• We'd love to welcome you to Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off social media community ($39 a month with no obligation!)
• 3rd annual OTs in Pelvic Health Summit tickets go on sale Feb 1-Feb 28! Grab them before Feb 28 to get early bird discount ($100 off!) and the opportunity to pick your hands-on labs!

Where to Find Tanya Peterson:

• Website 
• Instagram and TikTok: @tanyapeterson.me

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
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• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!

• Tickets for the 3rd annual "OTs in Pelvic Health Summit" (Aug 17-18, 2024) go on sale Feb 1!  Visit here for details.
• More about my guests:
  Rakhi Srivastava, MOT, OTR/L (she, her, hers)
  Rakhi has been an OT for over 13 years. In April 2022, Rakhi established Queen City Pelvic Health and Wellness, LLC, where she treats all genders holistically from head to toe and believes that “nothing is TMI.” She treats in Anderson Township near Cincinnati, OH and has a second location in Fort Thomas, KY. Rakhis experience includes 11 years at The Christ Hospital, where she worked in inpatient rehabilitation and acute care prior to outpatient pelvic floor therapy. In her last 4 years at Christ, Rakhi planned, developed, and executed the hospitals pelvic floor therapy program. From 2015-2019, she was also an Adjunct Professor of OT at Xavier University.  She was a speaker at the OTs in Pelvic Health Summit, has been a guest on the OTs in Pelvic Health Podcast, and was part of the small group of pelvic health OTs who established the Pelvic Health CoP through the AOTA. She was the Co-Chair of the Post-Dobbs Task Force. Rakhi was recently an author of the “AOTA Societal Statement on Reproductive Health.  Where to find Rahki: www.queencitypelvichealth.com
  Alyson Stover
  A childhood family trauma introduced Alyson Stover, MOT, JD, OTR/L, BCP to the power of occupational therapy. A subsequent lifetime of study and practice convinced her that patient advocacy was every bit as essential as her technical practice of occupational therapy. That would be a pretty full slate for most OTs, but it doesn't begin to describe all of Stover's accomplishments. Stover founded and owns Capable Kids, a private outpatient pediatric practice north of Pittsburgh that provides physical and speech and language therapy services in addition to occupational therapy. She's also an associate professor in the Department of OT at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. In July 2021, she will begin a four-year term as president-elect/president of the AOTA, representing over 100,000 OT practitioners.

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
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• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!

• OT Pioneers: Intro to Pelvic Floor Therapy  opens January 15-19, 2024
• We'd love to welcome you to Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off social media community ($39 a month with no obligation!)

Today's episode features:
Lynn Schulte of the Birth Healing Institute was my guest for this week's "OTs in Pelvic Health" podcast. On the epsiode, our conversation got a little personal as we chatted about:

✨Lynn's journey to finding her out of the box approach to pelvic health. What signs and signals did she get along the way that encouraged her to listen to and then develop a different approach? How did she find the confidence to lean into it? 
💥She shares things that surprised her along your journey and hardships that she had to overcome 
💥After helping so many heal after birth, Lynn shares a bit about her own birth experiences 
✨Lynn has two grown sons. How does she talk with her sons about intuition

Here's where you can find my guest:

• IG
• Website
• Her podcast

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
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• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!

Interested in more nervous system and pelvic health talk? Check out the first ever Trauma-Informed Pelvic Health Certification by Lindsey + Lara.  Add your name to the wait list for the next time doors open for this groundbreaking cert!

Here are more ways that Lindsey can support you:

• OT Pioneers: Intro to Pelvic Floor Therapy for OTs opens Jan 15, 2024
• Pelvic OTPs United -- Lindsey's new off-line community!
• Get Lindsey's 9 page OTs Map to the World of Pelvic Health.
• Meet Lindsey on the OTs for Pelvic Health Facebook Group!
• Check Out More OT Pelvic Health Content here.
• Find Lindsey on IG! @functionalpelvis

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
  ​
• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!

• OT Pioneers: Intro to Pelvic Floor Therapy  opens January 15-19, 2024
• We'd love to welcome you to Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off social media community ($39 a month with no obligation!)

Meet my Guests
Jenna Segraves
Doctor of Physical Therapy with 8+ years of experience in physical therapy, teaching, and mentoring students. Assistant Professor for DPT students, teaching Neuroscience and Neurological Movement System I-II. Board Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist, published author, and presenter at national and state physical therapy conferences. Co-creator of a 2-day continuing education course and specialist certification for occupational and physical therapists with a focus on the maternal and postpartum population to reduce the risk of neurological or wound events.

Rebeca Segraves
Dr. Rebeca Segraves, PT, DPT is an ABPTS Board-Certified Women’s Health Clinical
Specialist who practices in acute care and home health, serving individuals immediately after birth and pelvic surgery. She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Western Carolina University and completed residency training in Women’s Health Physical Therapy at Duke University. Clinically, her focus is on standardizing inpatient and early outpatient pelvic health rehabilitation immediately after birth and pelvic surgery, including cesarean section and hysterectomy. She lectures in multi-disciplinary clinical and academic settings with an emphasis on earlier utilization of occupational and physical therapy to enhance recovery after procedures impacting public health and quality of life.
Here are the topics we discussed:
1)  Currently, OT and PT services are not standard of care in maternity units in the US.  What can we do to change this?
2) What’s your elevator speech when people (outside of the client) ask “what do you do with these patients as an OT?”
3) When you go in to see your patient, how do you explain this program to them?
4) If the hospital is hesitant, how would you prioritize phases to trial the program?
5) I want to ask you: How do we get referral providers to send us clients?  How do we  get provider or hospital buy-in? And this is clearly a hot topic because I received the following question from someone on my FB group: "We’ve presented an obstetrics rehab program to the Ob doctors and nurses and it was well-received. We provided a quick reference guide for when to refer patients to us but we just aren’t getting the referrals. Looking for suggestion

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
  ​
• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!

• OT Pioneers: Intro to Pelvic Floor Therapy  opens January 15-19, 2024
• We'd love to welcome you to Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off social media community ($39 a month with no obligation!)

Meet my guest: Erica Vitek, MOT, OTR, BCB-PMD, PRPC

Erica has been an occupational therapist at Aurora Health Care at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin for over 20 years. Erica is Board Certified in Biofeedback for Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction (BCB-PMD), Board Certified Pelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner (PRPC) through Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute, LSVT BIG and PWR! (Parkinson’s Wellness Recovery) certified.  She has a special interest in Parkinson disease, for both optimal exercise rehabilitation strategies and treatment of Parkinson’s specific pelvic health conditions. She is faculty at the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute and has authored the 2-day virtual course Parkinson disease and pelvic rehabilitation. 

Erica has been  been married for over 21 years and has two teenage daughters!

You can check out Erica's course on Herman + Wallace here. 

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
  ​
• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!

• OT Pioneers: Intro to Pelvic Floor Therapy  opens January 15-19, 2024
• Pelvic OTPs United -- Lindsey's new off-line community!
• Get Lindsey's 9 page OTs Map to the World of Pelvic Health.
• Meet Lindsey on the OTs for Pelvic Health Facebook Group!
• Check Out More OT Pelvic Health Content here.
• Find Lindsey on IG! @functionalpelvis

Meet my guest, Rachel Parrotta

Where to find her:
www.RachelParrotta.com
IG:  @Rachel.Parrotta.DPT

Rachel has focused a majority of her career on the specialty of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. She has over a decade of experience supporting people of all genders with a wide range of pelvic health conditions. Prior to attending graduate school, Rachel worked as a Certified Athletic Trainer with a men’s professional hockey team. Her background in athletics gives Rachel a unique perspective in helping clients return to the sports and activities that they love.

Books recommended by Rachel:
Womb : The Inside Story of Where We All Began by Hazard 

We chat about: 
1.    What does "Return to Exercise/Sport" look like Postpartum?

2.   Why do you Think We are Under-Loading the Core Postpartum? 

3 . Do you think we have focused too much on Diastasis? 

4. What do you wish pregnant people knew about Prolapse? 

5. What books are you reading or podcasts are you listening to? 

6. Where do you go for pelvic health inspiration? 

7. What do you love to do to recharge/ reset your nervous system?

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
  ​
• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!

• OT Pioneers: Intro to Pelvic Floor Therapy  opens January 15-19, 2024

Meet my guests
Rebecca Hurst / Where to find her: Website
With 22 years experience primarily in the inpatient setting, she recently opened a small business mentoring therapists on neurogenic bowel/bladder. This spring, she left inpatient and negotiated the first OT position in her hospital based pelvic health outpatient clinic.  Her passion is continence training no matter what the diagnosis but her background is training SCI patients, caregivers, and staff. She is thrilled to specialize in pelvic health. Her claim to fame is being on the Oprah Show to promote women's safety on college campuses. In her free time, she loves making home grown bouquets, learning to quilt, mountain biking, and hanging out with her dog.
Sarah Sidar / Where to find her:  FB & IG: @balancedpelvichealth
Sarah has been an OT for over 20 years in multiple practice settings, from the NICU to retirement communities (her youngest patient was a 27 week preemie, and oldest was 106!) While she has loved being an OT in every practice setting she has worked in, she has truly found her calling in pelvic health over the past 4-5 years. Her other passions include teaching and supervising students, and research. She is faculty at Shenandoah University's Division of Occupational Therapy, and owns a mobile outpatient pelvic health practice in Northern Virginia called Balanced Pelvic Health. When she's not geeking out about all things OT and pelvic health, you can find her spending time with her husband, 3 kids, and cat.
Tara Wigal-Wertsching
Tara has been a treating occupational therapist for 36 years in Phoenix, Arizona. Her career as an OT is multifaceted with a focus on pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence. Tara works for HonorHealth Outpatient Therapy Services treating several female and male clients with pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction, and urinary/fecal incontinence.
Kaitlyn Ellis/ Where to find her: IG:  @kaitlynellis1
She has been an occupational therapist for 20 years.  The majority of her career was in hospital based neurological rehabilitation.  She transitioned to outpatient pelvic health two years ago and never looked back.  While she  loves serving all populations in pelvic health, her passion is treating the postpartum woman and helping them transition back to work and sport.

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
  ​
• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!

• Get Lindsey's 9 page OTs Map to the World of Pelvic Health.
• Meet Lindsey on the OTs for Pelvic Health Facebook Group!
• Check Out More OT Pelvic Health Content here.
• The first ever Trauma-Informed Pelvic Health Certification by Lindsey + Lara
• Find Lindsey on IG! @functionalpelvis
• OT Pioneers opens for enrollment on Jan 15-19, 2024

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
  ​
• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!

• Pelvic OTPs United -- Lindsey's new off-line community!
• Get Lindsey's 9 page OTs Map to the World of Pelvic Health.
• Meet Lindsey on the OTs for Pelvic Health Facebook Group!
• Check Out More OT Pelvic Health Content here.
• The first ever Trauma-Informed Pelvic Health Certification by Lindsey + Lara
• Find Lindsey on IG! @functionalpelvis

Meet my guest: Sarah S. Sidar, PP-OTD, OTR/L, BCB-PMD  of Balanced Pelvic Health

Where to find her on social media: FB & IG: @balancedpelvichealth and 
Faculty Shenandoah University Division of Occupational Therapy

Here is an incredible companion of ideas  (worksheets and research) that Sarah wants to share with you. 

We chat about:
1.    How do you incorporate the sensory system in your sessions with clients? Can you walk us through an example? 

2.    Who do you primarily see in your practice and do you use the full sensory profile assessment with them? 

3.     How does sensory processing impact our experience of pain, urinary & bowel symptoms? 

4.     Do you think we should be incorporating these principles more often into pelvic health settings? 

5.     Can you share evidence & research on sensory processing & pain perception? 

6.  What are some simple things that OTPs listening can start to do tomorrow if they are curious about adding sensory regulation tools into their setting? 

7. What books are you reading or podcasts are you listening to? 

8. Where do you go for pelvic health inspiration? 

9. What do you love to do to recharge/ reset your nervous system?

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Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month!
Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​

• Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.
  ​
• Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.

More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!