Breaking the Mold: How One OT Left the Therapy Mill to Build a Pelvic Health Practice — with Erica Bermudez

Erica Bermudez was seeing 90 pelvic health patients a week inside a therapy mill in Manhattan. She was acting as the clinical director with no clinical director above her, rushing women through some of the most intimate, emotional care imaginable... 10 minutes a session, even if they were crying. And when she hit that number, the company celebrated her on the team chat.She knew something was broken. So she left.Today she runs her own hybrid pelvic health practice in Bayonne, New Jersey, seeing men, women, and children in person and 100% virtually: blending pelvic therapy, nervous system coaching, and personal training under one roof in a model the old system told her wasn't possible. She built it from a $35-per-hour gym room rental, and she went fully all in just a few months ago.In this conversation, Erica and Frank cover:How a denied fieldwork request in OT school and a LinkedIn job posting changed the entire trajectory of her career and what OT students can do right now if their school isn't keeping upWhat it actually looks like to build a cash-based practice while working a day job, the real timeline, the scrappy early days, and the moment she knew it was time to go all inWhy being celebrated for seeing 90 pelvic patients in a week is one of the most disturbing things happening inside the broken healthcare system right nowHow OTs are uniquely trained to treat the whole person and why leaning into the mental health and nervous system side of care is not scope creep, it's the profession's greatest untapped edgeThe rallying cry the OT profession needs to hear: stop trying to fit the mold your professors built for you and start building something the world actually needsThis one is for the OTs. Tap any of the links below for more.CONNECT WITH FRANKFollow Frank on IG: @frank_benedettoFollow The HoneyBadger Project on IG: @thehoneybadgerprojectSign up for The Healthcare Rebellion Newsletter: https://go.wearehoneybadgers.com/newsletterBook a call to explore what reimagining your skillset or practice could look like: https://calendly.com/mission-driven/5CONNECT WITH ERICAInstagram & TikTok: @thepelvicfloor_otWebsite: https://thepelvicfloorot.kit.com/