Alex Papale PT, DPT (they/them) is a pelvic health and orthopedic physical therapist and sex educator based in Boston. They treat patients at Flourish Physical Therapy, as well as develop and teach trainings and continuing education courses on sexual and pelvic health, BDSM, and LGBTQ+ healthcare. Alex began their professional career as an inclusivity consultant for a major medical institution in Boston, while co-creating and teaching one of the first national con-ed courses on pelvic health physical therapy for the trans and gender non-conforming population. Since then, they’ve lead over 20 workshops and trainings on sex toys, kink, pelvic health, and gender, and they continue to expand their specialized training as a sex educator.
Past course creation and guest speaking events
- Ending Invisibility: Inclusive, Compassionate, and Comprehensive Care for the LGBTQ Community (Tufts Medical Center, 2018)
- LGBTQ Healthcare: Ending Invisibility and Inequality (PT Evaluation and Treatment of Transgender Patients, Physical Therapy Care for Patients who are Transgender and Gender Diverse 2018, 2019)
- PT Considerations for Binding, Tucking and Packing (PT Evaluation and Treatment of Transgender Patients, Physical Therapy Care for Patients who are Transgender and Gender Diverse 2018, 2019)
- Pelvic Health Physical Therapy for the Transgender/Gender Non Conforming Community (with Julia Kajen, PT, DPT; Philly Trans Wellness Conference General and Medical Track, 2018, 2019)
- Gender Affirming Surgeries from a Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Perspective (with Julia Kajen, PT, DPT; Yale School of Nursing, 2018, 2019)
- Exploring the Impact of Pregnancy and Birth on Pelvic Floor and Sexual Intimacy (Strong Roots Counseling, 2019)
- Exploring Kink 101 (Good Vibrations, 2019)
- Sex and Pregnancy (Good Vibrations, 2019)
- Transmasc Tea Time (Good Vibrations, Fenway Health, 2019)
- Sexuality and Aging (Good Vibrations, 2019)
- Sex Toys 101 (Good Vibrations, 2019)
- Rethinking Advocacy in Medicine Knowledge is Power panel (Tufts Medical School, 2019)
- Let’s Talk About Sex! (Middlesex Hospital GIFTS conference, 2019)
- PT and Tea: A Conversation about Physical Therapy for Trans and Gender Diverse People (Fenway Health, 2019)
- Sexuality after Trauma (Office of Prevention & Education at Northeastern University, 2019)