OTs In Pelvic Health

Can I Only Work With Pregnant People? 12 Options For OTs in Pelvic Health


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The wide world of pelvic health -- if this is a new specialty for you, then this episode may be illuminating  because I remember when I first learned about Pelvic Health, the field seemed quite focused and specific.  Many of the OTs I speak with  assume that to work in PH, you mainly work with pregnant or expecting people.

 I Have to admit that most of my stories and points of reference are also around pre and postnatal ppl. The FP, my company, was the first pp in Manhattan owned by an OT and the pre and postnatal community was my sole focus. So naturally it was my point of ref for everything .   I get a lot of questions from OTs about whether that’s the only population you can  work with in this field, so that's what I want to focus on today. This episode  is Meant to arouse your curiosity.. And Inspire you to think outside the box.  You can implement Fundamental pelvic health techniques in a variety of communities and settings. It’s not an all or nothing approach. After all, we are OTs, and we are only limited by our ability to problem solve with our clients. And we can problem solve with every single one of them.

This is by no means will this be an exhaustive list but I will do my best to present a wide array. If there is something I have left out, please reach out to me via email or via social media and I will gladly add your additions to a future episode!

There are a few different ways we can look at the subspecialties of PF.  The first is from the communities we can serve. The ones we will be reviewing today are “ people going through puberty, prenatal, postnatal, perimenopause, men, pediatrics, oncology, elderly, men's health, LGBTQIA+ athletes, ostomy care. Basically if you have a pelvis, we can support you! Let’s get into the details of this now.

The first was those of us working with clients  in a period of life where there are in transitions: this would include puberty and pre puberty clients, there's the pre and postnatal communities and my heart is absolutely here with this vastly underserved population. Likewise, there’s perimenopause and menopausal people. Actually, all of these are underserved individuals who could use our support.  These are periods in our life when our Hormones are in such flux and that has an influ

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