About this Consult:
Betsy is a Personal Trainer who is 6 months post partum vaginal birth with vacuum extraction.
She has been having bladder prolapse symptoms and pelvic pain since her birth. Her attending OBGYN dismissed her concerns when she brought it up at her appointments after the birth.
Betsy saw a Pelvic Health Physio who suggested yoga, but Betsy prefers lifting weights and strength training. She didn’t receive specific guidance on how to get back into those exercises.
Betsy has done a lot of research online and has been trying to incorporate those rules and recommendations into her workouts. This differs from how she used to train, when she would hold her breath as she does her heavy lifts.
Betsy is afraid of doing more damage through her pelvis with her lifts, because that could impact her ability to care for her child and do her job.
Betsy doesn’t feel like herself. She feels like she doesn’t have any control over her post partum symptoms, when normally she likes to feel in control of everything.
Betsy says her symptoms can be all consuming, and also influences her intimacy with her husband.
What does Antony uncover in the subjective interview that is key to Betsy’s beliefs around her symptoms?
What strategies does Antony use to help Betsy eliminate her symptoms with squatting by the end of the session?
How is Betsy doing 2.5 years after the consult?
Purchase this Consult to find out!
Who Is This Consult For?
Health and fitness professionals who have female clients, will benefit from watching this unique consultation. Whether you’re a personal trainer/coach, a physical therapist/physiotherapist, a nutritionist or anything in-between, the concepts explored in this enlightening consult can help you deliver better customised care to your clients.
What Will I Learn By Watching This Consult?
By watching the consult, you’ll see the kind of questions to ask your clients. You’ll see modelled how to go through the assessment process and how to partner with your clients instead of telling them what to do.
Most importantly, you’ll learn how to apply these principles in your own practice. It’s an awesome way to get a different learning experience, rather than just knowledge – like someone speaking over powerpoint slides. It’s like you’re there with Antony, watching him work with someone just like your clients and being able to reflect and ask questions about the consult.
Each consultation is as unique as the clients themselves. No two people are the same, so no two consults are ever the same. And no consult is ever perfect – you’ll be learning from observing mistakes as well.
Topics covered in this Consult include:
- Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Lifting / CrossFit / HIIT
- Pain
- Pregnancy/Postpartum up to 12 months
Concepts also covered in this Consult:
- Experience before knowledge
- Test retest – active straight leg test, goblet squats
- Progress within minutes, not weeks
- External Pelvic Floor Assessment
- Do something different
What is included in this Consult:
- Recording of a live consult including captions, transcript and audio for your convenience
- Update videos including captions, transcript and audio for your convenience
- Reflection questions designed to help you to analyse and absorb the material on a deeper level
- Recorded webinar of “most common questions asked about the consult”
This Consult is part of The Physio Detective Consult Series
The Physio Detective Consult series aims to give health and professionals access to real consultations so that they can see what happens from start to finish. These consultations portray real-life clients – real people, real problems, real solutions.
You’ll watch as the client presents their unique challenges and see how Antony collaborates with them to overcome these struggles.
This one-of-a-kind learning model will transform the way you work with your clients.
Consults can cover a range of topics such pelvic organ prolapse, stress urinary incontinence, pregnancy & postpartum up to 12 months, pain, lifting & CrossFit, running & impact loading exercises.
