The Best Birth Podcast Episode 17 - Pelvic Floor Secrets - Prehab and Rehab with Dr. of Physical Therapy Betty DeLass
INTERVIEW OVERVIEW
Dr. Betty DeLass, a pelvic floor health specialist, discusses the importance of pelvic floor therapy during and after pregnancy. She emphasizes the need for prehab and rehab to prevent and address pelvic dysfunction. Dr. Betty explains that the pelvic floor is a sling of muscles that supports organs and helps with various bodily functions. She highlights the impact of pregnancy on the pelvic floor and the need for rehabilitation to restore its function. Dr. Betty also addresses the differences in care between cesarean and vaginal births and the importance of individualized treatment. She emphasizes the connection between the pelvic floor and other areas of the body, such as the core and glutes. Dr. Betty recommends early intervention and individualized care to optimize pelvic floor health.
TAKEAWAYS
Pelvic floor therapy is important during and after pregnancy to prevent and address pelvic dysfunction.
Prehab and rehab are crucial to optimize pelvic floor health and prevent long-term issues.
The pelvic floor is a sling of muscles that supports organs and helps with various bodily functions.
Individualized care is essential to address the specific needs of each person.
Early intervention and education are key to promoting pelvic floor health.
SOUND BITES
The pelvic floor is a sling of muscles that sits in between your pubic bone and your tailbone. It supports your organs, it helps with sexual function, pooping, peeing, things like that.
There's a variety of reasons why people would come to see us. The business primarily started in pregnancy postpartum because that was what my passion was around when I went through those things.
We need to do this for our birthing people. So [prehab] is what we what we started out specializing in.
CHAPTERS
00:00Understanding the Pelvic Floor
07:53Different Care for Cesarean and Vaginal Births
10:00The Importance of Prehab and Rehab
16:02The Connection Between the Pelvic Floor and Other Areas of the Body
25:47The Six-Week Mark and Beyond
TALKING POINTS
pelvic floor, pregnancy, postpartum, pelvic dysfunction, prehab, rehab, cesarean, vaginal birth, core, glutes, individualized care
RESOURCES
Belly Binder
BOOKS
The Body Keeps the Score byBessel van der Kolk
Come As You Are byEmily Nagoski
Reborn Health - https://rebornphw.com/
https://pelvicrehab.com/
Dr. Betty DeLass
Dr. Betty is the founder and owner of Reborn Pelvic Health & Wellness. She is extremely passionate about changing the standard of care before, during and after pregnancy, because POSTPARTUM IS FOREVER!
Dr. Betty is a world-class pelvic health expert and has built a center of excellence in Utah for pelvic floor physical therapy. She is a physical therapist by trait and has helped 1000s of people throughout her 12+ year career function, feel and move better.
Knowing first-hand how difficult it can be to navigate this stage of life, having two children of her own, she wanted to help others get back to living their lives to the fullest without shame or embarrassment about their pelvic health. Unfortunately, more often than not, pelvic dysfunction can lead to postpartum mood disorders, secondary to an inability to get back to activity because of unexpected physical changes, pain, discomfort, leaking, and/or painful intimacy. What if we worked more upstream? What if we worked on preventing dysfunction from happening in the first place? And what if we provided true prehab and rehab to our birthing people? And that was where Reborn was derived out of.
As the business continues to grow we are adding more specialties outside of pregnancy and postpartum as Reborn recruits and retains top-notch pelvic floor physical therapists in mens and pediatrics specialties.
As a doctor of physical therapy, she believes one-on-one care is the best. She is also passionate about finding the “why” behind your symptoms, optimizing your body and empowering you to become the expert of your own body so that you can live life to the fullest.
When not at work you can find Dr. Betty hanging out with her husband, two daughters, and two fur-babies (dogs). She also spends her time enjoying endurance sports like, marathon training, triathlon training, lifting weights, hiking, and cross country skiing.
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