Stomping Grounds

Meagan Schwarzrock, DPT ’22, had no idea what pelvic-floor therapy was until her summer anatomy class. “Everyone knows what a regular physical therapist is, but not everyone knows there’s someone you can go to for your leakage or constipation or pain with intercourse,” she says.

Two years after graduating from the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program, Dr. Schwarzrock spent the day working from RFU’s Boxer Library, as she so often had as a student. The founder of Pelvic Confidence Physical Therapy in Chicago, she reminisced about her RFU experience — it’s where she met her boyfriend, Kevin Hershberger, DPT ’22, and first discovered pelvic-floor therapy — and shared her trip down memory lane on her business’ social media accounts, where she raises awareness around pelvic-floor health and pelvic-floor physical therapy.

I’d frequently take study breaks to go for walks around Lake Bluff and Lake Forest and just admire the beautiful homes.

I had my third clinical rotation in a private pelvic-health practice downtown in Chicago. I was already in love with pelvic health, but this confirmed my want to start my own pelvic-health business.

I’d also go to the beach to relax, read a book, and play volleyball or Spikeball.

Over the years we were in school, Kevin and I fell in love with Chicago, and we have lived downtown ever since graduating!