Pelvic PT Rising

Our website is often overlooked when we think about marketing and conversion.  We want to take meetings, do workshops, run ads, meet other practitioners, ask for referrals.  But what if our website is turning away potential patients who want to work with us? In this Business Shorty we dive into the 5 ways your website can be letting you down: It doesn't tell patients where you are It doesn&ap...

If you knew you only had one more session with your patient, what would you choose to do in your session?  What would you focus on?  What would you send them home with? One of the biggest challenges with research is we're usually basically asking 'is this intervention better than nothing?' Is this pain medication better than a sugar pill? Is guided biofeedback better than just getti...

What limiting beliefs are holding you back in your career and business? This interview with Meghan explores some of the limiting beliefs she had to break through in order to turn Soulshine Pelvic Health into the thriving business it is today. These included: You need a certain amount of clinical experience to start a practice. ( "I wish I had started right out of school ) No one will pay for...

We all inherently feel evaluating a patient's max contraction in a supine position isn't an accurate picture of their functional pelvic floor strength.  But we're afraid to challenge what we've been taught, or unsure about what to replace it with. This 'sode was prompted by a quote in a review article.  It states:  "Considering this, it does not seem that our interven...

In this 'sode we go through Felicia's business journey from zero to 30+ patients per week in less than a year.   Her business has been so successful her husband has left his job - which caused him to work insanely long hours - and joined the practice! Hear about the challenges Felicia has overcome and the experience of bringing in her significant other to the business in this 'sode!...

How do we avoid going down the wrong road with a patient after their evaluation and assessment?   This was prompted by a question in the Huddle regarding how we evaluate pelvic floor strength in patients.  Many of you said you only do it because it helps with getting insurance reimbursement.  But it's really, really hard not to allow that information to cloud your plan of care! In this '...

How do you really develop your clinical Ethos?  And how does that translate to business? In this eye-opening interview with Beth Kemper of Kemper Physical Therapy, we hear how her Pelvic PT Ethos has evolved over the years and how it eventually led her to start her own practice. Beth had experience with starting her own practice.  She made, as she says, almost every mistake in the book.  So much s...

In this case report from a complex IC patient, we dive into 5 lessons (or reminders) for us as we treat these complex patients. This was a patient who had sought help from two different physical therapists but didn't feel she had a solid plan or understanding of where her case was going. In short?  She didn't know the 'why'.   Interstitial Cystitis: Holistic Evaluation & Tr...

Katie has started and grown her business in a new city, in the midst of Covid and with two young children under the age of 5.  Don't miss her inspiring story and the tools that has Taylor Physical Therapy growing so quickly! Katie had been a clinical director at a busy insurance-based practice.  She knew the demands of running a business and dealing with insurance.  It had started to cut into...

Sometimes we talk clinical.  Sometimes we talk business.  And sometimes we talk about life, which affects both.  In this 'sode we talk about lessons we learned (or were reminded of) in buying a house that can apply to any of our situations. Ultimately we want each of you to be able to live and thrive in whatever life you choose.  Too often we follow the advice or expectations of our society,...

Everything felt 'cloudy' when Megan first started her business.  In almost two years of work she was still only seeing 2-3 patients per week and having to work almost full-time in home health to make ends meet.   She had paid mentors and business coaches.  She paid someone to help with her website.  Her schedule still didn't fill and she was ready to throw in the towel. That sparked...

What if everything you're doing to help strengthen isn't improving strength for your patient?  This 'sode is based on a great question we got from one of the Rising community! Patients had come in with just a 'flicker' - and sometimes not even that!  You've tried all the different cues, different positions, looked up at their back and for other ways to engage the pelv...

From the "epitome of the burnt-out PT" to a thriving business owner, Marny has an incredibly unique perspective on our field. Marny is a true OG of pelvic health.  She took courses from Holly Herman and Kathe Wallace themselves and has been practicing in the field for almost 3 decades.  She's seen how much the field has changed into modern pelvic physical therapy. She's an insp...

Our profession has made a huge shift in the last decade.  We've moved away from believing our specialty was all about Kegels and voluntary control of the pelvic floor.  There's so much more we can be doing to help patients! In fact, only 4% of those surveyed said they prescribed Kegels or reverse Kegels to almost all of their patients.  10 years ago, it would have been almost 100%.   But...

How do we cultivate clinical humility, involve the patient in their own success and focus on the "One Thing"?  Don't miss this interview with Dr. Jen Morgan of Centrality Wellness! One of the most fascinating parts of this interview was Jen's assertion we should be seeing change with patients 'every single session.'  We probe how she actually makes that happen, even w...

We're back!  Fresh off a two-week vacation, coming back to talk to you about the pelvic floor and the ways it is different than any other muscle group. Check out the full 'sode to see why we need to be treating the pelvic floor differently - and talking about it differently to our patients! PelvicSanity Hiring! The PelvicSanity expansion project is almost complete, which means we now hav...

I'm sure a lot of us have mixed feelings on 2021!  In this 'sode we're looking back at the year, talking about how to make sure we're learning and growing from our experiences and starting to look forward to 2022! Our word/phrase last year was "Level Up", and - on the whole - we feel we did that, both at PelvicSanity and with Pelvic PT Rising.  Now we're turning...

Are you thinking of starting your own practice?  A side hustle?  Or maybe you've already started and are looking to level up in 2022? We're rising together as a pelvic rehab community.  We're 1) providing better patient care and more options, 2) creating the kind of jobs we all wish we had available and 3) becoming happier and more content in our businesses! The first step?  Joining...

Can Jesse make Nicole laugh with Christmas jokes?  What were the biggest hits of 2021?  The best 'sodes of the year?  Will we reach 100 reviews in 2021?  So many questions to answer! We reflect on everything that's happened - positive and negative - in 2021 and get ready to head into the holiday season and new year. Please take the End of Year Survey here! New Resources in '21 Recta...

Amanda never thought she wanted to run her own practice, but she was feeling overwhelmed clinically with everything she wanted to do with her patients and didn't have time to get to. She felt she was getting burned out early on in her career and couldn't imagine doing it the same way for the next forty years. "I would never ever want the responsibility of having a business." Ye...

In this inspiring interview with Dr. Natalie Toshkoff of Take Flight PT we talk about how she overcame limiting beliefs as a clinician and business owner to craft her ideal life. We discuss her winding journey into physical therapy and pelvic health and how she found the courage to start her own practice after only a few years in the specialty. But it wasn't an easy road.  There were limiting...

In this wide-ranging interview with pelvic health OT Danika Viola, we talk personal life, treatment philosophy, the difference between PT and OT and business. Danika describes some of the differences in training between PTs and OTs and her journey into treating pelvic health.  She also describes how she works closely with pelvic PTs in order to provide a more well-rounded experience for the patien...

"I'm still growing into it." Such an incredible interview with Taflyn Wilschinsky!  She shares her story of growing as both a clinician and a business owner. Taflyn courageously shares her personal medical journey that influenced her philosophy as a practitioner.  Her experience as a patient informed how she treats and the experience every patient who enters Santa Cruz Pelvic Health...

Do you ever settle for a simple answer when you ask your patient a question? This is especially a challenge for newer PTs.  When we first start out we're often just 'checking the box.' Do you have constipation?  No?  Good.   But without asking open-ended follow-up questions we'll never learn the information we truly need to best help our patients and provide individualized care...

Incredible conversation with Stefanie Long, founder of Concept Physical Therapy. Her practice has exploded!  She started seeing 1-2 patients a week and is now consistently seeing more than 25 every week.  And all with three young kids! You can hear how her personal story inspired her into the specialty, what made her start her own practice and how she trusted herself and made the leap! Stefanie Lo...