# Half of Americans have never heard of postpartum physical therapy

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/half-of-americans-have-never-heard-of-postpartum-physical-therapy/

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## Reading

Postpartum physical therapy is unfamiliar territory for much of the public: half of Americans (50%) say they have never heard of it, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey.

The rest split almost evenly between genuine familiarity and name recognition: 26% say they know what it is, while 24% have heard of it but do not know what it involves.

## Topline

Do you know what postpartum Physical Therapy is?

Half of Americans have never heard of postpartum physical therapy.

- I have never heard of postpartum physical therapy: 49.6%
- I have heard of and know what postpartum physical therapy is: 26.0%
- I have heard of postpartum physical therapy but do not know what it is: 24.4%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: daily_life
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-2.16](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-2.16)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-2.16](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-2.16)