Tanya Rowenhorst, PT, DPT

I finished packing up my office yesterday.
This week has been full of emotions, and this one was bittersweet.

I packed up a pile of papers & some equipment that represent hundreds of patients who walked through these doors over 6 years. Tools used to educate, heal, and empower so many.

What a gift to be entrusted to the care of others. If I’ve had the chance to serve you, thank you for the opportunity.

You have no idea what it means to a small business owner, and I don’t take one single person for granted!

This has been such a place of peace. But it’s still just a place.
And I look forward to extending that same peace, grace, and joy to many more women in new locations!

If I’ve learned anything in the past 6 years of running a business, it is this:
We all need grace extended. Someone to listen and hear. We are all just doing our best with what we’ve been given. We don’t need someone with an agenda, rushing us through. Making us feel like a product rather than a person.

As women, we wear so many hats. We don’t need more guilt over what we forgot to do or didn’t have time for.

We don’t need to feel shame about our bodies or our lives.
We need compassion.
Kindness.
Hope.

If it’s been a while since you’ve had hope declared over your good body, whether you’re 8 months pregnant, 5 months postpartum, in the middle of perimenopause, or several years postmenopause, I’d love to be the one to offer you space to be kind to your good body, grace for where God has you, and encouragement for the future.

If you’re new here and want to know if I’d be a good fit to work with, here are a few things about my practice.

You deserve:
+ Time to share your story
+ Patient-first care vs. insurance-driven care
+ Room to take along babies, change diapers, nurse, whatever you need!
+ To understand what’s actually happening in your body
+ Treatment that will actually heal root causes vs. band-aids that keep you coming back over and over
+ Autonomy - you get to be a part of deciding what you want/need out of the appt.

I’d be honored to work with you on your healing journey! Reach out with questions or for more info on how/where to work with me!🤍

This week we shared that we’re taking Refine Physical Therapy to 3 new locations! 🎉

Here’s what you can expect at Flourish Wellness and Birth Co. and Morning Glory Birth & Wellness and I’m answering a few questions you may have about the upcoming changes!

Have a question I didn’t answer here? Send me a dm, I’d love to chat!

5 principals I’ve built my business on
1.You are deeply cherished & loved by our Heavenly Father, who crafted you with intricate detail. He delights in every part of you!
2.He gave you a GOOD body, created in His Image & designed to bring HIM glory! This body reflects His goodness & creativity. It’s not meant for our own praise; it’s meant to draw others to Him!
3.These bodies are also vessels - tools used to do His work in the world. They are designed to serve, to love, to work hard, to play, to have fun! I believe we give Him glory not only when we use our bodies to serve, but also when we actually find enjoyment in moving the good bodies He’s given us
4.The enemy has sold us a lie - that the only good body is one that fits the world’s standards. That you must take up less space. That smaller & younger is always better. This has distorted the purpose of our bodies, movement, & exercise, & has created a culture that views movement as simply a way to shrink so that WE receive glory rather than the Father. This has created us to be a culture that worships (or shames) BODIES rather than worshipers of the Good Father who created us
5.My desire through Refine is to see God’s redemption & healing in women - not only over their physical bodies, but also in their hearts/minds! I want to help women develop a heart of gratitude for their good bodies, experience His healing power, & learn to LOVE movement bc I truly believe it’s designed to bring JOY. Movement wasn’t given as a weight-loss tool; it was given as a way to worship! We get to see his restorative power here on this earth, each day, as we choose to stop believing the enemy’s lies & receive His truth

It’s God’s love that fuels Refine. I desire to live out Isaiah 61 & see captives set free, to see their ashes turned to beauty, & to see a generation of women who are oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of His splendor
Pelvic PT is a small part of it, but God is in the business of doing miracles, & won’t He do it for you too?
If you’d like help learning to view your good body this way, & also moving in a way that brings joy, delight, & ease/function to each day, I’d love to work with you!

One thing that gets easier as your kids age: family photos. ☺️ I remember how much work these were with babies and toddlers…trying to avoid massive meltdowns, getting everyone to look, smile, and do whatever they were supposed to do, bribing with anything possible…although we may have also bribed these kids with eating out. 😉 These photos were done in less than 45 minutes - thankfully, no tears involved. 😂

Super thankful for Midwest Photographer for capturing this stage of life for us. It’s busy and chaotic in a totally different way than having 5 little ones was, but I also truly love this stage and seeing them grow and thrive as they figure out who God created them to be and what gifts they’ve been given. 🤍