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Why Strength Alone Isn’t Enough for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Recovery
Pelvic organ prolapse symptoms are influenced by a combination of pelvic mechanics, pressure management, scar tissue restrictions, connective tissue support, and postpartum adaptations not just be a lack of strength…
Postpartum Pelvic Instability’s Painful Impact on the Upper Body Post‑Birth
Discover how postpartum pelvic instability contributes to neck pain, headaches and shoulder tension and what you can do to help your postpartum clients.
Stop Forcing Tight Tissue to Release: A Better Approach to Working with the Body
When tight tissue does not release despite skilled treatment, the tissue itself may not be the primary source of the problem. Often, tension is an adaptive response created by the…
3 Overlooked Factors: When Perineal Tears and Episiotomies Don’t Heal
Learn 3 often overlooked factors that cause some perineal tears and episiotomies to heal slowly for your clients. Discover what you need to know, so you can effectively evaluate your…
Preparing Clients for a VBAC: Pelvic Health Therapy During Pregnancy
Learn what you can do as a pelvic health therapists to prepare clients for a VBAC and potentially support a smoother birth.
When Resistance Shows Up in Us (and Our Work)
Discover how resistance, overwhelm, and the pressure to “push through” can impact creativity, clinical reasoning, and sustainability – and why creating space may be more effective than force.
Posterior Sacrum After Birth: How to Recognize and Restore Pelvic Mechanics
Learn how to identify one of the more overlooked yet clinically significant conditions for postpartum recovery – the posterior sacrum.
Why More Knowledge Isn’t Making You a Better Pelvic Health Therapist
Clinical success in pelvic health is not driven by knowledge alone – a therapist’s presence often creates the most meaningful shifts for clients.
Your Client’s Coccyx Is In A Tug-of-War
An ongoing tug-of-war may be the cause of tailbone or coccyx pain in your clients. Treat these 3 directions to alleviate tailbone pain – for good.
Breech Babies, Body Wisdom, and Creating Space (Not Control)
Learn the importance of approaching sessions with neutrality, allowing the body and tissues to guide the work rather than letting assumptions take the lead.
3 Essentials for Ethical and Effective Internal Pelvic Floor Treatment
The three essential requirements for doing internal pelvic floor work more effectively and respectfully.
3 Steps to a Sustainable Self-Care Practice for Busy Practitioners
Sustainable self‑care is not one more thing to “add on”; it is a way of practicing that lets you keep doing this work with a full heart and a regulated…
Bringing Spirituality Into Your Practice
Bridge science and spirit in pelvic health. Explore how intuition, love, and presence can transform your client outcomes and your practice.
My Go-To Tool for Releasing Trauma in the Body
Learn one of the most effective tools for working with trauma in the body — a trauma release statement — and how to get the best results with this tool.
Rethinking the Pelvis: Building On Traditional Training
Discover why pelvic health professionals need to look beyond traditional training and consider the impact of childbirth on pelvic mechanics. Learn the benefits of spring testing the need to treat…
The Role of Pelvic Health Therapy in Better Births
Discover how you can prepare clients for better births and what you can do to educate and empower your first-time moms, so they don’t wait to get pelvic health therapy…
Empower Clients with 7 Effective Pushing Strategies for Birth
As pelvic health therapists, few interventions have a greater potential to change birthing outcomes than teaching clients how to push effectively. This post shares the evidence-informed strategies that result in…
Trusting Your Hands: The Heart of Healing in Bodywork
This case study demonstrates the assessment and treatment techniques used to help a client experiencing pain during pregnancy who had a history of multiple fibroids on her uterus.
Postpartum Case Study: Restoring a Strong Foundation
This case study demonstrates the assessment and treatment techniques used to help a client experiencing pain during pregnancy who had a history of multiple fibroids on her uterus.
The Postpartum Reset: Returning the Body to its Pre-Birth Position
Have you ever thought about what is actually happening to the structures that allow for baby’s passage during a vaginal birth? Today, we dive into the steps to take to…
Case Study: Lower Abdominal Pregnancy Pain With An Unusual Factor
This case study demonstrates the assessment and treatment techniques used to help a client experiencing pain during pregnancy who had a history of multiple fibroids on her uterus.
3 Must Know Tips For A Smoother Birth
“What are the main tips for supporting a smoother birth in pregnancy?” AI has some good suggestions, but there are 3 missing keys that are essential for practitioners to know…
Goal Setting and How IBH Can Help!
Do you want to grow your knowledge, confidence or passion as a pelvic health practitioner? The Institute for Birth Healing can help you achieve your goals with courses and programs…
5 Tips To Create A Life You Love
There are times when symptoms do not change and a client does not get better. In these situations, we need to dive deeper into listening to the body and tuning…