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I wanted to start with a fundamental question: What is a Pelvic Floor OT?

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So a question I get a lot is what is a pelvic floor OT, right? Are you wondering that same thing? I think it's a really natural question. And the reason for that is, is that many, many of us, the public even OTs have, have heard about PTs in pelvic health, right? The natural question that arises from that is, well, then what's a pelvic health OT. Can we even do this work? I find that it all comes down to your approach, not your credentials. There really isn't any skill that PTs have that OTs can't acquire. And likewise, there's no skills that an OT has that a PT can't acquire. It's literally about skill acquisition and desire. That's it. Now that being said, I am by, towards a pelvic health approach that let's say looks more at the person as a whole, including the physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental wellness aspects.

We aren't beings that are in silos. We're a whole person, and it is absolutely a essential to learn how to connect with our clients and ask questions about these areas of their life, how to use motivational, interviewing how to use non-verbal communication and how to approach the relationship with a facilitator versus a fixer approach. In the decade that I have been a pelvic health OT, I have found that addressing everyday activities in a person's life while taking into account their environment, their relationships, their level of functionings and their goals are key. Why, why is this approach key? Well, the thing is that pelvic health addresses the most intimate aspect of our client's lives, right? I mean the three main jobs of pelvic health are elimination. And by the way, this means keeping it in when it's not time to go, but also letting it out when it is completely second job intimacy.

So this means participating in whatever intimate act you choose and having it be pleasurable with the ability to experience orgasm and last up support. So that's elimination, intimacy and support. And when I talk about support, this includes the organs within the pelvis, but also the support that goes all the way up to the top of the head, right? Thanks to gravity, the pelvic floor support everything on top of it, right? So the Vista and our abdomen, our hearts, our lungs are 10 pound skull and everything in between, right? What a huge job for such an under

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