What happens when you keep finding the same pattern in your postpartum clients – but you can’t find an explanation for it in the research?
In this special 10-year anniversary episode, Lynn Schulte, PT shares the unexpected journey that led to the creation of the Institute for Birth Healing – from working with postpartum clients and noticing recurring pelvic patterns, to developing courses, launching the Birth Healing Summit, navigating the pandemic, and continuing to push for research into what happens to the pelvis and the pelvic outlet after birth.
This episode is both a celebration of the past decade and a look at where this work is headed next.
In This Episode, You’ll Hear About:
- The postpartum patterns that started it all
How hands-on assessment of postpartum clients led Lynn to notice recurring asymmetries and question what was happening mechanically to the pelvic outlet after birth. - Following the patterns beyond the research
Lynn shares how observation, palpation, clinical experience, and curiosity shaped her understanding of the postpartum pelvis – and ultimately led her to investigate questions that weren't being answered in the existing literature. - The evolution of her understanding of sacral mechanics
Why sacral flexion became such an important clinical pattern in her work and how emerging research has begun to investigate changes in sacral slope following childbirth. - The very personal beginning of the Institute for Birth Healing
The story of launching her first course in 2016 during an incredibly intense and emotional period of her life. - From live courses to online education – and back again
How the courses evolved from two-day and three-day trainings to online learning combined with hands-on practice, creating more space for clinicians to learn and integrate the material. - The surprising international connection that helped launch the Institute
How an unexpected message from a practitioner in Russia helped Lynn realize that her work needed to reach beyond her own clinical practice. - Why the Birth Healing Summit became practitioner-focused
Lynn explains why she ultimately shifted the summit toward practitioners – and why educating clinicians can create a much larger ripple effect for postpartum clients. - What the pandemic changed
The unexpected disruption of 2020 and how it pushed the Institute to experiment with different ways of teaching and ultimately refine its current educational model. - Going beyond physical techniques
Why some tissues don't simply respond to mechanical techniques – and Lynn's perspective on the deeper layers that may be held within the body. - The future of research
Lynn discusses her desire to investigate changes in sacral slope and ischial tuberosity distance and eventually bring this clinical work into published research. - The evolution of the Advanced Postpartum program
From a four-day live course to a nine-month experience designed to give practitioners more time to integrate the work, both professionally and personally. - A vision for the next 10 years
Lynn shares her hopes for expanding the Institute, continuing research, reaching more practitioners, and finding someone who can carry this work into future generations.
A Bigger Question for Pelvic Health Practitioners
What might change in postpartum care if practitioners were taught to look at the pelvis differently?
This episode is an invitation to think beyond simply restoring strength or treating symptoms – and to stay curious about the patterns we repeatedly see in our postpartum clients.
It is also a reminder that clinical innovation often begins with a practitioner asking a simple question:
“I wonder why this is happening?”
For Practitioners Who Have Taken Institute for Birth Healing Courses
Lynn also invites alumni to share their experiences and case stories – particularly examples of how the work has influenced their clinical outcomes and their clients' experiences.
If you've taken an Institute for Birth Healing course, this is an opportunity to share how the work has affected your practice and contribute to documenting the ripple effect of this approach.
Listen In
Whether you've followed the Institute for years or are discovering this work for the first time, this anniversary episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at how a clinical observation grew into a decade-long educational movement – and where we’re heading in the next 10 years.
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