Outline

Every doctor needs to know about women’s health.

• Why women’s health skills are the missing link
• Top 10 mistakes clinicians make with female patients
• How training in women’s health can benefit any caseload

There are some key factors to consider when dealing with sensitive issues.

• How to create save environments and open dialogues
• Tips for discussing sensitive medical, emotional, and trauma history
• Reveal critical information that can change the course of treatment
• Sharpen your sensitive listening skills
• Support survivors with a trauma-informed approach
• Culturally competent care strategies every clinician should know

Evaluate your assessment and reasoning skills.

• Get to the root cause of impairments faster with better evaluation techniques for:
  • Pelvic pain
  • Pelvic floor and bladder function
  • Pre- and post-natal issues
  • Scar mobility
  • Lymphatic swelling and inflammation
  • Functional strength and mobility
  • Bone integrity
  • Balance and fall risk
  • Age-related degeneration
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There is a box for women’s health.

• Effective techniques you can use immediately
  • Pregnancy/postpartum interventions to:
    • Manage low back pain
    • Prevent tearing during childbirth
    • Reduce pelvic pain and muscle tightness
    • Improve scar mobilization
    • Rebuild core muscles and stability
  • Pelvic floor interventions to:
    • Resolve pelvic and related back pain
    • Calm bladder hyperactivity
    • Resolve incontinence
    • Retrain pelvic floor muscles
  • Breast cancer interventions to:
    • Reduce pain and lymphatic swelling
    • Restore ROM, strength, endurance and energy
    • Manage functional impairments
  • Lymphedema interventions to:
    • Control swelling and edema
    • Improve lymphatic flow
    • Decrease fluid buildup
    • Prevent infections
    • Support swollen areas
  • Fibromyalgia interventions to:
    • Reduce pain and fatigue
    • Increase strength, flexibility and stamina
    • Decrease environmental stress on the body
    • Combat “fibro fog” – improve focus, attention and concentration
  • Osteoporosis interventions to:
    • Build bone and decrease bone loss
    • Protect the spine from fracture
    • Reduce fall risk
    • Increase mobility
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Better results can be achieved by incorporating multiple changes.

• Dynamic neurocognitive imagery/Franklin Method
• Yoga
• Mindfulness
• Breathing exercises
• Soft tissue mobilization
• Trigger point release
• Lymphatic drainage

There are innovative plans of care for your patients.

• Comprehensive treatment strategies for specific impairments, including:
  • Pelvic pain
  • Pelvic floor dysfunction
  • Vaginal tears
  • Sexual health
  • Bladder hyperfunction
  • Incontinence
  • Diastasis recti/transverse abdominus
  • Radiation scarring
  • Lymphedema
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Osteoporosis
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Documentation for women’s health.

• Justify treatment with the right progress measures and documentation
• How to maximize your reimbursement
• Avoid denials and audits with these tips

To practice, put knowledge to use.

• Case study 1: Stabilize abdominal muscles and decrease pregnancy-related pain
• Case study 2: Successfully treat incontinence
• Case study 3: Improve tissue mobility and joint motion with a breast cancer patient
• Case study 4: Manage lymphatic swelling with a breast cancer survivor
• Case study 5: Reduce pain and fatigue related to fibromyalgia
• Case study 6: Safeguard the spine in a patient with osteoporosis

Innovations and hot topics in women’s health.

• Give your patients the benefits of cutting edge research