For nearly 25 years, Dr. Lori O’Neill, PT, DPT has embraced various roles as a physical therapist supporting females with pelvic dysfunction as well as pregnancy/postpartum related conditions, She is the only Certified Birth Healing Practitioner in the eastern US.

Holistic Birth and Postpartum Rehab has been the majority of her career focus incorporating the best of current evidence-based research and wisdom obtained from serving the birthing community as a Lamaze Labor Support Specialist and DONA Certified Labor Doula.

By appreciating the full physical and emotional experience surrounding birth and “forever” postpartum, Lori has delivered numerous lectures as a professional continuing education instructor and an invited speaker for national conferences such as the American Physical Therapy Association  (APTA CSM Academy of Pelvic Health), Canadian Physiotherapy Association’s (CPA) Congress  and Lamaze International.

​Chapel Hill is home to Lori and her fun family of 3 daughters, husband and multitude of pets. She is a native of Pittsburgh, PA and attributes her early interest in women’s health from growing up in a house full of sisters.