Can Telemedicine Vitalize Electrical Stimulation In Managing Pelvic Health Conditions?

1 Contact Hour

Full Session Title: Can Telemedicine Vitalize Electrical Stimulation In Managing Pelvic Health Conditions? Urgency And Slow Colonic Transit

The evidence for electrical stimulation interventions is as strong as the evidence for many other PT interventions. Their efficacy in treating many pelvic health conditions is supported in research. Some of the conditions that benefit include: pain from dysmenorrhea, urinary and fecal urgency, constipation, urinary retention, and wound healing. In the era of increased telemedicine, home electrical stimulation treatments can be used to enhance the outcomes and compliment the behavioral and exercise treatments that take place with telemedicine. As in many treatment interventions the choice of parameters and patient therapist expectation will influence the success.

In addition to an overview of electrical therapy intervention, this presentation will focus on:

1. The application of TENS for nocturia, urinary and fecal urgency, and giggle incontinence;
2. The use of interferential current for slow transit constipation. 

Sandra Gallagher, PT, DPT, Board-Certified Women's Health Clinical Specialist

Sandi is an active member of the Academy of Pelvic Health. She teaches the CAPP obstetric PT series of courses, and she teaches about gender affirming care in physical therapy in a course she created. She also is a member of the Academy of Clinical Electrotherapy and Wound Management. Her treatment philosophy is strongly geared toward patient self-efficacy. She integrates education, exercise, manual therapy and electrotherapy interventions into patient care.

Sandra Gallagher PT, Board-Certified Women's Health Clinical Specialist has over 30 years of experience. She has specialized training in orthopedic manual therapy from the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual therapy (NAIOMT), exercise training through a four-year Feldenkrais training, and a specialist certification from the American Physical Therapy Association that includes chest surgery and pelvic health rehabilitation. She has presented at the National Transgender Health Summit and at the WPATH international meeting on pelvic PT and gender-affirming vaginoplasty based on the work at OHSU.

Disclaimer: This lecture session is a recording from a past Fall Symposium.