The Functional Female Pelvic Floor (in person day)

Let’s face it, women do not spend their lives on their backs! This course will show you why we owe it to our female patients to be able to assess, and therefore treat, them in functional positions and movements that are applicable specifically to them. Adopting this approach sees greater patient compliance and more efficient treatment results.

This unique functional pelvic floor assessment in-person course is presented to you by Helen Keeble. Helen is an assistant professor in women's health at Dublin City University and a clinical specialist pelvic health physiotherapist. Helen is an experienced and passionate clinician having worked in this field for 16 years, with a specialist interest in female sports and the functional female pelvic floor. Helen is currently undertaking a PhD in functional assesment of the female pelvic floor, has been tutoring with the POGP since 2015 and is a qualifed level one Crossfit instructor.

Learning objectives:

- Develop your manual functional assessment skills of the pelvic floor that are fully transferable to all women

- Compare different functional positions and movements for vaginal assessment including on and off the bed, adding movement and/or weights where applicable

- Increase your confidence in palpating the pelvic floor in a variety of positions and movements that are not crook lying

- Develop functional treatment skills for the female pelvic floor

Course schedule:

8:45 Registration

09:00 Functional assessment of the female pelvic floor (recap & discussion)

10:00 Functional assessment of the female pelvic floor on the bed (practical)

11:30 BREAK

11:45 Functional assessment of the female pelvic floor off the bed – stationary (practical)

13:15 BREAK

14:00 Functional assessment of the female pelvic floor off the bed – dynamic (practical)

15:30 Reflection and discussion

16:00 FINISH

In order to attend this course it is crucial that you:

• are already trained in vaginal assessments
• are already working within pelvic health
• have watched the pre-course webinar (this will be sent out on purchase of ticket for this course)

“As a keen exerciser, I need to know that my pelvic floor is functioning well in positions beyond just lying. That Helen could assess me in this way was a huge selling point for me.” Tara, 37

“As a novice power-lifter I had been having issues with leaking and deadlifts. I had been trying to figure it out myself by trying different bracing, belts and breathing techniques. Helen however was easily able to assess my pelvic floor during all different braces, breathing methods and during the deadlift! We quickly figured out the best strategy forward for me & this has been invaluable for my training.” Jane, 50

“I had noticed that my prolapse symptoms were only noticeable in standing or after a long walk. I hadn’t even heard of having a pelvic floor check in standing before but it added so much to my awareness of how to engage my muscles in this position. I am so much less aware now of my symptoms but more importantly, know exactly what to work on to improve them going forward” Sarah, 39

Host or Publisher Helen Keeble