2025 Urogynecology for the Advanced Practice Provider-Evaluating the Pelvic Floor and PT Treatment for Muscle Dysfunction

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Video Summary

The transcript covers a lecture by Elizabeth Barkowitz, a seasoned pelvic floor physical therapist, regarding pelvic floor therapy. She explains the anatomy of pelvic floor muscles, their assessment, and treatment techniques for pelvic floor dysfunctions such as high-tone and low-tone dysfunctions. Elizabeth emphasizes the importance of breathing, biofeedback, and patient education in therapy. She details how pelvic assessments are conducted, noting the importance of a gentle approach and the use of landmarks like the pubic bone and coccyx for orientation. Elizabeth discusses manual release techniques for different pelvic floor issues and highlights the necessity of patient participation in exercises like breathing and muscle coordination. She advocates balancing relaxation and strengthening of the pelvic floor muscles, encouraging patients to engage in activities that facilitate muscle coordination and control. She addresses common patient concerns about weakness from relaxation and discusses the use of tools like biofeedback in diagnosis and therapy. Furthermore, Elizabeth answers queries on managing conditions like vaginismus and prolapse, emphasizing individualized care approaches. Finally, the event concluded with thanks to attendees and organizers, with a reminder to save the date for the next conference.

Asset Subtitle

Review pelvic floor muscle anatomy
Identify techniques to evaluate pelvic floor muscles during a pelvic exam
Learn pelvic floor physical therapy interventions for high tone pelvic floor muscle dysfunction
Learn pelvic floor physical therapy interventions for pelvic floor muscle strengthening

Speaker - Beth Barkowitz

Keywords

pelvic floor therapy

Elizabeth Barkowitz

anatomy

biofeedback

treatment techniques

muscle coordination

manual release

patient education

individualized care