifications from the following organizations:
- Klose Training: Certified Lymphedema Therapist, 2020 & Breast Cancer Rehabilitation, 2021
- Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute: Breastfeeding Conditions
Contact Women's Health Therapies
If you have any of the above symptoms, please contact Women’s Health Therapy, your OB/GYN, or primary care physician. We can help provide supportive treatment and education for a healthy YOU!
Phone and Fax:
- Phone: 814-373-2075
- Fax referrals to: 814-333-5668
Within Grove Street Facility
Women’s Health Therapies is located in room 122 at Meadville Medical Center’s Grove Street Facility. Follow the signs upon entering through the main doors!
Women's Health Therapy Services
Breast Cancer Rehabilitation
The breast cancer rehabilitation program at Meadville Medical Center is an evidence-based rehabilitative exercise program for breast cancer survivors.
Pelvic Rehabilitation
Pelvic rehabilitation therapy at Meadville Medical Center addresses dysfunctions in the pelvis that may be strained, weakened, or painful to restore normal, pain-free function of the pelvic floor.
Pregnancy Rehabilitation
Pregnancy and postpartum rehabilitation therapy addresses common areas of pain and dysfunction that arise during pregnancy and after childbirth. These services will assist with restoring the body to its pre-pregnancy status.
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