Meet Dr. Sydney Curls -
Perinatal Physical Therapist
Dr. Sydney Curls is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and the founder of Dr. Curls for the Girls, a perinatal and pelvic health practice in Carson, CA serving South Bay Los Angeles and beyond.
She has been practicing since 2019 and holds advanced training through the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute, one of the most respected pelvic health training programs in the country.
But her patients don't usually lead with credentials when they refer someone. They say: she actually listens, she explained things nobody ever told me before, and she made me feel normal, not broken.
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Why Perinatal PT
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Dr. Sydney fell in love with perinatal PT because of the impact.
Being able to help someone get pregnant, move through pregnancy with less pain, prepare their body for birth, and actually recover postpartum is not a small thing. It is one of the most pivotal transitions a person goes through, and most women navigate it without anyone looking at the whole picture.
That gap is why this practice exists. Not to hand out generic exercises or rush through appointments, but to be a trusted partner through something that matters.
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How She Works
Dr. Sydney's approach starts with one principle: symptoms being common does not make them normal.
Leaking, pain, pressure, and pelvic floor dysfunction are incredibly common across the perinatal journey. But common and normal are not the same thing, and accepting symptoms as inevitable means missing the underlying reason they're there.
Every session is built around understanding what your body is actually doing, not just treating what's on the surface. The pelvic floor does not work in isolation. Your breath, posture, movement patterns, stress load, and history all feed into how it functions. Addressing all of it is what creates results that actually hold.
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Community & Mission
The work does not stop at the clinic door.
Dr. Sydney founded the For the Girls Wellness Fund to make perinatal physical therapy accessible to families in Los Angeles who could not otherwise afford it. Access to quality pelvic health care should not depend on what someone can pay, and the Fund is one way Dr. Curls for the Girls puts that belief into practice.
She also regularly trains fitness and health professionals on pelvic floor awareness, because the more providers understand how these systems work, the better care women receive at every touchpoint.
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Work with Dr. Sydney
If you have been told your symptoms are just part of having a baby, just part of getting older, or just something you have to manage, Dr. Sydney would like to offer a different perspective.
This practice is for women who want answers, not reassurance. Who want someone to look at the whole picture and actually do something about it.
Request an appointment and let's get started.