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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
- Pelvic PT Rising
Our Pregnancy Journey: Navigating the Process For Your Patient
We use our own personal pregnancy journey to discuss ways we can better support our patients through the process. We want to be the trusted resource for them…
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Breaking News - Changes to the APTA Chaperone Statement
There's been a lot of confusion and concern over a recent release from the APTA on the use of chaperones in pelvic health. This new document surprised a lot of…
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Our Journey of Grief and Hope: Supporting Patients Through Pregnancy Loss
In another personal 'sode we share our own challenges with pregnancy loss and how it's changed Nicole's clinical practice and how we interact with those…
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Shedding Expectations and Limiting Beliefs: An Interview with Roxi Roberts
What happens when a dreamer puts action to her goals? Roxi Roberts is a perfect example. With Good Life Pelvic Health in a rural community in Kansas, Roxi has…
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Our IVF Journey: How to Support Patients Through Fertility Treatments
We get personal in this 'sode, talking about our own IVF journey, challenges and (ultimately) a healthy baby boy (Clay!). We learned so much from going through…
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Starting a Practice Later in Your Career: An Interview with Juliet Sarjeant
Is it still worth starting a practice later in your career? For Juliet, at least, the answer is a resounding 'Yes!' After two decades in the field of pelvic…
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Integrating Standing and Dynamic Assessments Into your Practice
Our patients don’t live on their backs….so we do we often treat them like they do? Nicole shares how she first started treating in standing positions – spoiler…
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Building a Biz as a Single Mom: An Interview with Jen Le Cougic
As a single mom, Jen didn't have much room for error when she started Nashville Pelvic Health. It needed to be successful - and quickly - to provide for her…
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What To Do With a Long Wait List
One of the major career concerns we heard about in our end-of-year survey was working in a facility that is understaffed with a long wait list. We dive into…
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Investing In Yourself with a Growth Mindset: An Interview with Hannah Strom
As a younger physical therapist, Hannah had to overcome a lot to build the thriving practice she now owns. She needed to grow as a clinician to provide the…
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Telehealth: Pros, Cons & Best Practices
Let’s start with common ground – telehealth is not the gold standard of pelvic health. In an ideal world we would be able to examine the patient, work with…
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You Don't Have to Be Everyone's Cup of Tea: An Interview with Allison Ingley
How do we confront the fears we have as clinicians and business owners? In this fantastic, open and honest interview with Dr. Allison Ingley we explore how her…
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No Such Thing as a 'Simple' Patient
You’ve heard us say it before, but here we dive into why we believe there isn’t a ‘simple’ pelvic health patient. Simple (n): easily understood or done…
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Define Success for Yourself: An Interview with Kari Craig
In this inspiring interview with Kari, you'll hear the list of limiting beliefs she had to overcome to build a successful practice. She's done an amazing job…
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Trends and Changes in Pelvic Health
How has our field changed in the last year? Where is it headed? Using information from our End of Year Survey, we'll take a look back at 2022 and where we…
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Your Guide to a Great 2023
How do we want our lives to be better at the end of next year? What would make 2023 great? We often work with our mentorship group on setting better, more…
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Keeping Patients Engaged Over the Holidays
How can we keep our patients engaged and continuing to improve over the holidays and New Year? First, it starts with handling our own business. Are we being…
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Maternity Leave: An Opportunity for Your Business
How can we view maternity leave as an opportunity in our business (or career)? Many of us first start our own business after a maternity leave. Our priorities…
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6 Lessons From Being Pregnant Ourselves
I had worked with hundreds of pregnant patients over the course of my career, but learned so much from being pregnant myself. It's absolutely going to affect…
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Breaking Free and Starting Over
How do we get unstuck - with a patient or project or business? Often it's because we're trying to fix something that wasn't great in the first place. Often the…
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Your Toolbox for When It's "Too Much"
What do we do when our plans for a session get derailed? When - for whatever reason - what we wanted to do is "too much"? This can happen for a variety of…
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Getting Past the Fear of Criticism
One of the big fears - we talk about 10 'Mindset Anchors' - that can hold us back is fear of criticism. This can be from bosses, from colleagues, from…
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Ticklish Patients Are No Laughing Matter
We've all (likely) had a patient who is extremely sensitive or ticklish. The laughter is often contagious, and we find ourselves cracking up as well. But…
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10 PelviCon Questions
Curious about PelviCon 2023? We answer ten of your questions all about the event, the speakers, the programming and what makes PelviCon special! Jessica and…
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When (and How) To Get a Quick Win
There’s a balancing act between ‘quick wins’ for our patients and getting to the root cause of their issues. Quick wins can build trust, show the patient…
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It Starts With Us
How do we take radical responsibility for our patients? Our careers? Our efforts to expand our specialty? If you're listening to this podcast, you're already…
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Every Pregnant Person Can Benefit from Pelvic Therapy
We didn’t think this was a controversial statement, but it seems some explanation is in order. Yes, we can help anyone who is pregnant. Even if they don’t have…
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Changing Your Money Mindset: Return on Investment
What if we though about spending money not as an expense, but as an investment? It’s one of the most important mindsets from business (and you can borrow it…
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5 Reminders When Treating Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is just different. It takes a different skill set and approach. These are often some of our most challenging patients. But they can also be those…
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Better Boundaries in Life and Business
We all know we need "boundaries"....but what does that even mean? It's often throw out as a panacea for any situation. "You just need boundaries." New…
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Don't Panic with a Plateau
What do we do when a patient just isn't getting better? When they feel frustrated? Or when we don't understand why they aren't making more progress? These…
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Embracing the Seasonality of Your Business
Growth in our business or career isn't ever linear. It's often punctuated bursts. Sometimes we're standing still, and others we're rushing forward. It's…
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The 4 Elements of your Assessment
What should your Assessment include? How can you get better buy-in, communicate more clearly, and understand your plan of care for each patient? In this 'sode…
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5 Misconceptions about Starting a Business
For anyone who has a business, is curious, or is a business 'wannabe' there are a lot of myths and misconceptions about business. Often we make mistakes based…
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Physical Therapy or Wellness: Where's the Line?
Is there a divide between physical therapy and wellness? Prevention? Maintenance? If so, where is it? And if not, why is it something that has invaded our…
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Gaining Financial Confidence
Whether you're working as an employee or have your own business, financial confidence is truly rare. We contrast this with 'financial security', which means…
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Treating Patients Who Challenge You
What do we do with a patient who is challenging, edgy, or with a 'chip on their shoulder'? In this 'sode we dive into how we can put our own ego aside and help…
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Negativity Up, Positivity Out
How can we take more control of our own happiness at work? We dive into how we can avoid negativity, have more honest conversations and enjoy work more. When…
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Behind the Scenes Story of PelviCon!
We were absolutely blown away by the energy, excitement and inspiration at PelviCon 2022! In this 'sode we give a behind-the-scenes look at running the…
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Your Patient Is Not Your Friend
Keeping our professional boundaries can be a real challenge in our profession. We spend a lot of time with our patients. They are often really cool people. And…
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The 10 Most "Controversial" Things We've Said
As we cross over 'sode 250, we look back on the 10 most 'controversial' things we've said on the podcast. In retrospect, some don't look controversial anymore…
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Small Steps, Big Impact - 'Sode 250!
Looking back over the last 250(!!) 'sodes of the Pelvic PT Rising podcast, we reflect on how small steps turn into big impact over time. We talk about some of…
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Don't Cater To the "2 Percenters"
How much mental energy and stress go to the 2% of people who are the worst fit for our clinical practice or business? In this 'sode we talk about how to…
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3 Answers to "How Long Until I Get Better?"
It's a question we're inevitably asked. One we're not trained in how to answer. And one that - most times - I think most pelvic rehab practitioners get wrong…
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Case Report: 5 Ways To Get More Functional
In this case report from a male patient who scheduled a remote consultation, my biggest takeaway was the lack of functional assessment he had received. He was…
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Jessica Reale: All Things PelviCon
The behind-the-scenes stories, history and evolution of the first-ever conference both BY and FOR Pelvic Health - PelviCon! Talking with co-founder Jessica…
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Case Report: Dealing with Skeptical or Challenging Patients
What do you do when you have a patient who doesn't believe you can help? Many times these are the patients we end up thinking about when we go home at night…
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Michelle Lyons: That Pelvis Is Attached To A Whole Person
How do we treat more holistically? Recognizing the pelvic floor - while incredibly important - is still just a part of a whole person. An example: pain is both…
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Are You Missing Out on the Best Job of Your Life?
What if you're missing out on the best job for you? You know we're biased, but we really believe more pelvic rehab practitioners should be actively seeking to…
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Heather Jeffcoat: Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction
In order to treat sexual dysfunction, we have to have a clear understanding of sexual function. If we shift our thinking from just resolving symptoms to truly…
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Are We Primary Care Providers?
How do we take more responsibility for our patient outcomes and use our doctorate level education? We know we're uniquely qualified to see the big picture for…
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Amber Brown: Appoint Your Personal Board of Directors
Who is on your personal board of directors? Where do you get feedback you can trust from those who know and care about you? In this fascinating interview, we…
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4 Ways to Quarterback Your Patient's Care
How do we take responsibility for the success of our patients? Should we take responsibility? In this 'sode we discuss the unique position we have as pelvic…
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Holly Tanner: Planting Seeds with Your Patients
How can we help patients make realizations for themselves as we build trust with them? Even if they aren't ready to hear it yet? In this wide-ranging interview…
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The Three Types of Downtraining
Are you doing all three types of downtraining with your patient? We often have a hazy understanding of what 'downtraining' really is. Did you know there wasn't…
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Sara Reardon: Building an Authentic Brand
As The Vagina Whisperer, Sara has done an amazing job creating a personal brand, educating patients and advocating for our field. In this inspiring interview…
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The Pelvic Floor is a Trampoline, Not a Biceps
Are we still using the biceps analogy for the pelvic floor? Trying to explain the length-tension relationship? There's a better way! In the Essential Pelvic…
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Juan Michelle Martin Interview: Birth is Not a Disease Process
How can we make birth better for our pregnant patients? And deal better with post-partum care? In this interview with Juan Michelle Martin, founder of JMM…
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Avoiding Fear-Based Decisions and Big Mistakes
How do we make decisions consistent with our values, and not out of fear? In creating a new resource for you pelvic health 'wannabes' (we were all there…
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Krystyna Holland Interview: What Do We Mean by "Trauma-Informed Care"?
What does 'trauma informed care' mean in actual practice? It's a buzzword that we've all heard, but difficult to actually implement in practice. In this…