60. What you need to know about pelvic pain in pregnancy with Jodie Pulsifer

The Pelvic Floor Project

In this episode, I sit down with fellow physiotherapist, Jodie Pulsifer to discuss the recent editorial Reframing beliefs and instiling facts for contemporary management of pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain. Jodie Pulsifer, along with Susannah Britnell, Adrienne Sim, Sinead Dufour and Jessica Adaszynski have been credited for combing through all related evidence on the topic to create a helpful resource for clinicians and clients in infographic form. In this episode we discuss the details including:

• Causes of pelvic pain in pregnancy
• How common messaging is misleading practitioners and clients
• Stability of the pelvis in pregnancy
• The hormonal and postural changes expected in pregnancy
• The importance of education, emotional wellbeing and sleep to manage pain
• Ways to self manage pelvic pain (exercise, support belts etc)
• The strongest predictor of resolution of pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain

Jodie is a Registered Physiotherapist who graduated from UBC in 2012. Jodie trained in pelvic health physiotherapy in 2015 and loves the intersection of her interest in the human body and providing care that is not readily accessed in our current medical model.

She loves both clinical work, supporting education of clients and clinicians and being an advocate for practice change on structural and educational levels. Jodie practices clinically in pelvic health and persistent pain in East Vancouver where she currently works in two treatment spaces within the walls of Pomegranate Community Midwives and Local Health Integrative Clinic. You can find Jodie through the Full Circle Physiotherapy Collective - a network of Pelvic Health Providers across the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island.

When not treating clinically, Jodie keeps herself motivated and engaged teaching with Pelvic Health Solutions and Reframe Rehab as well as volunteering on the Professional Development Advisory Committee for CPTBC and the Scope of Practice Committee for PABC. She also serves on the Steering Committee for Pain BC’s Adaptive Mentorship Network and is currently participating in their mentorship program for her own continued growth and learning!

Jodie believes that listening, communication and the use of language are some of the most undervalued and essential tools humans and healthcare providers have and their role and impact should not be taken lightly. Jodie is passionate about care that considers your unique experience in your body, including healthcare inequities and social injustice.

Outside of her physio roles, Jodie tries to practice a life filled with small moments of goodness and joy in the chaos. Jodie loves to be in connection with the earth and her body so you will likely find her growing or cooking food with her 2 tiny humans, enjoying an espresso, ripping around on her longtail e-bike and running with her vigorously social Labradoodle, Leni.

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A link to the source:

Article download here for a fee or reach out to associations/schools that have full text access for a copy. Physiotherapists with PABC can reach out directly to the librarian for the full editorial.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2022/08/19/bjsports-2022-105724

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