Katie holding her infant son in the air and smiling

Guiding moms and kids to get to the root cause so you can bloom

Root to Bloom (at the time Kathryn Moulison Physical Therapy) started in 2020. After over a decade teaching yoga and working as a physical therapist, I completed a prenatal yoga teacher training during my own pregnancy in 2021. I fell instantly in love with teaching prenatal yoga. I had the ability to connect with and support those going through such a tremendous life change. It was both an honor, and a joy.

Soon after my son was born in December of 2021, the first role I returned to was teaching prenatal yoga. Then it expanded to Baby and Me Yoga classes, where I was supporting new parents as they returned to movement.  I’ve since grown the Root to Bloom classes to include Babies on the Move and Family Yoga.

During that same time period I continued to expand my physical therapy practice to move fully into pelvic floor physical therapy, to be able to support moms to stay calm, strong, mobile, and leak free in pregnancy and beyond.

Pee, poop, and sex are taboo topics - and yet if there is dysfunction it impacts every aspect of life. Pelvic health is truly whole self health.

Root to Bloom is here to get to the root cause of your symptoms, to allow you to bloom - remaining symptom free and thriving in all aspects of your life.

In 2024, I opened up the pediatric aspect of my practice. I can’t say kids don’t love talking about pee and poop - but I can say that many of them are suffering with constipation, leaking, and bedwetting. That can impact every aspect of their life (and yours as their caregiver!)

I am here for you. It is my passion and goal to support you through the wild journey that is pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood.

It has always been the mission of Root to Bloom to be able to support you and your children to be able to bloom, so you can thrive in life and find joy in the things you love.

Over the years clients had told me things like “you have such a calming presence” “you help me feel heard” and “why am I even talking to you about (insert “taboo” topic here), I never talk about it” I pride myself on creating a non judgmental, calming environment for you to get support

I live in North Reading Massachusetts with my husband, Mike, my two rescue dogs Maggie and Sunny, and my son who was born in December 2021. When I’m not chasing a toddler or working, I enjoy cooking and making sourdough bread, and volunteering with Bark n’ Rolls Rock*n Rescue.

Qualifications

  • Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Simmons College

  • Therapeutic Pain Specialist  certification through Evidence in Motion And Purdue University 

  • Dry Needling Integrative Dry Needling 

  • Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist 

  • Evidence in Motion Pelvic Health 1: Applications for Orthopedic Therapists 

  • New England Pelvic Doc Collective Pregnancy and Postpartum Provider Mastercourse

  • Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist

  • Herman and Wallace Pelvic Floor 1

  • Pelvic Health Essentials with Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS

  • Rectal Evaluation and Treatment with Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS

  • Colorectal Manual Assessment and Treatment with Essential Pelvic Health

  • How to Treat the Pelvic Floor without Kegels with Becky Allen, PT, DPT

  • Pain Neuroscience Applied to Childbirth

  • Childbirth, Pushing, and Your Pelvic Floor

  • A Holistic and Integrative Approach to Pediatric Pelvic Health

PT & Pelvic Health

  • 200-hour yoga teacher training

  • 85 hour prenatal yoga teacher training

  • 20 hour postnatal yoga teacher training 

  • 20 hour pilates for yoga teachers training 

  • 40 hour therapeutic yoga training level I 

  • 40 hour deepening into therapeutic yoga training level II

  • 12 hour yoga and mindfulness for children training

  • 12 hour yoga for babies and toddlers training

Yoga

You deserve holistic care that looks at you as an individual - not just a birthing person or parent.

At root to bloom, I curate an individualized treatment plan based on your needs, goals, available time, and desires.