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5 Reasons Why You Should Refer All Pregnant Clients to a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist
5 Reasons Why You Should Refer All Pregnant Clients to a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist

Approximately ⅓ of vaginal births result in some form of injury to the levator ani muscle and having a cesarean birth does not prevent urinary incontinence or prolapse... Continue Reading

Date posted03/1/2023


Women's Running: Who Runs the World? Women.
Women's Running: Who Runs the World? Women.

“It is definitely a journey. The body changes during pregnancy and delivery, and the rehabilitation happens over the course of months and years, not weeks,” she says. “Pace yourself and prioritize your short-term versus long-term goals.” Continue Reading

Date posted02/28/2023


Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for MS: Help for Bladder, Bowel, and Sexual Function
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for MS: Help for Bladder, Bowel, and Sexual Function

If you experience pain or dysfunction in your pelvic region because of MS, targeted exercises and other therapies may help you reduce symptoms and regain control. Continue Reading

Date posted02/17/2023


Membership Letter Regarding the Position Statement on the Use of Chaperones
Membership Letter Regarding the Position Statement on the Use of Chaperones

The Academy is providing the following information in a question-and-answer format to provide clarity on the position statement development process, address legal and financial concerns, and provide the future outlook for position statement development. Continue Reading

Postedby Heather Michele Jeffcoat
Date posted02/10/2023


“An Unexpected Journey” My Path to Pelvic Health, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Physical Therapy
“An Unexpected Journey” My Path to Pelvic Health, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Physical Therapy

Unlike many of my DPT classmates, I was never athletic in my younger years. I participated in many sports as a child, but never excelled and was usually on the bench for games. Continue Reading

Postedby Audrey Brown
Date posted02/7/2023


A New Perspective on Pelvic Girdle Pain During Pregnancy
A New Perspective on Pelvic Girdle Pain During Pregnancy

Explore and discuss the beliefs held around pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy and what research is saying about it. These providers are trying to help people understand how pain and the biopsychosocial influences we all have when we are dealing with this diagnosis. Continue Reading

Date posted02/6/2023


How I Support Women Through Pelvic Health Physical Therapy
How I Support Women Through Pelvic Health Physical Therapy

As a pelvic floor physical therapist, I treat many postpartum women. But I wasn’t aware of postpartum depression until I worked with one patient a few months ago. Continue Reading

Postedby Khushali Harishbhai Trivedi
Date posted02/3/2023


Meet 2023 APTA Leadership Scholar – Jessica Munk, PT, DPT, JD
Meet 2023 APTA Leadership Scholar – Jessica Munk, PT, DPT, JD

I’m from Birmingham, AL, and I graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2006. My legal background is largely in clinical legal education and pro bono work. I spent six years as the Clinical Supervising Attorney for the Civil Law Clinic at UA School of Law, and I helped establish two Continue Reading

Postedby Jessica Varnon Munk
Date posted02/2/2023


Meet 2023 APTA Leadership Scholar – Natalie Surut, PT, DPT
Meet 2023 APTA Leadership Scholar – Natalie Surut, PT, DPT

Natalie Surut, PT, DPT is a pelvic health physical therapist and president of the Women In Leadership Special Interest Group through APTA UT. She graduated with her Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of Utah in 2022, where she was awarded the Elizabeth Fuhriman Gardner Prize for The Outs Continue Reading

Postedby Natalie Surut
Date posted01/31/2023


Meet 2023 APTA Leadership Scholar – Kylee Austin, SPT
Meet 2023 APTA Leadership Scholar – Kylee Austin, SPT

Hi! My name is Kylee Austin, and I am in my final year of my DPT program at Northern Arizona University. Although my most important job is being a mother to my three sons Tristan (7), and twins Keegan and Kayden (5), I look forward to graduating in December and becoming a pelvic health physical ther Continue Reading

Postedby Kylee Austin
Date posted01/27/2023


Faculty at The College of St. Scholastica are seeking help from DPT and PTA educators!
Faculty at The College of St. Scholastica are seeking help from DPT and PTA educators!

Do you teach in a CAPTE-accredited or developing program as faculty or as a guest speaker? If you do, please consider participating in a study investigating the specific lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning or queer, intersex, asexual... Continue Reading

Date posted01/27/2023


Maternal Health Disparities
Maternal Health Disparities

This is a discussion with Justine Williams Roper, creator of the Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pelvic Health course for the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. Dr. Roper will offer the climate of how we are doing in the healthcare world as well as some solutions to help alleviate these dis Continue Reading

Date posted01/26/2023