Dr. Julie Sarton , PT, DPT, WCS

About

Dr. Julie Sarton is among the nation’s foremost experts on the pelvic floor. She founded Sarton Physical Therapy in 2011 with the vision to provide hope and healing to her patients, with the best possible staff and evidence-based treatment. Prior to opening her practice, Julie founded and served as Director of the Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy program at the University of California, Irvine. She was also an Assistant Clinical professor at UCI. While there, she created the Women’s Health Physical Therapy Fellowship, a post-graduate fellowship training program for pelvic floor physical therapists, which has trained some of the best PTs in the country. Dr. Sarton was in the very first class of physical therapists to be board-certified, and has more than 20 years of experience in the field, successfully treating thousands of complex patients. Dr. Sarton earned her bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University and was awarded her doctorate from Creighton University in 1996 as part of the nation’s first doctorate program in physical therapy. A published author, Julie’s work has appeared in prestigious peer-reviewed journals such as The Journal of Sexual Medicine, The Female Patient, and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. In 2006, she was honored with the “Rising Star in Medicine” Award from Women Sage. Considered an expert in pelvic pain, she has been featured on The Discovery Health Channel’s Berman and Berman show and in the Orange County Register. Dr. Sarton co-founded the Pelvic Floor Sexual Medicine conference, bringing together practitioners from Southern California who treat pelvic floor disorders. Julie is a member of the International Pelvic Pain Society, the Interstitial Cystitis Association, The American Physical Therapy Association, The American Urogynecologic Society and the National Vulvodynia Association. Her most recent venture is the formation of the Pelvic Education Alliance. A continuing education resource for physical therapists nationally with a unique approach that blends classic pelvic floor assessment and treatment with an orthopedic manual therapy model.

Additional Highlights

Sarton Physical Therapy (also known as Pelvic Healing) was created to deliver hope and healing for life altering pelvic floor conditions: pelvic pain, pelvic organ prolapse, pain with sex, pudendal neuralgia, incontinence, interstitial cystitis, tailbone pain, coccyx pain, and other related disorders. We also offer expert care in pre and postpartum needs. We are led by a team of practitioners unmatched in experience and years of training. Our mission is to deliver exceptional and unparalleled quality of care while providing every patient with a distinctive healing program that integrates the most current evidence-based physical therapy treatment for pelvic floor dysfunction.

Insurance and Payment Info

Navigating this system is confusing and time consuming—after all, you're a patient, not an insurance expert. In recent years, insurance policies and billing requirements have become more complex. Insurance companies are requiring more and more documentation, and even PPOs may require pre-authorization for PT services. That's why Sarton PT goes above and beyond to help you get the best possible benefits from your insurance company and will advocate on your behalf to get the coverage you pay for and deserve. Sarton Physical Therapy routinely surveys other PT clinics to ensure that the claims submitted to your insurance are on par with the other providers in our area and specialty, and to put you in the best position to meet your deductible quickly, without any additional out-of-pocket expense. We will not only submit your claim, but also assist you in obtaining the required authorizations. Patients who self-submit claims or authorization requests are more likely to be denied for benefits, especially out of network. This could result in an appeals process which is complex and often lengthy with no guarantees. When you choose to receive treatment from us, we provide all of these services at no cost to you to make your experience as hassle- and stress-free as possible, so that your focus is solely on healing.