Pelvic Floor Dysfunction- Identifying, Screening, and Referring

Instructor

Sneha Gazi

PT DPT

Dr. Gazi is a graduate of Columbia University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program. She has worked with New York City’s leading Broadway artists and across the world with New Zealand’s sports teams. She specializes in treating all forms of TMJ and pelvic health issues. She particularly loves working with pre and postpartum birthing parents and their babies.

Description

0.6 Contact Hours / 0.06 CEU Pelvic Floor Dysfunction is an umbrella term for several different diagnoses. Physical therapists who are aware of how the pelvic floor is closely related to the spine and hips are better equipped to fully address their patients’ complaints. Pelvic floor physical therapists are able to treat the entire musculoskeletal system and also address pelvic health issues such as bowel, bladder, and sexual dysfunction. Many quality of life issues that are frequently treated by pelvic floor physical therapists may be missed during an initial evaluation purely due to clinicians’ lack of knowing how to screen for them. For example, a teenage gymnast or elderly post-prostatectomy patient may also be experiencing urinary incontinence. Another example is a patient post-MVA who may experience coccydynia along with cervicalgia from whiplash. In this course, you’ll learn what to ask your patients during an evaluation to determine if they might be experiencing a pelvic floor issue. You’ll also be able to provide basic education to the patient and help them seek a pelvic floor physical therapist. Target group: PT Education Level: Basic

Objectives

• 1. know what Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (PFD) consists of
• 2. be able to ask questions appropriately during an initial evaluation to screen for PFD
• 3. know which questions to ask patients to help identify possible PFD
• 4. know how to make an appropriate referral for a pelvic health specialist5. Clinicians will know how to provide basic patient education on PFDs to help patients understand when to seek a specialist