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 the acetabulum and position of the pelvis.   

Carrie shares three key points:

• The acetabulum sits across all three planes in the body
• Pelvic obliquity or pelvic tilts aren't just on the sagittal plane but tri-planar
• Address both the acetabulum via the pelvis and femur bone 

Check out the video from Washington University on a lower quadrant assessment:  

https://pt.wustl.edu/education/movement-system-impairment-syndromes-courses/movement-system-impairment-resources/

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If you struggle with no-shows or cancellations, listen in for the three things you can do to optimize clinical buy-in so your patients show up for their session.  

In this episode, Dr. Nicole Cozean, physical therapist and business entrepreneur, helps you determine if you have a marketing problem or a client buy-in problem. Then, she shares with you the three steps you should take to help your clients be committed to their rehab journey. 

Here are the three things:

1. Make sure to use patient-centered language.
2. Outline what it looks like to work with you.
3. Let them know you can help them.   

Doing these things will help them understand why it's essential to come back for another session.  

Dr. Cozean has a downloadable self-assessment to determine how your clinic performs for clinical buy-in and how to perform at your highest for your patients.  

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.  

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Is stretching the piriformis your go-to treatment plan for deep buttock pain? If so, then listen to today’s podcast as Dr. Sarah Duvall gives us a greater understanding of what we might want to do instead.  

In this episode, you’ll gain a greater understanding of piriformis pain and if it is a symptom or a cause of deep buttock pain.  Stretching and strengthening might not always be needed for your clients, and we discuss when they might be required and what to do instead.  Listen in to hear how pelvic alignment plays a role in how to help release tightness in the deep hip rotators and how abdominal recruitment can be altered.

Check out Sarah’s new course Learning Through Application.  

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Are your clients reaching a plateau with rehab and unsure what to do next?

In this episode, Kelly Dean, PT of the Tummy Team, shares her insight into what might be stalling your clients' rehab progress. If you feel your client's problem is a weakness, it may be from disconnection to their body. Kelly discusses the emotional and physical connection of trauma in the body and how it impacts rehab. She also shares how healing something you can't feel is complex.  

Listen in to learn how we can play a role in the physical component of our client's trauma and pain. Learn how to carefully select the words you use with your clients because if you don't feel you can help someone, it doesn't mean they can’t be helped.   

Kelly's gift for listening is a 20% discount on any Online Course at The Tummy Team  https://online.thetummyteam.com/    Use promo code: BirthSummit2023.

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Listen in to learn how sensuality helps with sexuality and how pleasure is the gift we give to ourselves. For example, if you work with chronic pelvic or abdominal pain, helping your clients find pleasure can help with their pain. Dee also explains the clitoral anatomy and the research that orgasms can help fertility.

Here is the chapter on Sensuality

To purchase the book:

Pleasure Prescription Book

Dee has five exercises you can do with your clients to reduce vulvar pain for more comfortable insertion. Watch the YouTube video. 

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