Activity Overview:
Enhance your understanding of the pelvic floor’s role in movement, stability, and overall well-being with the A Holistic View of the Pelvic Floor course, led by expert Sonja Forster, PT. Designed for manual therapists, athletic trainers, physiotherapists, fitness professionals, and healthcare providers, this course takes a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to pelvic floor health and dysfunction.
Course participants will explore the complex interplay between pelvic floor muscles, core function, and posture. This course goes beyond standard pelvic floor training, providing a holistic perspective on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation strategies.
Key Topics Covered:
- Pelvic Floor Anatomy and Function: Understanding the muscular and fascial structures involved in pelvic health
- Impact of Pregnancy & Menopause: How hormonal and structural changes affect pelvic floor integrity
- Common Dysfunctions: Addressing conditions like incontinence, pelvic pain, prolapse, and core instability
- Pelvic Floor & Postural Integration: The connection between pelvic alignment, movement patterns, and function
- Strengthening & Release Techniques: Practical exercises to activate, strengthen, and relax the pelvic floor muscles
- Holistic Rehabilitation Strategies: Implementing pelvic health interventions within a full-body therapeutic approach
Target Audience: Athletic Trainers
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Identify the pelvic floor muscles and their roles in pelvic functions
- Understand the impact of pregnancy and menopause on pelvic floor health
- Recognize factors contributing to the weakening of pelvic floor muscles
- Implement exercises to strengthen pelvic floor musculature
- Apply practical strategies to address pelvic floor dysfunctions
- Explore the relationship between the pelvic floor, posture, and core stability
- Integrate a holistic approach to pelvic health in clinical practice
METHOD OF PARTICIPATION
To obtain a certificate of completion, a score of 80% or better on the post-test is required. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the post-test and evaluation, and have received a digital copy of your certificate. You must participate in the entire activity to receive credit. If you have questions about this activity, please contact AKH Inc.
CEUs: 6
Price: 49.95
No Refunds
Neil Asher, Natural Alternative Therapies BOC Provider #: P12148 is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs). This program is eligible for a maximum of 6.0 Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
In support of improving patient care, AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
FACULTY & DISCLOSURES
Sonja Forser, PT
AKH PLANNER/REVIEWERS
Becca Lakofsky, RN
DISCLOSURES
None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
There is no commercial support for this activity.
DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE AND INVESTIGATIONAL PRODUCTS
This educational activity does not include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
DISCLAIMER
AKH Inc.’s courses are designed solely to provide healthcare professionals with information to assist in their practice and professional development. The courses are researched thoroughly, utilizing current literature and including practical experiences. AKH’s courses are not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The courses serve as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, they cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH educational courses do not endorse commercial products. The author(s) and the publisher specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the courses. AKH further disclaims any responsibility for undetected errors, or from the reader’s misunderstanding of the course.
