Do You Really Need to Glove for External Work?

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

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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

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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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Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS

Founder of Pelvic PT Rising and PelvicSanity Physical Therapy in Southern California.

Dedicated to forever changing pelvic health with online clinical courses to help you be more confident in your practice and business resources to help start and grow pelvic health businesses.

Jesse Cozean, MBA

Co-founder of the Pelvic PT Rising and the Rising Podcast.

Jesse uses his business experience to help pelvic health business owners start and grow their practices so they can build a practice that truly works for them. From website design, SEO, conversions, marketing, finance and money mindset, he wants to make the process of owning your own practice easier and fun.