Do You Really Need to Glove for External Work?

Gloving for External Treatment – What’s Actually Best for Our Patients?

In this episode, we're diving into a surprisingly controversial topic in pelvic rehab: gloving for external treatment.

Our informal poll showed a nearly 50/50 split:

• 58% of pelvic rehab professionals always glove with both hands for external work
• 42% reported they don’t

But why the discrepancy?

We take a closer look at:

• How gloves can interfere with our palpation skills and clinical sensitivity
• The potential message gloving sends to patients (especially when not medically necessary)
• Why external treatment in ortho, massage, and chiro doesn’t involve gloves – and what that means for us
• Whether your habits around gloving are intentional or just what you’ve always done

At PelvicSanity, we have a clear philosophy about when we glove (and when we don’t) – and we share that in this episode.

This isn’t about telling you what to do, but challenging you to examine your approach and make sure it aligns with your values and what’s best for your patients.

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About Us

Nicole and Jesse Cozean founded Pelvic PT Rising to provide clinical and business resources to physical therapists to change the way we treat pelvic health.   PelvicSanity Physical Therapy (www.pelvicsanity.com) together in 2016.  It grew quickly into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices in the country.

Through Pelvic PT Rising, Nicole has created clinical courses (www.pelvicptrising.com/clinical) to help pelvic health providers gain confidence in their skills and provide frameworks to get better patient outcomes.  Together, Jesse and Nicole have helped 600+ pelvic practices start and grow through the Pelvic PT Rising Business Programs (www.pelvicptrising.com/business) to build a practice that works for them! 

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