OTs in Pelvic Health Summit 2025!
September 27th - 28th, 2025 at A.T. Still University in Phoenix, Arizona
The Pelvic Health EVENT of 2025 You Don't Want To Miss!
Join THE OT Pelvic Health Event of The YEAR!
The OTs in Pelvic Health Summit is for OTs by OTs (don't worry PTs - you are invited to both attend and speak!).
✅Two full days of dedicated pelvic health talks by the leaders in our field!
✅Over 17 different speakers - you'll bring home tangible, and immediately applicable, pelvic health knowledge!
✅In-depth labs enabling you to practice skills and get real-time feedback!
✅Build lifelong connections with others in our field!
✅Amazing swag, giveaways, and team building activities throughout the weekend
2025 Speakers Being Announced Soon! See Below for our Amazing 2024 Speakers!
- "Treating Transgender and Nonbinary Clients as a Pelvic Health Occupational Therapist" - with Danielle Nation
- "Diving into Fascial Lines: Why pelvic health is whole body health" - with Erica Stevens
- "Respect Your Rhythm: Using menstrual cycles to empower clients, support occupation and optimize roles & routines" - with Jessica Dobson and Lexy Martinez
- "Evaluation & Treatment of the Female Athlete" - with Kaitlyn Ellis
- "Promoting wellness and improved health outcomes in the BIPOC perinatal population: An occupation-based approach" - with Khadijah Johnson
- "Beyond the Pelvis: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Pelvic Organ Prolapse" - with Lara Desrosiers
- "Release & Restore: A psoas practice for pelvic floor health" - with Lindsey Sutton
- "Manual Skills and Pelvic Health: A taste tester of techniques, tricks, and tips. Where to begin and why?" - with Lisa Loveless
- "Effective Postpartum Techniques" - with Lynn Schulte
- "Quiet Advocacy" - with Rebeca Segraves
- "Embracing Your Expertise: Harnessing the Sensory System for Pelvic Health Success" - with Sarah S. Sidar
- "An Introduction to Somatic Pelvic Care" or "Treating the Pelvis Energetically" - with Sujata Martin
- "IBS and Bloating/Distention - linking the evidence for optimal interventions" - with Susan Clinton
- "Sports Bra for the Vagina: How pessaries can be a game changer in your pelvic health practice" - with Teresa Waser
- "Pelvic Health in OT Education: The Latest, Greatest and a How-To Guide" - with Ashley Hobson, Mara Podvey, Sarah Sidar, Tiffany Lee, Pam Hess
- "TBD" - with Arameh Anvarizadeh
Come Experience Some of This Magic...
As an OT you'll find community, empowerment and the skills to take your Pelvic Health knowledge to the next level...
"A summit filled with panels of pelvic health gurus offering their limitless expertise to budding OTs, advanced practitioners, and the in-betweens. If you are searching for inspiration and guidance to ignite your pelvic health fire, this is the summit for you."
- Becca Meredith
"The topics were diverse and filled a lot of gaps in my knowledge! I loved the panelist talks, books and resource recommendations, and tangible recommendations and ways to phrase things during client sessions.
It made me proud to be an OT."
- Abby Huggenberger
"This was a hugely motivating, gratifying and empowering experience amongst well respected colleagues. An event I would not want to miss, for as long as it keeps running!"
- Brooke Reilly
"The summit was a fantastic experience. This is a great opportunity to make connections, network, find mentorship, and learn with and from like-minded individuals."
- Sarah Sidar
"It was amazing. The keynote speaker was phenomenal and truly inspired me. She spoke so much positivity into me as a person & an OT and sparked even more passion within me. I thought it was well organized, great variety of topics, and would absolutely go again!"
- Allison Richardson
"Fresh content you can’t find in any pelvic health course, great expert panels, professional and educational yet intimate enough where you feel like you’re hanging out with some friends."
- Sabina Khan
"It was great for all levels from new to pelvic health all the way to seasoned in pelvic health."
- Wendy Underwood
"I am still on a high and continuing to research topics covered that I would have never given any curiosity to if it weren't for the conference!"
- Kourtney Randsdorp
"The Summit illuminated the ties that bind us as occupational therapists. It reinforced why I have loved being in this profession for the past 44 years. The physical therapists that participated in this summit were supportive and legitimized our contribution to this practice area. Just as different colored yarns interwoven together can create a beautiful tapestry, so too can OTs and PTs working and learning together offer our patients a comprehensive multifaceted healing journey. "
- Linda Hilzen
Your Organizers
Lindsey Vestal - OTR/L
Lindsey is the founder of the first pelvic health practice in NYC ran by an occupational therapist The Functional Pelvis.
She hosts a weekly OT Empower Hour on her Facebook Page "OTs For Pelvic Health" which has over 4,900 members.
Since 2018 she has been training other OTs in Pelvic Health through her popular online courses. She aims to train over 10,000 OTs by the year 2030 with more than 3,000 of them completing a certification that's specific to OT she's creating.
She is also the host of the top-rated podcast, "OTs in Pelvic Health."
Kelsey Mathias - OTR/L, PRPC
Kelsey Mathias is a pelvic health therapist specializing in performance optimization of tactical athletes.
For 7 years Kelsey has worked to help both pelvic health professionals and clients recognize what they can do when they are surrounded by messages telling them what they can’t do.
She currently consults with professionals across the nation to implement evidence based pregnant and postpartum education and fitness programs. Through this work she acts as a fierce advocate for systematic changes empowering tactical athletes in their pregnant and postpartum journeys.
Heidi Carptenter, OTD, OTR/L, RYT200
Heidi is the owner of Embody Occupational Therapy, LLC, specializing in yoga-based wellness. Heidi completed Lindsey's OT Pioneers course in 2020 and has incorporated pelvic health into occupational therapy practice ever since!
Heidi has a passion for high-quality continuing education and loves facilitating and empowering OT Professionals to reach their professional goals.