Healing on the move: Wildflower Wellness redefines therapy in Knox and surrounding counties

MOUNT VERNON — Therapy doesn’t always happen under fluorescent lights and strict appointment slots. Sometimes, it starts on a living room floor, a nursery chair or even a trip to the hair salon.

Wildflower Wellness brings care directly to clients across Knox and surrounding counties, rethinking what access to therapy can look like for families, children and adults.

Dr. Olivia Breckler, a lactation specialist and pediatric occupational therapist, joined Dr. Stacey Rosselot, a certified perinatal and functional pelvic health specialist, and Dayna Stelzer, a myofascial specialist and speech-language pathologist, to launch the mobile practice in January.

Their creation is a “one-stop shop” for pediatric and women’s health services.

“We were all just talking one day about how hard postpartum is and how much easier it would have been if we had someone come and give those services to us in our home,” Breckler said.

Meeting clients where they are

The team combines occupational therapy, speech therapy, pelvic floor therapy and lactation support, serving what they call “womb to tomb” — from newborns to older adults.

Their services help newborns with feeding challenges, support maternal health and recovery, assist children with communication and sensory needs, and aid adults recovering from surgery or managing developmental or neurological conditions.

“We chose the name Wildflower Wellness because it reflects the heart of how we approach care and the women, children, and families we serve,” Rosselot said.

“Wildflowers grow in a variety of conditions — they don’t require perfection to bloom. That felt deeply aligned with what we see every day in our practice.”

Wildflower Wellness built its model around mobility, allowing it to treat clients in their everyday environments instead of a clinic.

“A lot of times when you have kids. it’s hard to get out of the house to go to appointments,” Rosselot said.

Therapy should always meet clients where they are.

Olivia breckler, lactation specialist and pediatric occupational therapist

Breckler added that in-home visits give therapists a clear picture of what clients actually need.

“Being at home with our clients allows us to see their natural environment and make better recommendations,” she said.

Stelzer noted that approach especially helps with early intervention and feeding therapy — allowing clients to use what they already have at home rather than trying to mimic what they did in a clinic.

The flexibility goes beyond the home. Stelzer said they are more than willing to accompany clients into the community to work through real-life challenges.

“If there is a child with sensory issues and something like getting a haircut is difficult, or a mom who struggles to breastfeed outside the home, we can go with them,” Stelzer said. “We are not limited at all as to where or when these services can be provided.”

“Therapy should always meet clients where they are,” Breckler added.

That approach also extends to scheduling. As a cash-based business, Wildflower Wellness does not rely on insurance, which allows therapists to spend more time with each client.

“If I have to stay somewhere an hour and a half, I can,” Rosselot said. “Most times you are clicking boxes to meet what insurance wants, whereas we get to look at it as, ‘What do you need?’”

Expanding access and seeing results

The practice already serves more than 50 clients across Knox, Richland, Coshocton and Delaware County. Along with Stelzer’s additional school-based contract clients, they are reaching around 100.

In schools, they provide evaluations, ongoing treatment and support for individualized education programs. They also collaborate with teachers, recommend assistive technology, and help students build skills like handwriting, attention and sensory regulation.

Breckler said that range allows the team to serve multiple populations while staying rooted in community-based care.

“It lets you think out of the box, and OT at its core is all about community,” she said.

Wildflower Wellness also offers specialized services like myofunctional therapy, which Stelzer uses to help children with tongue thrust, high palates and feeding difficulties.

Pelvic floor therapy spans both pediatric and adult care. Rosselot works with children on issues like constipation and potty training, while also supporting women during pregnancy and postpartum recovery.

“A lot of athletes who were dancers or gymnasts were told their entire life to suck their stomach in,” Rosselot said. “Now they have issues because they don’t know how to relax their body.”

The team also addresses gaps in postpartum care, where many mothers wait six to eight weeks before their first follow-up appointment. Wildflower Wellness can visit them at any time.

To further support families, Wildflower Wellness offers “burst groups,” which function like a summer camp blending speech and occupational therapy. The sessions focus on motor skills, communication, sensory regulation, social confidence and everyday independence.

“Traditional therapy, you’re just seeing pediatrics, adult or geriatrics — we have done it all,” Rosselot said. “I could work with an 8-year-old on handwriting and then help a new mom figure out how to make life work after having a baby.”

For Breckler, one of the biggest differences in the mobile model is being able to witness long-term progress firsthand.

“I feel like I finally get to see what happens to my patients, whereas before they would get discharged, and I don’t get to know,” she said.

She recalled clients who updated her that their baby had finally gained weight — due to either the myofunctional or lactation support they received.

Building a business with a purpose

Launching the practice has also come with its own challenges.

“You think, ‘Okay, I’m going to open a business, this is going to be easy’ — it’s so much more than that,” Rosselot said. “It’s worth it though. I get to go to bed every day knowing I’m really changing lives.”

The team also provides free 30-minute discovery calls to help potential clients explore options and ask questions.

“All three of us believe healthcare should be accessible to all people,” Breckler said. “It doesn’t matter what walk of life you are in — you deserve quality healthcare.”

That mission already reaches a wide range of clients, including several Amish families, and the team plans to expand services even further with options like mental health counseling, medication consultations and massage therapy.

“Health care has become so much about productivity and how many people you can see in a day,” Breckler said. “What people really need is someone who is going to explain things and take the time with them.”