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“No One Told Me About This Part”: What Breastfeeding Women Want and Need to Support their Physical Health. A large proportion of breastfeeding women are sedentary or engaging only in light activity despite the recommended minimum of 150 minutes of moderate activity per week... Continue Reading
Feasibility and effectiveness of an interprofessional mindfulness-informed group-based intervention for treatment of overactive bladder: a pilot study Continue Reading
In this open discussion webinar, participants will have the opportunity to learn from Dr. Julia Smeltz on the various types of pelvic health physical therapy. Learn more about common patient populations and diagnoses within pelvic health and the numerous areas of practice as a pelvic health provider Continue Reading
Use of a Movement System Impairment-Guided Approach in the Management of a Patient with Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder. Based on the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy’s Top Poster for CSM 2021, this webinar will describe the management of a patient with persistent genital arousal... Continue Reading
Responsiveness of health-related quality of life patient-reported outcome measures in women receiving conservative treatment for urinary incontinence: a systematic review. There are currently 16 patient reported outcome measures for the measurement of health-related quality of life with a Grade A... Continue Reading
My favorite part of being a SSIG director is the amazing networking opportunities! As many of us are aware, pelvic health is a growing field and it is not always easy to find a community that we can readily connect with... Continue Reading
Differences In Pelvic Floor Muscle Function, Hip Function, And Gait Between Women With And Without Self-Reported Stress Urinary Incontinence. Join us as Dr. Hartigan and Dr. McAuley discuss their research resulting in three different publications in the Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy... Continue Reading
Learn more about various oncologic conditions, lymphedema, and how it relates to pelvic and women’s health from from Dr. Alex Hill, a dual board-certified women’s health and oncology physical therapist. Continue Reading
The pelvic floor is a group of structures including muscle, ligaments and fascia that form the “floor” of your pelvis and core, supporting your bladder, bowel, and uterus. Injury to the pelvic floor may result in prolapse or dropping of these organs, urinary or stool leakage, or pain in the pelvis, Continue Reading
Most people have asked a child, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most kids have dreams of being a princess, astronaut, president, etc. If you asked me this question at a young age I would have enthusiastically shouted “A physical therapist!” This all stemmed from my own personal experience Continue Reading
Spending my entire life as an athlete participating in volleyball, softball, and basketball I continued to coach softball to kids from age five through college. I spent a majority of my life involved in sports activities yet wasn’t aware of the area of pelvic health until my early 30’s after having Continue Reading
In a survey of breastfeeding women, Synder and colleagues found low levels of physical activity and symptoms of urinary incontinence. The survey participants noted time constraints due to breastfeeding and childcare were barriers to activity... Continue Reading
