Pelvic PT Rising

Can't wait for you to hear this conversation with Dr. Ken McGee of B3 Physical Therapy.  They have a diverse practice featuring mobile, telehealth and in-office visits. We discuss a major mindset shift in postpartum care that will change your perspective, supporting parents with feeding, how to make your intake forms more inclusive, the importance of more open-ended questions, and more. Can&a...

In this practical and wide-ranging conversation we discuss why Lynn believes we overlook the bones of the pelvis, the common patterns she sees in post-partum patients and which pelvic floor muscle she pays the most attention to in her evaluation. We also hear some great questions you should be asking your post-partum patients and discuss the impact of birth trauma. Can't wait for you to hear...

If you're like us, you might have a negative perception of a 'mission statement'.  We certainly thought it was dumb for us as a small company. We had both sat through long meetings to create, or explain, or pontificate about a mission statement before.  Usually something created by HR and long, boring and pointless. But we were wrong to throw away the idea just because the execution...

This is something I've heard when teaching and training about how to treat interstitial cystitis (IC): "I don't think they really have IC." What we usually mean by this is we feel their symptoms are stemming from pelvic floor dysfunction and central sensitization. The AUA Definition of IC is simply: "An unpleasant sensation (pain, pressure, discomfort) perceived to be rela...

We get really honest about the challenges and growing pains in a multi-clinician practice in this 'sode.  And we'll make sure to have some advice on how to mitigate them! But you can really boil down the big challenges into three categories. Time -  You're going to have a huge increase in the demands on your time.  You'll be doing more admin work.  More marketing.  More leaders...

Why do we start teaching perineal massage (and all of our birth prep) earlier than most at PelvicSanity?  There are a few reasons. The first is simple - 37 weeks is considered full term.  No one will try and stop it if you go into labor.  So we plan to have all of our birth prep complete by then.  Any time we get after 37 weeks is just a bonus.  We're keeping our people comfortable or remindi...

While many solopreneurs are struggling to fill their schedule, there is also a problem of being 'too busy.'  Remember, we are never out of problems as entrepreneurs.  Instead, we're just trading one problem for a better one! So if you're a busy solopreneur, you're often feeling overwhelmed by the demand for your services.  Worried you aren't providing the best patient...

Building an outwardly successful business doesn't mean much if we don't enjoy the journey!  In this 'sode we dive into how we can be more content and happy as business owners. What we all get wrong is thinking we'll be happier in our business when we reach the next milestone.  The ideal amount of patients.  The next big revenue number.  When we hire.  We just keep chasing the n...

Here's the finale to our series on "Paying Your People", where we go over the 10 most common mistakes we see business owners making. We've already gone over salary vs hourly pay, raises, bonus structure and other tips - make sure to check those out if you haven't already! Make sure you aren't making some of these mistakes in your practice. Accelerator - January Cohort...

How can you make sure what you learn makes it into your clinical practice?  We've all fallen victim to taking a course or hearing something new, but not implementing it with our patients. On the heels of PelviCon and after coming back from a business conference, we were thinking of exactly how we implement to make sure we put the ideas into practice.  After all, if we just learn but don'...

Should we be giving raises?  How often?  And how much?  In Part 3 of the series, we dive into all your questions. From our annual State of Pelvic Rehab survey, we found the following: 41% of employees did not get a raise last year 34% received a raise between 0-3% So, what should we do as business owners about raises?  We believe (and teach) they should be RTF - Regular, Transparent and Fair. Regu...

Not necessarily a fun 'sode to do, but we wanted to revisit The IC Solution - written almost 10 years ago now - to see what we got wrong or would change if we wrote another edition. We talk about the book-writing process, how we wrote a good chunk of it in a oceanfront pool in Mexico, and what our goal was for patients. The book has been the best-seller in it's Amazon category and reache...

Should you be 'bonusing' your employees? Generally you'll find bonuses in other fields - lawyers, salespeople, etc.  And they can make sense.  You're trying to incentivize an employee to work longer or harder with a bonus.  But that doesn't really track in pelvic health.  Do any of us believe a clinician is going to provide better clinical care because they get a bonus? Cl...

This 'sode is all about surviving this turbulent political season.  It's based on training we give our staff at PelvicSanity about how to navigate an election and patients who are passionate/anxious/fired up about the political environment. Let's start with this - talking politics with your patients is never going to go well. Even if you're on the 'same team', going b...

In this 4-part series, we're doing a deep dive into how to pay your employees.  There's a lot of confusion here, and frankly a lot of bad advice.  So we're going to dive in over the next month to clear things up! In this 'sode we talk about some things we shouldn't be doing:  Paying clinicians as contractors instead of W2 employees Paying a percentage instead of a wage Hav...

Ever found yourself frustrated with a patient who doesn't complete their intake forms?  Or a little stressed you won't know what you're walking into? In this 'sode we hope to reframe your mindset to take out the frustration or anxiety from when you don't have their information prior to their appointment. We will talk about working upstream to reduce this as much as possibl...

Are you feeling like you're on the business 'rollercoaster'?  A few good weeks or months, followed by a 'downturn' or a time when leads slow down? This is not only normal, it's to be expected!  Why should business be perfectly consistent?  Some of the best business advice we got early in PelvicSanity was from another business owner - "respect the ebb and flow&quo...

Finding that patients aren't finishing the homework you give or aren't following through on what they said in your appointment?  Try spending more time coaching them to overcome barriers. Our job isn't to just dispense advice, ideas and exercises!  We need to make sure our patients can actually follow through and get them done.  As as rehab providers, we often don't realize how...

With our negativity bias, it can be hard to talk about what we're proud about!  We see this with clinicians at PelvicSanity and with those we mentor in their own businesses. So here we are, practicing what we preach!  We'll talk about things like creating a 'Feeding & Family room' (which we hope becomes the norm at conferences and con-ed courses).  Why we're so proud o...

Why do we - as pelvic rehab providers - deserve and need our own conference? As we close in on the start of PelviCon '24, we discuss why PelviCon started and what you'll be surprised to know about the conference. We're really about 3 things at PelviCon BY and FOR pelvic rehab.  PelviCon was the first-ever conference both by and for pelvic rehab.  All of the speakers are clinicians. ...

Considering discovery calls, doing them now or thinking you might be missing out on them?  Check out the full 'sode to better understand the conversion process! The first thing to recognize is where these 'discovery calls' - which are really sales calls - come from.  They come from the 'ortho bro' model and selling big packages.  Here's why we aren't a fan: 1.  I...

Ever feel a little worried or extra pressure when seeing a patient who has already been to another pelvic PT/OT?   Here's the secret:  We care a lot about the patient's experience, thoughts and what they feel like was beneficial. We don't care at all about what the other provider thought or was working on In fact, a lot of times these patients are easier because they know what has w...

Excited for this conversation about pelvic health education with Pelvic Health Solutions, the Title Sponsor of PelviCon 2024! We interview lead instructor Amanda Homen and have a wide-ranging conversation you won't want to miss. We discuss incorporating trauma-informed care into every level of pelvic education, pros and cons of online education, the challenges of creating entry-level pelvic h...

A dynamic speaker and teacher, Taryn has personally educated more clinicians in fitting pessaries than anyone else in the world!  She's fresh off an 11-city US 'tour' where she taught hands-on pessary fitting this last year.  And she's returning to PelviCon by popular demand! In this 'sode we discuss her PelviCon topic - overactive bladder (OAB) - and what all of us are ge...

Leading educator, thinking and pioneer in our field, Michelle is the first 3-time PelviCon speaker and you won't want to miss this wide-ranging conversation! We take a deep dive into menopause, hormone replacement therapy and what we - as a pelvic rehab profession - are still getting wrong about menopause. Michelle talks about how to have a more collegial relationship with physicians and own...