Do You Really Need to Glove for External Work?
Gloving for External Treatment – What’s Actually Best for Our Patients?
In this episode, we're diving into a surprisingly controversial topic in pelvic rehab: gloving for external treatment.
Our informal poll showed a nearly 50/50 split:
58% of pelvic rehab professionals always glove with both hands for external work
42% reported they don’t
But why the discrepancy?
We take a closer look at:
How gloves can interfere with our palpation skills and clinical sensitivity
The potential message gloving sends to patients (especially when not medically necessary)
Why external treatment in ortho…
The skinny
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