Day One: 7:30 Registration 8:00 Introduction and PreTest 8:30 Pelvic floor anatomy and bony landmarks 9:45 Break 10:00 PF Exercise Cues, Teaching Exercises 10:30 Lab 1- Pelvic floor exercise awareness and exercise instruction 11:00 Pelvic floor function and risk factors for dysfunction History taking for pelvic floor problems – Quality Of Life Questionnaires 11:30 Lab 2 - Pelvic floor scan exam 12:15 Lunch 1:15 Orthopedic Considerations- connection to the pelvic floor Lab 3- Specific external palpation/ treatment - obturator internus, adductor muscles, pelvic diaphragm 3:15 Break 3:30 Coccyx Pain and the Pelvic Floor, Lab 4- External coccyx treatment techniques - evaluation and treatment, Post Test 5:00 Adjourn
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Day Two: 8:00 Questions and Review Day 1 Pre Test 8:30 The pelvic floor and trunk connection - Teaching transversus abdominis, multifidi and breathing – evidence-based exercises Lab 5a - Active Straight Leg Raise (ASLR) test for pelvic girdle rehabilitation, breathing for PF exercises, diastasis recti evaluation 10:30 Break 10:45 PF awareness and release techniques Lab 5b – Manual techniques for PF release, SEMG biofeedback for the pelvic floor Lab 6-Teaching exercise intensity, relaxation and isolation techniques 12:15 Lunch 1:15 Assessment and treatment techniques continued, Lab 7- External scan exam review and palpation 2:15 Break 2:30 Teaching PF exercises to various patient populations, Integration of PF exercises with current exercise programs and functional activities, Case presentations: SI, hip and coccyx pain 3:45 Questions/ Post Test 4:30 Adjourn
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