Pelvic Floor / Pelvic Girdle

PFPG TABS - Schedule

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

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