https://www.empower.physio/blog-all daily 0.75 2023-10-25 https://www.empower.physio/blog-all/aghx7wyg00seoe5ylk5mh3gadvr1a7 monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424c52965e3355f1f7b6214/3481d055-1082-402e-8d86-b5d25abb884b/Studio1.jpg Blog - Why PT Needs More LGBTQ+ Affirming Pelvic Floor Specialists - It was the first day of my independent study in which I would shadow Brianna as she practiced. We started off the day with a returning patient, and Brianna began by asking for updates on her symptoms. As the patient recounted her status since her last session, Brianna typed away at her computer, asking for more details here and there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424c52965e3355f1f7b6214/a4cdca92-69d7-4cd7-ab8d-a86912cee35b/Screen+Shot+2023-09-20+at+1.20.21+PM.png Blog - Why PT Needs More LGBTQ+ Affirming Pelvic Floor Specialists - I was awestruck. It was new for me to watch a physical therapist outline the exercises they planned to do with the patient prior to the session, explain the clinical reasoning behind them, and encourage the patient to contribute. It was a beautiful way to give the patient agency over their treatment and allow them to give true consent to the session, rather than being herded from one exercise to another with little explanation, as I had been trained to do so far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424c52965e3355f1f7b6214/169be1fe-c90e-4ca3-aa24-07a971516782/pelvic.jpg Blog - Why PT Needs More LGBTQ+ Affirming Pelvic Floor Specialists - I think Brianna delivers such consistently exceptional patient care in part because of her training in pelvic floor physical therapy. Due to the sensitive nature of that body region, pelvic floor physical therapy faces the practitioner with some of the most vulnerable, traumatized, ashamed, and fearful aspects of the patient’s life. From what I have seen so far, the specialty has evolved to meet the needs of its patient population by leaning into gentleness, empathy, deliberateness, and a return of agency to the patient in a way that the wider world of physical therapy could benefit from. For example, one lecture from a pelvic floor elective class I took discussed consent and trauma-informed care more thoroughly than all the rest of the two years of my program combined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424c52965e3355f1f7b6214/863c5081-caa5-4a21-b7db-2c4beb004df0/Screen+Shot+2023-09-20+at+1.31.52+PM.png Blog - Why PT Needs More LGBTQ+ Affirming Pelvic Floor Specialists - I think pelvic floor physical therapy should be included more in the core curriculum of physical therapy doctorate programs. The philosophy behind pelvic floor care would improve student’s abilities to engage with difficult patient experiences, whether they practice pelvic floor therapy after graduation or not. Experience of trauma is not limited to the pelvic region, and any instance where someone’s body is touched against their will can create a traumatic experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424c52965e3355f1f7b6214/d9f796d9-9ce4-487c-a713-86a2e63137ff/lgbt-6115978_640.png Blog - Why PT Needs More LGBTQ+ Affirming Pelvic Floor Specialists - I first became interested in pelvic floor physical therapy before applying to graduate school, when trying to connect myself with the community of queer physical therapists in my area. Not surprisingly, many of the LGBTQIA+ therapists I networked with were also pelvic floor specialists. Because the genital region is the site of so much social, medical, and political trauma for those of us who are sexual and/or gender minorities, I think there is a desire to provide the type of safe, sensitive medical care to our community that we have struggled to find ourselves, to be one provider not adding to the horror stories our queer friends come home with every time they visit the doctor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6424c52965e3355f1f7b6214/647673ec-3ae4-4817-878d-843ffba1c8fb/IMG_1544.JPG Blog - Why PT Needs More LGBTQ+ Affirming Pelvic Floor Specialists - The nine weeks I worked with Brianna was an eye-opening experience. She demonstrated a type of patient-centered care that I hope to emulate in my own career. 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