Podcasts about pelvic health physical therapist

Welcome to SHE MD, the podcast where medicine, wellness, and real-life experiences intersect. Hosted by Dr. Thais Aliabadi and Mary Alice Haney, today's episode discusses Pelvic Health, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, painful sex causes, postpartum, and related women's health issues. We're joined by Dr. Heather Jeffcoat, expert in pelvic floor therapy, and author of Sex Without Pain, shares insights into the causes of pelvic pain, treatment options, and the importance of addressing these often overlooked health concerns. The conversation aims to educate listeners and reduce the stigma surrounding these topics.Access more information about the podcast and additional expert health tips by visiting SHE MD Podcast and Ovii. Sponsors: YNAB: Listeners of She MD can claim an exclusive three-month free trial, with no credit required, at YNABRitual: Get 25% off your first month for a limited time at ritual.com/SHEMDTimeline: Timeline is offering 10% off your first order of Mitopure. Go to timeline.com/SHEMD.Cymbiotika: Go to Cymbiotikia.com/SHEMD for 20% off your order + free shipping today. Zoe: As a ZOE member, you'll get an at home test kit and personalized nutrition program to help make smarter food choices that support your gut. Thats ZOE.com and use code SHEMD10 to get 10% off your membership.DR. HEATHER JEFFCOAT'S TAKEAWAYS:Understanding Pelvic Floor Disorders - Dr. Jeffcoat explains pelvic floor dysfunction occurs when muscles aren't working properly, leading to symptoms affecting the back, bowel, bladder, and sexual function. Issues like incontinence and painful sex are common.Causes and Treatments for Painful Sex - Causes and Treatments for Painful Sex: Various causes include endometriosis, scar tissue, and muscle dysfunction. Treatment involves education, hands-on techniques, and intravaginal methods for muscle relaxation.Postpartum Pelvic Floor Issues - Vaginal delivery can lead to scar tissue causing pain. Treatment includes trust-building, gradual examination, and medical dilators for at-home therapy.The Importance of Support Systems – Whether from a parent, friend, or mentor, having even one strong support figure can be life-changing. If that support isn't available, learning to provide self-love and seeking a trusted community can help fill that role.Importance of Proper Postpartum Care - Hormonal changes post-childbirth can lead to vaginal dryness and atrophy. Proper care and follow-up are crucial for recovery. IN THIS EPISODE: [02:37] Navigating Pelvic Health: What is Pelvic Floor Dysfunction?[06:22] How can treatments be combined for endometriosis?[09:16] What is the anatomy of the pelvic floor?[18:05] How do medical dilators treat painful sex?[21:40] What postpartum issues affect sexual function?[30:20] How are constipation and pelvic floor dysfunction related?[35:41] Can Kegels worsen pelvic floor pain?[36:23] What infections cause painful sex?RESOURCES:Dr. Heather Jeffcoat's new book: http://sexwithoutpain.com/Dr, Heather Jeffcoat's InstagramFemina Physical TherapyGUEST BIOGRAPHY:Heather Jeffcoat, DPT is an Orthopedic and Pelvic Health Physical Therapist and owner of Fusion Wellness & Femina Physical Therapy in Los Angeles (FeminaPT.com). She is the most recent Past President of the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy and is on the Advisory Board of the International Pelvic Pain Society. She is the author of Sex Without Pain: A Self Treatment Guide to the Sex Life You Deserve, a manual that guides you through successful management of vaginismus, vulvodynia and other painful sex and hypertonic pelvic floor disorders. She is passionate about treating these women's health conditions that are so frequently stigmatized in media and within professional and social groups. @dr.heatherjeffcoat // @feminaptSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we’re chatting to Lynn Schulte, birth healing specialist and pelvic health physical therapist about the effect of birth and pregnancy on the pelvis. We discuss so many topics around the pelvic bone, pelvic floor strength, leaking post birth and pain during sex. Lynn has some amazing tips and plenty of youtube videos with easy exercises to do at home! Lynn Schulte has been a Birth Healing Specialist and Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years. She founded the Institute for Birth Healing, an educational platform for practitioners, and Center for Birth Healing, her clinical practice. She has been helping thousands of Mums heal from all the challenges women experience after birth, and is now teaching courses to bodyworkers to help them do the same. Lynn works on all levels, physically, energetically, and spiritually, with women to help them access their full potential. To follow Lynn, head to @instituteforbirthhealing on Instagram, and check out her youtube channel below: How to Close the Open Birthing Pattern in the Pelvis: https://youtu.be/JRUPAwTN1P4?si=GH1srYGpyNlhFuKD Oblique Stretch and Release: https://youtu.be/6sjFPWPY2Ec?si=kt33A1fp6vuiAj3r How to Massage Your C-Section Scar: https://youtu.be/p-VfUJ6JcWo?si=3mNA15e1oH917K1V Institute For Birth Healing Directory of Providers: https://directory.instituteforbirthhealing.com/ Center for Birth Healing Clinical Practice to set up One on one-on-one sessions in Person or Online: https://centerforbirthhealing.com/ Institute for Birth Healing Online Courses for Providers: https://Instituteforbirthhealing.com/ This week’s sponsor: This week is sponsored by Pigeon, the absolute OG when it comes to helping mama’s get babies on the bottle with less stress! They have a range of feeding products to assist in your bottle or breastfeeding journey. Pigeon is famous for their SofTouch bottles and teats and can be recognised by their wide neck. They have even been medically proven using ultra sound, by comparing breast feeding and bottle feeding showing that when babies are feeding with a pigeon bottle it provides the same jaw and tongue movement as breastfeeding - wildddd! We also used Pigeon for their anti-colic system. For all OG listeners who know that Blake suffered with severe reflux we specifically chose Pigeon bottles due to their teats with the anti colic system to ensure less air intake when feeding to limit reflux symptoms as well has having the soft touch teats for a softer nipple like feel making it all the more closer to breastfeeding. To purchase your pigeon products or find out more head to www.pigeonbaby.com.au or head to Instagram @pigeonbabyau Baby Brain Merch! To support the podcast and buy yourself an amazing mum (or dad) cap, head to the link below: https://www.babybrainpodcast.com.au/store-1See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to The Anxiety Chicks podcast! We are so excited to have on Dr. Kayla Borchers to speak all things PRECONCEPTION ANXIETY and how to help it. Dr. Kayla Borchers is a Holistic Orthopedic and Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, Prenatal and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist and mother of three. She owns and operates a Physical Therapy and Holistic Wellness private practice specializing in root-cause care before, during and after pregnancy. Dr. Kayla is the founder of the Holistically Well Method, her evidence-based signature approach to holistic women's health. You can join her self-paced preconception, pregnancy and postpartum online programs to take the guesswork out how to exercise specific to your life season. For more information or how to work with Dr. Kayla Borchers visit drkaylaborchers.com or visit her instagram @drkaylaborchers We look forward to having on more specialist to speak on all things pregnancy and anxiety! Sponsored by: Farmacy (use code ANXIETYCHICKS) and Addyi Follow us: @thanxietychicks @health_anxiety @theanixetyhealer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are things you can do in pregnancy that will help yoe prepare for a smoother birth. We are joined by Lynn Schulte, a Birth Healing Specialist,  Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, and founder of the Institute for Birth Healing. She shares so much wisdom about how to prepare for a smoother birth.In this episode, we dive into the following:How baby's position can mead to a smoother birthMyths about pelvic anatomy and “narrow hips”How to prepare pelvic floor muscles for birthHow to push to avoid tearingThe truth about Kegels in pregnancy Simple posture changes that will make birth easierDon't forget to check out the blog postYou can find more about Lynn's work below:Websites:  Educational Platform:  https://instituteforbirthhealing.com/Clinical Practice:  https://centerforbirthhealing.com/ Directory for Practitioners Trained by Lynn :  https://directory.instituteforbirthhealing.com/Resources mentioned:>>  YOUTUBE: How to Massage your C-Section Scar>>  YOUTUBE: Close the Pelvic Bones After Birth  >>  FREE Clear Your Birth Fears Guide>>  FREE WORKSHOP: 3 Essentials for Having an Empowering Birth>>  A Path to A Powerful Birth Class>>  Rost Moves Mamas App************************Get 20% off your first monthly subscription with NEEDED Vitamins 

Experiencing painful sex postpartum? Let's talk about what's causing it and what to do about it. We are joined by Lynn Schulte, a Birth Healing Specialist,  Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, and founder of the Institute for Birth Healing. She shares so much wisdom about why this happens and how you get back on track to enjoying your sex life againIn this episode, we dive into the following:The support gap postpartumThe types of pain during sxx postpartumHow to massage your c-section scarThe impact of trauma on the bodyClear communication with your partnerHow to get the support you need to enjoy your sxx life againDon't forget to check out the blog postYou can find more about Lynn's work below:Websites:  Educational Platform:  https://instituteforbirthhealing.com/Clinical Practice:  https://centerforbirthhealing.com/ Directory for Practitioners Trained by Lynn :  https://directory.instituteforbirthhealing.com/Resources mentioned:>>  YOUTUBE: How to Massage your C-Section Scar>>  YOUTUBE: Close the Pelvic Bones After Birth  >>  FREE Clear Your Birth Fears Guide>>  FREE WORKSHOP: 3 Essentials for Having an Empowering Birth>>  A Path to A Powerful Birth Class************************Get 20% off your first monthly subscription with NEEDED Vitamins 

Lynn Schulte, the founder of the Institute for Birth Healing, was featured on The VBAC Link Podcast Episode 123 back in 2020 and today she is back! So many of you loved her information about Cesarean scar massage and know her insight about pelvic assessment, movement restriction, and balancing uterine ligaments will be just as valuable to you. Lynn gives tips on how to tell during pregnancy if you need pelvic assessment and also the three signs to watch for to know if scar tissue is interfering with your quality of life. Through the Institute of Birth Healing, Lynn has trained hundreds of practitioners all over the world to be able to assess more women for pelvic restriction and to know just what to do about it. She shares how to find one of her practitioners in your area. While pelvic floor physical therapy may require investing more in yourself both from your time and finances, the benefits can last for years to come and are so, so worth it.  Lynn's Educational PlatformClinical Practice WebsiteInstitute for Birth Healing DirectoryBlog: Preparing the Pregnant BodyBlog: Supporting Pregnant ClientsYouTube: How to Massage Your C-section ScarLynn's Live Course ScheduleInstitute for Birth Healing: All CoursesNeeded WebsiteHow to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for ParentsFull Transcript under Episode Details Meagan: Hello, Women of Strength. We have a returning guest with us today and her name is Lynn Schulte. She is with the Institute for Birth Healing and she was with us, I don't know, 3 or 4 years ago talking about scar massage, and today she is going to be talking with us more about pelvic floor health and the cervix and failure to progress and so much more. Today, I am so excited to share with you guys again Lynn. Before we get started, I wanted to tell you a little bit more about her. Lynn Schulte is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years. She is the principle instructor and founder of the Institute for Birth Healing. She has successfully healed thousands of women from all the issues women experience after birth and is now teaching courses to bodyworkers to help them do the same. She found a common birth pattern that shows up in the pelvis after birth and knows how to effectively release these patterns. Knowing we are more than just our bodies, Lynn works on all levels, physically, energetically, and spiritually with women to help them access their full potential. She also teaches bodyworkers how to work with the energy of the body and how to access and use your intuition in your bodywork sessions. She offers a certification process to help birth professionals become Birth Healing Practitioners. Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri and I am seriously so excited to have her back on today. Before we get going on this amazing episode, I did want to share a Review of the Week and this is on our Parent's Course. It's from Jenna and she says, “I just started but already have learned so much. After two C-sections and one where my doctor made me think it was very risky, I was terrified to try again. With this course, not only have I learned the truth about VBAC, but I'm also excited to attempt mine in August.” Sending you all the love Jenna and seriously, let us know how things go. If you guys are looking to dive more into what VBAC looks like, what the history of Cesarean looks like, what the evidence is on VBAC and how to increase your chances of having a VBAC, check out theVBAClink.com. We have courses for both parents and doulas wanting to learn more about supporting birth couples around you. Meagan: Okay, so Lynn, I am so excited to dive in today again with you. It's so cool that you have been on before. We were just talking about it before we started recording– a long time ago it feels like and now we are circling back and I was telling her you guys, I actually found her very, very first– I actually didn't even know about pelvic floor therapy or any of that really like pelvic floor health or anything and do you want to know how sad it is? By the time I found Lynn and her YouTube page back in 2019 probably, I had three babies. I had three babies. Lynn: Yep. Meagan: That to me right there is a problem. Lynn: Totally. Totally. Yeah, let me tell you what that problem is in my world, okay Meagan? We do a wonderful job in our country here in the States of taking care of mom and baby and making sure mom stays alive and baby stays alive. Where we fail pregnant people is where nobody is assessing or treating what I like to call the birth door. The birth door is that passageway. The pelvis and the pelvic floor muscles are the birth door. I've just seen way too many times in my practice where women have issues. One client came to me because she wanted a vbac and she had 42 hours of labor. I went to assess her and her tailbone was sticking straight up into the pelvic outlet so the baby's head was hammering it for 42 hours and why? My heart broke for her because I was like, “Why did nobody assess this?” Meagan: Right? Lynn: It blows my mind that doctor's aren't aware to check that the pelvis is capable of birthing a baby. Now, I don't want to give moms the wrong feeling here because most pelvises, a large majority of pelvises, are able to get a baby out when the baby comes into the pelvis in an appropriate manner. Where we are failing moms is that the doctors are not as concerned about the position of the baby, about the balance of the baby and the way the baby is entering into the pelvis. It's like they don't even understand that component. Nobody is assessing to see is anything in the way? Is anything going to be in the way of my baby coming through my pelvis? That's where a pelvic health PT can come in and do that assessment for you. If you see one of the pelvic practitioners who I've trained, they know exactly what to look for and not only look for but what to do about it when they do find things. Meagan: Yeah, so I was going to say that we find it. We recognize it, then is there something to do? A to-do? And the answer is yes? Lynn: For the most part. For that one client whose tailbone was sticking straight up, it was fused in that position. Meagan: Was it? Lynn: It was so there was no mobility of that tailbone to be able to move out of the way so what I love about my work is working with a pregnant person and really getting a chance to evaluate what her pelvic bones are doing and the position of them and trying to treat what we can but when we can't make effective change, I like giving the information to the birth team to say, “Hey, if labor stalls, you might want to push here.” Sometimes I will get a marker out. I get a Sharpie out and I put a big X on a person's sacrum because the sacrum needs to be nice and even for a baby to come on out. The sacrum needs to be able to move backwards and forwards to allow the baby's passage through the pelvis. If that sacrum should be as even as possible to make that movement happen as easily as possible, but sometimes it can be in a torqued position and if it's in a torqued position in there in the pelvis, usually there is some dysfunction or back pain. Another problem is that most OB providers, you go in complaining of back pain and they go, “Well, you're pregnant. Live with it.” In my world, that pain and that dysfunction could be a problem that you're going to bring into your birth then. Why not optimize our bodies the best we can for birth prior to going into birth? Meagan: Prior. Key word: prior. Lynn: Prior, everybody. Meagan: Prior. Prior. You know, I think that's what a lot of us don't think is that we need to do this prior to going into birth. It's just that so many people especially I'm going to call us out as C-section mamas. Pelvic floor or anything like that or thinking about it down there doesn't even cross our minds sometimes because we didn't have stuff happening down there. Lynn: Right. Typically, right? Meagan: Typically. Lynn: Yes. When we are pregnant, we are all consumed about baby growing and is baby going to be okay? But what I would love to help see shifting is okay, the difference between a smooth birth and a birth that has complications is really what a person brings in their body to that birth. So it's these falls and impacts on your tailbone or your buttocks or it could be surgery so appendectomies– anytime in your lifetime creates scar tissue. Your appendix is in the right lower quadrant of your belly and if you've had your appendix taken out even as a child, there is scar tissue that forms and that scar tissue is in the area of the uterus. It will pull that uterus to the right side. Meagan: Interesting. Lynn: 100% all the time, all my mamas who've had appendectomies, I find their uterus is off to the right hand side and cannot move to the left. Meagan: Really? Lynn: They don't know it. They don't realize. I had this one mama come to me and I always look at the baby in the belly and look at the belly. You can see. If your baby is only inhabiting one side of the belly, there's a problem there but most practitioners don't notice it, don't ask about it, and don't know what to do about it. Really, if we could help educate OBs and help them understand the importance of helping to get baby into the best position possible to come on out, that's going to decrease our C-section rate. Meagan: I was going to say, that is probably going to completely decrease that because we know that failure to progress which can be positional, and failure to descend or fetal position are three really serious things that are happening and causing Cesareans. Lynn: And all three of those are things that can be addressed in the structural tissues, in the soft tissues, in the uterine ligaments, in the pelvic bones, in the pelvic floor muscles, in our hip muscles, in our rib cage. Everything is influencing it. Baby goes where there is space. Meagan: It makes sense. I would too. I did. I did, 35 years ago. Lynn: Yes. Baby goes where there is space so baby tells us where there is tension in your body. Either they are avoiding tension or there is so much tension on one side that they can't get away from it. That's what we can assess and we can move that belly so anybody who is pregnant listening into this, you can take your hands on either side of your belly and you should be able to push that baby as far to one side as you are to the other side. It should be even. If you only go halfway one way and double the other way, that's a restriction in your uterine ligaments and that's an indicator that you might want to think about going and getting some work done because people who know how to work with the uterine ligaments can help release them and get even mobility. It's amazing. I have some blog posts that I've just recently posted on my website, instituteforbirthhealing.com where I've done some talk on pregnancy. There are before and after pictures of treating someone and the baby. In several of the first pictures, the baby looks like it's almost going side to side and those babies have round, right ligament tension. We all have those ligament pulls and those twinges and that's your round ligament. That's your round ligament, but if it's only on one side, that's a ligament that has an issue. If there's a little twinge here and a little twinge there that alternates, but really, we should be able to carry a baby without any pain period. If we are having pains and discomforts, that's telling us that things are in dysfunction and it would behoove you to try and get support so that you can release those dysfunctions to help you have a smoother birth. It's interesting. If you guys check out those blog posts, the position of the baby is straight up and down. The belly, the shape of the belly, changes dramatically after you release the ligaments. Meagan: We will make sure to put those blog posts in the show notes so they are very easily found as well. If you are wanting to check out these photos, check out the show notes after this episode. Lynn: Yeah. It's just so fun as a practitioner to see these drastic changes. Meagan: Oh, I'm sure. Lynn: Right? And to feel those. We talked about the belly and the uterine ligaments. We talked about the pelvis and the pelvic bones, but the pelvic floor muscles are the stoplight for birth. If you have too much tone and tension in your pelvic floor muscles, that baby is not coming through. Meagan: It's going to be hard, yeah. Lynn: You could have a yellow-light tone which is going to make it a lot harder but what we want is a green-light tone where it's nice and bouncy and springy and you press down and it gives and it releases and it comes back up but if there are breaks in there, that baby is going to have a hard time because those pelvic floor muscles need to lengthen for baby to come on out. I really encourage everybody. I know this is The VBAC Link and I hope for those listening in who want to have a vaginal birth after a Cesarean, please go get all of this stuff checked out. Please go work with a practitioner who can help you figure out how to push effectively. Meagan: Yes, yes. Lynn: I can't tell you the number of people I see in my practice and I go, “Okay, can you push?” I do intravaginal work. I just use fingers in the muscles and work with the tissues vaginally, no speculums, and I'll just put my fingers on those pelvic floor muscles and I'll say, “Can you push my fingers out?” I can't tell you the number of times that people contract and pull up and in. Meagan: Interesting. Lynn: So then if it's like, “Push my fingers out,” and you're contracting, now you're pushing but you're tightening at the same time and your baby is not going anywhere. Meagan: Mhmm, and we have failure to descend. Lynn: Yes, yes. There are so many things that can cause failure to progress, failure to descend, asynclitic babies, and OP babies. All of that is stuff that can be dealt with prior to the labor. It should be. Meagan: That keyword again: prior. Lynn: Yes. Meagan: I'm loving this because it is something that like I said, I didn't even know about until three babies were already born and I was one of those people who was told that my pelvis was too small. You mentioned that this tailbone was physically fused so maybe it was broken in the past and fused kind of funky or something like that. I actually had a client who had that situation and her tailbone actually did break during birth but her first was a C-section. She was going for a VBAC and there was all of this restriction in the first one and it did break which is one of the wildest experiences I've ever had during birth. She was actually good with it. She was like, “That's great. My baby came out vaginally,” but then she wanted to learn how to heal it properly and things like that. There are situations where like you said maybe the pelvis isn't working with us in our favor, but I was told my pelvis was too small and that I would never get a baby out and I had failure to progress and that my body didn't know how to get to 10 centimeters. So I think really a lot of people are told that so I wanted to know after someone who has been told that their cervix maybe didn't dilate or wouldn't dilate, we know that there are lot of factors that could play into this especially too early of an induction or things like that, but what can we do prior to labor if this was a diagnosis of ours and we are wanting a vbac or even not wanting to have more kids and we're having back pain or we're having weird things like maybe incontinence or pain during intercourse or things like this. What can PT do for our cervix to maybe help that and what could be wrong? I say wrong loosely, but what could be less ideal with our cervix at that time? Lynn: So the most common answer for everything that you just talked about there is the uterosacral ligament. Meagan: Okay. Lynn: The uterosacral ligament is the ligament that attaches the posterior/inferior aspect of the uterus near the cervix to the sacrum. Well, some to the sacrum, some to the sacrotuberous ligament, some to the spinous processes. So the attachment point to the pelvis varies in different women. Meagan: Wow, okay. Lynn: So depending on any restriction and one of the biggest issues is that the uterosacral ligament helps to drain the cervix. If the uterosacral ligament is restricted, it may cause the cervix to swell. Meagan: Interesting, which we have seen. Lynn: Yep. Yep. So the uterosacral ligament being restricted can cause the cervix to swell and then not be able to open up fully so then you don't get full dilation and things. Uterosacral ligament will be the first place that I would look. I just had a client a couple of weeks ago who was pregnant with her fourth and all three times, she was getting ready to push, but then she was told, “Oh, you have a cervical lip so don't push. Don't push. Don't push,” and it was a swollen part of her cervix. I went to assess her and her right uterosacral ligament was restricted. Meagan: Interesting. Lynn: She's like, “This time I'm just going to go for it. I'm not going to let them tell me to not push,” because that's traumatic in and of itself. Meagan: Yes, especially when your body is just intuitively doing it. Lynn: How do you stop a poo coming out of your anus mid-stream? You can't. So to tell someone to stop that is just traumatic and not a great thing. But the uterosacral ligament is where I would first look. That is one of the main ligaments that I work with in my clients is just to make sure that there is nice balance and that it can work evenly. Some people are saying scar tissue on the cervix could cause some inability for it to open fully. I like to work with cervixes when clients come to see me and they've had the biopsies or they've had anything where the cervix tore or something during birth. I just want to give that scar tissue some love and just see if we can't soften it because scar tissue can be very hard and it's not as flexible as normal tissue so I want to just see what can I do to help soften it. Most, I don't tend to do that during pregnancy. I would like to see someone who has any scar tissue prior to even getting pregnant though. Meagan: Prior prior. Prior to even getting pregnant and conceiving. Lynn: Right. We have to plan ahead ahead here guys ideally because I don't like messing with the cervix once someone is pregnant. Meagan: Understandable. Lynn: I will around 39-40 weeks and especially if someone is overdue, I will go give some love to that cervix and make sure it is feeling okay and soft and mushy all around. We want that. It's very interesting to feel some cervixes. Some cervixes feel like a duck's bill. The cervix is really long on half of it and then it's shorter on the other half like it got dragged out as the baby came out. I mean, I've felt all kinds of different cervixes in their afterbirth and if someone does have any type of scar tissue, ideally, let's work with it in the postpartum period when you are healing so that it can be nice and happy and healthy and then maybe even right before you get pregnant again to get some work done on that beforehand and then I would leave it alone until baby is well-cooked in there. Meagan: Right. And those things can help those lack of dilation, those cervical lips. It's interesting that you said that because I have a client, she is actually a VBAC client, she shared her story on this podcast and she just had another baby where I was with her and same dang thing is that cervical lip. It happened. It's so interesting but she labors, she labors, and that cervical lip just does not let go and then she ends up getting an epidural at the very end, and then within 15 minutes, it's gone which is interesting so what is it? Is it possible that the epidural or maybe she is struggling and she is extra tense? Lynn: Yeah, that could be it. Meagan: Maybe she's intuitively feeling like she needs to push but can't because she has this lip. I'm trying to relate to what you said. I'm going to text her after this and be like, “Hey girl, you should go check this out.” Lynn: I'm not quite sure what the epidural is doing for the drainage. Like you said, the epidural bypasses the muscles so it takes the muscles out of the picture so it must be doing something for that uterosacral ligament to help it to relax as well. Meagan: Interesting. Lynn: So that it can now drain for things. That's really what is helping to drain the cervix is the uterosacral ligament so if there is a dysfunction– well, if the pelvic floor muscles are tight and pulling the bones out of position, that can put strain on the ligaments so it's possible that indirectly, the epidural is causing that to not be as tense. Yeah. Yeah. Meagan: Yeah, it's really interesting because she's like, “I don't want the epidural,” but right at the 9.5 centimeters, she goes for a while then yeah. I'm just curious. I never even knew about this drainage. There are so many births in my head that I'm connecting this with where I'm like, “Oh, this could have been that.” Okay, so we did talk about cervical scarring, working it out prior to getting pregnant and doing PT during. Do you want to add anything else to the cervix? Lynn: I do because the cervix on an energetic level is the blackbox recorder of the pelvic history. Meagan: Okay. Lynn: Meaning that the cervix energetically is actually holding onto everything that has happened in that vaginal space kind of like the history of it. So tuning into the cervix and helping the cervix to realize that it can let go of whatever is no longer serving you and just asking that cervix to energetically release– Meagan: Let go. Lynn: Let go of what's no longer serving you can just relax it. When I tune into a cervix, I just love to give it love and gratitude for all that it has done for my clients and just offer it that gratitude. It's just so amazing. You can feel it just melt in your finger when it's respected and when it can sense that love and that connection. It just softens. Meagan: Wow. Our bodies are incredible. I mean, I've said this before. I've said this before, but holy cow. They are incredible. Lynn: They are. They are so fun to work with. They are so fun to work with. I totally agree. Meagan: Oh yeah. Yeah. Okay, so can we talk about someone who has never had a vaginal birth and has maybe had one, two, multiple Cesareans or even just one and how can– okay. We just talked about getting an appendix removed. A Cesarean is a major deal to our body. As you mentioned, we get scar tissue and scar tissue can be tough sometimes. We've got a lot of scar tissue usually with a Cesarean but what type of things can someone if they are fresh out of a Cesarean specifically do with pelvic PT? What would that look like? I just had my Cesarean and I'm coming to you. Lynn: Right. If it was just a planned Cesarean where we didn't go into labor, then we really just want to work on that scar tissue and get greater mobility in that scar tissue. I used to think that maybe we were getting rid of scar tissue until I saw what scar tissue looks like in the body. I observed a surgery and I'm like, “Oh man, we are not getting rid of it.” Meagan: Yeah, because it's really thick. Lynn: It can be. It can be. What we are doing is increasing its flexibility and how to help it best lay down because scar tissue lays down very haphazardly and all of the fibers lay in all different types of directions trying to create stability and close up the tissues and help the tissues to be strong. It isn't until it learns how to lay down. So say if you got a scar on your arm and if you bend it and flex your arm back and forth, it teaches the scar tissue how to lay down properly to work that arm. Meagan: Okay. Lynn: In the abdomen, we are more 3D so it's harder. The tissue doesn't figure out how to lay down so it's still in there very criss-crossed everywhere until we get in there and massage it and teach it how to move effectively. That's where I do have that YouTube video of how to massage your C-section scar. That's how you found me in the first place. Meagan: Yes, that's how I found you and we actually have a whole episode. I think it was 123, right? Is that what I said in the beginning? It's 123 with Lynn and we're talking about scar massage and scar care. Lynn: Yes. Yeah. That helps it to learn how to lay down properly. I think in that episode we also talked about the three main issues that people can have when people have too much scar tissue or when the scar tissue is inhibiting things and that's bladder frequency, deep thrusting pain with intercourse, and back pain. Meagan: Yeah, that's one of the things I was searching for because I had this back pain that just didn't go away. Lynn: Yeah, because the back is not the problem. The pain is hardly ever where the problem is in the body and you've got to understand where that pain might be coming from. It's usually from a restriction somewhere else in the body that is creating that pain. So releasing that scar tissue and getting it as flexible as possible prior to getting pregnant again would be ideal. Now, not a lot of people know how to do that so then they get pregnant and they're like, “Oh,” you may have some pulling. You may get some tension in there. I like to work around the C-section scar when someone is pregnant especially newly pregnant. I don't like messing around with anybody in that first trimester. We don't know if it's a viable pregnancy. We don't want to be moving it around and working it too hard and if they do miscarry, then I might get blamed that you created that. Well, it might have not been a viable pregnancy to begin with, so I just want to be really, really careful in that first trimester. As the uterus grows though, it actually is stretching out that scar tissue. Becoming pregnant is actually a beautiful thing because it does help the tissue learn to lay down. However, what I thought then after someone who has had a C-section, they get pregnant again, no matter how they deliver, I thought the C-section scar especially if they did have a VBAC, that the scar tissue would be nice and loose and it's not. It definitely tightens up again after the uterus shrinks back down. It's almost like it gets reactivated. So it needs more scar tissue. It needs more massaging of that scar tissue. We don't really know how long scar tissue forms in the body so there are other body workers who have had C-sections are like, “Oh no, you need to work on that the rest of your life,” so it could always potentially be causing those three issues– the bladder frequency, deep thrusting pain with intercourse, and back pain. So if you ever get any of that, massage your C-section scar. Meagan: Yeah, I was going to say that after I found your video, I started doing that and then I'd be like, “Oh, I'm doing really good,” then all of a sudden, I'd be like, “It's back,” then I'd massage again and be like, “Oh, it's really good,” then my old partner Julie was like, “I've never even heard of this. I've never touched my scar like that.” I'm like, “You should try it. It's amazing.” With C-section moms, do you ever work internally with them as well? Is there possible trauma within the pelvic floor or cervix or anything internally? Lynn: Yes. After any birth, no matter how the baby comes out, I can find the cervix anywhere internally. Ideally, the cervix is right in the midline and I have to just reach up right in the middle of the vagina to find it but after birth, it can be off to the left or to the right. It can be pulled backward. It can be poking up into your bladder which is going to cause a lot of bladder frequency so we need to help bring that back and get that cervix balanced in there again and help it to find its mobility. The analogy is the cervix needs to be like a pinata in vaginally. It needs to be able to move 360 and up and down. The C-section scar tissue is what keeps it from being able to move up. That's what creates that thrusting pain so releasing the scar tissue and getting down to the level of the uterus and getting the uterus to move side to side and rotating inside, those are all mobilizations I do to check the mobility of the uterus and then treat whatever it can't do and that really does help. But internally, so once I get the cervix in its proper place, I also want to release and pull that. There's a pubo-cervical fascia which is the fascia where on the inside of that fascia is the bladder so I just like to call it the bladder. I like to make sure that the bladder and the cervix have as much disconnect as possible because that scar tissue can glue them together. Meagan: That is what we determined when I went in is that I can't remember if they said my uterus or my bladder. I don't remember but they said that they were adhering together. Lynn: Yeah. The uterus lays over the bladder and underneath is where they cut so when it lays down on that bladder, it can inhibit the two and like you said, fuse them together. Well internally, I like to get in between those and pull the bladder off of the cervix of the uterus and just make sure there is good mobility between those two. I do it both internally and externally. Meagan: Okay. This is something that like I said even for those moms who are maybe done having babies now and it ended in a Cesarean or vaginal birth, could benefit really from and like you said, we don't know how long scar tissue can keep going. I don't know, maybe for the rest of our life so maybe we start years down the road like you said in your video that I found originally. This woman was much older than her 20s having babies. She was much past that and having this pain and it was related to her Cesarean scar. Women of Strength, if you are having symptoms like any of this, don't shy away from caring for yourself and taking care of yourself. Go find a practitioner, a pelvic floor practitioner who can work with you and help you. You don't have to suffer. You don't have to deal. You don't have to just say, “It's normal. I had babies,” or whatever. Lynn: It's not. It's common, but not normal. Meagan: Common but not normal and I'm wondering if it's more common because of the lack of support that we are getting after we have babies and even before. It really should be part of our prenatal care. Lynn: Absolutely. Meagan: We go every 4 weeks then we go every 2 weeks then we go every week and somewhere in the middle of that or the whole time, we should be seeking this care as part of our prenatal care I truly believe and even more in our postpartum too because so many people do have a lot of complications and we're not healing well because we weren't getting the support and then we are going in and we're having 41-hour long labors with posterior babies and a cervix that doesn't want to progress if you have ever heard my story, this is it to a T. Yeah. That can be hard and long and exhausting. Okay, so tell us more about one, where to find you and tell us anything else that you would like to say and how to find your practitioners and all of the things. Lynn: Okay, so one other thing that I just want to throw in here because I just want to help those who have this understand it. There are a lot of people after you have a C-section who cannot touch their scar. Meagan: Oh yes. Lynn: That to me is a sign of trauma that the incident and the event was too overwhelming for your system and it created this avoidance or this trauma freeze response in the body. Please know that that is something that can be worked with. You don't have to just keep avoiding it. I do. My colleague and I both do Zoom sessions. We can help you with any of the birth trauma that you've had so that's really effective. I just want to put that out there that trauma can be held in your tissue and the scar tissue when there's trauma in there is way more painful and it's larger. When you release the emotion that's being held in that scar, the tissue instantly becomes smaller. Meagan: Yeah. I mean, just like what you were saying earlier with the cervix, the dervix holds this past trauma and everything and boom. Yeah. Lynn: Yeah. You give it permission. Meagan: Absolutely and we've talked about this in the past too about that like loving your scar, appreciating your scar– Lynn: It's a lot easier to do when you're not traumatized about it. Meagan: Yes. I do think though that in my opinion, from my experience, it was really part of my healing and acceptance of an undesired Cesarean. I did not desire my Cesarean. I did find out that it was likely unnecessary which was really frustrating. I could have looked at that and harbored a lot of negative but it was really interesting because I have grown to just love it and appreciate it. Lynn: Yeah. Meagan: And respect it. You kind of talked about this earlier like giving the cervix love and appreciating the cervix and when it receives love, it can give you love. It melts and it is appreciative. I think that goes a lot with a Cesarean scar. If we can give it love and appreciate it for what it did for us and what that represents, I think that can be really healing.I love that you guys offer that trauma release processing because I think that's a really great first step to a huge step forward. Lynn: Yes. Yeah. It just makes it easier and in my view, If you're struggling, if it's hard, if it's challenging, there's a reason why and when you get to the reason why, then things can be effortless and easier for you. So I just want to throw that out there to help people understand that there may be something deeper at play here that when you heal or you look at what is happening at that deeper level, then being able to love your scar or touch your scar is easy. So just know that. Know that that is something that you can get to. Meagan: Absolutely. Lynn: Yeah. So my business name, there are two websites that I run. One is thecenterforbirthhealing.com and that is my clinical practice so if any of you listening in would like some of that healing support with your birth, please reach out. We can do a Zoom session from anywhere that you are at and then the other website is instituteforbirthhealing.com and that is my clinical educational practice or educational platform teaching other body workers how to support pregnant and postpartum clients and on that website, there are additional resources at the top of the menu. Click on that and then at the bottom is a directory. We only have 200 of my students currently in that directory. We are going to be revamping then I'm just going to be putting everybody who has completed a course in there so that people can find practitioners because we are just finding practitioners are already busy and they are not getting their listing down. I just want moms to find support. I know that when people combine forces, they know how to best support you. They are different than a regular physical therapist. They are way different from a pelvic health physical therapist. They have a much broader range of techniques and skills to be able to better support your healing. I highly recommend one of my practitioners and just know that my directory will be changing here in the next couple of months too. Meagan: Yeah, because you've got your summit. You have so many things going on. You guys, she's got a podcast. She's got a blog. I'm here. I literally just wrote on the director and just typed in “Salt Lake City” because that's where I'm at and right there we've got two really, really close. It's really awesome to see. This reminds me so much of our Find A Doula. We are the same.Are you still in Colorado? Lynn: Yes. Yep. Still in the Boulder area. Meagan: Okay, yeah. She's just one person in one state. This just makes me so happy and smile because it is the same concept with our doulas where we can't change the world alone. We can't help every single person out there so why not train these people to do what you do which is amazing work and help people all over find the support that they deserve? Lynn: Yes. That's my goal. I want mamas to heal more completely after birth. I don't like the care we are receiving in pregnancy and postpartum. When I started this, gosh. I started this in 2016. I had been working with postpartum women even before then so almost 10. Meagan: We're in 2024. So 18 years? Lynn: Yeah, 18 years. There was hardly anything on the internet about postpartum healing. Meagan: 100%. I know. Lynn: I am just thrilled to see the influx of information and education going out on the social media and helping moms understand that this is a thing and I just really hope that someday every pregnant person is seen by someone who really understands how to assess their body and make sure it's ready for birth and then really being supported more holistically in that postpartum period as well. Meagan: Absolutely. And this is just my own little side note. I don't know if any of your practitioners take insurances or things like that, but I want to tell you Women of Strength, if you are listening right now, there are a lot of things in birth that are not covered by insurance. I think it's B.S. I'm just going to say it. I understand the availability– not the availability. What's the word? It's nice to have insurance accept it but I have learned at least here in Utah that insurance doesn't think that pelvic floor is a big deal. So most of the providers I know in my area are not taking insurance. A lot of the time, we can look at that and be like, “Oh, so expensive” or this or that. Let me tell you, Women of Strength, it is worth it. It is worth it. Put value in you and your body and your birth and your postpartum recovery. The value is there and I'm going to tell you this right now. 10 years down the road, you're done having your babies. You're not having pain. You're not having incontinence. You've had better birth experiences and better postpartum experiences. Let me tell you that whatever you paid at those visits, you're not even going to bat an eye. In fact, you'll say, “I would have paid $15,000 more.” Not literally. But do you know what I mean? Lynn: 100%, Meagan. Meagan: It's so worth it and I understand that in the time, it's really, really hard so if you are having a hard time paying for things or you're really wanting a pelvic PT throughout pregnancy and you're really wanting a doula or a photographer or all of the things that come with birth that insurance doesn't cover, register for those things. Lynn: Yes. Yes. Meagan: Get people to help. When people say, “Hey, can I bring you meals after?” Be like, “You could, or” whatever. Whatever that means, but I promise you that it's 150% worth it to invest in yourself. Lynn: I just want people to understand that the practitioners who take insurance are working in a practice that can only see you for 30, maybe 40 minutes tops. Meagan: They are limited. They are completely limited. Lynn: Yeah, and a lot of them are younger physical therapists so they are not as experienced and those who are paying and have their own private practices and they choose to do cash pay, they are the experienced ones. They are the ones who are going to get you better faster. If you're a new mom, I see people 1-3 times and other practitioners are 6-10 times so yes, I might be a little bit more expensive but what's more expensive, your time and the effort and energy getting to and from me? Or do you want results? Meagan: Yeah. Lynn: There's value in paying for your own services. You take it way more seriously. You show up more fully for it because you're investing in yourself. Meagan: Yeah. Lynn: It's so worth it. It's so important. Meagan, I'm so glad you said that. Thank you. Meagan: Yeah. Yeah. I thought about the word that was coming to my brain. It's convenient. Going with a provider who takes insurance is more convenient because it's usually easier sometimes. Lynn: It is financially, but like I said, time and energy and effort. Meagan: That's what I was going to say, but is it really convenient? I just want to put it out there because I know money is a thing. I know it is tight out there but I fully believe in investing in yourself and your health and your well-being and hopefully one day, the world will change and it will be more accepted on the insurance side. But if it's not, don't let it turn you away. Lynn: Amen. Amen, sister. Meagan: All right. Lynn: You preach it. Meagan: I know. I feel a little passionate about this. Lynn: I can tell and I love it. I love it. Meagan: Oh my goodness. Well, thank you again so much for having us and like I said you guys listening, we're going to have those blogs with the pictures. We're going to have her podcast, her website, both of the websites so you can find a practitioner near you. If you don't see a practitioner near you at the very moment you are listening, give it a sec and check back because like she said, it's going to be updating. Lynn: I also have a Facebook community group that has over 10,000 practitioners and moms in it so you can reach out. The Facebook community group is Institute For Birth Healing Community so if you go on Facebook and check out that group and join it, you could ask in there and see if anyone has trained with me in there.Meagan: Awesome. Lynn: Yeah, thank you. Thank you so much for this. Meagan: Oh my gosh. Thank you again. I think you are amazing. I'm so grateful I found you in 2017. I think it was 2017 when I found you, maybe 2018. Just keep changing the world, girl. You are killing it. I'm so happy for you and all of your support and all of your practitioners. Lynn: Thank you. Thanks so much, Meagan.  ClosingWould you like to be a guest on the podcast? Tell us about your experience at theVBAClink.com/share. 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Postpartum Talks is a weekly podcast that shares ideas, tips, and personal experiences of the host. This episode has a guest appearance. Guest views do not necessarily reflect the host or management views. Postpartum Talks is for personal use only, and the accuracy of any statements from guests can not be guaranteed. If you are in need of a medical emergency, call 911. If you are interested in more information about postpartum doula care, visit AhmaDoulaServices.com or contact us at AhmaServices@gmail.com. Postpartum Talks welcomes guest Lynn Schulte, Birth Healing Specialist and Pelvic Health Physical Therapist. To contact Lynn, visit: Instituteforbirthhealing.com and Directoryinstituteforbirthhealing.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/postpartumtalks/support

Lynn Schulte has been a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years and she is the Founder and principal instructor of the Institute for Birth Healing.   Lynn helps pregnant women to balance their body, both before and after birth. She is on a mission to help women prevent and avoid  birth complexity, injury and wounding, by promoting optimal physiology for the labour and pushing stages of birth. Knowing we are more than just our bodies, Lynn works on all levels, physically, energetically, and spiritually with women to help them access their full potential.   She offers a certification process to help birth professionals become Birth Healing Practitioners.  In this episode, we talk specifically about 3 areas of the body worth focusing on. Balancing the body, promoting good positioning of the baby and avoiding tearing are all great goals and worth preparing for. Fascinating insights from a woman who knows her trade.  Also included in the show notes are links that include her programs, a directory of body workers and some wonderful resources that will support the preparation for birth. I feel so proud to bring you this episode.   Links: Transform Parenting website Transform Your Birth Today Free pregnancy gift Free resource: Medical Necessity vs Choice   Lynn's Links:  Institute for Birth Healing Educational Platform Clinical Practice Directory ONLINE COURSE:  Confidence in your Core, Pelvic Floor and More YouTube: How to Massage your C-Section Scar YouTube: Closing the Pelvic Bones After

Lynn Schulte is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years and she is the principle instructor at the Institute for Birth Healing. She has successfully healed thousands of women from all the issues women experience after birth and … Continue reading →

I had the privilege of interviewing Lynn Schulte who has been a Birth Healing Specialist and Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years. She founded the Institute for Birth Healing, an educational platform for practitioners, and Center for Birth Healing, her clinical practice. She has been helping thousands of moms heal from all the issues women experience after birth and is now teaching courses to bodyworkers to help them do the same. She found a common birth pattern that shows up in the pelvis after birth and knows how to release these patterns effectively. Knowing we are more than just our bodies, Lynn works on all levels, physically, energetically, and spiritually, with women to help them access their full potential. She also teaches bodyworkers how to respectfully work with the body's tissues and access and use their intuition in bodywork sessions. She offers a certification process to help birth professionals become Birth Healing Specialists. Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from St. Louis University, St. Louis Missouri and is on a mission to improve postpartum care worldwide. Connect with Lynn: Websites:  Educational Platform:  https://instituteforbirthhealing.com/ Clinical Practice:  https://centerforbirthhealing.com/ Directory:  https://directory.instituteforbirthhealing.com/ ONLINE COURSE:  Confidence in your Core, Pelvic Floor and More  course:    https://instituteforbirthhealing.com/confidence-core-pelvic-floor/ YOUTUBE:    How to Massage your C-Section Scar:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-VfUJ6JcWo Close the Pelvic Bones After:  https://youtu.be/JRUPAwTN1P4?si=LboAGVpqZ2XW6vdm   **Morning Sickness Mini Course for Mental Health (Formerly the Positive Pregnancy Program)**: This self-led video program, made to help foster positivity durning pregnancy. It is for women who have or do struggle with pregnancy and who want to have strong mental health during and specifically the first trimester of pregnancy during the nausea! This Mini Course will help you mentally navigate the hardships of the physical changes of pregnancy, especially that morning sickness phase. Direct link to Morning Sickness Mini Course for Mental Health Positivity in Pregnancy and Motherhood website: Positiveinpregnancy.com Library of Pregnancy Podcasts that go through pregnancy: (you will have to scroll down, just a little :) ) https://positiveinpregnancy.com/pregnancyishard Here is the Facebook Page for Pregnancy is hard: I have documented my journey of my fourth baby on this page and have other juicy and good tips for enjoying pregnancy better. https://www.facebook.com/pregnancyishard Here is the Pregnancy is Hard Support Group on Facebook: Let's offer support, help and fun for those in the trenches of pregnancy! https://www.facebook.com/groups/165102315544693 Email me at: melioramentor@gmail.com    

Today's guest is Pelvic Health Physical Therapist Lynn Schulte, who has been a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years. Lynn has helped thousands of women heal after birth, and is going to share some of her tried and true tips with us today. She works with the body on a spiritual, energetic and physical level so that you can truly feel like the best version of yourself. She shares invaluable insight on what happens to our pelvic floor and pelvic bones during birth, and how we can heal from this.If you want to learn more about how you can heal or work with Lynn, see the links below.Centerforbirthhealing.comInstituteforbirthhealing.comFind Lynn on InstagramFREE Youtube Training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRUPAwTN1P4&t=120s. How to Close the Pelvic Bones after Birth

 Today's conversation with Lynn Schulte, founder of the Institute for Birth Healing will take your understanding of pelvic floor health to a whole new level.  In this episode, we're sharing:The specific birth pattern that shows up in the pelvis repeatedly in postpartum women, why, and how to release the symptoms effectively. The importance of listening to the body and tuning into the emotional trauma that gets stored in the pelvic region. What is especially important to remember as a postpartum mom who has experienced trauma and is ready to heal through pelvic physical therapy. Lynn Schulte has been a Birth Healing Specialist and Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years.She founded the Institute for Birth Healing, an educational platform for practitioners, and the Center for Birth Healing, her clinical practice. She has been helping thousands of moms heal from all the issues women experience after birth and is now teaching courses to bodyworkers to help them do the same. She found a common birth pattern that shows up in the pelvis after birth and knows how to release these patterns effectively. Knowing we are more than just our bodies, Lynn works on all levels, physically, energetically, and spiritually, with women to help them access their full potential. She also teaches bodyworkers how to respectfully work with the body's tissues and access and use their intuition in bodywork sessions. She offers a certification process to help birth professionals become Birth Healing Specialists. Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from St. Louis University, St. Louis Missouri, and is on a mission to improve postpartum care worldwide.Connect with Lynn: InstagramYouTubeFacebookWebsite Grab your FREE Provider's Postpartum Nutrition Toolkit 18 pages of PDF handouts that serve as your comprehensive resource for delivering whole-body nutrition care and achieving better health outcomes for the families you support. Learn what your symptoms really mean with our Postpartum Health AssessmentPostpartum depression, anxiety, depletion, and autoimmune issues have become a new normal. Take the most comprehensive postpartum assessment to discover what your symptoms are telling you and even more importantly, what you can do to fix it for good. Get started on the path to holistic recovery with the Postpartum Nutrition Repletion Plan Come hang out with us on Instagram! Feeling inspired and ready to learn more about how you can actively revolutionize postpartum care? Learn about the Postpartum University Professional Membership Stay in the loop about the Postpartum Nutrition Certification Program Check out our courses in Postpartum Mental Health, Postpartum Nutrition, and Herbal Care...

The theme of today's podcast: just because it's COMMON doesn't mean it's NORMAL. All too often, I hear moms talk about how they have specific symptoms or conditions after having children that they accept as "normal" just because lots of other women experience them, too. That's simply not the case. Today I have pelvic health physical therapist, Kelly Yamnitz, to do an incredible interview all about pelvic health - what it is, why we experience the negative symptoms associated with it, how to treat them, and why all women should be seen by a physical therapist during pregnancy and following delivery (even if it's been YEARS since you had children!). You won't want to miss this episode jam packed with valuable information! Find a pelvic health physical therapist in your area: www.pelvicrehab.comSupport the showLet's connect on social media! Send me your thoughts to https://www.instagram.com/alanna.hellman/. I'd love to get to know you better! Join the MWO Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/momsworkingovertimeYou can always find more information at www.momsworkingovertime.com.Thank you so much for listening! Love what you hear? Please share the podcast and leave a review! It means the world to me and helps me reach more moms so I can remind them how amazing they're doing.

In today's episode we are chatting with Lynn Schulte. Lynn  is a Birth Healing Specialist and Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years and founder of the Institute for Birth Healing, an educational platform for practitioners and Center for Birth Healing, her clinical practice.   She has been helping moms heal from all the issues women experience after birth and is now teaching courses to bodyworkers to help them do the same.   She found a common birth pattern that shows up in the pelvis after birth and knows how to effectively release these patterns.  Knowing we are more than just our bodies, Lynn works on all levels, physically, energetically, and spiritually with women to help them access their full potential.  She also teaches bodyworkers how to work with the energy of the body and how to access and use your intuition in your bodywork sessions.     Follow us @pelvicorerehab and share any questions you have on Pelvic Health or share your experience overcoming Pelvic Health related issues.   Episode Notes: Understanding of the common patterns in the body after birth? Holistic Approach to facilitate labor? How do you help clients release emotions that have been stored in tissues due to trauma? Pain is common BUT not normal Respect the Tissues… How can we help clients reconnect to their pelvis if they discover they disconnect after birth? Ways they can help close up the open birthing patterns - YT VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/JRUPAwTN1P4 How can closing the pelvic bowl help with POP? Pelvis is less stable in the open birthing position   Where can You Find More of Lynn Schulte?  SM:   Facebook and IG and YT:  Institute for Birth Healing,   FB Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/InstituteforBirthHealing  FB and IG:  CenterforBirthHealing   Visit me at: My Website: https://www.pelvicorerehab.com/   Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/pelvicorerehab   Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pelvicorerehab/   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCiEl1ZFlA5SzN44MhUwzgA?view_as=subscriber   Ebook Books links  Pregnancy Ebook:  https://www.pelvicorerehab.com/pain-free-pregnancy-guide   Pelvic Pain, Bladder leaking, and 8 steps to achieve pelvic healing https://www.pelvicorerehab.com/pelvicfloorguides   Menopause Guide https://www.pelvicorerehab.com/menopauseguide   Postpartum ebook https://www.pelvicorerehab.com/headtotoewellnessformommyandbaby    Disclaimer: Susan Winograd, PT offers health and fitness information intended to assist you in improving your general health and well-being. These videos and written text are designed for entertainment and educational purposes only. Please consult your physician before beginning or implementing this or any other technique or exercise program.    Do not rely on the information presented as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you have any concerns or questions about your health, consult with a physician or other healthcare professional. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical or health-related advice because of something you may have read, heard, or viewed on this site or channel. The use of any information provided on this (or any associated) video or website is solely at your own risk.  

Chronic Pelvic Pain, Chronic Prostatic Pain Syndrome, Chronic Testicular and Penile Pain often have origins in abnormal pelvic floor muscle tension. Listen and find out how modern pelvic physical therapy can help. Guests:   Molly Riley, PT,DPT: Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, University of Washington,Northwest Outpatient Medical Center   Ken Berger, JD, MD: President of the Washington State Urology Society,  Practicing Urologist, Tri-State Health,Clarkso,WA, Chair of American Urological Association's Leadership and Business Education Committee. During This Episode We Discuss: The Evaluation and Management of Chronic Pelvic, Prostatic, Testicular, and Penile Pain.  Management of the abnormal voiding ( the non relaxing voider ), improving post operative stress urinary incontinence, and appropriate technique for strain free bowel evacuation.   Chronic Prostatitis is now referred to as Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS): This is an effort to change thinking that all chronic prostatitis is infection oriented. Many times CPPS patients respond very nicely to pelvic floor PT   Quotes: Referring to the steps in evaluating testis pain….” If I do all of that and I don't find anything, that becomes a much more difficult problem for me as a Urologist to treat. That is where I start thinking about sending ( the patient ) to Physical Therapy.                                                                                                                                                                                  Dr. Ken Berger, JD, MD. Recommended Resources: Pelvicrehab.com:  Use this as a resource to find a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist  

Lynn Schulte Lynn Schulte is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years, and she is the principle instructor at the Institute for Birth Healing. She has successfully healed thousands of women from all the issues women experience after … Continue reading →

Don't seem to be able to prioritise your kegel's or whatever else You need to get done?Women are notorious bad at putting their health and wellbeing needs on an equal footing as others. Today I have an absolute treat for you, as I chat with Anna Burns of Anna Burns Wellness. Anna is Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, who now specialises in helping moms prioritise themselves.So if you are guilty of saying that you haven't time to do your kegels or that you are always putting the needs of others before your own, then grab a cuppa and listen up!You can connect with Anna at:annaburnswellness.comFB or IG: @annaburnswellnessFree affirmation wallpapers: annaburnswellness.com/freebie And if you want to connect with me, you can do so as ever via sarahjane@fitfannyadams.com or FitFannyAdams.com/Restore Did this episode make you think realise that you are indeed worthy and do you feel motivated to do something about it? Will you let know? X

Lynn Schulte – Pelvis Healing Lynn Schulte is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years, and she is the principle instructor at the Institute for Birth Healing. She has successfully healed thousands of women from all the issues … Continue reading →

Today, our guest is Tori Mallow. She is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist. She has an extensive science background, has taught, and has a Master's of Science from Columbia University. This is a very specialized field that all women should take note of. We talk about the bladder, rectum, and what ALL pregnant women need to know. In this episode, we have the important discussion of normalizing pelvic health discussions so people can get help. Tune in and listen to why Tori thinks every woman that is pregnant should go for pelvic rehab to prepare themselves for childbirth.   Contact Tori Mallow https://restorepelvicrehab.com    Contact Jamie https://lightswitchlearning.com/product/bridging-the-gap-between-school-and-home/ jamie@teamesteemmethod.com    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamielevine8/ https://www.instagram.com/teamesteem_/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/team-esteem-llc/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamieblevine https://www.facebook.com/TeamEsteemLLC   YouTube https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCsK7ONq0Oph1AGTq9tDWHJw   Websites: www.teamesteemmethod.com www.jamielevinemsed.com   Resources: https://childmind.org/article/one-on-one-help-in-the-classroom/

Amy Moses talks to us about all of the questions we were too afraid to ask about our bodies and sex.

Have you encountered a time when you KNOW you know everything, but nothing is working and started to doubt your abilities? What if I told you that you have the power to overcome the imposter syndrome so you don't spend your time paralyzed with doubt? Welcome to the PelviBiz Podcast! I'm your host, Dr. Kelly Alhooie, founder of OrthoPelvic Physical Therapy, Pelvic Health Business Grower, and PelviBiz Podcast. In this week's episode, I'll be talking about The doubt and frustration that comes with “I'm not a good enough Pelvic Health Physical Therapist.” I will share the path from overcoming imposter syndrome and how you will learn to work through it so you can start helping people with their Pelvic Health Issues.   I will touch on such topics as: Anyone that comes from the PT school can be a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist  It doesn't take too much to learn on the Pelvic Floor, both externally and internally. Treating patients in a holistic approach  You don't need a lot of tools to start your Pelvic Health journey.  Have any questions about the topics covered in this podcast? Email Me at pelvichealthbusiness@gmail.com Are you stuck in business & wanting to grow, looking for a way to pay off debt, or seeking to create more time & clinical freedom in your life?Do you have a target you are aiming for? Are you unclear about what path to take?Join Pelvic Health Business Grower GOLD (Starting June 28th) https://www.pelvibiz.com/gold-3480 (HERE)

Lynn Schulte is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years and she is the principal instructor at the Institute for Birth Healing. She has been helping moms heal from all the issues women experience after birth and is now teaching courses to bodyworkers to help them do the same. She found a common birth pattern that shows up in the pelvis after birth and knows how to effectively release these patterns. Knowing we are more than just our bodies, Lynn works on all levels, physically, energetically, and spiritually with women to help them access their full potential. She also teaches bodyworkers how to work with the energy of the body and how to access and use your intuition in your bodywork sessions. She offers a certification process to help birth professionals become Birth Healing Practitioners. Lynn holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from St. Louis University. [00:08:29] - What do you see in a woman's body as a result of trauma? [00:13:08] - Feet apart, knees together! [00:16:34] - Squeezing the hips together [00:22:10] - Healing processes takes different lengths depending on the area of the body [00:24:43] - Certified birth healing practitioners [00:27:37] - Anatomy [00:29:10] - Lynn's practices [00:36:10] - Piston Breathing [00:39:30] - Metaphysics of how trauma plays out [00:53:25] - Lynn's most powerful tool [00:56:03] - Trauma is like an entity [01:00:01] - Birth Healing Summit References and Links Register - Birth Healing Summit Institute For Birth Healing - Website, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube The Center For Birth Healing - Website Penny Simpkins - Website It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle, by Mark Wolynn The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk M.D Julie Wiebe, PT (website) Nicole Morales, CPM (website) Big thanks to our sponsor! Waveblock: https://www.waveblock.com/ (Use Code “BELOVED” for 25% off) Needed: https://thisisneeded.com/ (Use code “BELOVED” for 20% off) Show Notes | Donate Music by: Labrinth, Chancha Via Circuito, and Joaquín Cornejo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theholisticobgyn/message

Lynn Schulte, Postpartum Health Lynn Schulte is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years and founder of the Institute for Birth Healing. She has been helping moms heal from all the issues women experience after birth and is … Continue reading →

In this episode, Dr. Tonya Bunner shares her experience and advise in assessing, diagnosing, and treating dysfunctions of the lumbopelvic hip complex. Dr. Tonya Bunner is a certified Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, a board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, and she is certified in Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction Biofeedback.  In addition, she is the Co-Founder of a successful multi- location private PT practice in AZ which features a women's health residency program.  She instructs for Structure and Function, teaching the Lumbo-Pelvic-Hip and Pelvic Floor course. Dr. Bunner has over 20 years of clinical, teaching and speaking experience.  For questions or to discuss consultation and/or mentorship opportunities, Dr.  Bunner can be reached via email at tonyabunner@gmail.comFor information and to register for upcoming courses visit www.structureandfunction.netPlease forward any comments, questions or requests for future Podcast discussions with Dr. Bunner to vdills@physicaltherapyinnovations.com

On this episode of 223 of the Pre-PT Grind, Joses founder of Pre-PT Grind interviews a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist Dr. Julia Smeltz. She shares her special journey as to how she stumble across the amazing field of Pelvic Health. As an educator and advocate of pelvic health she explains what the world of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy is all about and how essential it really is! Tune in to listen for more! Ask us your questions! - Send a voice message. Instructions click here https://help.anchor.fm/hc/en-us/articles/360001018972-Voice-messages If you are interested, we'd love to give you access to one of our BEST PT school acceptance trainings www.preptsecrets.com Find us at www.preptgrind.com and enjoy this episode of the Pre-PT Grind Podcast!

Dr. Mary Schuster is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist and Women's Health Coach. Also a yogi, Pilates instructor + lover of all movement.    In this episode, we dive deep into topics of: Birth control - when it's good, and when it's not (+ what it does to your body) Menstrual cycles - what are the phases and what's actually happening to your body during each? ORGASMS! What is a "painful" orgasm, and an orgasm at all? Pain - signs to watch for that are abnormal during sex or day-to-day ... and more PRODUCTS/RESOURCES MENTIONED: Good Clean Love (Clean vaginal moisturizers + lubricants) https://goodcleanlove.com/ Ah!Yes (Clean vaginal products) https://www.ahyes.org/products/ Natural Cycles (Birth control app) https://www.naturalcycles.com/ MyFlo (Menstrual cycle app) https://myflotracker.com/ In the Flo / Women's Code (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Alisa-Vitti/e/B00BCPC8SE%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Fix your Period (Book) https://www.fixyourperiod.com/ Beyond the Pill (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Pill-Program-Hormones-Dangerous/dp/0062847058 SOCIAL LINKS: Mary's IG: https://www.instagram.com/movementwithmar/ Mary's Website + blog: http://www.movementwithmar.com Caren's IG: https://www.instagram.com/carendecesaris/

In this episode, Annie Hopkins, a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, shared her expertise in helping people prepare for labor and postpartum healing. Annie is very committed to learning and expanding her practise to bring the best holistic care to her clients.   Highlights of the Episode:    The benefits of perineum massages  The four degrees of tearing and the importance of knowing your grade  Tips to reduce tearing when giving birth  Ways to heal after tearing Resources: Connect with Annie:   Website: www.fullbloomwellness603.com Instagram: @fullbloomwellness603   Products mentioned:   Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas Get Here   Connect with Shelly:   Website: www.shellytaftibclc.com Instagram: @shellytaftibclc

In this episode, we talk about all. things. pelvic floor. We joined forces with Dr. Katie Moise, a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, and we ask her questions that we all want to know! She answers questions like, " What really IS the pelvic floor"? "Is it normal to pee during sneezing, walking, or coughing"? "What can we do before getting pregnant to strengthen our pelvic floor"? and many many more! Join us as we learn & ask questions in this very informative episode of The Magic of Mamahood! LINKS Follow Dr. Katie Moise for all there is to know about the Pelvic Floor on : https://www.instagram.com/thepeachypelvispt/ Connect with us: Please give us a follow on instagram at magicofmamahood_podcast to ask us questions & engage on our online mom community! If you have any questions, comments or would like to be featured on our podcast please email us at themagicofmamahood@gmail.com If this episode or any of our episodes are of value to you please support us by leaving us a review and sharing with a friend! We appreciate you and we are there for you, Talk to you soon!! xo, Stefany & Caitlin The Magic of Mamahood Empowering mamas and woman one episode at a time, because there is no manual for mamahood.

Why did we create this podcast? In this episode, we talk about why we wanted to create this space and why it is so crucial for us to have an outlet where moms and parents can build each other up no matter what you believe in. LINKS Here is the article we mention: In the absence of ‘the village,' mothers struggle most Connect with us: Please give us a follow on instagram at magicofmamahood_podcast to ask us questions & engage on our online mom community! If you have any questions, comments or would like to be featured on our podcast please email us at themagicofmamahood@gmail.com Join us next week when we talk to a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist and we ask her questions that we all want to know. She will share about the importance of pelvic health especially during and after pregnancy! If this episode or any of our episode is of value to you please support us by leaving us a review and sharing with a friend! We appreciate you and we are there for you, Talk to you soon!! Stefany & Caitlin The Magic of Mamahood Empowering mamas and woman one episode at a time, because there is no manual for mamahood.

Summer Sabbatical for WeSTAT continues! This time, we revisit one of our favorite episodes about (ahem) one of our favorite places, VAGINA TOWN with Dr. Gopi Pillai- a pelvic health physical therapist who is incredibly knowledgeable about all things having to do with your vagina, and entertaining.as.hell. :-) Dr. Gopi takes this episode to a whole new level with an in-depth visit to 'Vagina Town.' She explains then ins and outs (pun intended!) of the often overlooked importance of pelvic health, details the signs and symptoms that could be a result of problems with the pelvis, and well, just has a lot of fun talking about it all. In her words: 'her job is to help people enjoy sex again!' And she LOVES it!TTJ(es) have a lot of fun with this incredibly informative conversation. Even if the word Vagina, (and dicks) makes you uncomfortable,  stick with it- and take a ride to Vagina Town with Dr. Gopi- there is help out there for us all!Meet Dr. Gopi!Gopi was born and raised in New York and graduated from Stony Brook University with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2003 at which time her interest in Women's Health began. She eventually moved to Brooklyn, where she started the first Women's Health PT program at a major hospital. Gopi went on to open a private practice in Brooklyn, specializing in male and female pelvic health for 8 years until her family life brought her to Northern Virginia.She started Blueprint Physical Therapy in January of 2019 and has loved getting to know her new surroundings while providing in home visits around DC, Maryland and Virginia. She is dedicated to continuing education and is a teacher, teaching assistant and lecturer for providers of many disciplines and for the community. She's also a wife and mom of a 4 and 5 year old and just added a pandemic puppy to her family.http://blueprintphysicaltherapy.comSupport the show (http://www.paypal.com)Support the show (http://www.paypal.com)

It's the season two finale! This week, the girls discuss what they have planned for the break and do a vision board check-in. Listen as they discuss what they have accomplished thus far, what's in progress, and what things they have yet to tackle this year. What's the mid-year status of your vision board?Resource for pelvic floor therapy: Pelvic Health Physical Therapist at Avila Physical Therapy for Women's Health, Inc. located in Greenville, NCThank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review our podcast. Be sure to follow us on Instagram: @thepourdecisions.podcastContact us via email at: thepourdecisions.podcast.lam@gmail.comxo LAM

We all have a pelvic floor…every single one of us! But, how much do we really know about it? Rachel Parrotta, who is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist based on Long Island, in New York, teaches us how to take care of our pelvic floor, especially for those in pregnancy or postpartum. We think you're going to be very motivated to visit a Pelvic Floor Therapist after this episode! And, as we learn, it's never too late! Get assessment from a Pelvic Floor Therapist if: you feel “pressure” in the pelvis you are experiencing incontinence (any leaking of urine from running, jumping, sneezing, etc.) you have Diastasis Recti (when the abdominal wall widens, and if you have feelings of pressure coming up from that line)   If you are pregnant: you want to still be active during your pregnancy and use your core muscles, but there are modifications to do so safely visit a pelvic floor therapist to gauge where you're at, learn about the pelvic floor, and prepare for birth and recovery   If you have a pelvic prolapse (distension or stretching of the vaginal walls internally): hold off on more intense exercise until 12 weeks postpartum week 6-12 should be rehabilitative, and you should have an assessment done strengthen the core and pelvic floor, also the hips and whole body! some may need internal support, from a pessary   If you have Diastasis Recti: work with a Pelvic Floor Therapist to strength the entire abdominal wall correct the feelings of pressure   How to return to postpartum exercise: week 6-12 postpartum should be about rehabilitation think of exercise as a progressive program start with easier workouts on the ground: the core, pelvic floor, and breath then get up on your feet, and return to squatting and lunging runners need to think about if they can do one legged squatting, before running   Follow Rachel on IG: @rachel_parrotta_dpt www.rachelparrotta.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParrottaPhysicalTherapy/   To find a PFT in your area: www.pelvicrehab.com www.pelvicguru.com ask birth workers in your community   Thank you to Rumpl for supporting today's episode! Use EXPLORE15 for 15% your first order at www.rumpl.com   Production: @kpmediaproductions. Music: @michaelferraro_music

This topic was one suggested by Get Glutes member Nadege, and it's one many postpartum women will resonate with. Whether you've just had a baby or are years down the line and only learning about this now."I recently discovered that I may have abdominal separation, reason why no matter what, I'm not having a flat belly (when I do get great result with all other muscles). Also, most exercises i was doing to build the muscles, actually make it worse. I'm so frustrated as it is a lot of waste time and energy."What Nadege is describing is a process called Diastasis Recti Abdominis, which is the thinning of the "six-pack" abs to accommodate a growing fetus. It can happen for other reasons, too, but this is how most women experience it.It's often blamed for the "mummy tummy" or "belly pooch" appearance many women have, and even still it's blamed for things like pain, weakness, pelvic floor dysfunctions like incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse (POP), pelvic girdle pain (PGP), and even other orthopedic pain and "bad posture". But are these things true? Or if they are true, how much should we *actually* worry about them.With all that in mind, it's no wonder I see so many women afraid of making it worse and desperate to "fix it". Not only does the presence of a non-flat stomach bother us (so much pressure to have a flat tummy), but with all these "problems" looming over us, there's a lot of fear and confusion about making it worse.Imagine how that affects your body trust. To be afraid of moving certain ways because you've been told it's going to make it worse. Or believing that having diastasis is somehow bad and you NEED to fix it.I invited Women's/Pelvic Health Physical Therapist of Entropy Physiotherapy & Wellness, and Assistant Professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Chicago, Sarah Haag, PT, DPT on to talk about this contentious topic.You may have heard many things about Diastasis Recti - or ab separation - and you may be wondering how to fix the diastasis, but is diastasis bad? Is it a dysfunction waiting to happen? WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME, YOUR HOST:Join the Body Trust Movement: https://equippedwithstrength.comWorkout Membership: https://equippedwithstrength.com/enroll

It's Bladder Month here for the ladies...& we decided to record a "part 2" of our other episode about bladder control issues. This time we crush all the Myths when it comes to "leaking!" Dr. Emma Stephens graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center with a doctorate in physical therapy, and has been passionate in her career ever since. About 2 years ago, Dr. Emma began her journey as a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, and she has since been awarded the Certificate of Achievement in Pelvic Physical Therapy (CAPP) by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), distinguishing herself as an expert in the field. Dr. Emma is so excited to be a part of the LEVEL4 Team, and is ready to bring her message of pelvic floor healing to all. What you will learn: Why do I get the urge to pee everytime I walk in my front door? Why you actually need to drink MORE water to stop the urges instead of less. What advice she gives her clients when they feel like they can't hold it and need to run to the bathroom. Why you shouldn't have to wake up in the middle of the night to pee. What you can start doing today to help you overcome these strong urges so you don't have to worry about it controlling your life! AND MORE! Like this episode? Hit "SUBSCRIBE" so you can be updated when we release new episodes! Have a question for our women's health team? Send us a DM over our Instagram: @womenshealth_L4 Plus you don't miss our upcoming ONLINE event: Take Control of Your Bladder...Instead of it Taking Control of You! on March 25th at 7:00 PM. Are you always worried you won't get to the bathroom fast enough in public or feel worried when you leave the house because you might not be able to hold it? Bladder control problems, or "Incontinence," is very common but NOT normal, ladies! We want you to know there is help beyond the "kegels" your doctor told you to do or the surgery you might think is the only option and we want to share our solutions. "We offer a private setting online with no judgement where you can have access to the experts who treat this condition daily. Don't miss out because only 20 women will be able to register so we can make sure we answer all the questions and give you the best tips you need to feel empowered and in control of your bladder again! Sign up HERE.

In this episode, Evie and Alexis welcome Dr. Tyler Kornblum of Absolute Kinetics. Tyler is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist who specializes in treating men, women, and non-binary individuals with pelvic health conditions. Tyler discusses what Pelvic Health Physical Therapy is, the diagnoses she treats, what an appointment with her looks like, and she dispels some common myths around the pelvic floor. Follow and tag us in your health challenge of the week! Subscribe to the Holistically Restored YouTube channel Holistically Restored Website Absolute Kinetics Website Follow us on Instagram: @holisticallyrestored @absolutekineticspt @ak_pelvic_health_dpt Follow us on Twitter: @evie_takacs @abso_kineticspt

Cassie Sharp is a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist , Women's Health & Anxiety Coach, and a yoga instructor.  Her business is called All About That Breath and she helps women find peace and finally take charge of their own health using yoga and simple habits. Her practice is mostly online where she works with clients one-on-one and teaches live yoga. Her personal journey with anxiety and health challenges led her to start a practice where she can help others find their self and thrive! Her favorite yoga classes to teach are Yoga Nidra and Yin Yoga. She also enjoys hiking, traveling with her husband, and knitting.  In this episode we dive into the pelvic floor, practices she uses with clients, the misinformation & education around the pelvic floor, kegels, and jade eggs.

A very special team member of LEVEL4 PT & Wellness joins the podcast today to share her knowledge with women of all ages! Dr. Emma Stephens graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center with a doctorate in physical therapy, and has been passionate in her career ever since. About 2 years ago, Dr. Emma began her journey as a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist, and she has since been awarded the Certificate of Achievement in Pelvic Physical Therapy (CAPP) by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), distinguishing herself as an expert in the field. Dr. Emma is so excited to be a part of the LEVEL4 Team, and is ready to bring her message of pelvic floor healing to all. What you will learn: What is pelvic organ prolapse and why does it happen to some women? Why surgery is NOT your only option with prolapse What advice she gives her patients when they ask about exercising with prolapse Why you shouldn't fear a prolapse diagnosis What you can start doing today to help you overcome any discomfort and feel more empowered AND MORE! Like this episode? Hit "SUBSCRIBE" so you can be updated when we release new episodes! Have a question for Dr. Emma? Send her a DM over our Instagram: @womenshealth_L4 Join our private Facebook group community for video content all about staying active, overcoming injury, exercise tips, and giveaways! LEVEL4 Women's Health Insider's Group or check out the best-selling book authored by Dr. Dawn on everything you ever wanted to know about the embarrassing (and often unspoken) issues your body endures postpartum but didn't know who to ask! Order the book here: Beyond Nine Months "Get Renewed Confidence in Your Body So You Can Feel Like Yourself Again…Months or Years after Childbirth!"

As a pelvic PT, I get asked the same questions a lot, so I thought I'd record an episode talking about the most common things postpartum people ask me. So, here's what I want you to know about your pelvic floor:- It needs time and rest to heal during the first 6 weeks postpartum- A happy pelvic floor lives in a calm and rested body, so why are we so resistant to rest?- Leaking pee is not normal (and while I'm at it, a word about the word "normal)- Painful sex is not normal- Constipation is not normal- Prolapse happens, and it doesn't have to be scaryWe don't know our pelvis very well, due to lack of information and proper education... and unfortunately we humans tend to fear what we don't know. The purpose of my career, and this podcast, is to educate people. Because education is the antidote to fear and anxiety. Sure, we can be in a crappy place, but if we understand why and how to get ourselves out of it, we're ok. I want you to feel confident and empowered to take your postpartum healing into your own hands, ask for what you need, and find the team to support you, so you can ride off into the sunset like the badass mother that you are. Additional resources:EWG Healthy Living app Come As You Are - Emily NagoskiReviving Your Sex Life After Childbirth - Kathe WallaceConstipation, Gut Health and Melatonin episode 76 of The Funk'tional Nutrition PodcastGet in touch with me!www.fullbloomwellness603.comInstagram and Facebook @fullbloomwellness603Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at thepostpartumrevolutionpodcast@gmail.comSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepostpartumrevolution)