Carine Carmy (She/Her) is Co-Founder and CEO at Origin, the leading U.S. provider of women’s health and pelvic floor physical therapy.She has focused her career on increasing access to products and services that improve quality of life, from healthcare to 3D printing.
Carine's passion for women's health started in her twenties, when she struggled with painful sex for nearly a decade. Following years of misdiagnoses, ineffective treatment options, and hearing “that’s just the way it is,” Carine discovered the power of pelvic floor physical therapy to treat, not only pelvic pain, but dozens of conditions and symptoms that impact some 40 million U.S. women and individuals with vaginal anatomy, every year.
Origin is a female-based startup that offers in-person and digital Pelvic Floor Therapy. Only recently has Pelvic Floor PT been recognized and utilized in the health care systems. Origin hopes to be the disrupter that pioneers a change to provide more accessible PT to those across the county. The conversation with Carine dives into her personal experience with painful sex due to pelvic dysfunction and her own journey with pelvic floor pt which then in part inspired her to launch a business dedicated to supporting humans with pelvic floor issues.
In this episode, we discuss the following:
Pelvic Floor Dysfuntion
Pelvic Floor Therapy that feels safe and inclusive
Normalizing pain and skewed tolerance
Lack of communication around pelvic health concerns
Clarity and plan of care through Pelvic Floor Therapy
Tension, sexual function, and pain cycle in the pelvic floor
You can find Carine here: @theoriginway | theoriginway.com
Please support Carine’s foundation of choice: Global Women’s Health Initiative, whose mission is to transform the lives of women around the world by educating and engaging physical therapists and other healthcare providers.
