Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain Meets Contemporary Pain Science with Dr. Sinead Dufour, PT, PhD
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Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PPGP) is a common and significant concern in perinatal care, yet its management often lags behind current evidence. Although the exact causes of PPGP are not fully understood, research over the past decade has advanced considerably—highlighting the need to move beyond outdated biomechanical explanations.
Despite new clinical practice guidelines and contemporary research, the biomechanical narrative continues to dominate, limiting effective care and contributing to maternal morbidity with impacts that extend to the entire family.
This webinar, based on the publication “Reframing Beliefs and Instilling Facts for Contemporary Management of Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain,” provides an updated, evidence-informed perspective. Viewers will gain insights into the latest science, current best practices, and strategies for applying contemporary frameworks to improve outcomes for those experiencing PPGP.
This webinar event originally aired on November 4, 2025.
Watch to Gain a Better Understanding Of
- The evolution of science and the understanding of PPGP
- Current best practice recommendations related to PPGP
- Current best practice principles in clinical practice from an interprofessional perspective
- How participants can work towards changing the narrative of PPGP
Speaker
Sinéad Dufour, MScPT, PhD 
Dr. Sinéad Dufour is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Health Science at McMaster University. She teaches and conducts research in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Rehabilitation Science. She completed her MScPT at McMaster University (2003), her PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science at Western (2011), and returned to McMaster to complete a post-doctoral fellowship (2014). Her current research interests include conservative approaches to manage pelvic floor dysfunction, pregnancy-related pelvic-girdle pain, and interprofessional collaborative practice models of service provision to enhance pelvic health and pain science. Sinéad stays current as a pelvic health physiotherapists through her practice at The World of my Baby (the WOMB) a family of perinatal care centers in Ontario, Canada. Sinéad has been an active member of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) sitting of multiple committees and leading several clinical practice guidelines. She also proud to serve as a clinical advisor many women’s health businesses. Her passion for optimizing perinatal care and associated upstream health promotion for women stemmed from her own experience becoming a mother of twins. She is an advocate for women’s pelvic health and a regular invited speaker at conferences around the world. She is the guest editor for the upcoming special edition of the JWHPT focusing on the 4th Trimester.
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