Is this technique better through clothing or with underwear? I’ve had clients come in in jeans and forgotten their shorts that I’ve asked them to bring. Could I use this technique with just underwear or should I keep a stock of stretchy shorts for these occasions?
How do you decide which position to treat in? Do you just start with one and then try others to see if fully released? Do you typically start with one position and progress to others?
I always start my sessions in supine and assess and treat in this position first. If I find the sacrum not releasing well then I will go prone if possible and treat there. I find supine gives me more information with the weight of the pelvis in my hands I can feel it more.
I have a client who has both deep and superficial pain. The superficial pain is always at 6 o’clock. I had her see a vulvar specialist who told her to apply ice and vegetable based protective layer (eg Crisco) which hasn’t really helped. Her deep pain seems to be present anytime I move my finger inside of her pelvic bowl but when I try to release muscles statically she says she just feels a stretch but not real pain. She has a history of trauma (not sexual but with internal exams). How do I know if her issue is with her muscles as opposed to the vulvar tissues and if vulvar, what can I do for her?
6:00 pain can be from muscle tension and to tell the difference place your finger on the tender spot and then have her contract her pfm’s and see if the pain changes. If it gets worse it’s the muscles, if it doesn’t change it could be the tissues. If she’s given birth before check to make sure her ischial tuberosities are splayed apart or not, that will put tension on this area. If bones are good, I really like to release uterosacral ligaments both externally and possibly internally too. I teach external in the Holistic Preg course and internal in Holistic Postpartum Body Courses. This ligament has a nerve plexus that runs through it and if it’s restricted the nerves could be compressed and that might be the cause of the pain at 6:00. Good luck with this! Check out my video on YT on closing the pelvic bones after birth as that might help if the bones are affected from birth.
How much pressure is applied to the bones?
Enough pressure to approximate the bones to slacken the muscular tissue.
Is this technique better through clothing or with underwear? I’ve had clients come in in jeans and forgotten their shorts that I’ve asked them to bring. Could I use this technique with just underwear or should I keep a stock of stretchy shorts for these occasions?
How do you decide which position to treat in? Do you just start with one and then try others to see if fully released? Do you typically start with one position and progress to others?
I always start my sessions in supine and assess and treat in this position first. If I find the sacrum not releasing well then I will go prone if possible and treat there. I find supine gives me more information with the weight of the pelvis in my hands I can feel it more.
I have a client who has both deep and superficial pain. The superficial pain is always at 6 o’clock. I had her see a vulvar specialist who told her to apply ice and vegetable based protective layer (eg Crisco) which hasn’t really helped. Her deep pain seems to be present anytime I move my finger inside of her pelvic bowl but when I try to release muscles statically she says she just feels a stretch but not real pain. She has a history of trauma (not sexual but with internal exams). How do I know if her issue is with her muscles as opposed to the vulvar tissues and if vulvar, what can I do for her?
6:00 pain can be from muscle tension and to tell the difference place your finger on the tender spot and then have her contract her pfm’s and see if the pain changes. If it gets worse it’s the muscles, if it doesn’t change it could be the tissues. If she’s given birth before check to make sure her ischial tuberosities are splayed apart or not, that will put tension on this area. If bones are good, I really like to release uterosacral ligaments both externally and possibly internally too. I teach external in the Holistic Preg course and internal in Holistic Postpartum Body Courses. This ligament has a nerve plexus that runs through it and if it’s restricted the nerves could be compressed and that might be the cause of the pain at 6:00. Good luck with this! Check out my video on YT on closing the pelvic bones after birth as that might help if the bones are affected from birth.