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SUMMARY:OTD Capstone: Why I Chose Acute Care Maternal Health
DESCRIPTION:Most mothers leave the hospital with instructions for their incision\, bleeding\, and medications. Few leave knowing whether they can safely care for themselves or their newborn.  \nFor her OTD Capstone\, Dr. Marley Sisler\, OTD\, OTR/L decided to ask different questions before discharge:  \n\nCan this mother safely get in and out of bed after birth or surgery? \nCan she transfer on and off the toilet without increasing pain or risking injury? \nCan she bathe\, dress\, and complete daily activities independently? \nCan she safely lift\, carry\, soothe\, and feed her baby? \nDoes pain\, dizziness\, weakness\, swelling\, or fatigue limit her ability to care for herself or her newborn? \nDoes she understand body mechanics and energy conservation for the first days and weeks after birth? \nAre there functional barriers that could make recovery more difficult once she gets home? \n\nThese questions are rarely answered during a routine postpartum discharge\, yet they often determine whether a mother feels prepared when she walks out the hospital doors.  \nAt WVU Medicine Children’s\, Dr. Sisler identified this gap and helped develop a program where occupational therapists evaluate every patient admitted to the Birthing Center using a preventive\, functional approach beginning on postpartum day one.  \nThe goal wasn’t to find more problems.  \nThe goal was to identify barriers before they become complications\, improve a mother’s confidence caring for herself and her newborn\, and ensure she leaves the hospital with the knowledge and skills needed for recovery at home.  \nAs more hospitals look for ways to improve maternal outcomes\, reduce preventable complications\, and deliver patient-centered care\, functional rehabilitation is becoming an important part of the conversation that Marley will be having with us. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://pelvichealthnetwork.org/event/13515/
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SUMMARY:Occupational Therapists Are Changing When Rehab Starts After Birth
DESCRIPTION:Seven days after an unplanned C-section and a hospital readmission for postpartum hypertension. The first person to look into her eyes and ask how she’s doing isn’t her doula\, isn’t her OB\, and isn’t her partner. It’s her occupational therapist\, kneeling by the edge of her bed\, asking about her thoughts\, her body\, her pain\, and her ability to care for her baby.  \nThat visit didn’t exist a few years ago. Someone had to build it.  \nThe Texas Occupational Therapy Association is bringing the Enhanced Recovery After Delivery® Training to its 2026 Annual Conference\, ‘Grow an OB Rehab Program in the Hospital and Home’ for rehab professionals around the country to attend.  \nThis info session is about what becomes possible when you bring your expertise into a hospital or home health setting for families during high-risk pregnancy and immediately after birth and what it means to be the person who builds a pathway for their care instead of waiting for someone else to.  \nIf you’ve ever looked at a postpartum patient and felt like something was missing from her plan\, this is for you. \nRegister Here \n 
URL:https://pelvichealthnetwork.org/event/occupational-therapists-are-changing-when-rehab-starts-after-birth/
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SUMMARY:Connecting the Dots: Leveraging ED Advocacy to Build a Day-One Postpartum Therapy Program
DESCRIPTION:Program development in acute care often feels like uncharted territory\, but the strategies for success remain the same across every unit.  \nTo successfully launch a new therapy service\, you have to master the art of clinical advocacy and learn how to speak the language of hospital physicians. In this webinar\, Dr. Addy Javes will share the strategies and lessons learned from her program development journey\, and how launching an Emergency Department therapy program paved the way for her hospital’s acute obstetric therapy service. \nWe will discuss the precise mechanics of professional advocacy\, how to tackle doctor skepticism\, and how to successfully pitch a new service line to hospital stakeholders who aren’t used to seeing therapists in their units. \nThe goal isn’t just to share Addy’s story. It is to hand you the exact strategic tools you need to spot hidden gaps\, confidently talk to doctors\, and pioneer high-impact PT and OT programs in your own facility. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://pelvichealthnetwork.org/event/connecting-the-dots-leveraging-ed-advocacy-to-build-a-day-on-postpartum-therapy-program/
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SUMMARY:Post-Operative Pelvic Rehabilitation: Principles Every Clinician Should Know
DESCRIPTION:USA: A woman undergoes a hysterectomy every 60 seconds. A C-section every 27 seconds.\n In the time it takes to read this message\, 3 to 5 women will have had one of these two surgeries. \nEvery day\, about 1\,600 women are recovering from a hysterectomy. Compare that to about 480 patients recovering from an ACL repair\, who get an automatic referral to rehab after surgery. \nAbout 3\,200 women are recovering from a C-section every day without a recovery plan. Compare that to 2\,900 patients who get a plan after a knee replacement. \nEvery 60 seconds\, at least 2 women after C-section and 1 woman after hysterectomy are recovering from two of the most common major surgeries performed on the human body. Most of these patients go home with a follow-up appointment in six weeks\, and no individualized recovery plan before then. \nOnly a small fraction will see a rehab therapist before that six-week mark. Most won’t see one at all unless they advocate for it themselves. \nThis gap has nothing to do with a lack of clinical evidence. It’s a recovery care pathway that was never built for surgeries performed during childbirth and before menopause. \nDr. Lori Mize doesn’t believe any woman should wait six weeks after surgery to see a rehab therapist. She trains both OTs and PTs\, who account for the largest workforce in the country trained to restore function after a medical event\, including surgery. \nThe professionals she trains treat patients earlier after abdominal and pelvic surgery – the most common major surgeries performed on women. \nOn August 25th\, Dr. Mize will cover the clinical principles every clinician needs post-operatively. Dr. Rebeca Segraves will cover how to build the pathway that gets patients to you inside that window\, instead of six weeks too late. \nJoin them live on Tuesday\, August 25th\, 7 PM CT / 8 PM ET\, to learn both. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://pelvichealthnetwork.org/event/13606/
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