You can just click directly on the “Course Resources” button under the video and it will take you to the landing page for the course resources. I hope that helps.
I’m confused about question #1. I thought the sacrum was straight back or midline for flexion pattern and that there can be restricted mobility on the left in another open birthing pattern… it was something I think I heard you say in Unit 1.
I don’t understand the explanation: The force is anteriorly not posteriorly.
Reeca, The sacrum is either straight back or for the common birth pattern I usually find it over to the RIGHT not left. It is restricted in movement to the left but the question is asking about position not mobility. Hope this helps.
IF they are experiencing pain then the bones need mobilizations. I wouldn’t give them the HEP unless it’s painfree. Figure out what is causing the pain! I don’t know of any other exercise for closing of the bones.
You can treat her in hands and knees. You can also treat her in a semi reclined position. Can she only lay in sidelying because of pain or because of the have to stay off their back because of pregnancy? If it’s because of the later it won’t hurt for the short amount of time you are assessing and treating as long as she isn’t haven’t breathing difficulties or feeling dizzy or weird. You learn more about how to treat in the Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body course. Check that course out and thanks for taking this one!
Check out my Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant body course as it offers different positions to treat in. If they can’t lay in sidelying because of pain you can so this in hands and knees. If avoiding sidelying is because of pregnancy and they feel ok being in supine then as long as they feel ok you can still assess and treat in supine for the short amount of time they will be in supine for you to do this.
If you just keep trying to do the techniques in supine with all your clients, over time your fingers will get stronger as long as your fingers aren’t too flexible.
Hello, Lynn, I have 2 questions:
1) In assessing for mobility and “hardness”, are most if not all “normal” sacrum present with “not hardness” and as close to mobile as your demonstration. I understand that there are circumstances based on history that may affect the quality.
2) I am still working on “listening to the tissues” paradigm. I would like to ask any tips that you may have regarding assessing for “hardness” of the sacrum and assessing for improvement. From your presentation, I learned that increased mobility is one result but is there another one; specifically on a “feeling” description of “improved hardness”.
Thank you for putting up this very informative concept and helpful images.
Hardness in a bone is best felt in other bones first. Bones has a give to it that you can eventually feel in the sacrum, I usually note the lower half of the sacrum can be really hard, felt in supine, if the baby’s head was pushing up against it during birth. I’d start feeling for hardness in the long bones of the femur and other bones and see if you can appreciate that first. It’s a skill you can develop and I’d encourage you to take my Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body course, for licensed bodyworkers, as I go into in more details there. Also the live course will give you the feedback of me and my teaching assistant to help you really feel what I”m talking about here.
Adhesion can delay internal healing.
there is no download button under course resources. please let me know if resources are available any other way. thank you
Hi Tasvi,
You can just click directly on the “Course Resources” button under the video and it will take you to the landing page for the course resources. I hope that helps.
I’m confused about question #1. I thought the sacrum was straight back or midline for flexion pattern and that there can be restricted mobility on the left in another open birthing pattern… it was something I think I heard you say in Unit 1.
I don’t understand the explanation: The force is anteriorly not posteriorly.
Reeca, The sacrum is either straight back or for the common birth pattern I usually find it over to the RIGHT not left. It is restricted in movement to the left but the question is asking about position not mobility. Hope this helps.
Thank you!
For treatment in prone, is your palm resting on the ride side first and loading the pressure anteriorly or is your palm in the center?
For sacral flexion the palm is in the middle mobilizing anteriorly at the S3-4 levels.
Also, you mentioned that if patient experiences pain with self treatment program, then is there another exercise that they can do it at home? Thanks!
IF they are experiencing pain then the bones need mobilizations. I wouldn’t give them the HEP unless it’s painfree. Figure out what is causing the pain! I don’t know of any other exercise for closing of the bones.
Hi Lynn,
Any advice on how to mobilize a woman’s sacrum that can only lie in side lying because of pregnancy?
You can treat her in hands and knees. You can also treat her in a semi reclined position. Can she only lay in sidelying because of pain or because of the have to stay off their back because of pregnancy? If it’s because of the later it won’t hurt for the short amount of time you are assessing and treating as long as she isn’t haven’t breathing difficulties or feeling dizzy or weird. You learn more about how to treat in the Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body course. Check that course out and thanks for taking this one!
Check out my Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant body course as it offers different positions to treat in. If they can’t lay in sidelying because of pain you can so this in hands and knees. If avoiding sidelying is because of pregnancy and they feel ok being in supine then as long as they feel ok you can still assess and treat in supine for the short amount of time they will be in supine for you to do this.
Thank you Lynn, I will try hands and knees. It’s more because my fingers aren’t strong enough to apply the pressure with her on her back.
If you just keep trying to do the techniques in supine with all your clients, over time your fingers will get stronger as long as your fingers aren’t too flexible.
Hello, Lynn, I have 2 questions:
1) In assessing for mobility and “hardness”, are most if not all “normal” sacrum present with “not hardness” and as close to mobile as your demonstration. I understand that there are circumstances based on history that may affect the quality.
2) I am still working on “listening to the tissues” paradigm. I would like to ask any tips that you may have regarding assessing for “hardness” of the sacrum and assessing for improvement. From your presentation, I learned that increased mobility is one result but is there another one; specifically on a “feeling” description of “improved hardness”.
Thank you for putting up this very informative concept and helpful images.
Hardness in a bone is best felt in other bones first. Bones has a give to it that you can eventually feel in the sacrum, I usually note the lower half of the sacrum can be really hard, felt in supine, if the baby’s head was pushing up against it during birth. I’d start feeling for hardness in the long bones of the femur and other bones and see if you can appreciate that first. It’s a skill you can develop and I’d encourage you to take my Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body course, for licensed bodyworkers, as I go into in more details there. Also the live course will give you the feedback of me and my teaching assistant to help you really feel what I”m talking about here.