Dr. Philippe Schafer, DPT: Male Pelvic Floor for Sports PTs, Building a Cash-Based Practice & the Standup Comedy Connection

Welcome to the True Sports Physical Therapy Podcast. In this episode, Dr. Yoni Rosenblatt sits down with Dr. Philippe Schafer, a male pelvic floor specialist who owns Schafer Physical Therapy in Union Square, Manhattan. Philippe is a University of Maryland DPT graduate, former Georgetown strength and conditioning coach, and former standup comedian.

Philippe makes the case for why sports PTs should care about the male pelvic floor. He walks through his full evaluation process from the base of the neck to the feet, explains the obturator internus connection between the hip and pelvic floor, and shares how he has resolved persistent groin and hip cases by looking at pelvic floor involvement. He covers strengthening progressions from Kegels to sumo squats to single-leg work, mobility approaches including low-load long-duration stretching and weighted RDLs, and why defaulting to Kegels can actually make things worse.

The episode also covers Philippe's journey opening a cash-based practice in Manhattan, the grind of knocking on 70+ physician doors, and the key lesson from standup comedy that every clinician should hear: complete composure, no matter what the patient says. Tune in.

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