Dr. Abby Bales, PT, DPT, CSCS is the founder of Reform Physical Therapy in New York City where she specializes in treating pregnant and postpartum athletes. She is passionate about early rehabilitation for postpartum clients, including sexual health and wellness. Bio: Dr. Bales has extensive post-graduate education in pelvic health and orthopedics, as well as Alzheimer’s and dementia therapies. Dr. Bales has served as a medical advisor for multiple start-ups, notably Mirror and Elderhood, and a scientific advisor for Olympya (NIKE Valiant Labs). She has been a speaker at multiple industry conferences and has guest lectured at both her alma mater, NYU, and Columbia’s physical therapy programs. Dr. Bales loves running and working out, but loves spending time with her two young children and husband even more.

There is something we all should know before encouraging mothers to perform activity, including the physical demands of newborn care, especially after a major open abdominal surgery like a c-section. We are excited to host our most requested speaker, Dr. Katherine Sylvester, PT, DPT, founder of Operation M.I.S.T., a pregnancy and postpartum remote monitoring service. In this webinar, Dr. Sylvester teaches what most health care providers do not know about baseline vital signs, heart rate variability, and the silent impact of giving birth, including surgical delivery, on our body that takes more time than we realize to recover from. REGISTER

View a special interview with Dr. Allyson Sutkowi-Hemstreet, PT, DPT, CCS, CSCS as she shares her background in Cardiopulmonary PT, DPT education, advocacy for Maternal Health, and passion for Health Equity.

Dr. Erin Samel, PT, DPT, MS is a Physical Therapist who practices in acute care and outpatient pelvic health in a critical access rural hospital. She is also a mom of 3 and will share her experience of having a primary cesarean section followed by two VBACs. She recently completed the Enhanced Recovery After Delivery training and has chosen to present on a topic that is both timely and one that she is passionate about. Her goal is to enable occupational and physical therapists who are offering early access OB rehab services in their hospital systems or outpatient clinics to empower their clients who are considering a VBAC with Knowledge and not Fear. Registrants will receive access to this recorded presentation and slide deck. Register