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Helping pelvic physical therapists improve as clinicians, in their careers or business, and their lives. Hosted by Dr. Nicole Cozean and Jesse Cozean, the founders of PelvicSanity physical therapy and the Pelvic PT Huddle, the podcast explores all aspects of pelvic physical therapy. You'll find the clinical pearls that Dr. Nicole teaches in her continuing education courses, the business and career advice that catapulted PelvicSanity into one of the largest cash-based physical therapy practices in the country, and living life as business owners and pelvic health advocates. And we'll be keeping it 100% real - and having some fun - along the way!

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6 Surprising Results from Our State of Pelvic Rehab Survey

March 09, 2026

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We recently wrapped up our State of Pelvic Rehab Survey, with hundreds of responses from pelvic therapists working as employees.

And a few things stood out.

First, the paradox.

Despite a number of structural challenges in these jobs, most pelvic therapists report being pretty happy. Nearly 70% rated their job satisfaction a 4 or 5 out of 5.

We (generally) love the work.

But when you dig into the details of how these jobs are structured… the numbers get interesting.

In this episode, we walk through six of the most surprising findings from the survey, including:

Why mentorship still hasn’t improved in the past five years (and why nearly 80% of clinicians still report having none)
Why most pelvic therapists are not treating anywhere close to 40 hours per week anymore
How documentation is still largely unpaid — with 63% of clinicians reporting they aren’t fully compensated for it
Why raises across the field remain extremely small, with 80% of clinicians receiving 3% or less last year
Why continuing education budgets are surprisingly low — with nearly 60% of clinicians receiving less than $1,000 per year, despite the lack of in-house mentorship
And what clinicians say is actually driving burnout in pelvic rehab (spoiler: it’s mostly administrative)

The survey paints a fascinating picture of the field right now.

Experienced clinicians.
Complex patients.
A specialty people genuinely love.

But also a lot of clinics still figuring out how to structure these jobs in a way that actually supports the clinicians doing the work.

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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Learn more at www.pelvicptrising.com, follow Nicole @nicolecozeandpt (www.instagram.com/nicolecozeandpt) or reach out via email (nicole@pelvicsanity.com).

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