Osteopathic approach to pregnant patients

As osteopaths, the team at Bullen Osteopathy believe they are in a truly privileged position to work with pregnant women and play a role in their journey. Today’s guests are osteopaths Dr Daniela Aiello and Dr Ash Bolton. They have built a successful Melbourne practice with a strong focus on women’s health and pregnancy.  In this episode, Dan and Ash explore: their passion for women's health and career journeys the importance of education and language in explaining pelvic girdle pain to patients common clinical presentation of pelvic girdle pain assessment of pelvic girdle pain and load transfer the benefits of exercise as an active management strategy the ‘less is more’ approach to treatment managing a highly irritable case of pelvic girdle pain osteopathic manual therapy approach to pelvic girdle pain, ‘sciatica’ and preparing the body for labour and birth common clinical presentation and causes of reported ‘sciatica' can ‘sciatica’ be due to the baby's position general tips and resources to help women prepare for birth Dan and Ash are registered osteopaths who practice at Bulleen Osteopathy in Melbourne. The content discussed in each episode is the participants' opinion only and should not be used as medical advice.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.