Do you have clients who experience pain when sitting or having a bowel movement or who have trouble activating their pelvic floor? Working with the ischiorectal fossa can help alleviate these issues.

In today’s episode Lynn talks with Physical Therapist, PelviCon Co-Founder, and the owner of Pelvic Sanity and Pelvic PT Rising, Nicole Cozean, about ischiorectal fossa (IRF), what signs and symptoms restrictions in this area can create, and how you can work with the IRF to alleviate pain and reduce symptoms of lower rectocele with your clients.

The ischiorectal fossa or ischioanal fossa, is a space located just medial to the ischial tuberosities lateral to the anal canal and below the pelvic diaphragm. This area is mostly filled with fat, but it also contains nerves, arteries and veins as well as fibrous bands that allow for expansion of the area during a bowel movement.

Treating this area can have vascular and pain modulation benefits. In addition it may help relieve some symptoms of a lower rectocele.

This episode is packed with information on how to work with the IRF and tips on practicing in a respectful manner to help your clients feel more comfortable with the work you are doing in this vulnerable area.

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About Today’s Speaker

Dr. Nicole Cozean founded PelvicSanity to provide the type of care she believes all people with pelvic health deserve. She is of the foremost educators in pelvic health. She has trained more than 1,500 clinicians in the PelvicSanity treatment approach, runs a teaching group for 10,000+ practitioners and runs an annual conference in Atlanta ("PelviCon") for pelvic rehab professionals.

To learn more, visit her websites: 

https://www.pelvicsanity.com/

https://www.pelvicptrising.com/

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Today, we celebrate the 100th episode of the Birth Healing Summit Podcast! To mark this monumental episode, Lynn shares a culmination of the pieces of advice, education, and practice building that have helped her grow the most in all areas - parenting, life, and business.

Tune in to hear all the pieces of advice that have supported me in parenting, life and business. 

Parenting Success

It starts with talking to the baby in utero and proceeds into labor and the rest of the life. Power struggles with your children are inevitable. When they become apparent try giving the child more age appropriate responsibility. Remember you cannot stop bad things from happening but you can support the child through them and teach them about consequences to decisions. 

Life Success

One of those ah-ha moments that can transform everything is the knowledge that there are 2 energies: love and fear. Are you growing your love? Are you taking responsibility for your words and actions? 

Business Success

Building a business can be overwhelming; however, when you begin by creating in love and know that your business can change as you grow it can open up into a very powerful and propelling mission. When treating, learn to listen and follow cues from the body. Allow the client to lead the session. 

The Institute for Birth Healing is so grateful for the opportunity to provide holistic and evidence informed education that is helping practitioners achieve great clinical outcomes around the world. Thank you for listening and being part of the Birth Healing community! 

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Do you know the 3 issues scar tissue from cesarean birth can cause?  Join me in this episode to learn more about my take on healing scar tissue from cesarean birth. 

Approximately 32% of all births in the United States are cesarean births according to the National Center for Health Statistics meaning about a third of your postnatal clients will have had a cesarean birth. In today’ s episode, Lynn discusses 3 issues women complain about after having a cesarean birth:

1. Bladder frequency
2. Pain with intercourse
3. Low back pain 

Listen in to learn what may be contributing to these complaints and what you can do to help address these issues in the clinic. You may be surprised to learn that pelvic injuries could be playing a part, despite a cesarean birth.

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Do you talk with your pregnant clients about the risks of anal sphincter injuries? Do you know how to treat the anal sphincter to work with these types of injuries?

In today’s episode Lynn shares the risk factors for Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI) that she learned from physiotherapist, Taryn Hallam, as well as gives you tips on how to treat the external anal sphincter (EAS).

There are 8 risk factors for OASI, which occurs when there is a tear into the anal sphincter muscle and mucosa. These 8 risk factors are: 

1. Perineum Length (going into labor)

2. Racial Background

3. Fetal Size

4. Family History 

5. Epidural Analgesia

6. Forceps Delivery 

7. Stage 2 Duration 

8. Episiotomy Type

To learn how to treat EAS and help clients experiencing OASI listen in to today’s podcast. Taryn Hallam gives a full talk about OASI in the Birth Healing Summit 2024.

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Have you noticed an increase in grief in your clients? Have you experienced grief bursts? 

In today’s episode Lynn talks about her own grief with losing her mother and how she helped a client through the grief they were experiencing during a session. 

In today’s culture the majority of people are dealing with grief on many levels. Many individuals have lost loved ones in the last few years. When you lose someone you love it is not uncommon to have grief bursts. This is when there is a sudden overwhelming emotion that causes tears. Our society does not know what to do with these bursts of emotion. In general, there is no silent comfort, just awkward stares or avoidance of the person experiencing the emotion. 

In a recent case, Lynn was treating a client that suffered the loss of her father years ago. Due to this she always tried to leave every interaction on a positive note just in case it was the last time she interacted with the person. She was closed off to coincidences that could make her feel closer to her father and dreams of him. Instead she was living in denial of his death. Tune in to find out how the grief in this client’s body was addressed so she could find freedom. 

If you are interested in learning how to work with grief. The registration for the Birth Healing Intensive is now open. This 9-month program is designed to support your thriving both professionally and personally. You will learn how to allow energy to flow through you and create the therapeutic presence mentioned in today’s podcast. There are even 4 treatment sessions included in the enrollment to help you with your own healing.

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? I would love to hear from you. Message me on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Me. 

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I am so excited for my incredible guests today from the first Birth Healing Intensive cohort as we gathered for our live celebration. I couldn’t be prouder of the growth, dedication, and hard work that this group has put into not just this program, but into themselves. Today they share their highlights from this 9 month journey to becoming trauma aware practitioners.

There is power in your presence. Let the client lead. Listen at multiple levels. These are just a few of the golden nuggets shared by the students in the 2024 Birth Healing Intensive during the live celebration. 

In today’s podcast, Lynn is joined in a round table (or living room) conversation as students share about their experience in the program and the impact that this work has had both personally and professionally. Listen in to hear about their journeys of expansion, connection, and presence as well as the pieces that have been most influential to their work and training as trauma aware practitioners.

The Birth Healing Intensive is a way to get to know your blind spots as a clinician and learn how to better serve your clients on every level. Registration for this program is now open! Click here to learn more.

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About The Speakers

The group speaking today is from the 2024 cohort for the Birth Healing Intensive. They come from a variety of backgrounds and are all practitioners working to support the health and well-being of their clients and themselves. This podcast was recorded at the live gathering in Colorado in November 2024.

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Do you ever have doubts when working with a client? What happens when you allow yourself to move out of doubt and instead get curious in your client sessions?

In today’s podcast, Lynn speaks with Occupational Therapist, Landy Peek, about her experience supporting students from the Birth Healing Intensive and the overlying themes she finds in working with practitioners and clients.

During the Birth Healing Intensive, students receive four 1:1 sessions - 2 with Landy and 2 with Lynn. The 1:1 sessions are designed to help students integrate the material they are learning in a private setting, so they have the ability to take a client further in their healing process. Students get an opportunity to talk about where they need more support, to walk through case studies to discuss what did not land for them or their client, and to talk about ideas on how they can incorporate what they are learning into their own clinical practice.

A theme that universally students and clients struggle with is I am not good enough - professionally or personally. Deeper than that is I am not enough. This belief can shape how the clinician looks at clients and the world. Shifting this belief can lead to expansion for the clinician and the clients they work with. 

The ability to connect with one’s intuition is another theme. In the medical field intuition is not always valued. Yet many experienced clinicians rely on it without realizing it. Following intuition can increase the ease of the session and take the pressure off because the session really becomes client-led, so Landy’s and Lynn’s advice is to get curious and see where your intuition takes you.

The Birth Healing Intensive is a way to get to know your blind spots as a clinician and learn how to better serve your clients on every level. Registration for this program is now open! This 9-month program is designed to support your thriving on multiple levels.  Click here to learn more and apply to this practice and life changing program.

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? I would love to hear from you. Message me on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Me. 

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. 

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

About The Speaker

Landy Peek helps therapists take control of their time and energy so they can create a life they love, prioritizing fun, family, and themselves while still creating a thriving business. Landy is a Growth Mindset Coach for therapists, OT, pelvic therapist, and somatic experiencing trauma therapist who specializes in birth trauma in her private practice. She is a mom of two and loves hiking beautiful Colorado with her family and watching her backyard chickens. To learn more or connect with Landy, visit her website.

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As pelvic health therapists, working in this space can be challenging. So much heaviness is carried in the pelvic region that can come up in our sessions, and not knowing what to do about it can lead to burnout. So, how do we avoid burnout so we can continue this work?

In today’s episode, Lynn talks about approaching pelvic health therapy through a different lens that does not leave you exhausted at the end of your day. 

In a recent podcast from Pelvic PT Rising, Nicole and Taryn talked about the heaviness of pelvic floor therapy. That heaviness weighs on practitioners and can lead to burnout. Lynn offers 3 ways to avoid the burnout that so many clinicians experience. Listen in to learn more.

Registration for the Birth Healing Intensive is opening soon (October 18, 2024). This 9-month program is designed to support your thriving both professionally and personally. You will learn how to allow energy to flow through you and create the therapeutic presence mentioned in today’s podcast. There are even 4 treatment sessions included in the enrollment to help you with your own healing.

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? I would love to hear from you. Message me on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Me. 

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. 

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

In today’s episode, Lynn is joined by three of her students from the Birth Healing Intensive program. As students going into the 9-month program, they wanted to learn how to get better results and build confidence and trust in their skills. What they got from the program far exceeded their expectations and took them to a whole new level both personally and professionally. Listen in as they share their experiences in doing their own inner work through this program and the impact this work has had with their clients.  

Registration for the Birth Healing Intensive is now open! This 9-month program is designed to support your thriving on multiple levels. You will learn how to create a healing presence, how to address trauma in the system, how to listen to the body and so much more! Click here to learn more and apply to this practice and life changing program.

Have a comment or question about today’s episode? I would love to hear from you. Message me on Instagram or Facebook, or Email Me. 

If you enjoyed today’s podcast and are interested in more topics to support your clinical practice and treating your clients, find us on your favorite podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode. 

To learn more visit: InstituteforBirthHealing.com

Visit Institute for Birth Healing to learn more about how to care for the pregnant and postpartum body: CLICK HERE

How do we determine the risk factors of birth injuries? What can we do as practitioners to educate and prepare our clients for a safer birth?

In today’s podcast Lynn talks with Dr. Mariana Masteling, a biomechanics engineer focusing on the prevention of childbirth-related injuries and Dr. Jenny LaCross, a women’s health physical therapist about the research they published on factors influencing birth injuries. 

In this conversation, Lynn, Jenny and Mariana talk about the complexities of childbirth and the challenges of measuring and predicting birth injuries as there are so many factors that can influence a birth. The pelvic bone shape, ligamentous laxity, urogenital hiatus length, viscoelastic properties of the pelvic floor muscles and tissues, and the baby’s size in comparison to the mother’s pelvic size can all play a factor in potential birth injuries - just to name a few.

Listen in to learn what you can do as a practitioner to help your clients navigate the risks, so they can stay empowered in the process of their baby’s birth.

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About Today’s Speakers

Dr. Mariana Masteling is a Research Fellow at the University of Michigan Biomechanics Research Lab and Pelvic Floor Research Group. She is passionate about biomechanics, data science and the intersect between engineering and women's health.

Dr. Jenny LaCross is a board-certified clinical specialist in women’s health physical therapy. She has over a decade of clinical experience working in women’s pelvic health. She is a current post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor’s Pelvic Floor Research. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the DPT program at South College-Knoxville.

Link to their research: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00192-024-05912-2

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