Pelvic Floor Training (Lewan - Live Interactive Webinar)

Course overview

Pelvic floor dysfunction is an underreported and underdiagnosed issue that will affect most people over the course of their lifetime. The prevalence of Urinary Incontinence (UI), for example, increases with age and is estimated to affect 50-85% of elderly living in long-term care facilities. UI significantly decreases quality of life, and is a risk factor for falls, but unfortunately many people are too embarrassed to tell anyone, and many healthcare professionals are not prepared to address the issue if their patients do reveal pelvic floor symptoms. People who experience pelvic pain wait years, on average, to get an accurate diagnosis and referral to a pelvic floor specialist. The good news is that you dont need to be a specialist to make a meaningful difference. This one-day course will prepare you to provide education and intervention that will help prevent and treat pelvic floor dysfunction. The muscles of the pelvic floor are like muscles anywhere else in the body, but they have unique function in that they support the urinary, reproductive, and gastrointestinal systems in addition to providing tensile force that supports lumbo-pelvic stability. This course prepares rehabilitation and fitness professionals to apply their muscular expertise to improve the strength and mobility of the pelvic floor, effectively improving the function of multiple systems. You will learn exercises that have been demonstrated by research to improve function and self-care that can be easily reimbursed by Medicare and insurance companies. Interactive labs allow for practice of non-invasive techniques that you can use to immediately improve your clients outcomes and quality of life.