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Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute offers two Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging courses, both created and taught by faculty member Allison Ariail, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA, BCB-PMD, PRPC. Orthopedic Topics is the two day course, built around transabdominal viewing and the pelvic girdle and low back stabilizers. Pelvic Health and Orthopedic Topics is the extended three day course, which adds transperineal and translabial viewing. Both put real-time imaging of the deep core and pelvic floor muscles in front of you and your patient.

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Menstruation and Pelvic Health returns in September 2026 for its seventh offering, taught by course creator Nicholas Gaffga, MD, FAAFP, MPH and Amy Meehan, PT, DPT, MTC. The course combines pre-course video lectures with live remote sessions via Zoom, covering class favorites from menstrual product demonstrations to cycle tracking, plus new content for 2026 on hypo-estrogen states, cervical stenosis, irregular bleeding patterns, and hormonal physiology.

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Most patients seeking care for pelvic floor dysfunction are taking one or more medications, and those medications can contribute to, or even cause, the symptoms that bring them to therapy. Herman & Wallace faculty member Kristina Koch, PT, DPT, CLT, PCES created the course Pharmacologic Considerations for the Pelvic Health Provider to help clinicians recognize medication effects, review medications safely within their scope of practice, and collaborate confidently with prescribing providers. The next offering is a one day remote course on Saturday, September 12, 2026.

The Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute offers a three-course dry needling series for pelvic health specialists, taught by Tina Anderson, MS, PT and Kelly Sammis, PT, OCS, CLT, AFDN-S. The series progresses from Dry Needling and Pelvic Health: Foundational Concepts and Techniques, through Level 2: Advanced Concepts and Neuromodulation, to a dedicated course in Pregnancy and Postpartum Considerations. Five in-person events are scheduled across the United States between August 29 and December 13, 2026.

August is Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Awareness Month. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (PFD) affects millions of people worldwide, yet many individuals remain undiagnosed because symptoms are often misunderstood or overlooked. For the rehabilitation profession, the awareness gap is also a workforce gap: the number of people who need pelvic health care far exceeds the number of clinicians trained to provide it. This August is the right moment for clinicians to look at the numbers and consider what specialized training could mean for their patients and their practice.

Summit Professional Education, the parent company of Herman & Wallace, has acquired Kids Bowel & Bladder (KBB), the nation's leading continuing education organization dedicated to pediatric pelvic health. KBB's full course library and its Pediatric Pelvic Health Advanced Practitioner Certificate Program (PPHAP) are joining the Herman & Wallace education platform, giving physical therapists and occupational therapists a single home for pelvic rehabilitation education across the entire lifespan, from childhood through menopause and beyond.

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Faculty member Christine Stewart, PT, CMPT has been teaching with Herman & Wallace since 2017. She developed and authored the two-day course Menopause Transitions and Pelvic Rehab, next offered as a remote course on August 29-30, 2026, covering the physiological changes of the menopause transition and how clinicians can support patients through them.

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Many Intersex patients have changed or avoided care because of discomfort with their medical providers. Pelvic rehabilitation practitioners are in a meaningful position to change that. In this post, Herman & Wallace faculty member Dr. Molly O’Brien-Horn, PT, DPT, CLT, PCES, CCI, shares three practical ways clinicians can educate themselves and provide more affirming, trauma-informed, and inclusive care to patients who are Intersex. To go deeper, her remote course, Intersex Patients: Rehab and Inclusive Care, is available through Herman & Wallace.

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Herman & Wallace is broadening its neuro offerings with the launch of Neurologic Conditions and Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation, a collaborative course arriving at the end of June 2026. Co-authored by Herman & Wallace faculty member Erica Vitek, MOT, OTR, BCB-PMD, PRPC, the course is built to help pelvic health clinicians confidently "think neuro." Below, Erica shares the story behind the course and what it can bring to your clinic.

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Your patients are moving through the menopause transition whether or not it ever comes up in the clinic, and its effects reach into nearly every body system rehab professionals treat. In this free introductory webinar, Herman & Wallace faculty member Christine Stewart, PT, CMPT, gives rehab professionals a clear, approachable overview of what the menopause transition is, the symptoms patients experience, and why this stage of life belongs on your radar no matter your specialty. No pelvic health background is required. Bring your questions for the live discussion.