Did you know that 40% of pregnant females and 52% of postpartum females suffer from constipation? What comes up for you when you ask questions about constipation? In today’s episode, Lynn talks with OT Laura Rowan about constipation - what is it and how practitioners should be asking clients about their bowel health. Constipation is a term defined by frequency, observation and effort. Based on the statistics, 1 in 5 of your clients are likely suffering and need strategies to help manage these sy...
Apr 15, 2024•19 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Do your clients seek your support prior to birth? During Pregnancy? After Birth? Do they feel comfortable going to see someone else for help and then returning? In today’s episode Lynn talks with Holly Tanner, PT, LMT, and the Director of Education at Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehab Institute about the support we can offer clients in their healing and life journey. Holly has learned the importance of educating clients and asking questions to help them engage in and lead their own treatment. Li...
Apr 08, 2024•26 min•Season 2Ep. 14
The Birth Healing Summit has been running for 10 seasons now! Today, Lynn shares some of the highlights from the 2024 Summit which focuses ib Pregnancy and Labor and begins on April 8th. As with every season, Lynn loved all of her interviews as it is always such a thrill to talk about what other practitioners are up to and what they are learning. There is so much insight and wisdom shared in this collaboration. Lynn highlights her top 10 in no particular order in today’s podcast. Gabrielle Brenn...
Apr 01, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 13
What do you tell your clients when they ask about their risk of prolapse or if a prolapse will be worse after a subsequent birth? In today’s podcast, Lynn speaks with Taryn Hallam the founder of Women’s Health Training Associates in Australia about pelvic organ prolapse: the potential causes and risk factors as well as what role pelvic health therapists can play. POP stands for pelvic organ prolapse, and it is a condition in women where there is dysfunction in the bladder, uterus or rectum ligam...
Mar 25, 2024•43 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Have you had someone question you on your perspective? Were you able to stay neutral or did you get defensive? In today’s podcast, Lynn’s guest The Physio Detective, Antony Lo, talks about how remaining open in a conversation can help you see what the underlying objective or reasoning is behind someone’s words. When we throw out the entirety of a person’s experience because we disagree with their terminology or explanation, then we are shutting down the conversation and missing an opportunity to...
Mar 18, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Did you know every cancer affects pelvic and sexual health? Do you have clients who are dealing with incontinence post cancer treatment? Are your clients no longer experiencing pain-free or pleasurable intercourse? In today’s podcast Lynn, talks with Michelle Lyons, a physiotherapist in Ireland, about pelvic floor therapy post cancer. This conversation helps practitioners know what to ask about, what words to use in conversations, and where to begin treatment when working with clients who have s...
Mar 11, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Did you know there are multiple types of contractions in labor and only one is dedicated to opening the cervix? In today’s podcast Lynn talks with Gabriella Brennar, a midwife and body worker, about the 4 types of contractions she has found that prepare baby and mom for birth. The 4 different contractions include: Feeling Contractions Positional Contractions Rotational Contractions Dilation Contractions Knowing the different types of contractions and what they indicate in relation to the birth p...
Mar 04, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 9
If you are a pelvic health practitioner not doing intravaginal work then this episode is for you. If your practice does include intravaginal work do you know how to respectfully enter your client’s body? Is your work pain free for your clients? In today’s episode, Lynn talks about the need for more pelvic floor practitioners to perform intravaginal assessments in a way that is respectful and pain free for clients. Today, you will be challenged with multiple questions as to why you are not perfor...
Feb 26, 2024•13 min•Season 2Ep. 8
What do you do with the hand that is not treating internally? In today’s podcast Lynn introduces you to the Schulte Hold. This is the position of your non-internal hand while treating intravaginally. Lynn places her outside hand on the pelvic bones to decrease the amount of force through the pelvic floor muscles internally which allows for a respectful and less painful internal experience for the client. The outside hand uses the bones to address the pelvic floor muscles. Listen to today's podca...
Feb 19, 2024•15 min•Season 2Ep. 7
How do you do intravaginal work? Is it respectful to your client? Do they startle when you insert your finger vaginally? In today’s episode, Lynn discusses her approach to performing intravaginal work with clients. She shares 4 tips to help keep your clients safe, supported, and at ease as you work internally. When clients are at ease, you can make better progress and get results faster. Listen to today’s episode to learn Lynn’s 4 tips. If you are interested in learning more about the intravagin...
Feb 12, 2024•25 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Why is it that seasons and times of the month impact females’ energy levels? In today’s episode Lynn speaks with Certified Birth Healing Specialist and owner of The Wild Orange Tree in Australia, occupational therapist Janelle Gullan. Janelle explains the unique value of each phase of a female's monthly cycle. The women’s monthly cycle is coordinated to the seasons of the year. Winter is synonymous with the bleeding phase. This is a time of rest and restoration where females are able to release ...
Feb 05, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 5
How do you describe pushing to your pregnant clients? In today’s podcast Lynn talks with birth educator and doula, Chantal Traub, about pushing during labor. Many mom’s don’t want to poop during the pushing phase of labor and therefore tighten their pelvic floor to avoid this. This holds the baby and makes for longer labor. The pelvic floor needs to be able to lengthen in order for the baby to come out. Practicing this through the use of tactile cues is important so the body can instinctually le...
Jan 29, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Have you ever seen a nerve or wondered about the nervous system? What does it all look like? How does it relate to the rest of the body? In today’s podcast Lynn talks with Gil Hedley, an integral anatomist about an incredible educational opportunity for you that he put together called the Nerve Tour. He will walk us through his 5 month long dissection of the nervous system which allows us to see the different aspects of the nervous system. Through this presentation, we are reminded that even tho...
Jan 22, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 3
How many different Parts do you have? Not like multiple personalities but we all have parts and in today’s episode Lynn talks with Danielle Carron a therapist/coach about IFS and SE and how these practices can help clinicians meet clients where they are and better support a client’s healing journey. In today’s episode Lynn talks with Danielle Carron, M.S., M.A., SEP, LPC, about Internal Family Systems and Somatic Experiencing Therapy and how these practices can help clinicians meet clients where...
Jan 15, 2024•35 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Are you living from just your brain or just your heart? Where do you make decisions from? Welcome to season two of the Birth Healing Summit Podcast. In today’s episode, Lynn discusses the 3 energy centers of the body and how connecting these centers can change how you make decisions and be in your life. The 3 heart centers are the head (what you think), the heart (what you feel), and the womb (your spiritual connection). In Chinese medicine, the head is the source of the most subtle energy, the ...
Jan 08, 2024•12 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Have you taken the time to reflect on 2023 and check in with yourself on your goals for 2024 and beyond? In today’s episode Lynn shares her reflections from 2023 and endeavors for 2024. Lynn talks about the ups and downs from the year including changes in staff, a successful 9th Birth Healing Summit , gratitude for how the Summit has taught her information before it even hits the research, and the launch of two great courses through the Institute for Birth Healing: Advanced Postpartum Techniques...
Jan 01, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Did you know your client’s nervous system taps into your own nervous system? In today’s episode, Lynn discusses the importance of developing a strong therapeutic presence. Therapeutic presence is your ability to be fully connected and grounded without yourself so you can hold space for your clients to support their healing journey without influencing it with a specific agenda. By grounding in and attuning to your own body and thoughts, you can recognize what is yours and what is your clients. Yo...
Dec 18, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Do you know how to create congruence in yourself and your clients? Listen In today’s podcast, Lynn speaks with Certified Birth Healing Specialist, Occupational Therapist, and owner of The Wild Orange Tree, Janelle Gullan as we discuss congruence. Janelle shares how what she has learned at the Institute of Birth Healing has changed her practice including some cases where her advanced skills have made a huge difference with her clients. As you listen, you will find there is a recurring theme of co...
Dec 11, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 48
You may have heard of trauma being held in the nervous system and the need for a biopsychosocial approach to treating your clients, but have you considered that trauma may also be held in the local tissue? In today’s episode Lynn talks about how trauma can be held in the tissue as well as the nervous system, and shares her experience of what you can do to address trauma in the body. Polyvagal theory explains individual responses to events. Individuals can feel safe, threatened or have a freeze r...
Dec 04, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Have you had success in helping a client have a VBAC after a cesarean birth? In today’s episode Chaitanya Morly-Southall, a bodyworker in Australia and student of the Institute for Birth Healing shares how she helped a client have a successful VBAC by using the skills she learned in her coursework with the Institute for Birth Healing. The client was 30 weeks pregnant with her 2nd child at initial evaluation. She had horrible pain in her back and pubic bone area. Her 1st birth was traumatic and e...
Nov 28, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Do you know the one tool we all have in common that we can develop that will make us better clinicians? In today’s episode Lynn talks about one of the strongest tools possessed by all clinicians that when used leads to lasting results, intuition. Everyone has intuition. Some choose not to pay attention to it and others deny its existence, but when clinicians are embodied and can quiet their thoughts, intuition can lead and guide a session. It can guide through visual, verbal or instinctual cues....
Nov 21, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Have you ever had a client that you use all your tools with - both manually and exercise wise - but the pain is still there? Ever wondered if the pain is really physical in nature or if something else is causing this pain? In today’s podcast, I talk with Justine Calderwood, a Physical Therapist, an IBH Certified Birth Healing Specialist and the owner of The Healing Spot in Colorado Springs, CO about her practice. I specifically wanted to know how she is incorporating the advanced techniques she ...
Nov 14, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Have you tried to mobilize a joint or worked with soft tissue restrictions and the tension just won’t change? Or the client comes back with increased pain? Listen in to today’s episode as Lynn describes her approach to tension in the body that does not want to release. It is time to take a different approach to body tension. Instead of forcing releases that don’t last or create pain try the tips mentioned in today’s episode. These tips center around curiosity as to what the tension is telling th...
Nov 07, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Do you realize the importance of the Pelvis beyond its structure? Do you know it’s the engine of our body? In today’s episode Lynn talks with Suzanne Scurlock, a Craniosacral Therapist and the founder of Healing from the Core, about the pelvis as the engine of the body. In Chinese medicine and several eastern philosophies, the pelvis is the root of energy for the body. When clients come in with complaints of unrelenting fatigue it is not uncommon for them to have an energetic block and physical ...
Oct 30, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 42
What happens when scar tissue is super painful, very hard, immobile, or does not want to let go? In today’s episode Lynn addresses what scar tissue is and what you can do to help it release. There are multiple types of scars - hypertrophic, keloid, atrophic, and contraction to name a few. For those working in the birth and postpartum space, you are mostly encountering hypertrophic and keloid scars post tears, episiotomies and c-sections. Factors such as genetics, wound location, tension through ...
Oct 23, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Do you have a client with pain that will not go away, but no one has been able to determine the cause? It may have to do with the medical provider during the pregnancy or birth! In today’s podcast, Lynn talks with her co-worker, Maryjean Starr, a Doctor in Physical Therapy, about specific cases where clients were in pain that would not go away. The common thread and source just happened to be rooted in statements from their providers that impacted their bodies, and the clients were unaware. In t...
Oct 16, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Why does one person experience incontinence and another does not? What is the secret to continence? In today’s episode Lynn discusses a common problem many moms face postpartum, stress urinary incontinence, as she shares what she learned from Taryn Hallam, an Australian physiotherapist in her 2023 Pelvicon lecture. As pelvic health providers, many of us were taught that the bladder can only tolerate so much pressure. We learned that when we cough or have any increase in intra abdominal pressure ...
Oct 09, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Ever wonder why some people just seem safe and others don’t? Or why one person is traumatized by their birth but another is not? In today’s podcast Chantal Traub, a prominent New York City birth facilitator, doula, childbirth educator and wellness coach discusses the 3 essentials of safety. Context is the who, what, when and how of the situation. As birth providers it is our responsibility to help mothers in labor in this area. Prior to the birth, the location of where the birth will take place,...
Oct 02, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Ever hear the word protocol and cringe? Do you feel it takes away from individual treatment plans? In today’s podcast Lynn describes what she means when she talks about protocols. At the Institute for Birth Healing a protocol is a suggestion for the order to treat certain areas of the body to achieve the best results in the least amount of time. Protocols are not step-by-step treatment techniques to getting your clients better but a suggestion for how to move through the body. Ultimately, your ...
Sep 25, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Do you spring test the bones and joints of the body? Find out how spring testing can lead to immediate strength improvements in the body. Join us for today’s episode where physical therapist, Jerry Hesch discusses his unique approach to treating the body. The Hesch philosophy was discovered from the founder's personal experience in working with and treating his own body. This approach, taught through the Hesch Institute, is applied based on the uniqueness of the person being treated. Jerry’s app...
Sep 18, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 36
