Academy News

We want to send a big thank you to everyone who submitted an entry to help SoWH find two fantastic representatives to attend the April 29-May 1 2018 APTA Federal Advocacy Forum in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. Continue Reading

The “i’s” have been dotted; the “t’s” have been crossed. We have listened. We have learned. We have debated and pondered. We have reached across the globe. At the Combined Sections Meeting this year, we celebrated 40 years of the Section on Women’s Health, honoring the achievements of those who came Continue Reading

I would be lying if I said I knew what I was getting into when I volunteered in the summer of 2013 to chair a task force to explore a potential change in the Section on Women’s Health name. I’d be lying if I said that I totally appreciated at the time how this work would inspire our organization to Continue Reading

National Bladder Health Awareness Month Supporters Invite PTs to Give Free Classes on Menopause, Pelvic Floor Health in November Continue Reading

2016 APTA Minority Scholarship winner Kimmi Edwards, DPT, calls for expanded support of minority PT students to diversify the profession. Do you have strong feelngs about whether minorities are well represented or recruited into the physical therapy (PT) profession? Continue Reading

The Board of Directors of the Section on Women’s Health has been evaluating the role of the physical therapist assistant (PTA) in pelvic health practice. Historically, SOWH pelvic health courses have been open only to physical therapists due to the ongoing evaluation and assessment involved in inter Continue Reading

Two years ago I was asked to join the Name Change Task Force for the Section on Women’s Health as a representative of members-at-large. Jill Boissonnault, Rebecca Stephenson, Dan Kirages, Tamra Wroblesky, Secili DeStefano, and Chair Carrie Pagliano have served alongside me. Continue Reading

Let’s face it there are many options out there for choosing women’s health and pelvic floor education. It is very difficult to make choices about particular qualities of a course by a website or flier, so I hope to shed some light on the CAPP (Certificate of Achievement in Pelvic Physical therapy) c Continue Reading

That’s exactly the question for the Name Change Task Force.  The group members have a variety of perspective from our seasoned members (who can recall our first name change 20 years ago from the Section on OBGYN) to our student members; those working on both a national and international level... Continue Reading

In this article, we will discuss how CAPP courses (CAPP-Pelvic: Certificate of Achievement in Pelvic PT, and CAPP-OB: Certificate of Achievement in Pregnancy and Postpartum PT) are constructed. Continue Reading

The APTA House of Delegates approved board certification in the area of women’s health in 2006. The first WCS examination was administered in 2009 and as of June 2014, ABPTS has certified 226 women’s health specialists. The WCS exam is administered by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialti Continue Reading

In this episode of Move Forward Radio, physical therapists Christy Martin, PT, DPT, SCS, who specializes in sports physical therapy, and Vicki Lukert, PT, PRPC, who specializes in pelvic health, outline how pregnant and postpartum women can exercise safely, and how to spot warning signs for problems Continue Reading