Early OT Rehab Within 72 Hours of Birth for the Maternal Population

OT Pioneers: Intro to Pelvic Floor Therapy  opens January 15-19, 2024We'd love to welcome you to Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off social media community ($39 a month with no obligation!)Meet my GuestsJenna SegravesDoctor of Physical Therapy with 8+ years of experience in physical therapy, teaching, and mentoring students. Assistant Professor for DPT students, teaching Neuroscience and Neurological Movement System I-II. Board Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist, published author, and presenter at national and state physical therapy conferences. Co-creator of a 2-day continuing education course and specialist certification for occupational and physical therapists with a focus on the maternal and postpartum population to reduce the risk of neurological or wound events.Rebeca SegravesDr. Rebeca Segraves, PT, DPT is an ABPTS Board-Certified Women’s Health ClinicalSpecialist who practices in acute care and home health, serving individuals immediately after birth and pelvic surgery. She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Western Carolina University and completed residency training in Women’s Health Physical Therapy at Duke University. Clinically, her focus is on standardizing inpatient and early outpatient pelvic health rehabilitation immediately after birth and pelvic surgery, including cesarean section and hysterectomy. She lectures in multi-disciplinary clinical and academic settings with an emphasis on earlier utilization of occupational and physical therapy to enhance recovery after procedures impacting public health and quality of life.Here are the topics we discussed:1)  Currently, OT and PT services are not standard of care in maternity units in the US.  What can we do to change this?2) What’s your elevator speech when people (outside of the client) ask “what do you do with these patients as an OT?”3) When you go in to see your patient, how do you explain this program to them?4) If the hospital is hesitant, how would you prioritize phases to trial the program?5) I want to ask you: How do we get referral providers to send us clients?  How do we  get provider or hospital buy-in? And this is clearly a hot topic because I received the following question from someone on my FB group: "We’ve presented an obstetrics rehab program to the Ob doctors and nurses and it was well-received. We provided a quick reference guide for when to refer patients to us but we just aren’t getting the referrals. Looking for suggestions of how to actually get staff to put in the referral."6) Abdominal binders : how and when to use them?7) What are the Top 3 things you would want home-based therapists to work on with moms early after birth?Resources mentioned in this episode: "I Am Not Your Negro" by  James Baldwin Hidden Brain podcast____________________________________________________________________________________________Pelvic OTPs United - Lindsey's off-line interactive community for $39 a month! Inside Pelvic OTPs United you'll find:​Weekly group mentoring calls with Lindsey. She's doing this exclusively inside this community. These aren't your boring old Zoom calls where she is a talking head. We interact, we coach, we learn from each other.​Highly curated forums. The worst is when you post a question on FB just to have it drowned out with 10 other questions that follow it. So, she's got dedicated forums on different populations, different diagnosis, different topics (including business). Hop it, post your specific question, and get the expert advice you need.More info here. Lindsey would love support you in this quiet corner off social media!