Are you feeling stuck in your practice or with certain clients -- trying too hard to make tissues release and changes happen? Listen in to today’s episode as Lynn shares two client stories and what can happen if we step back, get curious, and allow the body’s innate wisdom to guide the healing process.

Come discover the importance of stepping back and getting curious when working with tissues that resist release. It’s easy to fall into the trap of over-efforting, trying to force a release or change, but resistance often signals something deeper. By learning to approach the body with curiosity and respect, we open the door to profound healing.

Key Topics Covered:

• The importance of backing off when tissues resist and asking, “What is the tissue trying to do?”
• How to dialogue with the body and allow tissues to relax naturally, rather than pushing for a release.
• Techniques like pelvic sweeping and awareness practices to support clients without delving into complex emotional details.

Client Stories:

• Client 1: A woman with tension linked to unresolved trauma from an abusive relationship. 
• Client 2: A grieving mother carrying trauma from the past and feelings of over-responsibility. 

The approach discussed in today’s episode is at the core of what’s taught in the Birth Healing Intensive, a transformative 9-month journey that equips practitioners with tools to respectfully and effectively support pregnant and postpartum clients from a deeper level. If you’re ready to get more meaningful results for both you and your clients, consider enrolling in the next session starting in January. To learn more check out https://instituteforbirthhealing.com/birth-healing-intensive/

Resources Mentioned:

• Holistic Pelvic Care by Tami Lynn Kent
• Birth Healing Intensive with Lynn

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Ever wonder what really happens to your pelvis and tissues during and after childbirth? In this episode, Lynn covers the process of resetting the tissues post-birth, helping everything find its way back to an optimal position for recovery and renewed strength.

Listen in to today’s conversation about the process of "resetting" the pelvis and surrounding tissues after a vaginal birth. We will dive into what happens to the pelvis, tissues, and organs as the baby makes its way out, and I will explain what you can do to help guide your client’s body back to its original or near-original position for optimal function and recovery.

We break it down layer by layer:

• Bones
• Bladder
• Cervix
• Pelvic Floor Muscles
• Perineal Body and EAS

You don’t want to miss this crucial information on resetting these structures to support your clients in a better recovery and restoration postpartum. Tune in to learn more about this fascinating and vital process!

To learn more about the techniques mentioned in this podcast check out https://instituteforbirthhealing.com/all-courses/

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How do you figure out the cause of an issue when the client doesn’t recall anything that could be causing it?

As a pelvic health physical therapist, we have to play detective, we listen intently, we use our training to palpate the body for clues, and we let our hands guide us to figure out the true cause of the problem we are addressing. 

In today’s episode, Lynn shares a case study of a 13 year old female who had been struggling with urinary incontinence for years. Listen in to hear the cause of her incontinence. 

This young lady was leaking urine when she laughed, but she could not recall any falls or impacts to her pelvis or bladder that could be causing the issue.

Upon assessment, Lynn discovered that her sacrum was hard and her tailbone was pulled to the right. Upon palpation there was a strong connection between the tailbone and the bladder. Another connection was found with the mid-back as well. 

As Lynn and her client continued to talk, the potential cause came to mind - this young client had launched out of a slide when she was little and landed on her buttocks. As a quick note, if you have a young client be sure to check the tailbone because kids fall and many times don’t remember it. It’s important to use all of your skills in your assessments, so you can get to the true cause of an issue to help it resolve.

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Have you helped clients heal after the loss of a miscarriage or supported them during their struggles to conceive? There is a gift in the work we do, and today’s guest shares how this gift has helped restore her life and given her hope for a promising future.

Today, Lynn is joined by Physical Therapist and parent, Kristin Reardon for a candid conversation about loss, struggles with conception, and the journey forward that opened Kirstin’s world to new possibilities within pelvic health.

Kirstin Reardon was a Neurological PT for most of her career. Her personal journey addressing issues with DRA and prolapse after the birth of 2 children and experiencing the loss from a miscarriage pushed her to seek out more support. She learned about the Institute for Birth Healing and signed up for the Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body to try to figure out how to get back to a better place in her own body.

Today, she joins Lynn to share her story of recovery and healing and where this work is taking her next in her desire to help herself and others heal fully.

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Do you have clients preparing for a VBAC? Do you want to know what steps you can take to help them?

In today’s episode Lynn discusses what she does to help prepare her clients for a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). What we do as practitioners cannot guarantee a specific result, but we can help increase our client’s chances of success with our assessment and treatment of the body.

For clients who want a VBAC, it is important to understand what caused the Cesarean Birth in the first place. Was the surgery planned or did the client labor? Get as many details as possible to help you learn what happened prior to doing your assessment.

The assessment will include the following steps:

1. Assess the pelvic shape, the arch of the pubic ramus, SIJ and over all boney anatomy for clues as to if anything would obstruct the baby from entering in or through the pelvis.
2. Next assess the lower abdominal fascia, uterine ligaments and the pelvic floor muscles.
3. Then assess for the baby’s position in the pelvis. 

There is always a reason for the baby’ position. The baby gets to determine how he or she would like to be born. We as practitioners can create space and opportunity in the body to optimize the birth, but we cannot force a position. Many midwives have attested that the body is capable of so much during birth. It can shift positions and it is more than capable of delivering a child vaginally in most cases, so select the words you use with your client, so you are empowering them and their connection to their body. 

If you would like to learn more about preparing the body for birth check out the Institute for Birth Healing’s new course Pregnancy, Pain and Beyond. 

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Did you know that the connective tissue in your body—fascia—not only supports movement and stability but also holds the stories of our lives and can influence a baby’s position during pregnancy? What if understanding fascia could transform the way you support your pregnant and postpartum clients? Tune in to discover how this incredible system impacts everything from cellular communication to birth outcomes!

Fascia is an amazing structure in the body that connects and surrounds everything. It is made of collagen that creates support and flexibility within the tissues it surrounds and has many functions including: 

• Support 
• Protection
• Slide and glide to help movement
• Force transmission
• Stability to joints
• Maintenance of shape and position
• Cellular communication
• Sensory system functionality
• Fluid dynamics
• It is a part of our unconscious

In short the fascial system is an information superhighway for the body. 

Although there is little research on how our fascial trains are affected during pregnancy we do know they are important. The deep posterior fascial line that goes from the calcaneus to the occiput crossing over at the sacrum can impact the sacrotuberous ligament of the uterus. The spiral line crosses from the rib cage to the hip and down the IT band. This affects the body’s ability to create space for the baby to grow. The superficial front line impacts the rectus abdominis and linea alba which is important when treating DRA.

It is important to take a full body approach to all clients but especially pregnant clients because pregnancy creates changes that affect the entire fascial system. If you are interested in learning more about the fascia in the body in relation to pregnancy the Institute for Birth Healing has created a new class called Pregnancy, Pain and Beyond that addresses how to work the fascia of the pregnant body. Registration opens on May 5, 2025.

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What do you do when a client is stuck with their shoulders rounded and head forward but they are not able to move to a more neutral position? 

In today's episode, Lynn talks with Dr. Anna Hammond, PT, DPT, a lead therapist at Core Exercise Solutions, about ways to examine the shoulders and ribs to improve posture and make lasting changes.

NOTE: Anna visually shows the movements in the video and the audio is not always clear as to what she is doing. Please refer to the YouTube links referenced for the visuals.  https://youtu.be/Zq-Z_FV1-mE

As pregnancy progresses the growth of the baby causes the body to change. These changes need to occur but can expose imbalances in the pregnant person’s body that can affect their ability to move with balance and ease. They can also impact the load on the pelvic floor and create potential issues with prolapse. Addressing posture during pregnancy can set a pregnant person up for a more successful experience postpartum.

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How confident are you working with clients who want help turning their breech positioned babies?

Do you have clients who want to try and deliver vaginally even though their baby is breech? 

Over the past few months, in preparation for the Birth Healing Summit, Lynn has been learning a lot about breech birth. In today’s podcast, she shares the highlights of what she has learned and talks about what we can do as bodyworkers, PTs, and OTs to help clients with breech babies.

Breech births account for 4% of all term babies. Although breech presentation is considered a normal variation of birth in most of the world, in the USA most physicians and hospitals require the birthing person to have a c-section when the baby is breech. Listen in to learn what is required (or rather what isn’t) to support the client and the baby during a vaginal delivery of a baby that is breech. Lynn also shares some information you can use prenatally to help give a baby more space, opportunity and balance.

Keep an eye out for Lynn’s new pregnancy course, Pregnancy Pain and Beyond, which will be opening up for registration on May 5th. This course will give you a strong foundation for working with pregnant clients and expanding beyond just addressing pain. You will learn how to prepare the body for birth, including utilizing techniques to help with breech positioning. 

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Have you ever noticed how your connection with a client impacts their treatment session? What happens when you don’t connect with a client?

In today’s episode Lynn talks with Susannah Haarmann about the importance of creating connections with your clients.

Our current medical model is very top down. We, as providers, are supposed to know what to do and our clients just have to receive the guidance we are providing. In truth, our sessions are more effective when we walk beside our clients and help them be an active participant in their care. By working together, we help the nervous system stay in an optimal response which helps with healing.

Susannah’s tips to connect with clients and improve treatments: realize treatments are not a checklist, but require a connection to a person who has a nervous system, describe what you are going to do before you do it and continually ask for consent, give the client autonomy and control (they are doing this for themselves no for you).

Susannah’s advice for practitioners: know your boundaries, create rituals between clients, take care of yourself not just your clients 

Susannah Haarmann will be joining us for the 2025 Birth Healing Summit! She will be talking about the nervous system. The Birth Healing Summit will take place April 7 - 18, 2025.

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ABOUT TODAY’S SPEAKER

Susannah Haarmann, PT, WCS, CLT specializes in pelvic health treatment. She is a certified lymphedema therapist and an international leader in advancing rehab care for patients with  cancer. In 2013 Susannah entered the ranks of ABPTS Women’s Clinical Specialists in 2013; an honor of which only 333 licensed physical therapists hold in the United States as of 2016.

Susannah is a faculty member for the Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute teaching continuing education courses nationally to medical practitioners on the topics of pelvic dysfunction and rehabilitation during and after breast cancer treatment. She is the creator of the 2-day course “Rehabilitation for the Breast Cancer Patient" which she teaches internationally.

Susannah is the writer and artistic renderer for the Your Core PT book series which provides easy access to patient handouts and clinical reference tools for patients and practitioners. 

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Have you ever had clients tell you that their doctor recommended they be induced because their baby was too big only to find out that the baby was 5-7 lbs.? 

In today’s episode Lynn talks with Kate White, the founder and director of the Center for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology, about the impact inductions or threats of inductions can have on both the mother and the child.

Clients should be empowered to make a decision that is best for them and what they believe to be best for the baby once presented with all the facts.

It has been shown that if parents are included in decision making there is no trauma. Trauma can occur when the relational aspect between parent and provider falls apart. Kate teaches clients to make decisions using the acronym BRAIN. 

B - Benefits

R - Risks (understand)

A - Alternatives

I - Intuition

N - Now or Nothing 

Potential impacts on the baby from induction include: time is a trigger, authentic impulses have been overridden, not being able to determine his/her authenticity, difficulty with finding his/her way, challenges with decision making, feeling overpowered, feeling rushed, tempo feels pushed toward the completion of a project, and prone to collapse.

Reference to Rachel Reed’s book: Why induction matters

Listen to today’s podcast to learn Kate’s advice on what you can do to help support your clients who are navigating induction and what can be done to reduce any trauma for your clients and their baby.

Kate White will be joining us for the 2025 Birth Healing Summit. She will be talking about her 3 steps to approach birth. Join the Institute for Birth Healing mailing list for more details about the upcoming Birth Healing Summit taking place April 7 - 18, 2025. Registration will open on March 24, 2025.

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ABOUT TODAY’S SPEAKER

Kate White is the Founder and Director of the Center for Prenatal and Perinatal Programs and the Prenatal and Perinatal Somatics Institute. Kate has developed educational training programs in understanding the baby's experience, especially how to prevent and treat birth trauma. She is the co-creator of Integrated Prenatal and Perinatal Dynamics, Founding Director of the Education Department at APPPAH, and the creator of the Prenatal and Perinatal Educator Certificate Program for professionals (an 18-day basic training program and a 12 day advanced program).

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