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Birth Healing Summit PodcastRestoring Birth Energy Flow for Postpartum HealingToday, join Lynn as she recounts a compelling case study of a client’s recovery from intense pelvic and back pain after childbirth. The client who was suffering from a history of low back pain and a traumatic labor experience, felt as though her pelvis might split in two. Despite these challenges, profound healing unfolded during her second session.Through her work, Lynn uncovered blocked energy flow in the dural tube and limiting beliefs rooted in the client’s labor experience that were inhibiting her ability to heal. After addressing these area...2025-06-3010 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastPelvic Health Tips Every OBGYN Should KnowAs pelvic health practitioners, we can positively impact birth and postpartum outcomes – but we need OBGYNs to know what is possible and why it is necessary. Today, I will share with you what I wish every OBGYN would know to ensure we are doing our best together in providing care for our pregnant and postpartum clients.In today’s episode, discover what I believe every OBGYN needs to know about pregnancy and postpartum care from a pelvic health perspective. This episode is packed with tips to improve outcomes, reduce trauma, and empo...2025-06-2317 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastUnlocking Pelvic Pain: Connecting to the Body's WisdomPelvic pain remains shrouded in cultural stigma, often misunderstood and feared. Today, Suzanne Scurlock, craniosacral therapist and founder of Healing from the Core® and I explore how the body’s innate wisdom and compassionate touch can unlock transformative healing and empowerment to create profound restoration – mind, body and soul.Today, host Lynn Schulte and Suzanne Scurlock, CST-D, an esteemed craniosacral therapist instructor with over 35 years of teaching experience and founder of Healing from the Core®, unravel the complexities of pelvic pain and its connection to emotional trauma and an...2025-06-1645 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastPregnancy Care: The Overlooked Role of Inguinal Canal MobilityDid you know that the key to easing round ligament pain during pregnancy could lie in the often-overlooked inguinal canal? In this episode, we dive deep into a critical yet underappreciated area of the body, and its profound impact on pregnant clients. Discover how the inguinal canal is essential to the health and comfort of the round ligament—and how restrictions here can contribute to pain, misalignment and impact birth.From understanding the anatomy and mechanics of the inguinal canal to actionable strategies for relieving tension and enhancing mobility, this epi...2025-06-0905 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Sacred Bone: Keys to Sacral TreatmentWhen you think of the pelvis, which bone is the most important? Since they all work together they all are important, but in this episode, Lynn dives deep into the importance of the sacrum—often referred to as the "sacred bone"—in pelvic health. She shares why the sacrum is the cornerstone of pelvic health and how mastering its assessment can transform your practice.Learn actionable insights you can use in your sessions and the setup you need to enhance your palpation skills. Lynn will help you refine your skills, improve client outcomes, and gain...2025-06-0220 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastStop Over Efforting: Listening to the Body’s Wisdom in HealingAre you feeling stuck in your practice or with certain clients -- trying too hard to make tissues release and changes happen? Listen in to today’s episode as Lynn shares two client stories and what can happen if we step back, get curious, and allow the body’s innate wisdom to guide the healing process.Come discover the importance of stepping back and getting curious when working with tissues that resist release. It’s easy to fall into the trap of over-efforting, trying to force a release or change, but resistance often signals someth...2025-05-2621 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Postpartum ResetEver wonder what really happens to your pelvis and tissues during and after childbirth? In this episode, Lynn covers the process of resetting the tissues post-birth, helping everything find its way back to an optimal position for recovery and renewed strength.Listen in to today’s conversation about the process of "resetting" the pelvis and surrounding tissues after a vaginal birth. We will dive into what happens to the pelvis, tissues, and organs as the baby makes its way out, and I will explain what you can do to help guide your client’s body...2025-05-1909 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastBladder and Coccyx ConnectionHow do you figure out the cause of an issue when the client doesn’t recall anything that could be causing it?As a pelvic health physical therapist, we have to play detective, we listen intently, we use our training to palpate the body for clues, and we let our hands guide us to figure out the true cause of the problem we are addressing. In today’s episode, Lynn shares a case study of a 13 year old female who had been struggling with urina...2025-05-1209 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastFrom Loss To Conception - An IBH Student’s JourneyHave you helped clients heal after the loss of a miscarriage or supported them during their struggles to conceive? There is a gift in the work we do, and today’s guest shares how this gift has helped restore her life and given her hope for a promising future.Today, Lynn is joined by Physical Therapist and parent, Kristin Reardon for a candid conversation about loss, struggles with conception, and the journey forward that opened Kirstin’s world to new possibilities within pelvic health.Kirs...2025-05-0527 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastPreparing your clients for a VBACDo you have clients preparing for a VBAC? Do you want to know what steps you can take to help them?In today’s episode Lynn discusses what she does to help prepare her clients for a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). What we do as practitioners cannot guarantee a specific result, but we can help increase our client’s chances of success with our assessment and treatment of the body.For clients who want a VBAC, it is important to understand what caused the...2025-04-2817 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastFascia’s Impact On PregnancyDid you know that the connective tissue in your body—fascia—not only supports movement and stability but also holds the stories of our lives and can influence a baby’s position during pregnancy? What if understanding fascia could transform the way you support your pregnant and postpartum clients? Tune in to discover how this incredible system impacts everything from cellular communication to birth outcomes!Fascia is an amazing structure in the body that connects and surrounds everything. It is made of collagen that creates support and flexibility within the tissues it surrounds and has ma...2025-04-2113 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastPregnancy Posture ResetWhat do you do when a client is stuck with their shoulders rounded and head forward but they are not able to move to a more neutral position? In today's episode, Lynn talks with Dr. Anna Hammond, PT, DPT, a lead therapist at Core Exercise Solutions, about ways to examine the shoulders and ribs to improve posture and make lasting changes.NOTE: Anna visually shows the movements in the video and the audio is not always clear as to what she is doing. Please r...2025-04-1434 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastBreech PresentationHow confident are you working with clients who want help turning their breech positioned babies?Do you have clients who want to try and deliver vaginally even though their baby is breech? Over the past few months, in preparation for the Birth Healing Summit, Lynn has been learning a lot about breech birth. In today’s podcast, she shares the highlights of what she has learned and talks about what we can do as bodyworkers, PTs, and OTs to help clients with breech babies.2025-04-0714 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastCreating Connections to Improve TreatmentsHave you ever noticed how your connection with a client impacts their treatment session? What happens when you don’t connect with a client?In today’s episode Lynn talks with Susannah Haarmann about the importance of creating connections with your clients.Our current medical model is very top down. We, as providers, are supposed to know what to do and our clients just have to receive the guidance we are providing. In truth, our sessions are more effective when we walk beside our clients and help them be an acti...2025-03-3131 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastInduction's ImpactHave you ever had clients tell you that their doctor recommended they be induced because their baby was too big only to find out that the baby was 5-7 lbs.? In today’s episode Lynn talks with Kate White, the founder and director of the Center for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology, about the impact inductions or threats of inductions can have on both the mother and the child.Clients should be empowered to make a decision that is best for them and what they believe to be best for...2025-03-2442 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastWhat Aches in Pregnancy Tell YouWe all know that pregnancy can produce some aches and pains in the body, but what are they really telling us and how might they impact birth?In today’s podcast Lynn talks with Gabrielle Brennan, a midwife and body worker in Australia, who shares what pains and aches are telling you and your client about your client’s pregnant body.Pain during pregnancy is not normal. It may be common, but when there is pain or discomfort in the pregnant body, it means that...2025-03-1735 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Impact of Birth Interventions on the BodyBirth Interventions are so commonplace these days that we just assume they are normal and ok. But what do these interventions really do to our bodies? In today’s episode, Lynn talks with midwife, Bernadette Lack, about the impact birth interventions have on the body and what healing needs to happen because of them.As a society, we may be unaware of the impact modern medical interventions have on the body as it has become largely normalized to give blood, to have inductions, and to...2025-03-1025 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastTraditional Chinese Medicine and The First TrimesterDo you feel you need to avoid certain points on the body during pregnancy for fear it might stimulate birth? In today’s episode, Lynn speaks with Suzanne Yates, a Traditional Chinese Medicine provider and shiatzu practitioner,, about how she works with the body during pregnancy. Suzanne shares the areas she addresses in the pregnant body and her belief that women’s bodies are strong and powerful.Listen in as Suzanne talks about how work in the first trimester is important because it is the f...2025-03-0334 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastBreech Birth: A Normal VariationDo you have clients who are told they will need to have a cesarean birth because their baby is in a breech position, but your client still wants a vaginal birth?In today’s episode Lynn talks with mother of 4 soon to be 5, Anna Crow, about her experience with breech birth and how she made her dream of having a natural breech birth possible. Anna, originally from WI, had moved to CO and was pregnant with her second child. She found out at 40+ weeks tha...2025-02-2425 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastBirth ImprintsDo you wonder what impact birth has on the baby, let alone a traumatic one? The early years of life can influence a person’s entire life. In today’s podcast, Lynn’s guest is midwife and author, Geneva Montano. Geneva shares what you can do to create a shift to help your clients and their babies heal their births. She shares about the imprints we all receive in the first 6 minutes, 6 hours, 6 days, 6 weeks and 6 years of life. What happens...2025-02-1733 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastRelationships, Service and Purpose: Insight from a US Surgeon GeneralIn today’s episode, Lynn discusses the future of health based on the parting words from former US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy.Based on his research and observations, Dr. Murthy reported that the link to increased pain and failing health in the USA was not due to a lack of medical advancements, but rather to social isolation and loneliness. Dr. Murthy shared how the erosion of community and connection has created a rise not just in mental health issues, but in physical health issues as well. Health is more th...2025-02-1013 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastWhat Our Client’s Bodies Are Telling UsAre you open to learning from your clients during your treatment sessions? If so, what are you discovering? In today’s episode, Lynn talks about the different insights we can gain from working with our clients in an open way. When the treatment sessions are two-way and not just us telling our client what to do, we can learn an incredible amount and have better success with our treatments.Today, Lynn shares about the different pieces she has learned from her clients’ bodies including how t...2025-02-0315 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastA Fertility JourneyDo you work with clients who are navigating fertility treatments? Do you have resources you can offer them to help guide this journey?In today’s podcast, Lynn speaks with physical therapist, Rebeca Segraves, about what she learned through her and her wife’s journey with intrauterine insemination (IUI).IUI is a fertility treatment that involves placing sperm directly into the uterus during ovulation. It can be a less painful treatment because the sperm are cleaned, so there is less of a reaction from the...2025-01-2724 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastImprove Client’s Pelvic Floor Muscle Function in 4 Simple StepsHave you had clients where it does not feel like anything is happening when you check their pelvic floor muscle function?In today’s podcast, Lynn shares her 4-step process for improving pelvic floor muscle function to create a stronger and easier contraction with less work for you as the practitioner.Address these 4 areas to increase the pelvic floor muscles’ ability to contract:Stabilize and align the bony pelvisTreat the organsWork on the pelvic floor muscles with bimanual work on the bone...2025-01-2019 min
Birth Healing Summit Podcast3 Patient Evaluations: Root Causes and Treatment StepsDo your evaluations ever take you on a different path than you thought they would based on your client’s symptoms? What steps do you take to help you get to the root cause of client complaints?Today, Lynn shares the steps she used in 3 client evaluations to determine the root cause of her clients’ issues as well as the techniques she used to treat each client.Lynn’s clients presented with the following symptoms: Client 1: low back and hip pain and post void dr...2025-01-1326 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastMy Theme for 2025What do you do at the start of each new year? Do you set goals or intentions? Listen to today’s episodes as Lynn shares her annual tradition. As a practice, Lynn chooses a theme or words that resonate with her as a point of focus for each New Year. For 2025, Lynn is focusing on growth, connection, and choice. In today's podcast, Lynn talks about how she pulls in these pieces personally, professionally, and spiritually, and how she plans to incorporate her themes in 2025.Thank you for being with...2025-01-0617 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Essentials of Working With The Ischiorectal FossaDo you have clients who experience pain when sitting or having a bowel movement or who have trouble activating their pelvic floor? Working with the ischiorectal fossa can help alleviate these issues.In today’s episode Lynn talks with Physical Therapist, PelviCon Co-Founder, and the owner of Pelvic Sanity and Pelvic PT Rising, Nicole Cozean, about ischiorectal fossa (IRF), what signs and symptoms restrictions in this area can create, and how you can work with the IRF to alleviate pain and reduce symptoms of lower rectocele with your clients....2024-12-1659 min
Birth Healing Summit Podcast100th Episode Celebration: Parenting, Life and Business SuccessToday, we celebrate the 100th episode of the Birth Healing Summit Podcast! To mark this monumental episode, Lynn shares a culmination of the pieces of advice, education, and practice building that have helped her grow the most in all areas - parenting, life, and business.Tune in to hear all the pieces of advice that have supported me in parenting, life and business. Parenting SuccessIt starts with talking to the baby in utero and proceeds into labor and the r...2024-12-0929 min
Birth Healing Summit Podcast3 Issues Clients Experience Post Cesarean BirthDo you know the 3 issues scar tissue from cesarean birth can cause? Join me in this episode to learn more about my take on healing scar tissue from cesarean birth. Approximately 32% of all births in the United States are cesarean births according to the National Center for Health Statistics meaning about a third of your postnatal clients will have had a cesarean birth. In today’ s episode, Lynn discusses 3 issues women complain about after having a cesarean birth:Bladder frequencyPa...2024-12-0216 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastRisk factors for OASIDo you talk with your pregnant clients about the risks of anal sphincter injuries? Do you know how to treat the anal sphincter to work with these types of injuries?In today’s episode Lynn shares the risk factors for Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI) that she learned from physiotherapist, Taryn Hallam, as well as gives you tips on how to treat the external anal sphincter (EAS).There are 8 risk factors for OASI, which occurs when there is a tear into the anal sphincter mu...2024-11-2620 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastGrief’s Impact on the BodyHave you noticed an increase in grief in your clients? Have you experienced grief bursts? In today’s episode Lynn talks about her own grief with losing her mother and how she helped a client through the grief they were experiencing during a session. In today’s culture the majority of people are dealing with grief on many levels. Many individuals have lost loved ones in the last few years. When you lose someone you love it is not uncommon to have grief bursts. This is when there is a sudden...2024-11-1818 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Power of Doing The Work: BHI Live Celebration!I am so excited for my incredible guests today from the first Birth Healing Intensive cohort as we gathered for our live celebration. I couldn’t be prouder of the growth, dedication, and hard work that this group has put into not just this program, but into themselves. Today they share their highlights from this 9 month journey to becoming trauma aware practitioners.There is power in your presence. Let the client lead. Listen at multiple levels. These are just a few of the golden nuggets shared by the students in the 2024 Bi...2024-11-1112 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastGet CuriousDo you ever have doubts when working with a client? What happens when you allow yourself to move out of doubt and instead get curious in your client sessions?In today’s podcast, Lynn speaks with Occupational Therapist, Landy Peek, about her experience supporting students from the Birth Healing Intensive and the overlying themes she finds in working with practitioners and clients.During the Birth Healing Intensive, students receive four 1:1 sessions - 2 with Landy and 2 with Lynn. The 1:1 sessions are designed to help students integrate the material they are learning in...2024-11-0457 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastAvoiding BurnoutAs pelvic health therapists, working in this space can be challenging. So much heaviness is carried in the pelvic region that can come up in our sessions, and not knowing what to do about it can lead to burnout. So, how do we avoid burnout so we can continue this work?In today’s episode, Lynn talks about approaching pelvic health therapy through a different lens that does not leave you exhausted at the end of your day. In a recent podcast from P...2024-10-2819 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastEmpowering Others, Empowering YourselfIn today’s episode, Lynn is joined by three of her students from the Birth Healing Intensive program. As students going into the 9-month program, they wanted to learn how to get better results and build confidence and trust in their skills. What they got from the program far exceeded their expectations and took them to a whole new level both personally and professionally. Listen in as they share their experiences in doing their own inner work through this program and the impact this work has had with their clients. Registration for...2024-10-211h 08
Birth Healing Summit PodcastLatest Research on the Factors Influencing Birth InjuriesHow do we determine the risk factors of birth injuries? What can we do as practitioners to educate and prepare our clients for a safer birth?In today’s podcast Lynn talks with Dr. Mariana Masteling, a biomechanics engineer focusing on the prevention of childbirth-related injuries and Dr. Jenny LaCross, a women’s health physical therapist about the research they published on factors influencing birth injuries. In this conversation, Lynn, Jenny and Mariana talk about the complexities of childbirth and the challenges of measuring and p...2024-10-1456 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastEmbodimentHave you ever had clients tell you that they don’t want to be in their body today? How about you? Do you feel embodied? Do you know what being embodied can do for your client sessions?In today’s podcast, Lynn speaks with craniosacral therapist and educator, Suzanne Scurlock, about embodiment and the positive effect it can have on your practice. Embodiment is your attunement and connection within your body and to your senses. This connection helps down regulate the nervous system and decre...2024-10-0734 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastLynn's History: A Purposeful PathFor those who have been in pelvic health for years, do you ever look back at where your journey started? Do you think about your impact? For those just starting off, do you ever wonder where your journey will lead?In today’s episode, Lynn shares her history of becoming a pelvic health physical therapist. What started as a love of athletics and a desire to help others has resulted in a lifetime of passion and purpose. In her 30+ years as a PT, Lynn has worked with tens of thousands of wo...2024-10-0133 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastAnother Day in the Clinic - Lynn’s Work With 6 ClientsA day in the clinic can bring a variety of pieces to consider, and it is important for you as a practitioner to know your scope of practice and what issues may be better addressed by a practitioner in a different specialty. In addition, it is always good to ask about past injuries when taking a client’s history as you never know when old injuries are at the root cause of new pain. In today’s podcast episode, Lynn talks about 6 clients she saw in the clinic recently. She shares about...2024-09-2437 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastOrgans can Create PainHave you assessed a client and it looks like everything is relatively normal yet the client is still in pain? Have you considered checking for restrictions in the organs? In today’s podcast Lynn talks with physical therapist, Lori Baydush, about her treatment of a client who was experiencing deep pelvic pain.Lori’s client kept saying that her pelvis was stuck, but when Lori conducted hip and lumbar assessments, the client had almost full range of motion. Lori shares about how she pulled from...2024-09-1716 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastScar Tissue and Organ PositionHave you had clients who are experiencing incontinence post c-section? In today’s podcast Lynn shares about one of her clients who had 3 c-sections and is now experiencing incontinence. Lynn treated this client at 6 years post her last c-section. During the client’s planned birth the doctors found so many adhesions that they cleaned out what they could and put in mesh. Listen in to hear what Lynn found in her assessment and how she treated this client to help improve the client’s symptoms...2024-09-0912 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastLynn’s Language & PhilosophyHave you ever gone to a continuing education class and they use all the fancy terminology that makes you have to think harder? In today’s episode Lynn explains why she uses the language and terms she does when teaching and working with clients. She also goes over the 5 main points of her treatment philosophy. In teaching practitioners how to work with the body, Lynn has made the conscious choice to use common terminology and language. She does this intentionally, so each student knows exact...2024-09-0223 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastA Client Case in Working with the Postpartum BodyHave you had clients come to you for back and pelvic pain during pregnancy? Did they have prior injuries or experience trauma during a previous birth? In today’s episode Lynn shares a case study about a client who was suffering from low back pain during her second pregnancy. The client had a history of a herniated disc from a high school soccer injury. She had given birth 3 years earlier to her first child. In this first birth, she was induced and required an epid...2024-08-2612 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastAddressing the Gaps in Pelvic Health EducationAre you noticing a gap in your education and what you need to know to effectively treat your pregnant and postpartum clients? Are you curious about the pieces you may be missing? In today’s episode Lynn talks with Dr. Kathleen Vigo, a Physical Therapist and founder of Painless Pregnancy about the gaps that exist in traditional pelvic health education. Kathleen shares how she and her team have addressed these gaps through classes at the Institute for Birth Healing and discusses her experience with this training.In traditional pelvic health edu...2024-08-1933 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastCoccygeus Muscles: What Do They Tell Us?Do you have a favorite muscle?In today’s episode Lynn shares information about her favorite muscles, the Coccygeus, and what these muscles can tell practitioners.Coccygeus muscles attach anteriorly to the ischial spines and medially to the lateral surface of the coccyx. They are innervated by S4 and S5. They are the deepest of the traditional pelvic floor muscles. During labor, the coccygeus has to lengthen for the sacrum to flex and the baby to exit the outlet. If the muscles are too ti...2024-08-1216 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThree Pillars of EvidenceHave you ever had a client ask for the evidence behind a technique or do they just care about how they feel after you perform the technique? In today’s podcast Lynn talks about the 3 pillars of evidence: the research, the client’s need and clinical expertise. Research in the birthing world documents the way the pelvis must move in order for a baby to be born; however, there is not published research on the outlet of the pelvis post vaginal birth. Research that has be...2024-08-0513 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastCertified Student Journey: Knowing What WorksAre you the type of person that once you start something you need to see it through to completion?If so, you are not alone. In today’s episode, Lynn talks with Physical Therapist and Certified Birth Healing Practitioner, Anne Guist, about her journey to becoming certified. Anne initially met Lynn as a client. She had experienced a traumatic first birth and was seeking support. As a Physical Therapist, she saw the need to support women in the way she had been by Lynn and...2024-07-2918 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastCertified Student Journey: Integrating Your EducationAre you wondering how to integrate all you have learned with your pregnant and postpartum clients and improve your treatment sessions?In today’s episode Lynn talks with Dr. Rachel Elizabeth, a Physical Therapist and Certified Birth Healing Practitioner about her motivation for getting certified and the impact it has had in her client sessions.Rachel shares how she felt she was missing information in her physical therapy training on the pregnancy and postpartum phases. She attended the Institute For Birth Healing’s Holistic Trea...2024-07-2224 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastBirth Positions and the PelvisDid you know that addressing injuries or impacts to the pelvis are an important key to a smooth birth for your clients? Working with the pelvis postpartum can also lead to a quicker and fuller recovery.In today’s podcast Lynn discusses the impact the pelvic bones have on labor and the postpartum period and the importance of asking these important questions:What impacts, injuries or traumas have occurred to your pelvis?What position did you give birth in? 2024-07-1517 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastAnxiety & MedicineDo you have clients who come in to see you who are very resistant to a treatment plan? What is underneath their resistance? In today’s podcast, Lynn speaks with Dr. Mary Louder, an Osteopath and Integrative Medicine Specialist from Michigan who has been helping clients crack the AnxietyCode™to improve their own health and well-being.Mary has always been very curious about the world around her, and by letting her curiosity guide her, she found that she loved combining her knowledge as a physi...2024-07-0851 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastTreating SPDDid you know that up to 25% of women will have some form of SPD with pregnancy? How do you work with clients who complain about the pubic bone feeling bruised or who have severe pubic bone pain?In today’s episode, Lynn shares what she does to treat pubic symphysis dysfunction (SPD) in both pregnant and postpartum clients. As mentioned, up to 25% of women will have some form of SPD during pregnancy with 1 in 300 being formally diagnosed. As a pelvic health practitioner, it is imp...2024-07-0114 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastSimilarities of Postnatal and Perimenopause StagesAre any of your postnatal clients reporting symptoms of new anxiety, vaginal dryness, joint pain, or an inability to stay asleep even when they have the opportunity to do so? If so, these clients may be experiencing more than postpartum shifts.In today’s episode Lynn talks to physical therapist, professor, APTA board member, and national speaker, Dr. Carrie Pagliano, about the similarities of the postnatal time frame and perimenopause.During pregnancy, women experience the highest levels of estrogen they will ever have in th...2024-06-2446 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastAnother Day in the ClinicLynn received a lot of messages after her last podcast “Day in the Clinic” asking for more, so today, Lynn shares about her day with 5 different clients, including the symptoms, findings and treatments provided.In today’s episode, Lynn talks about another day in her clinic. She shares the case studies for 5 different clients suffering from a variety of issues including chronic pelvic pain, knee pain, pain with intercourse, prolapse, trauma in the body, and instability during pregnancy.During her treatm...2024-06-1725 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastA Glimpse Into A Dad’s JourneySince our line of work mainly involves working with moms, I’ve always longed to see dads supported more in the beginning phase of a family. How can dads be better supported? In today’s episode, Lynn talks with Chris Da Silva, a primary care doctor from the UK, about pregnancy and postpartum from a dad’s perspective and about his program 40 Weeks for Dads.The uncertainties around pregnancy, birth, and life with a newborn create shifts in both men and women...2024-06-1044 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastA Labor Nurse’s Advice on Preparing Clients for BirthHave your clients asked what they need to do to prepare for giving birth in the hospital? Do they know they can advocate for themselves? How do you suggest they prepare for birth? In today’s episode, Lynn talks with Kelly Hof, a Labor and Delivery Nurse and Birth Coach on how to best prepare and support our clients who are having a hospital birth. She recommends asking your clients to think about these topics and questions to create an environment that is supportive and that will be more optimal for a s...2024-06-0337 min
Birth Healing Summit Podcast3 Keys to Clinical SuccessDo you want to know three keys to clinical success and what you can do to improve in each of these areas? If so, start by asking yourself these questions: How would you rate your anatomy knowledge?How comfortable are you naming the structures under your hands while in the clinic?Can you easily palpate a structure if one is named?In today’s episode, Lynn discusses three keys to becoming a better clinician. Listen in t...2024-05-2718 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastListening to the BodyHave you had clients who come in and you are not sure where to start? Have you heard of the osteopathic concept of listening to the body? In today’s episode, Lynn shares a case study about a client who came to see her after a fall. Listen in to hear what I found and how I helped her. The client felt like her entire left side was frozen and complained of left-sided neck and shoulder pain.The client had already undergone a series of t...2024-05-2016 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Wild SeriesDo you have a list of books you refer to your clients? If so, Lynn has a series she recommends you add to your must-read list for all mothers!In today’s podcast, Lynn speaks with Physical Therapist, author and founder of Holistic Pelvic Care, Tami Lynn Kent as she releases an updated version of her Wild Mothering book. Tami has been working in women’s health for over 25 years and has a 3 book “Wild” series that she wrote to help conn...2024-05-1334 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastA Day in the ClinicHave you ever wondered what a day in the clinic is like for other practitioners? What do they do with their clients that may be something you want to try in your own practice?In today’s episode, Lynn shares her day in the clinic and her treatment of six different clients. Each person required different treatment ranging from sacral flexion to release of scar tissue and nervous system regulation.On any given day, practitioners are presented with a variety of conditions and have to choose the best treatment options pos...2024-05-0640 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastAssessing the Pregnant BodyDo you see clients during pregnancy even if they are not having pain? Do you assess their pelvic floor muscle tightness and their ability to lengthen/push? In today’s podcast Lynn talks about a postpartum client she is working with who was never assessed during her pregnancy and ended up having a traumatic birth.In the USA, medical providers focus on keeping the baby and mom alive in the birth process. Yet we as a medical/health community can be doing so much mor...2024-04-2913 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastRound Ligament in PregnancyIs your client’s pregnant belly squashed? Is the belly greater from side to side as opposed to vertical? In today’s podcast Lynn talks about working with the round ligament to allow more space for the baby within the abdominal cavity. When your pregnant client comes to you with a greater transverse position of the belly it is important to treat the round ligament. The round ligament is a key component to decreasing the squished look of the uterus. In combination with an invers...2024-04-2212 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastTalking ConstipationDid 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 symptoms. As a clinician you...2024-04-1519 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastA Supportive JourneyDo 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. Listen in t...2024-04-0826 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastLynn’s Favorites from Summit 2024The 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....2024-04-0120 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastPOP Research UpdateWhat 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 dysf...2024-03-2542 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastHow to Fight FairlyHave 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 educate and create growth.2024-03-1840 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastPelvic Health After CancerDid 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 survived cancer.2024-03-1132 min
Birth Healing Summit Podcast4 Contractions of LaborDid 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 ContractionsPositional ContractionsRotational ContractionsDilation ContractionsKnowing the different types of con...2024-03-0426 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastAre You Doing Intravaginal Work?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...2024-02-2613 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Schulte HoldWhat 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 podcast to l...2024-02-1914 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastApproach to Intra Vaginal WorkHow 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 intr...2024-02-1225 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Rhythm of the CycleWhy 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 what is no longer...2024-02-0531 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastPushing During LaborHow 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 lengthe...2024-01-2932 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Nerve TourHave 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...2024-01-2233 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastConnecting to the Body to Release TraumaHow 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 they are and better...2024-01-1535 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe 3 Energy CentersAre 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...2024-01-0811 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastReflections and Looking ForwardHave 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...2024-01-0117 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastDeveloping a Therapeutic PresenceDid 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. You can l...2023-12-1815 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastCreating CongruenceDo 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 congruence, the state of when things are in...2023-12-1135 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastTrauma in the BodyYou 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, thr...2023-12-0416 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastBirth Healing In ActionHave 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 wa...2023-11-2832 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastCritical Treatment ToolDo 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...2023-11-2119 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastTips For Tissue TensionHave 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...2023-11-0718 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Body's EngineDo 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 ailment in th...2023-10-3032 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastAll About ScarsWhat 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 the wou...2023-10-2314 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastSeeking Client's TruthDo 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. 2023-10-1625 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastSecrets to ContinenceWhy 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 this increases the pressure on...2023-10-0913 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastProtocols: Guides or Instructions?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 th...2023-09-2510 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe Most Hidden Pelvic PatternThere are 4 common postpartum patterns in the pelvis after birth and one of them is harder to find than the others which is why I call it the hidden pattern. Do you know which one it is? In today’s episode I reveal which one it is and how you can look for it in your clients. Do you know what the most hidden common postpartum pattern is?In today’s episode Lynn discusses the most hidden common p...2023-09-1114 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastBirth Healing in Action | Incontinence and Back PainEver wondered how to implement what you have learned in a class with your client? Listen to how one student is using what she learned from the Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body course. In today’s podcast, Physical Therapist, IBH Certified Birth Healing Specialist and the owner of The Healing Spot, Justine Calderwood, MSPT walks us through her treatment of a postpartum client suffering from incontinence and back pain. History of the Client:The client is a...2023-09-0433 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastPelvic Bones Influence MusclesIs your client’s pelvic pain worse after releasing their pelvic floor? In today’s episode, Lynn talks about the important impact the pelvic bones can have on the pelvic floor muscles. When treating internally, the pelvic floor muscles inform you of what is going on in the pelvis. For example when the tailbone is lifted backwards or in sacral flexion you will find there is bilateral tension in the coccygeus muscles. Treat the sacrum first then check the muscles again. You will, likely, find there is less tension and you will...2023-08-2809 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastThe CervixDo you know how to assess and treat the cervix?Did you know the cervix is the linchpin of the pelvic space?If you are a body worker who performs intravaginal work listen in to today’s podcast as Lynn shares why the cervix needs to be an essential part of your assessment and treatment plan. The cervix is located midline past the urethra and bladder and feels like the end of a nose. It can be fou...2023-08-1415 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastSecondary InfertilityAre your clients struggling with secondary infertility? If so, have you asked them about their first birth? In today’s episode Lynn discusses her experience with a client that was struggling with secondary infertility which is defined as “the inability to conceive or carry a baby to term after previously giving birth” (Penn Medicine). During the physical assessment of her client, the uterus was hard and had decreased mobility. After talking more with her client about her client’s previous birth experience, Lynn used the trauma release statement...2023-07-3112 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastPlease STOP!Stop What you might be asking? In today’s podcast I share some of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned over the years and it includes Stop doing this! In today’s podcast, Lynn shares one of her most valued lessons: Always respect the tissues and never force a release as it can cause more harm than good. A client came into the clinic and was in pain after receiving work from another bodyworker. Lynn shares what the body’s wisdom can tell you, so you can avoid making this same mistak...2023-07-1720 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastLengthened MusclesDo your clients have lengthened muscles? If they are postpartum they most likely do. Is strengthening not creating the change you and your client are trying to achieve? In today’s episode, Lynn discusses the importance of addressing lengthened muscles and what to do about them. She shares her experience of trying to strengthen a lengthened muscle. When our client’s muscles are lengthened, especially after pregnancy, isometric shortening with end range pulses can help relieve the achiness our client feels. We can also shorten...2023-07-0311 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastUterosacral LigamentWant to create magical results for your clients? Consider regularly assessing the Uterosacral Ligament. If your clients are complaining of irritation of the bladder, urethra or pelvic floor muscles, treating the uterosacral ligament can help, and can also provide relief to clients with prolapse. Join in for today's podcast, as Lynn highlights the importance of this incredible ligament. The Uterosacral Ligament goes from the sacrum (S1-4) or sacrospinous complex to the Posterio-Lateral Part of the cervix, the Connection point of the cervix to th...2023-06-1918 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastRound LigamentAre your clients complaining of difficulty with fertility, endometriosis, pain with intercourse, sensitivity to arousal or just having pain?In today’s episode, Lynn reminds practitioners that it is essential to assess the round ligament when working with female patients with pelvic issues.. If your clients are struggling with a complex set of symptoms, including endometriosis, pelvic pain, pregnancy-related pain, and infertility, then this interview can give you insight as to how to bring about fast and lasting results. The round ligament can be the linchpin leading to relief for multiple is...2023-06-0510 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastBringing The MagicAre you tired of working so hard for too little gain personally and/or professionally? Join us for today’s podcast where Lynn Schulte shares her personal story on founding the Birth Healing Summit and how she found the magic of physical therapy. This episode is filled with little pieces of advice for the clinician as well as the practice owner. First, life is about growing personally, professionally and spiritually. Second, listen to spirit at the whisper instead of needing to go through a major event to get you to take action. Even if it...2023-05-1540 min
Birth Healing Summit PodcastLynn's 2023 Summit HighlightsThe hip, pelvis, and belly, pain during childbirth, therapeutic alliance, and embodiment are some featured topics in this year's Birth Healing Summit.In this podcast episode, I share my 2023 Birth Healing Summit highlights.Carrie Hall and Sarah Duvall share great information on the hip. Then Jerry Hesch chimed in during his interview on pelvic patterns, sharing how he assesses the hip by doing a PA to the greater trochanter in prone. I appreciate Jerry's simplistic and valuable whole-body that he sha...2023-04-1828 min
The Birth Ease Podcast068 Pelvic Health and Birth Healing with Lynn SchulteTo begin her series on the pelvic floor, Michelle re-airs this information packed conversation with Lynn Schulte, founder of The Institute for Birth Healing, regarding the ways pelvic health can enhance our body’s ability to give birth and heal postpartum. Lynn explains the physical mechanics of the pelvic joints, the pelvic bones, and pelvic floor muscles and how they are meant to work together for birth. Lynn shares why she doesn’t recommend doing lots of kegel exercises during pregnancy to prepare for birth, why coached “purple pushing” during birth is really counterintuitive to releasing the baby, and how the...2020-12-161h 03