An Introduction For Treating The Pediatric Pelvic Floor: A Developmental Approach
Pelvic health physical therapists are well versed in treating conditions of the bowel and bladder in adults. When it comes to treating children, the same approaches are not as successful due to the different nature of children’s development and physiology. This one-hour webinar will explain how development of abdominal, diaphragmatic, and pelvic floor musculature contributes to bowel and bladder difficulties in the pediatric population. It will give the participant practical developmental exercises to emphasize to help improve postural core stability which will in turn improve pediatric issues like constipation and bed wetting. Participants will also be given ideas for collaboration with pediatric physical therapist for treatment and screening.
Participants will be able to:
- Compare the differences in adult and pediatric anatomy of the pelvic floor related to gross motor development.
- Create a developmental based treatment program for children with bowel and bladder dysfunction.
About the Presenter
Carina Siracusa, PT, DPT, Board Certified Women’s Health Clinical Specialist
Dr. Carina Siracusa practices with Ohio Health in Columbus, Ohio where she is a pelvic floor therapist and the program coordinator for the oncology rehabilitation team. She also works closely with the OhioHealth Neuroscience tower where she heads up the wheelchair clinic as well as the neuroincontinence program. She served as the CAPP Pelvic Committee Chair from 2011-2015. She has been teaching for the Section on Women’s Health for over 5 years. Last year she authored and taught the “Pediatric pelvic floor: Birth to 18 years”. Dr. Siracusa will be focusing on presenting about the pelvic health physical therapy approach to women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP).
