Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Level 2 Pelvic Pain Webinar

In this course, we teach physical therapy professionals clinically relevant information and provide training in the examination, evaluation, and intervention of female pelvic pain, anatomy, pathophysiology, and physical therapy evaluation/treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction related to pelvic pain in the female patient. 

Topics
  • Pelvic pain diagnoses (anatomic, physiologic, neurologic)
  • Patient evaluation (pudendal neuralgia, vulvodynia, vaginismus, painful bladder syndrome, endometriosis, coccydynia, etc)
  • Vaginal pelvic floor muscle examination
  • Female sexual response and sexual dysfunction
  • Musculoskeletal impairments related to pelvic pain
  • Non-musculoskeletal pathology
  • Patient care plan development
  • Manual myofascial release techniques, trigger point release techniques, abdominopelvic interventions
  • Clinical application of modalities
  • External manual therapy techniques
  • Rigid taping techniques
  • Coccyx pain and dysfunction
  • Behavioral intervention strategies (diet, lifestyle, posture)

Please carefully review each course’s individual description, objectives, time-ordered agenda, and lab requirements before registering.

CAPP-Pelvic Affiliation 

This course is a required course for those pursuing the Certificate of Advanced Practice in Physical Therapy in Pelvic Health (CAPP-Pelvic). To be eligible for the CAPP program, you must complete all required courses directly through the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. Prerequisite courses completed outside the Academy will not meet the eligibility requirements. Participation in this course does not obligate you to pursue the CAPP program. It can be taken independently of the certification pathway if so desired.