Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the muscle layers and specific functions of pelvic floor muscles
2. Locate pelvic floor muscles externally
3. Palpate external pelvic floor muscles
4. Locate specific bony landmarks related to laser therapy for female pelvic pain conditions
5. Describe and perform Female Pelvic Pain Laser Techniques for various female pelvic pain conditions
6. List precautions, contraindications, universal precautions for female pelvic pain laser therapy
7. Identify specific pelvic pain conditions (vulvodynia, vaginismus, vestibulodynia etc.)
8. Understand the biological principles of low level laser therapy
9. List diagnoses that would benefit from applications of Low- Level Laser Therapy
10. Describe the applications and instrumentation parameters of Low-Level Laser Therapy for the pelvic floor and female pelvic pain conditions
11. Understand the placement of laser for optimal success