Meet Alyssa Hariprashad

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Alyssa Hariprashad a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alyssa, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?

To answer this question simply, I get my work ethic from my amazing parents. I grew up in a household where hard work definitely paid off. Both of my parents are immigrants who worked extremely hard to create a life for my siblings and I. They wanted to make sure we were set up to have a higher education as well as understanding the value of a dollar. While our work ethic was based around our education, finances and creating an easier life for our future selves – my parents also taught us to take care of others deeply. They taught us that helping others in need and creating a community will always be important qualities to have instead of always trying to climb a higher ladder professionally.

I am proud to say that I am the owner of a small boutique physical therapy clinic located in Manhattan: Blossom Pelvic Health. I am a physical therapist who specializes in pelvic floor physical therapy. Not also is this a unique speciality, but the patient population is considered a vulnerable one and typically a type of therapy that is very overlooked. Understanding pelvic floor dysfunction is a skill that requires empathy and compassion.

I can wholeheartedly say that my parents are the reason I am a good and qualified Doctor of Physical Therapy. They are also the reason I wanted to create a business in the first place. I strive to provide quality care for my patients and I believe this is because my parents taught me the importance of being a kind person while also staying true to your goals in life. If you stay true to yourself, your goals will not only become aligned when the timing is right – but you’ll always have your sense of self in something you created and there’s truly no better feeling than that.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

My name is Dr. Alyssa Hariprashad PT, DPT, PRPC. I received my doctorate in physical therapy in 2018 and I am a pelvic floor specialist.

I am proud to say that I am the owner of a small boutique physical therapy clinic located in Manhattan: Blossom Pelvic Health. Not only is pelvic floor therapy a unique speciality, but the patient population is considered a vulnerable one and typically a type of therapy that is very overlooked. Understanding pelvic floor dysfunction is a skill that requires empathy and compassion.

It will always be extremely important for me to help others and to provide quality care to those in need. Pelvic floor dysfunction includes any issues happening within our bowel, bladder. sexual health and fertility health. Typically, these are areas of our body that individuals consider uncomfortable to speak about. But why wouldn’t we want to speak about important functions of our bodies that we participate in every single day? I’ve always been someone who is considered out spoken, so when I first learned about the pelvic floor field, I knew this would be my calling. I always feel honored and extremely special when I can help my patients conquer their goals, especially with daily tasks that we do every day.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Good communication, transparency and kindness are three qualities that are vital for becoming a pelvic floor specialist. Meeting someone where they are at in their healing journey will always be something I take pride in. For anyone that is early in their business journey or education journey – good communication will always take your further than not communicating your wants / needs. Sometimes this communication may lead to hard conversations, but I’ve always had the mindset of wanting to have the harder conversation than not having it at all! For example, when I was applying to PT school, I did not get accepted into the program I wanted to right away. Instead of being sad about it, I wanted to learn and understand what went wrong. After speaking with the professor who interviewed me, they communicated that they wanted to see more confidence in my answers. I then started working on my public speaking skills and I researched many different interview questions to prepare me for success. My point being – it was worth the tough conversation with this professor for me to understand myself better and this clearly lead me to a more successful life today!

As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?

Atomic Habits by James Clear will always be a book that I consider impactful and valuable to creating a business. The point of the book is to explain that goals do not necessarily come easy when you try to look too many steps ahead. A great example: Let’s say someone is trying to save $10,000.00, but currently they are at $0. $10,000 of course seems so far away, but the person who puts away $5 a day instead of pouting and saying they will never meet this goal will always be another step ahead – even if $5 will take a long time to meet the goal. At the end of the day, you will still meet the goal because you executed a plan and you are following the plan. This plan helped me reframe my mindset of taking things day by day – sometimes hour by hour!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.blossompelvichealth.com
• Instagram: @blossompelvichealth