Pelvic Floor / Pelvic Girdle

FTD TABS - Schedule

Day One:
8:00 Objectives, Introductions and Overview
8:15 Introduction: Finding the Driver
8:45 Pelvic Floor Functional Anatomy
9:45 Pelvic Floor TheraBand Demo
10:00 Break
10:15 External Pelvic Ring Palpation
11:00 Lab 1: External Pelvic Ring Palpation
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Vulvar and Pelvic Floor Muscle (PFM) Assessment
2:15 Lab 2: Vulvar and PFM Assessment
3:30 Break
3:45 Bowel and Bladder Diary Review
4:30 Case Study
5:00 Adjourn

Day Two: (note concurrent lecture/lab and please keep desks clear)
8:00 Questions and Answers
8:15
Musculoskeletal Screening Exam Lecture/Lab (Posture, Tsp, Abdominal)
10:00 Break
10:15 Musculoskeletal Screening Exam Lecture/Lab (Lumbar Spine)
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Musculoskeletal Screening Exam Lecture/Lab (SIJ, Hip)
3:15 Break
3:30 Musculoskeletal Screening Exam Lecture/Lab (LQ, Motor Control)
4:45 Questions
5:00 Adjourn

Day Three:
7:30 Completion of MSK Screening Lectures/Labs
Treatment: Manual Therapy Rx Options: Myofascial decompression, joint mobilization
9:30 Break
9:45 Overview of Urogynecologic Pelvic Pain Drivers
10:45 Functional Real-Time Ultrasound Lab for Pelvic Floor and Abdominal Wall Retraining
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Functional Real-Time Ultrasound Lab for Pelvic Floor and Abdominal Wall (cont'd)
2:00 Treatment and Reverse Case Studies
3:00 Questions & Gratitude
3:30 Adjourn