Join the Pelvic Education Alliance.

Are you searching for a niche practice? Are you interested in working with pelvic pain patients, but don’t know where to start? Do you run across pelvic pain while treating your low back patients, but not sure how to bridge that gap and fully address their symptoms?

We offer one-of-a-kind courses for physical therapists developed via the collaboration of pelvic floor and orthopedic experts.

 

Upcoming Course

Pelvic Floor and More: Assessment and Treatment of Pelvic Pain

For licensed physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, and physical therapy students; specifically, seasoned pelvic health therapists or those new to pelvic floor physical therapy.

This two day course ensures that you will be comfortable with addressing pelvic health patients from both an orthopedic and pelvic floor approach immediately upon returning to the clinic.

Course Outline & Learning Objectives: 

  • A review of the musculoskeletal role in pelvic floor dysfunction, postural assessment, and relevant pre-tests and post-tests used to gather objective clinical data 

  • A breakdown of the types and categories of pelvic pain, explained with relevant anatomy, pathology, medical interventions, and the ability to identify red flag signs or symptoms  

  • Instruction in internal and external vaginal examination as well as external evaluation and treatment of the coccyx as it relates to both pelvic floor and lumbosacral dysfunction  

  • Specific osteopathic techniques to address the pelvis, hip, and sacrum, as well as an introduction to visceral mobilization of the bladder, uterus and rectum  

  • Appropriate home program exercises based on your patient’s condition will also be covered.

 

Other Courses

Pelvic Floor and More: Assessment and Treatment of Pelvic Pain, ADVANCED

For licensed physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, and physical therapy students with previous pelvic floor physical therapy experience.

This course ensures advancement of your treatment skills, addressing pelvic health patients from both an orthopedic and pelvic floor approach immediately upon returning to the clinic. 

Course Outline & Learning Objectives: 

  • Instruction on gait assessment and additional relevant pre-tests and post-tests used to gather objective clinical data 

  • Enhanced techniques for internal vaginal mobilization and receive instruction on internal evaluation and treatment of the rectum  

  • Additional osteopathic techniques to address the pelvis and sacrum 

  • Techniques for lumbar spine, abdominal wall and thigh 

  • In-depth visceral mobilization of the urogenital system  

  • Introduction to neural mobilization for the pelvic region 

  • Advancement of treatment skills from both an orthopedic and pelvic floor approach immediately upon returning to the clinic. 

Cost for Two Day Course: $695

 

Pelvic Floor and More: Visceral Mobilization for Lower Quadrant Dysfunction

This is an interactive course requiring hands-on participation, allowing all participants to experience and assess changes in lower quadrant function.

Course Outline & Learning Objectives: 

  • Impact that mechanical dysfunction of the visceral systems has on orthopedic conditions

  • Relevant anatomy, pathology, medical interventions, and the ability to identify red flag signs or symptoms

  • Key manual therapy techniques

  • Appropriate home program exercises for your patient’s condition

 

Pelvic Floor and More: Assessment and Treatment Strategies for Pelvic Pain: An Orthopedic and Osteopathic Approach

For licensed physical therapists and physical therapy assistants looking to modernize their pelvic floor physical therapy practices.

This course is designed for those practitioners with experience in treatment of pelvic health patients from the traditional pelvic health approach, and would like to enhance those skills by adding in dynamic manual orthopedic and osteopathic techniques for the pelvic floor and surrounding structures.  This course is designed to advance your orthopedic assessment and treatment skills in combination with the pelvic floor approach immediately upon returning to the clinic. 

Course Outline & Learning Objectives:

  • A review of the musculoskeletal role in pelvic floor dysfunction, postural assessment, and relevant pre-tests and post-tests used to gather objective clinical data 

  • Instruction in internal and external vaginal treatment as well as internal and external evaluation and treatment of the coccyx as it relates to both pelvic floor and lumbosacral dysfunction

  • Specific osteopathic techniques to address the pelvis, hip, and sacral dysfunctions

  • An introduction to visceral mobilization of the bladder, uterus and rectum from an orthopedic and osteopathic approach

  • Assessment and treatment of basic movement dysfunctions related to pelvic health

  • Develop home program activities utilizing foundational principles

Cost for Two Day Course: $695