Ava Hyunhye Lee, PT, DPT, WCS, CLT

Dr. Ava Hyunhye Lee is a licensed physical therapist(PT) in the SF bay area, California. She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy(DPT) degree from D'Youville College and completed her residency training in women's health from Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Agile Physical Therapy. She is a Board-certified Women's Health/Pelvic Health Clinical Specialist(WCS) by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialities of the American Physical Therapy Association. Dr. Lee is also a Norton School trained Certified Lymphedema Therapist. She is passionate about pelvic floor rehabilitation, working with men, women, and children experiencing bowel and bladder issues and pelvic pain. She also enjoys helping women in the management of back pain, pregnancy-related pelvic girdle dysfunction, and postpartum-related conditions. In addition to her women's health residency training, she completed advanced continuing education in pelvic rehabilitation through the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute and the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. Her clinical interests include cancer rehabilitation, particularly breast cancer and prostate cancer rehabilitation. Her philosophy of practice is to listen, educate, and provide individualized treatments to build healing relationships with her patients. Dr. Lee's treatment approach focuses not only on restoring physical well-being but also on the emotional well-being of patients while integrating evidenced-based research into her practice. She believes in empowering her patients by building their body awareness and broadening their knowledge of their own anatomy. Combining her passion for women's health and her expertise in pelvic health physical therapy, she has been successfully treating numerous patients and empowering them to return to a high quality of life.