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SUMMARY:Learn How They Pitched It: Your Maternal Rehab Presentation Template
DESCRIPTION:I was in a Zoom meeting with the lead OT and PT of the acute care maternal rehab program at one of the leading academic medical centers in the U.S.  \nThey were explaining how they started a service line that offers rehab to mothers during hospital admission after birth when they noticed another need: OB nurses wanted to learn what they were teaching patients in the hospital room with their anatomical pelvic model.  \nDuring a treatment session\, a nurse had observed the therapist use the pelvic model with a new mom after a perineal tear and discuss the pelvic health treatment plan she created for her. The nurse left the room and when the therapist ended her session\, she was met with a team of OB nurses at the nurse’s station on the mother baby unit. They wanted to see the pelvic model and learn the pelvic floor education that the therapists were providing to women after vaginal delivery before discharge. What started as an acute care maternal rehab program expanded into an interdisciplinary postpartum recovery model led by occupational therapists\, physical therapists\, OB nurses\, and OB/GYNs.  \nThe Pelvic Health Network’s Postpartum Recovery Hospital Directory tracks 128 facilities that offer rehab services on the maternity unit. These programs have quickly grown into a movement that is expanding access to early recovery care after birth in hospitals\, home health\, outpatient clinics\, and virtual care. In every setting where a therapist was willing to build the referral pathway\, clinicians have learned the fundamental skill that gets buy-in from the maternal care team: how to communicate the value to mothers earlier after birth.  \nIn our workshop on Tuesday\, June 16 at 7 PM ET\, therapists will receive the presentation template to communicate their role\, and learn what to include\, who to invite\, and how to build the case for early maternal rehab in every setting for moms who want access to postpartum recovery care.  \nSee you then\,  \nRebeca Segraves\, Pelvic Health Network \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://pelvichealthnetwork.org/event/learn-how-they-pitched-it-your-maternal-rehab-presentation-template/
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SUMMARY:What Happens When Recovery Waits 6 Weeks? How Early OT and PT Can Support Mental Health After Traumatic Birth
DESCRIPTION:What Happens When Recovery Waits 6 Weeks? How Early OT and PT Can Support Mental Health After Traumatic Birth\nMost patients after traumatic birth are discharged from the hospital without occupational or physical therapy. If postpartum rehab is recommended at all\, they’re told to wait six weeks or more. In that early window\, the hardest parts of recovery happen alone.  \nPelvic pressure. Tailbone pain. Incontinence. Neck\, back\, and shoulder discomfort from hours of feeding. Lactation challenges. Sleep deprivation. Partner fatigue. Hypertension. Uncertainty about what’s normal and what isn’t. Growing distress that has nowhere to go.  \n128 hospitals have decided that’s not acceptable.  \nFrom rural to large metropolitan health systems\, 128 maternity hospitals offer OT and PT to address functional recovery during postpartum admission. Therapists visit mothers in their room\, while holding their baby\, with their families present\, to develop a recovery plan after an unexpected birth event. Mothers share what they feel is needed before they go home\, before questions compound\, before complications grow into anxiety that affect their mental health\, and before they spend 6 weeks wondering if what they feel is their fault.  \nJoin Rebeca Segraves\, PT\, DPT\, PWCS and Jenna Segraves\, PT\, DPT\, NCS\, co-founders of Enhanced Recovery After Delivery®\, for a live discussion and Q&A on what early OT and PT actually changes for postpartum women. Learn how inpatient and outpatient practitioners and practice owners are building the referral pathways to reach moms sooner.  \nWe’ll talk about the clinical model\, the scheduling structures that work inside and outside of the hospital\, and the one thing you can do in your practice to stop waiting for a referral that was never coming.  \nThis event is for the therapist who knows this is your pathway to build. If you’re watching patients get referred to rehab months after birth\, wondering why no one told them sooner\, it’s time to accept that you’re the only clinician who’s going to change it. \n Build something that meets mothers where they actually are.  \nJoin Live. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://pelvichealthnetwork.org/event/what-happens-when-recovery-waits-6-weeks-how-early-ot-and-pt-can-support-mental-health-after-traumatic-birth/
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