Birth Healing Summit Podcast

Are we missing a big piece in postpartum rehabilitation by focusing on the pelvic floor muscles? In today’s thought-provoking episode of the Birth Healing Summit Podcast, Lynn Schulte is joined by physical therapist, strength and conditioning coach, and 2026 Strength and Conditioning Association Personal Trainer of the Year, Rachel Selman, to discuss a concept that's beginning to change how clinicians think about postpartum rehabilitation and athletic performance: overcoming isometrics. If yo...

What happens when you keep finding the same pattern in your postpartum clients – but you can’t find an explanation for it in the research? In this special 10-year anniversary episode, Lynn Schulte, PT shares the unexpected journey that led to the creation of the Institute for Birth Healing – from working with postpartum clients and noticing recurring pelvic patterns, to developing courses, launching the Birth Healing Summit, navigating the pandemic, and continuing to push for research into wh...

What happens when a patient walks into your pelvic health clinic carrying not only physical symptoms, but profound grief and trauma from pregnancy or infant loss? In this powerful conversation, Lynn Schulte, PT, talks with Noelle Moore, founder of the Finley Project, about what providers need to understand when caring for families after loss – and how our presence, language, and hands-on care can make a lasting difference. Key Discoveries from this Episode: Why grief and trauma can show up...

What if the tissue you’re treating isn’t simply “tight” – but is holding onto an emotional or traumatic experience? In this episode, Lynn shares two clinical case studies that highlight the potential connection between emotions, trauma, the nervous system, and the physical tissues of the body. One case begins with something as seemingly straightforward as shoulder tension. But when Lynn follows what she feels in the tissues, the story takes an unexpected turn. The second case involves a woman...

As pelvic health therapists, should we be focused on “How big is the gap?” or on “What can this person's abdominal wall do?” In today’s episode of the Birth Healing Summit Podcast, Dr. Nina Theodorsen, associate professor at the University of Bergen in Norway, practicing physiotherapist, and diastasis recti researcher, shares the latest on what current research tells us about exercise, pregnancy, and postpartum recovery. Her research discoveries challenge what practitioners have been taught t...