| Price: $175.00 Experience Level: Beginner Contact Hours: 7.5 |
The respiratory diaphragm has long been linked to pelvic floor health and functioning, but the voice has not. That is now rapidly changing as research emerges to link all three diaphragms, not just physiologically, but from a neuropsychological lens.
You can tell a lot about your patient just from listening to their voice. This course will introduce you to foundational concepts needed to be able to use vocal techniques to treat the pelvic floor and core.
Singing is a sport, but you don’t need to be able to sing to access the power of the voice in pelvic floor therapy. Phonation and vocalization are ideal, alternate but essential pathways to treating pelvic floor dysfunction and promoting pelvic floor health.
In fact, perhaps the most critical part of your own success as a therapist depends on your voice, so this course will benefit you in two ways: 1) Teaching you how to find your voice and use it as a therapeutic modality – effectively, safely, and efficiently. 2) Teaching you how to use vocal interventions to impact not just pelvic, but overall health and well-being.
Additionally, accessing the voice must be trauma-sensitive and COVID-informed. This course will provide the learner with an evidence-based trauma-informed approach that will help you better manage COVID-19 survivor cases who may present to you with pelvic floor dysfunction, as well as be more prepared to handle cases where a patient may have comorbidities such as a history of PTSD or other mental health issues, sexual abuse, and/or birth trauma.
Getting in touch with the power of your own voice also has the potential to improve your effectiveness and confidence as a clinician, improve your own self-care, and nurture your public speaking abilities as a leader in your field. Join Dr. Ginger Garner for an introduction to finding and harnessing the power of the voice for pelvic health.
Prerequisites:
All pre-recorded lectures in Teachable for this course must be watched before the Live Component of the course. See the Schedule tab for the current list of pre-recorded videos
Following the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Describe polyvagal theory and its impact on the motor system and pelvic floor
2. Identify red flags for vocal dysfunction that relate to common musculoskeletal dysfunctions.
3. Discuss evidence-based means for improving workplace safety for people who identify as female
4. List methods for prescribing trauma sensitive and COVID informed three diaphragm intervention.
5. Identify integrative (Yogic, Lifestyle, & Functional Medicine) therapies for three diaphragm intervention.
6. Demonstrate external orofacial examination techniques.
7. Evaluate biopsychosocial-driven intervention in a case study format with your peers.
NOTE: Times below are listed in Pacific time zone
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These video lectures in Teachable must be viewed in-full prior to the course |
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9:30 am PST - Zoom opens 30 mins before course for registration and setup |
"I finished the course feeling I could go and immediately begin to apply the principles with my patients in the clinic. The information presented will be a valuable addition to my "toolbox", especially when working with more complex clients. Ginger has not only a strong knowledge base on the subject matter, but years of experience applying it in the clinical setting."
Laurie Myers, MS, PT | The Voice and the Pelvic Floor - September 7 2024
