Pelvic Health for Female Runners
Do you work with Female Runners? Are you having the Pelvic Health conversation? Are you ready to take it to the next level? Welcome Aboard! In this course, we'll explore evidence based strategies to support female runners and their pelvic health at every age & stage - whether they're in their menstrual, maternal or menopausal years We'll cover issues like urinary leakage in nulliparous athletes, pelvic pain & running, screening for REDs, running while pregnant, the latest research on returning to exercise postpartum and the musculoskeletal and pelvic challenges facing menopausal runners
COURSE OBJECTIVES: ON COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL
- REVIEW THE RELEVANT LITERATURE, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY PERTINENT TO THE FEMALE ATHLETE THROUGHOUT PIVOTAL LIFE STAGES, FROM MENSTRUAL, THROUGH MATERNAL TO MENOPAUSAL AND BEYOND.
- UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT HORMONAL/ LIFE STAGES ON RUNNERS, IN TERMS OF INJURY PREVENTION/ RECOVERY AS WELL AS RELEVANT PELVIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
- IDENTIFY INDICATIONS OF ISSUES THAT WOULD NECESSITATE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION SUCH AS REDs , HYPERMOBILITY, BONE HEALTH ISSUES, HERNIAS ETC
- DETERMINE APPROPRIATE PELVIC HEALTH SCREENING AND WHOLE PERSON LIFESTYLE/REHAB STRATEGIES FOR SCENARIOS INCLUDING URINARY INCONTINENCE WHILE RUNNING, PELVIC PAIN DURING/AFTER RUNNING AND/OR SPECIFIC SCENARIOS SUCH AS RETURNING TO RUNNING POSTPARTUM OR RECOVERY FROM TENDINOPATHIES
- APPRECIATE THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING WOMEN ENGAGED IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AT EVERY LIFE STAGE ON BOTH AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL BUT ALSO FROM A GLOBAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE
ON PRE-LAUNCH SALE NOW - COURSE MATERIAL GOES LIVE OCTOBER 25,2024
Your Instructor
Michelle Lyons graduated from University College Dublin’s Physiotherapy programme in 1994; since then she has completed postgraduate training in Health Coaching & Nutrition (University of Galway) and Innovation & Enterprise (Trinity College Dublin) as well as a certificate in Integrative Herbal Medicine from the University of Arizona and teacher trainings in Pilates, Yoga and Mindfulness as a therapeutic Intervention. She has lived and worked in both Ireland and the US and as well as membership in the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, she is also licensed as a Physical Therapist by the state of Connecticut. She has been faculty for many continuing education institutions, including the Pelvic Obstetric & Gynaecological Physiotherapy Association, Medbridge Education and Herman & Wallace, The Pelvic Rehab Institute. She is a highly regarded teacher and has presented at many international conferences including the International Continence Society, the International Pelvic Pain Society, CSM for the APTA, Pelvicon, Therapy Expo, the British Pelvic Floor Society, Pelvic Health Solutions symposium (Canada), the Kuwait Women’s Health Conference, the Turkish Gastroenterology conference as well as three teaching tours of Australia/New Zealand/Singapore. She has served as a women's health consultant for FIFA and was a contributor to the FIFA `Female Health Project Snapshot, published in 2023. She has also provided women's health consulting, education & support to Sport Ireland & the Irish Martial Arts Commission.