Pressure, Posture & Performance: An Approach to Pelvic Floor Dysfunction UPDATED

Course overview

Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is common among postpartum and active populations, yet traditional approaches often overlook the full spectrum of contributing factors. This course gives clinicians a broader, evidence-informed framework to address PFD in all clients. Recognizing that symptoms often arise from influences beyond the pelvic floor muscles, the course emphasizes a whole-body, systems-based approach. Participants will explore musculoskeletal, motor control, and autonomic contributors including breath mechanics, postural strategies, vagus nerve regulation, and phonation techniques and learn to integrate these into clinical practice. Current research on intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), and pelvic floor coordination will be reviewed, along with evidence-informed methods for diaphragm evaluation, breathing and voicing strategies, and postural classifications. Performance-based applications include reflexive pelvic floor training, running and lifting drills, and strategies for optimizing IAP during high-demand functional tasks. Impairments both within and beyond the pelvic floor such as fascial, joint, and motor control issues are addressed. By the end of this course, clinicians will be able to develop individualized care plans to improve function and activity levels in all types of clients. The content is delivered through recorded lectures, downloadable slide decks, educational handouts, and research-based reference links.