Birth Healing Summit Podcast

Are your clients struggling with secondary infertility? If so, have you asked them about their first birth?  In today’s episode Lynn discusses her experience with a client that was struggling with secondary infertility which is defined as “the inability to conceive or carry a baby to term after previously giving birth” ( Penn Medicine ). During the physical assessment of her client, the uterus was...

Do you get in the way of helping your clients? Listen to today’s podcast with Dr. Lee Parimuha DC as we discuss what works best when you are working with your clients, the answer may surprise you.  In this episode, Dr. Parimuha talks about the importance of listening to your client’s body as the body holds the key to the release you are looking for. If you step away from your ideas, thoughts and p...

Stop What you might be asking?   In today’s podcast I share some of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned over the years and it includes Stop doing this!   In today’s podcast, Lynn shares one of her most valued lessons: Always respect the tissues and never force a release as it can cause more harm than good.  A client came into the clinic and was in pain after receiving work from another bodywork...

Want to know how to get the most out of your interactions with your clients?   In today’s episode physical therapist Heather Hannam shares her pearls of wisdom she has gained from her 40 years of practice. First Heather reminds us that every client we encounter needs to feel seen, heard, respected and supported. Second, she suggests reading back the patient’s subjective from the eval to them so th...

Do your clients have lengthened muscles? If they are postpartum they most likely do.  Is strengthening not creating the change you and your client are trying to achieve?  In today’s episode, Lynn discusses the importance of addressing lengthened muscles and what to do about them. She shares her experience of trying to strengthen a lengthened muscle.  When our client’s muscles are lengthened, espec...

Are you a leader or are you a follower?  In today’s episode, Julia Di Paolo, a Canadian Physiotherapist talks with us about the difference between Evidence Based and Evidence Informed practice. Evidence Based is defined as having randomized control trials showing that a certain concept exists. Evidence Informed is defined as taking the evidence we have and making clinical deductions based on the b...

Want to create magical results for your clients? Consider regularly assessing the Uterosacral Ligament.  If your clients are complaining of irritation of the bladder, urethra or pelvic floor muscles, treating the uterosacral ligament can help, and can also provide relief to clients with prolapse. Join in for today's podcast, as Lynn highlights the importance of this incredible ligament.  The...

What is your inner identity? Is it time to do some weeding in your personality garden so it truly reflects who you are and want to be?  In today’s podcast, occupational therapist and growth and mindset coach Landy Peek shares her knowledge on addressing the disconnection between our inner identity and building our dream practice. Landy is currently working with business owners in shifting their in...

Are your clients complaining of difficulty with fertility, endometriosis, pain with intercourse, sensitivity to arousal or just having pain? In today’s episode, Lynn reminds practitioners that it is essential to assess the round ligament when working with female patients with pelvic issues.. If your clients are struggling with a complex set of symptoms, including endometriosis, pelvic pain, pregna...

Did you know treating your client's pelvic floor could save their life?  Do you acknowledge that your clients' bodies have been through a lot?  Join us today as we continue the conversation with Michelle Lyons and dive into a variety of topics, including how we can save women's lives, how we need to acknowledge all the person we are working with has been through during birth, and ho...

Is a pelvic floor first approach the best solution for chronic pelvic pain?  Join in for part one of this incredible two part series with Michelle Lyons as we discuss the importance of Polyvagal Theory in treating clients with chronic pelvic pain and trauma. In this thought provoking conversation, you will learn how working only with the pelvic floor may not yield the fastest or most beneficial tr...

Are you tired of working so hard for too little gain personally and/or professionally?  Join us for today’s podcast where Lynn Schulte shares her personal story on founding the Birth Healing Summit and how she found the magic of physical therapy. This episode is filled with little pieces of advice for the clinician as well as the practice owner. First, life is about growing personally, professiona...

Do you ever struggle with what to say to your clients, especially the ones with a history of trauma? Focusing on your client’s strengths and respecting who they are and where they are coming from is a proven approach that can lead to better birth and postnatal outcomes. In today’s podcast, I have an enlightening conversation with OB anesthesiologist, Dr. Tracey Vogel. Dr. Vogel offers strategies t...

What makes a great practitioner? Is it the perfection of techniques? A strong knowledge of anatomy? Or is there something more that is needed as well? I n today’s podcast, my dear friend Heather Hannam, a physical therapist of 45 years, shares the holistic approach she uses in her practice to successfully treat her clients as she taps into the mind, body connection.  Living in the present and work...

Prenatal yoga has grown in popularity, but do those poses support a woman’s changing body during pregnancy and postpartum? Join us as today’s speaker talks about yoga and the perinatal body. Throughout pregnancy and postpartum, as a woman’s body changes, so should the ways they practice yoga. In today’s podcast, board-certified women’s health specialist, Anne Duch explains how different yoga class...

The hip, pelvis, and belly, pain during childbirth, therapeutic alliance, and embodiment are some featured topics in this year's Birth Healing Summit. In this podcast episode, I  share my  2023 Birth Healing Summit highlights. Carrie Hall and Sarah Duvall share great information on the hip. Then Jerry Hesch chimed in during his interview on pelvic patterns, sharing how he assesses the hip by...

Are you exhausted at the end of your work day, no matter how many clients you have seen? Then this is the podcast for you. Suzanne Scurlock shares how to stay in the flow of your day, making each client session effortless.  In today's episode, Suzanne shares the full body presence experience by asking one question: Are you embodying all aspects of your body?  This means being grounded, aware...

Is pain inevitable during childbirth?  If pain is an output of the brain, are there ways to educate our pregnant clients to help minimize their pain perception during delivery? Listen to today’s episode to hear Carolyn Vandyken, a Canadian physiotherapist, explains how using pain science is a better way to support our pregnant clients. Pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experie...

Do you ever think about what you are thinking? Do you notice how you feel when thinking about your thoughts? And, are your thoughts more favorable than negative? In today's podcast, physical therapist Susan Clinton shares ways to help us stop procrastinating doing our paperwork and help us get from negative to positive thoughts.   If you have a strong inner critic or are dealing with Imposter...

PT school teaches a very segregated approach to treating the body. For example, you learn how to assess and treat each joint but not how to work with the whole body.   The pain is hardly ever where the problem is.  Listen to today’s episode to learn from Jerry Hesch, a physical therapist and founder of the Hesch Institute, as he shares his whole body assessment approach and why the ankle may be th...

Does the uterus need to be balanced? What if its natural state is one of imbalance?   Listen in to hear Rachel Shapiro, a fantastic midwife in Isreal, as she shares why the uterus doesn't need to be in a state of balance. But what does this mean for our assessments?   We start this episode reflecting on Rachel's interview last year at the  Birth Healing Summit, where she educated us on t...

How do you guide your client's decision to get a tummy tuck? Join Lisa Ryan and Munira Hundani as we discuss the ins and outs of this significant decision for our clients. Surgery for diastasis recti is a multifaceted issue we must prepare to discuss with our clients. We may know larger separations require surgery from a functional standpoint but are more minor separations surgical candidates...

IRD has been the golden standard of measurement and outcomes when treating DRA. But should it be? Listen in as Diane Lee shares why we might want to use something else instead. Diastasis Recti has been defined by one measurement tool alone, and in this episode, we discuss why IRD is not the best tool for measuring outcomes. Research shows that with some contraction strategies, the IRD is widening....

Are you interested in adding pessary fitting to your practice? Then tune in to hear our speakers in today's episode as we talk about all things pessaries.   Terri Robertson Elder, PT, and Jenny Telfer-Crum, PT, have successfully provided pessary services in their practices. In this interview, they share thoughts on how to use pessaries with postpartum clients. Listen in to learn the new defin...

How do you define the hip? As pelvic floor therapists, addressing all aspects of the hip is imperative to achieve good outcomes with your clients.   Listen in to today's speaker, Carrie Hall, PT, who studied and worked with the renowned Shirley Sahrmann, PT, as we discuss the impact of the hip on the pelvic floor and why we should be considering the entire structure of the hip, which includes...