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The Performer’s Pelvis: Managing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Dancers and Artistic Athletes

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  • Week 1: Pelvic Floor Anatomy, Function, and Feel for Dancers and Artistic Athletes
  • Week 1: Slides
  • Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire - Short Form 7
  • ICIQ - UI Short Form Questionnaire
  • Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory - Short Form 20
  • Pelvic Floor Anatomy - Muscles
  • Pelvic Floor Anatomy - Connective Tissues
  • Innervation of the Pelvic Floor Region
  • What About Function?
  • Practice Pt1 - Lift
  • Practice Pt2 - Relax and Bulge
  • Clinical Applications
  • Week 1 Wrap Up
  • Feedback - Week 1
  • Week 2: Breathing and Intra-Abdominal Pressure: Efficiency for Performing Artists
  • Week 2: Slides
  • Week 2 Special Guest Slides
  • Supine Assessment Pt1
  • Supine Assessment Pt2
  • Introduction to Breathing
  • Common Habits of Artistic Athletes
  • Exercise Options
  • Breathing Training
  • Pressure
  • What's Voice got to do with it?
  • What's Going On?
  • In-Studio Exercises and Practice
  • Concluding Questions Week 2
  • Feedback - Week 2
  • Week 3: The Pelvic Floor in a Larger System—Pressure Management, Impact, and Extreme Ranges of Motion
  • Week 3: Slides
  • Week 3 Introduction and Review
  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse
  • Considerations for Intra-Abdominal Pressure
  • Assessment Options
  • Training Optimal IAP Management
  • Impact
  • Nathaniel's Background
  • Nathaniel's Performance Demonstration
  • Group Discussion
  • Feedback - Week 3
  • Week 4: General Health Considerations and their Impact on the Pelvic Floor: Nervous system and Digestive Health for Performers
  • Week 4: Slides
  • Week 4 Introduction
  • Strength Training Programs
  • Develop Core Strength
  • Questions for Dom
  • Stressors and the Nervous System
  • Nervous System Interventions
  • Vagus Nerve Tone
  • Gastrointestinal Health and the Pelvic Floor
  • What can Artistic Athletes do for GI Health?
  • Week 4 Wrap Up
  • Feedback - Week 4
  • Week 5: General health considerations and their impact on the pelvic floor: RED-S and Hypermobility
  • Week 5: Slides
  • Week 5: Special Guest Slides
  • Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) Clinical Assessment Tool (CAT)
  • 2014 Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement on Treatment and Return to Play of the Female Athlete Triad
  • Week 5 Introduction
  • Nutrition and RED-S
  • The Impact of RED-S on Athletes
  • RED-S Screening
  • RED-S Questions Pt1
  • RED-S Questions Pt2
  • Consequences on the Pelvic Floor and Gut Health
  • Hypermobility, Artistic Athletes, and the Pelvic Floor
  • Issues Associated with Syndromic Hypermobility
  • Management Considerations for Hypermobility
  • Week 5 Closing Questions
  • Feedback - Week 5
  • Week 6: Pelvic Floor-Specific Training for Performers
  • Week 6: Slides
  • Week 6 Introduction
  • Impacts of Injury
  • Pregnancy and the Artistic Athlete
  • Recalling the Pelvic Floor Assessment
  • Evidence for Pelvic Floor Muscle Training
  • Teaching Pelvic Floor Activation
  • The Pelvic Floor and Higher Level Activity
  • Management for the Hypertonic Overactive Pelvic Floor
  • Other Pelvic Floor Mobilization Techniques
  • Bladder Tips for Our Artistic Athletes
  • Week 6 Questions
  • Feedback - Week 6
  • Week 7: Treating from Head to Toe to Help the Performer’s Pelvis
  • Week 7: Slides
  • Week 7 - Introduction
  • The Cervical Spine
  • Exercises for the Cervical Spine
  • Other Connections to the Neck and Shoulders
  • The Low Back and the Pelvic Floor
  • Sacroiliac Dysfunction
  • The Hip and the Pelvic Floor
  • Tips to Improve Hip Function
  • The Foot and Ankle and the Pelvic Floor
  • Foot and Ankle Exercises
  • Week 7 - Wrapping Up
  • Feedback - Week 7
  • Week 8: Communication Considerations in Treating the Pelvic Floor
  • Week 8: Slides for Communication Considerations
  • Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
  • Week 8 - Introduction
  • Normalizing the Conversation
  • Questions for Dinah
  • The Basics of Trauma Informed Care
  • Screening for Trauma
  • Recognizing Trauma in the Clinic
  • Basic Transgender and Non-Binary Considerations in Pelvic Floor Treatment
  • Stressors for People Who Are Transgender
  • Pregnancy and Post-Natal Considerations for Artistic Athletes Pt1
  • Pregnancy and Post-Natal Considerations for Artistic Athletes Pt2
  • Chapter 8 - Wrapping Up
  • Feedback - Week 8
  • Week 8: Slides for Addressing the Pelvic Floor in Pediatric Performers
  • Week 9: Pulling It All Together
  • Week 9 - Introduction
  • Postpartum Considerations
  • Subacute Postpartum
  • Bringing It All Together
  • In-Roads for Assessment and Treatment
  • Example Patient Presentations
  • Common Stories
  • Exercise Demonstration
  • Course Wrap Up
  • Feedback - Week 9
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