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Pelvic PT Rising
Helping pelvic physical therapists improve as clinicians, in their careers or business, and their lives. Hosted by Dr. Nicole Cozean and Jesse Cozean, the founders of PelvicSanity physical therapy and the Pelvic PT Huddle, the podcast explores all aspects of pelvic physical therapy. You'll find the clinical pearls that Dr. Nicole teaches in her continuing education courses, the business and career advice that catapulted PelvicSanity into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices…
Episodes
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Case Report - Symptom Chasing with Pudendal Pain
In this latest case report we work with a woman with genuine pudendal nerve entrapment (extremely rare!) who had been to three other pelvic PTs before seeing…
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Oh $#!t, I Got a Negative Review
Do you live in fear of your first negative review? Or maybe you've already had one? We've all been there. How do you react to a negative review? How can you…
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Episode 50 Celebration and Q&A!
We're so excited to hit 50 'sodes with you guys! In this episode, we pop a bottle of champagne - no, seriously! - and answer some of your fun questions! We…
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Business Shorty - Thinking About Creating an Online Course?
The promise of "passive income." Being able to reach people beyond your own walls. The chance to diversify your income. There's a lot of reasons to like the…
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Do We Care About The Medical Diagnosis?
I have a patient who has __________...... IC. Endo. Vulvodynia. Pudendal Neuralgia. Vaginismus. Dyspareunia. Chronic Prostatitis. Why do all of our patient…
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Is Cash PT "Unethical"?
Greedy. Elitist. Might be great for California, but could never work in my community. Unethical. Those in the model love it, but there's a lot of criticism in…
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Would you Send Your Mom To Your Clinic?
Would you send a family member or close friend to your clinic? Over the years, we've had several pelvic PTs and physicians send their family members to us -…
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The Pelvic PT Fashion Police - What to Wear?
What you wear to work shouldn't matter. But it does. You'll be judged by your patient before you even open your mouth. We all want to be comfortable and…
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Part 6 - You're Not the Arbiter of your Patient's Life Choices
Do your patient's ever make life choices you disagree with? All. The. Time. Does that mean we can't help them get better? Absolutely not. We are not the…
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Business Shorty - Data Security or HIPAA Concerns?
There seems to be a lot of anxiety around data security, privacy and HIPAA - it's one of the questions we get asked a lot! You can spend hours or days getting…
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Part 5 - You're Not the Arbiter of your Patient's "Compliance"
Have you ever explained away a patient not getting better because they were 'non-compliant' with their home program? We've all been there - it's tempting, but…
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Finding "Work-Life Balance"
How do you find balance? Between work - whether you own your own place or are employed by someone else - and home life. How to maintain a social life, exercise…
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Part 4 - You're Not the Arbiter of Your Patient's "WHY"
Ever have a patient who wasn't in for the 'right reasons?' (Yes, a Bachelor reference, y'all!). Maybe a patient who cared more about the appearance of their…
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The Two Factors that Predict Business Success
What predicts the success of a pelvic PT business? There's a TON of different factors that go into success. In a recent survey, we looked at the answers…
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Part 3 - You're Not the Arbiter of Your Patient's Time
Ever found yourself worried about your patient's time? How much time they are spending each week, how far they are driving? What about how they spend their…
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Which of the 5 Phases of Business Are You In?
Do you know what phase of business you're in? (Here's a hint: Most pelvic PT owners owners are stuck in Phase 2.) This is critical to know for your practice…
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Part 2 - You're Not the Arbiter of Your Patient's Finances
Have you ever let your own assumptions or hang-ups about money affect your patient care? We aren't the arbiter of our patient's finances! It's our job to…
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6 Reasons You Should (Or Not!) Start Your Own Business
Nicole is always asking the next question....."why"? In this episode, we dive into the different reasons for starting your own business. We had sent out a…
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Part 1 - You're Not the Arbiter of Your Patient's "When"
Think of a patient who wasn't ready to do something. To come to PT, to take a medication, to commit to their own health. Just because they've committed to…
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Vaginismus Case Report - Form a Patient Partnership
Are you putting unrealistic expectations on your patient? Your patient should never feel like they're "running out of time!" In this episode, we dive into a…
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Don't Get in the Way of Your Patient's Success!
Are you getting in the way of your patient's success? Despite our best intentions, we do this ALL THE TIME. We need to understand how our own biases…
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Business Shorty - The 3 Metrics Your Business Needs
METRICS - If you're familiar with the word, you probably hate it! Metrics is an overused, misunderstood buzzword for measurable things about your business…
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IC Myths Part 3 - How to Talk to your Patient
Now we've busted the top 8 myths of IC (see episodes 25 and 27 for the first two parts of this series), but how do you actually break these to your patients?…
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Marketing to Physicians....Without Buying Lunch
Marketing your services is a huge challenge, whether you run your own place or are part of a larger program. You have to let others know about what you do and…
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Eight Common Myths of IC - Part 2
In Part 1 (if you missed it last week, check it out!) we went over the first 4 myths preventing patients from seeing improvement. In this episode, we give you…
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Coronavirus Update - Wear Your F'n Mask!
Coronavirus updates are back! This is a wide-ranging discussion, and we hit some important (and some not-so-important) topics. The title comes from a…
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Eight Common Myths of IC - Part 1
Are you perpetuating any of these IC myths with your patients? There's a ton of misinformation out there about interstitial cystitis (that's why we wrote the…
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Three Reasons your Website Isn't Converting - Business Shorty!
Feel like you're putting time, effort and money into your marketing, but you aren't getting the calls that you'd like? You can be doing the best marketing in…
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How to Get Hired
Wondering what an employer is looking for in a job interview and how to impress and get that offer? Hear about how to have an amazing interview and get the job…
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How to Have a Great Physician Meeting
A question we often get asked in the Huddle is about how to have a good meeting with a physician. What studies should you bring? How do you explain pelvic PT?…
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Physical Therapy or Wellness: Where's the Line?
Controversy Alert! How do we make the maximum difference for our patients without creating dependency in patients? One of the biggest issues we see in the…
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Why We Chose Cash-Based for PelvicSanity
In the last episode, we went through an overview of the different types of business structures in pelvic PT - here, we pull back the curtain on why we decided…
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Let's Talk about Money: How PTs Get Paid
Money is an uncomfortable topic for many of us. In fact, we may even dread the money conversations with our employers or employees, our significant others and…
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Online to In-Person: "Vaginismus" Case Report (Vol 2)
In Part 1 of this case report we discussed the telehealth evaluation of a patient presenting with a vaginismus diagnosis. A few weeks later, we had the…
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Online to In-Person: Vaginismus Case Report (Vol 1)
How do we actually do telehealth? We've spent a lot of time talking about converting patients to telehealth, but we've heard a lot less about how to provide as…
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Blessings in Disguise from Coronavirus
While Coronavirus has obviously been a huge challenge - in so many different ways - we wanted to focus today's episode on the positives that have come out of…
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Writing a Book When you Suck at Writing
Ever struggled to write something - a handout, a blog post, or even a book - for patients? It can be hard to convey exactly what you want, especially without…
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Coronavirus Update - Recenter Between Patients
Ever feel rushed or disoriented between patients, like your spending the first 10 minutes of your appointment catching up? It's a real challenge, but building…
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Smarter Con-Ed Choices
With so many choices, finding the right con-ed course can be overwhelming. And for every course you take, it means you can't take something else. So how do you…
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Coronavirus Update - Building Trust with your Patients
How do you build the kind of relationship with your patients that leads them to trust you in uncertain times? It's no longer a hypothetical question! As we…
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Three Ways to Better Communicate with your Patient
It is always a challenge to get buy-in and understanding from your patient. Without these, they are much more likely to drop off your schedule and not see the…
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Coronavirus Update - Is it Time for a Side Hustle?
Many pelvic PTs aren't happy or comfortable with how their employers have handled this crisis. Starting a side hustle can be a great way to rekindle your…
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Case Report - When You're Just Missing One Piece
We've all had those patients who see significant improvement early on, but then plateau and aren't reaching their full goals. While there can be many reasons…
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Coronavirus Update - Preparing to See Patients Again
All of us will eventually have to confront the challenge of reopening or seeing patients while still dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. There's a lot of…
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When your Patient Says Wrong $#*!
Learn why the phrase "it's not about you" is so common around the PelvicSanity clinic. It applies in a lot of areas: When your patient is saying something…
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Coronavirus Update - Reevaluate your Career
In this special Coronavirus edition of the podcast, we dive into how a crisis like this can be a chance to evaluate your career and life choices. We're all…
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Starting PelvicSanity While Staying Married
We go over how PelvicSanity started in just five days, the challenges of working in a hospital-based system and an outpatient clinic, and how we've managed to…
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Don't let your patient flare YOU
In this episode, Dr. Nicole goes through how to work with a patient in a flare. You'll learn concrete steps to defuse the situation, have the hard conversation…
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Making the Decision to Close the Clinic Due to Coronavirus
Talking about Coronavirus! Discussing the decision to close the clinic, balancing our obligations to patients, our staff and our community. In this episode, we…
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Welcome to Pelvic PT Rising
Welcome to the Pelvic PT Rising podcast! In this episode we go over: How Pelvic PT Rising came to be Nicole's journey from running a hospital program to…