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Bowel and Bladder Treatment of the Client with Neurologic Dysfunction

Participants who register for this course have the option to attend the course live-online and/or watch the recorded session later. The recording will be available to all registrants for a 6-week period after each session, and access is provided on the next business day. This allows participants who may not be able to attend live-online to still benefit from the course content.

Course Description:

Patients that are being treated for neurologic dysfunction have a variety of therapy services offered to them. Many physicians and therapists overlook bowel and bladder concerns for these patients as an untreatable side effect. There are a variety of behavioural and pelvic floor interventions that can be applied to this patient population.

This hybrid course will present the common bowel/bladder and sexual side effects that patients can experience with diagnoses of stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, ALS, Spinal cord injury and Parkinson’s Disease. Medical treatments of bowel and bladder dysfunction in the neurogenic population will be delineated. The course will then explore behavioural interventions that therapists and caregivers can apply to be able to alleviate some of the quality-of-life impact that these dysfunctions can have. Therapists will learn external pelvic floor techniques both manual and exercise based that can help to improve bowel and bladder functioning in these patients. Finally, sexual dysfunction in this patient population will also be explored. Participants will leave the course with treatment plans and therapeutic techniques to improve quality of life for these patients.

This course includes 3 hours of pre-course work (videos and pre-readings on anatomy and physiology of neurogenic bowel and bladder). During the online portion of the course, participants will explore the bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction common to several neurologic diseases as well as common physiotherapy treatment methods.

Course Objectives

Participants will be able to describe the common bowel and bladder issues experienced by patients with neurologic issues
Participants will be able to create a program of typical treatment techniques that can be used by pelvic floor physical therapists to treat patients with neurologic insults.
Participants will be able to create appropriate patient education to help patients with neurologic dysfunction identify when pelvic floor physiotherapy may help with their bowel and bladder dysfunction.

Audience: This course is open to physiotherapists, naturopathic doctors, registered nurses, and medical doctors.

Prerequisite: Level 1 is recommended but not mandatory. Information & skills taught must be used within scope of practice.

Time: Two-day course from 5:30pm – 9:30pm ET (Toronto). Please convert to your local time zone.

Labour and Birth Preparation for Clinical Practice

Course Description:

This course is intended for healthcare and wellness professionals that work with pregnant individuals and are looking to help improve their clients labour and birth experience. This course will guide participants to empower their clients to have a positive birth experience using a blend of current evidence and standard birth care practices, using compassionate and trauma-informed care.

Course Objectives:

To review current statistics, standards of care and practice for birth.
To briefly explain the role of the different birth care providers and birth workers.
To learn and understand the anatomy and physiology of birth including the nervous system, pelvic anatomy, hormones, and fetal positioning.
To learn practical steps to provide care that is trauma-informed for people in the perinatal phase.
To provide a variety of ways to help your clients/patients and their birth partners to advocate for themselves during pregnancy and birth.
To understand the complex nature of pain in birth.
To review different birth interventions.
To learn and understand the stages of labour, pushing, and birth.
To learn a variety of comfort measures for birth.
To learn the evidence around positions for and types of pushing.
To provide some practical ways to implement this knowledge into a clinical practice.
Discussions around current birth trends and myths about birth.
To address clinician burnout/stress and provide strategies to help increase clinician well-being.
Case studies and group discussion

This course includes a $50 discount code for the How to Structure a Partner Birth Prep Session in Clinic December 2026 course.

Audience: This course is open to all healthcare and wellness professionals.

Prerequisites: None

Time: Four-day course from 5:30pm – 9:00pm ET (Toronto). Please convert to your local time zone.

Cesarean Birth & Rehabilitation

Participants who register for this course have the option to attend the course live-online and/or watch the recording later. The recording will be available to all registrants for a 6-week period and access is provided on the next business day following the course. This allows participants who may not be able to attend live-online to still benefit from the course content.

Course Description:

Cesarean births make up approximately one third of childbirth deliveries in Canada. However, there remains limited and often conflicting post-operative guidance for patients which can leave them feeling unsure of how to navigate their recovery following a Cesarean section. Insufficient guidance on when and how to return to exercise as well as appropriate exercise progression can be overwhelming and often result in patients (or practitioners!) doing too much too soon OR avoiding exercise unnecessarily. Physiotherapists and rehab professionals have much to offer in supporting individuals through this journey and help bridge the gap in current care practices.

This course will provide the practitioner with a practical overview of the Cesarean birth experience as well as evidence-informed tools & approaches to help patients optimize recovery. We will also explore a wide variety of exercise ideas through all stages of recovery.

Objectives:

learn what a Cesarean birth is (and is not!)
review post-operative restrictions & red flags
review evidence-informed recommendations for enhancing recovery after surgery
learn early post-op pain management techniques & protective strategies
exposure to evidence-informed use of modalities in cesarean recovery
understand differences in post-operative complications & dysfunction between modes of delivery (vaginal & cesarean)
explore a variety of exercise ideas (including for runners and weight lifters) throughout all stages of recovery
- 0-6 weeks postpartum
- 6 week ‘clearance’ and beyond
be exposed to medical considerations for future births (e.g. VBAC)
explore the role physiotherapy can play in preparing patients for Cesarean birth or VBAC
explore prevalent biopsychosocial impacts:
- impact of C-Section on breastfeeding
- emotional & psychological impacts; birth trauma
explore barriers to recovery and advantages of implementing Telehealth in this population

Practical review and demonstration of:

cesarean scar management, mobility and de-sensitization techniques.
breastfeeding positions after a Cesarean birth
protective strategies in the first 6 weeks postpartum
“exercise” ideas for the first 6 weeks after birth
exercise at 6 weeks and beyond
case example for the telehealth platform

Audience: Open to all healthcare and wellness professionals.

Prerequisites: None

Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm ET (Toronto). Please convert to your local time zone.

Menopause – An Integrative Approach For Physiotherapists

Course Description:

Menopause is having a moment! There’s never been a better time to become familiar with the whole body and brain changes associated with menopause and to get clear about our role in helping women live well during menopause and beyond.

Female hormones change dramatically throughout our lives, and affect every function and structure in our bodies, from pelvic health to psychological health.

Do you understand what’s happening hormonally during the menstrual cycle? During pregnancy and postnatal recovery? What if you’re postnatal AND perimenopausal?

And what’s the difference between perimenopause and post menopause?

How can we help women live well during all of these transitions?

In this revised, updated and expanded course we will explore:

The definitions, key terms and diagnostic criteria to understand around this transition
The influence of menstrual and maternal health on good outcomes at and after menopause
The musculoskeletal implications of low oestrogen: how muscles, tendons & joints are affected by menopause
Breast health, back pain and prolapse – creating good support systems
Resistance training: what do we need to consider, from bone health to pelvic health?
Brain changes, sleep hygiene and evidence based lifestyle medicine for managing symptoms
Why women at menopause/after hysterectomy are more likely to be diagnosed with IBS and what does the evidence tell us about our role in midlife bowel health
Why urinary frequency and urgency, as well as incontinence are menopausal issues
Sexual health at menopause: it’s not just about atrophy! Body image, msk considerations & relationship with self, along with lubricants, moisturizers and topical hormonal treatment
Metabolic changes, weight gain and exercise prescription
Exercise prescription at menopause: picking the right tool for the target

Objectives – By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Explain the anatomical, physiological and hormonal changes associated with the menopausal transition, including their impact on pelvic, urogenital, musculoskeletal and whole-body health from peri- to post-menopause.
Critically appraise and apply the evidence for pelvic rehabilitation in Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM), integrating assessment, education, exercise, pelvic floor rehabilitation and appropriate multidisciplinary management into individualized care.
Recognize, assess and manage the Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause (MSM), applying evidence-informed principles of resistance, impact, balance, mobility and load management to support muscle, tendon, joint and bone health and lifelong physical function.
Integrate brain, heart, mental and metabolic health into menopause rehabilitation, using a biopsychosocial and behaviour-change-informed approach to create personalized strategies that support resilience, recovery, physical activity, sleep, nutrition and long-term health.

In this course, supplemented by access to pre-recorded lectures & videos, the therapist’s repertoire of clinical reasoning, manual therapies and exercise prescription will be developed, along with an exploration of evidence based integrative approaches, including yoga, breath-work, stress management, sleep hygiene & lifestyle pertaining to the management of menopausal symptoms. Participants will gain an understanding of the changing hormonal profiles of the menopausal woman, but will also appreciate the long term implications of these changes, especially pelvic & sexual health and function, musculoskeletal/bone health issues, and overall health and wellness.

5+ hours of pre-recorded material available 7 days before the course start date and for 14 days after the last session.

Audience: Open to all healthcare and wellness professionals. Information/skills taught must only be used within your scope of practice.

Prerequisites: None

Time: Two-day course from 10:00am – 4:00pm ET (Toronto). Please convert to your local time zone.

Non-Internal Introductory Pelvic Health Course

To Kegel or Not: That is the Question!!

Pelvic floor problems are prevalent in more than 2/3 of women with LBP/PGP, and 1/3 of men with LBP

Is this an important fact affecting your outcomes for chronic LBP?

Course Description

Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) can include increased tone and decreased tone muscle problems. It is not all about Kegels! How can you tell if your patient is over-recruiting their pelvic floor if you cannot do an internal exam? Not all clinicians want to perform this type of exam, or it may not be in your scope of practice. Learn what the evidence says about linking pelvic floor dysfunction to chronic low back pain, pelvic girdle pain, and hip pain, and learn what you can do about it in your practice. Help your patients to regain control of these important muscles! Sexual function and bladder/bowel function are arguably some of the most important activities of daily living that your patients need to recover. Don’t let your discomfort be the barrier to your patient’s recovery; we will make it fun and non-threatening!

Support resources are included in the cost of this course.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Understand the relevance of Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) when treating orthopaedic conditions- specifically LBP, SIJ dysfunction, PGP, and hip pain
Learn basic anatomy of the pelvic floor musculature and physiology of the lower urinary tract system (LUTS)
Understand pelvic floor conditions as they relate to a weak pelvic floor and an overactive pelvic floor
Learn how to ask patients important questions about sexual function
Learn non-internal management strategies for pelvic floor retraining
Create an individualized exercise program and progression for clients with increased or decreased pelvic floor tone
Use behavioural techniques to help retrain a variety of dysfunctions of the urinary and bowel system
Practice externally driven techniques for assessing and treating pelvic floor dysfunction
Understand when to refer to a specially trained physiotherapist for incontinence, prolapse, and pelvic pain

Audience: This course is open to all healthcare and wellness professionals.

Prerequisite: None

Time: 10:30am-6:30pm ET (Toronto). Please convert to your local time zone.

Treatment Solutions for Pediatric Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Their Bladder and Bowel Health

Course Description:

A vast number of children, and their families, are currently struggling with the anxiety and the discouragement that surfaces when bladder and bowel functional development is not what they anticipated. The International Children’s Continence Society (ICCS) outlines that “involuntary wetting at an inappropriate time or place in a child 5 years old or more” (Society, 2011) is not considered normal. According to Ramsay et al., incontinence “negatively affects self esteem, and impairs children’s development” (Sophie Ramsay, January-February 2017).

Bladder and bowel dysfunction (BBD) is extremely common but likely underreported and in turn, underdiagnosed. There are several lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) as well as bowel grievances that separately, or collectively, appear as dysfunctions of the bladder and the bowel in the pediatric population. These LUTS may include “dysuria, urgency, urinary frequency, hesitancy, daytime incontinence, enuresis, dribbling, straining, voiding postponement, and urinary retention” among others (Joana Dos Santos, Roberto I. Lopes, & Martin A. Koyle, 2017). Constipation and encopresis may also be included under BBD when looking at our pediatric population.

As healthcare providers, we need to do more to assist our pediatric populations and to reduce the symptom carry over that may occur into adulthood. As pelvic physiotherapists, we have the ability to significantly improve a child’s quality of life, reduce both the child and their family’s levels of stress and anxiety, and utilize solution-based learning and treatment techniques to support normalcy in person-specific bladder and bowel function.

This course will focus on the assessment and treatment of children struggling with bedwetting, daytime incontinence, dysfunctional voiding, and difficulties around bowel elimination. Beginning with an overview of the anatomy, and the study of how the human body works, we will dive into how normal urinary function develops and how we achieve urinary control. Participants will learn terminology around bowel bladder normalcy and dysfunction and will learn how pelvic physiotherapists are an integral part of a pediatric healthcare team. Participants will also feel confident knowing when to refer to other members of the pediatric team.

There will be a comprehensive introduction to dysfunctions in voiding and defecation as well as the common causes of urinary and fecal incontinence. Participants will learn and become confident in both assessment and treatment approaches in working with this population. The course will include videos, demonstrations, as well as instructional labs and case studies.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will:

Have reviewed and understand the anatomy of the pelvic floor and its relationship to bladder and bowel function specifically in the pediatric population.
Understand how normal urinary function develops and how urinary control is achieved.
Understand the role of the pelvic floor as it relates to bladder and bowel voiding reflexes.
Have a clear understanding of dysfunction that may require a referral to a member of the pediatric healthcare team.
Understand proper pediatric bladder and bowel terminology as outlined by the International Children’s Continence Society
Understand the LUTS and bowel dysfunction that may present in the pediatric population.
Be introduced to diagnostic tools used in determining potential dysfunction.
Understand constipation in the pediatric population and how it directly relates to urinary incontinence.
Learn about the behavioural and lifestyle modifications that can assist with pediatric pelvic floor dysfunction.
Know how to use bladder logs to assist with bladder and bowel retraining.
Know how to observe the effects of posture on pelvic floor muscle recruitment and relaxation and educate on proper positioning to assist with urination and defecation.
Understand the psychological impact of bladder and bowel dysfunction and incorporate appropriate referrals to assist.
Know how to use surface EMG and biofeedback to both assess and treat pelvic floor dysfunction in pediatric clients.
Know how to develop individualized treatment plans as well as progressions for treatment to assist with bladder and bowel training.
Be introduced to the Modified O’Regan Protocol (MOP) program and understand its role in treatment.
Obtain the tools to confidently assist the pediatric population in becoming continent and provide confident evaluation and treatment.
Develop a toolbox of educational information, treatment techniques, and solution-based problem-solving skills to improve the quality of life of pediatric patients.

Prerequisite: None – this is a beginner level course appropriate for healthcare professionals that have an interest in exploring and understanding bladder and bowel disorders in the pediatric population.

Audience: Healthcare professionals may include, but are not limited to, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Pediatricians, and Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. The content presented in this course is intended for use within the participant’s scope of practice and regulatory licensing and should not be used by individuals who are not licensed or regulated.

Time: Two-day course from 10:30am – 6:30pm ET (Toronto).

Beyond Kegels – Functional Strength Training for the Pelvic Floor: Online (with optional In-Person)

Course Description:

Unlock the missing piece in pelvic floor rehabilitation – functional strength training.

As a pelvic health physiotherapist, you understand the complexities of treating conditions like urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, and pelvic organ prolapse. But are you leveraging strength training effectively in your treatment plans?

Too often, rehab is limited to isolated pelvic floor strengthening or cookie cutter treatment plans, leaving patients without the strength they need for full recovery. This course challenges that norm, equipping you with the skills to confidently assess, prescribe, teach, modify, and progress essential strength movements – squats, deadlifts, presses, and their variations to improve your clients most common pelvic health concerns.

This online course blends lecture, case studies, and movement practice to ensure you walk away with skills and strategies you can implement immediately in your practice. For those who want to take their learning further, an optional in-person session the following weekend offers hands-on coaching practice, more case study applications, and more opportunity for one-on-one time with the instructors.

Move beyond Kegels – transform your approach to pelvic health with functional strength training.

Course Objectives:

Understand the limitations of traditional pelvic floor rehabilitation – identify the gaps in common treatment approaches and why underloading patients can hinder full symptom resolution.
Integrate strength training into pelvic health treatment plans – learn how functional movements like squats, deadlifts, and presses can enhance recovery and improve patient outcomes.
Assess and teach fundamental strength movements with confidence – develop the skills to assess, cue, demonstrate, and coach essential lifts safely and effectively.
Bridge the gap between pelvic health rehab and strength training – learn how to progress patients from isolated pelvic floor exercises to full-body, functional movement patterns.
Develop evidence-based exercise prescriptions – use current research to guide programming decisions and ensure patients are receiving appropriate load and volume.
Apply strength training principles to specific pelvic health conditions – tailor strength training interventions for urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, and pelvic organ prolapse
Enhance clinical reasoning through case studies and hands-on practice – work through real-world scenarios and refine your ability to make patient-centered exercise modifications.

Please note – having access to dumbbells for the online component will be helpful to practice movements.

Objectives for the optional in-person practical component (additional cost – see website):

Refine coaching and cueing skills – gain valuable hands-on experience providing real-time feedback and expand your ability to improve your client’s form and symptoms with exercise prescription, modifications and better cueing.
Perform and receive live movement assessments of both yourself and others – practice assessing your own movement quality, identifying compensations, and implementing different modifications/cues to improve your exercise prescription for both yourself and clients.
Experiment with equipment and load variations – an opportunity to get comfortable using different resistance tools (e.g., barbells, kettlebells, bands) to adapt strength training for diverse client needs (including common pelvic floor symptoms and conditions)

Audience: This course is open to physiotherapists, physiotherapy students, occupational therapists, occupational therapy students, and any health and wellness practitioner working in an exercise-rehabilitation capacity.

Prerequisite: None

Date/Time:

Online: Two-day course from 10:30am-5:30pm ET (Toronto). Convert your local time zone.

Optional in-person practical: 9:30am-5:00pm in Vaughan, ON.

Clinical Update: SUI and POP Research and Management Review

Course Description:

This online, 4-hour course, will take you through an updated and in-depth review of proposed mechanisms, prevalence, risk factors and treatment options for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse for your clients who are assigned female at birth. Integrating the latest research recommendations, international consensus statements and treatment pathways, this course will get you up-to-date so that you can make evidence-informed treatment recommendations and your clients can make truly informed decisions for their healthcare journeys. Everything from watch-and-wait, conservative management including pelvic floor muscle training, manual therapy and pessary use will be reviewed, as well as high-level overviews of medical management such as medication, injection and surgical options.

Objectives

Provide updated and in-depth information for the following:

Pelvic organ prolapse

Clinical vs anatomical presentation and definitions
Pelvic anatomy and involved structures
POP-Q measurements and clinical implications
Prevalence, Natural History and Risk Factors
Treatment including: Pelvic floor muscle training, hypopressives, general exercise, manual therapy, pessary use, surgical options

Stress Urinary Incontinence:

Prevalence, Risk Factors, Progression
Pelvic anatomy and involved structures
Pressure augmentation and urethra closing pressure
Subtype 1: Urethral Hypermobility
Subtype 2: Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency
Treatments including: Pelvic floor muscle training, medical bulking agents, pharmacological options, intravaginal devices including pessaries, surgical options

Prerequisite: Level 1 or an entry level pelvic health course is recommended. Information & skills taught must be used within scope of practice.

Audience: This course is open to physiotherapists, naturopathic doctors, registered nurses, midwives and medical doctors.

Time: 5:00-9:00pm ET (Toronto).

Hot Topics Online Mentorship

Description:

Stay Current. Stay Inspired. Stay Connected.

Join us each month for Hot Topic Sessions – a dynamic mentorship initiative designed to keep pelvic health professionals up to date on the latest clinical trends, evidence-based practices, and emerging research. Led by expert guest speakers in the field, these interactive webinars are crafted to enhance clinical reasoning, stimulate peer engagement, and support knowledge translation into everyday practice. Whether you’re looking to refresh your knowledge, challenge your thinking, or strengthen your clinical toolbox, Hot Topic Sessions offer an engaging and convenient way to grow professionally—one month at a time.

✨ Sign up anytime! Your registration provides you with access to the next 6 consecutive months of expert-led sessions—so you can start learning right away and stay connected as new topics roll out.

📅 Sessions take place on the second Wednesday of every month.

👉 If you register after that month’s session has already taken place, your 6-month access will begin the following month. (Please note: months cannot be skipped; access runs consecutively from the time of registration.)

Program format:

Each session runs for 2 hours and includes:

Expert-Led Lecture (60 minutes): Insightful presentations on current and relevant topics from respected leaders and researchers in pelvic health.
Case Study Integration & Discussion (60 minutes): Real-life case studies analyzed collaboratively, with opportunities for group dialogue, peer sharing, and Q&A.

Program features:

Monthly live Zoom sessions with 6-week recording access available for registrants.
Curated topics that address clinical complexity, innovation, and best practices.

Emphasis on practical application and decision-making.

Supportive learning environment to build community and confidence.
Live attendance is preferred, but registrants will receive 6-week recording access to each session.
Flexible entry – sign up anytime and enjoy 6 consecutive months of access (no skipping months; starts from your registration date or the following month if you join after that month’s session).

Speakers/Topics:

September 2026 – Rachel Fobert – When Constipation Doesn’t Resolve: What Might Be Missing?
October 2026 – Dr. Beth Shelly – Pre- and Post-Operative Care for Men Undergoing Prostatectomy – More Than Just Kegels
November 2026 – MJ Forget – Risk Factors for Postpartum Urinary and Fecal Incontinence: Early Identification in Pregnancy
December 2026 – Susan Clinton – Neuro-Mechanical Approaches to Bowel Dysfunction: Pelvic Floor, Nervous System, and Emerging Interventions
January 2027 – Bianca Sprague
February 2027 – Fiona Rogers – A Practical Approach to the Clinical Management of Pelvic Pain
March 2027 – Lara Desrosiers – Applications of CBT in Pelvic Health: Practical Strategies for Clinical Care
April 2027 – Gráinne Donnelly – Diastasis – The Current State of Science and What it Means for Clinicians
May 2027 – Michelle Lyons
June 2027 – Teresa Waser – A Biopsychosocial Approach to Addressing Pelvic Health Concerns, Pain, and Performance

Please note: The speaker line-up is subject to change.

Audience: Open to all healthcare and wellness professionals

Date/time: The second Wednesday of every month from 7:00-9:00pm ET. Please convert to your local time zone.

Deep Dive: Case Study Mentorship

This program is designed to be attended live during the specific dates and times listed. By attending live, you’ll be able to harness the benefits of live discussions, timely feedback, and a collaborative environment.

Description:

Pelvic Health Solutions Deep Dive: Case Study Mentorship

Ideal for intermediate pelvic health practitioners, this interactive program focuses on developing advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills through peer-to-peer discussion and mentorship. Registrants will participate in 6 structured case-based mentorship over 3 months with a dedicated private WhatsApp group for real-time peer support and clinical dialogue. This mentorship program offers a collaborative and enriching opportunity to grow as a pelvic health practitioner while building lasting professional connections.

Program Structure

Session 1 (2 hours): Orientation and goal setting. Participants are introduced to the mentorship format, set personal objectives, and discuss expectations for case series presentations and discussion. Participants will be divided into small groups and assigned a case for presentation to the group in subsequent sessions.
Sessions 2-5 (2 hours each): Participants will be responsible for planning the assessment and treatment approach and supporting their strategies with evidence. Each group will rotate weeks presenting followed by a comprehensive group discussion and Q and A on the sessions topic. Weekly themes may include:
- Pregnancy changes and birth injury
- Genito-pelvic pain
- Prostate related changes
- Complex/Multi-dimensional Cases
Session 6 (2 hours): Open Q and A, wrap up

Program Features

Time used to prepare case studies and read literature counted in final certificate hours
One experienced teaching assistant assigned as mentor
6x 2-hour Virtual Group Discussion
Dedicated private WhatsApp group monitored by the mentor
Access to peer discussion and shared resources
Limited to 15 participants to ensure personalized interaction

Program Overview

Welcome to the Pelvic Health Solutions Deep Dive Case Study Mentorship Program. This is a structured, progressive program aimed to assist you in developing a structure for clinical reasoning and deepening your problem-solving skills to support your clinical practice. You will be paired with a mentor (experienced pelvic physiotherapist) who will meet with you bi-weekly for case reviews and provide offline support through a closed discussion group (WhatsApp). The goal of this program is to help develop your skills to support yourself and your colleagues in problem solving.

Session 1: What is Mentorship, Developing Relationships and Learning Plans, How to Present Cases – Case Example Prostatitis/OAB
Session 2: Case Review – Concurrent Pain Conditions
Session 3: Case Review – Antenatal Care Proactive
Session 4: Case Review – Birth Injury Assessment and Management
Session 5: Case Review – Genito-Urinary Symptoms of Menopause
Session 6: Q and A

Learning Objectives

At the end of the Case Series Mentorship program, participants will be able to demonstrate growth in clinical problem solving through:

Feel supported and connected to their role as a pelvic health clinician
Improve confidence in clinical reasoning
Develop confidence in presenting a case in a logical order and seeking clinical feedback
Improve ability to find evidence to help support clinical problem solving
Deepening relationships with other clinicians for ongoing support beyond the end of the program.

What is Mentorship?

Progressing from didactic learning to mentorship requires fostering a purposeful trusting relationship in which the mentor providers guidance, feedback and wisdom to facilitate the growth and development of the mentees. Mentees must take responsibility for their own learning and development while the Mentor serves as a facilitator for that growth.

Benefits to Mentee:

Share in problem solving and learn from the mentor’s challenges and experiences
Build community of practice/peer support network
Learn/reinforce places to access resources for clinical problem solving
Understand own gaps in knowledge and develop future learning/professional development goals

Mandatory prerequisites: Level 1, level 2, level 3, and Pregnancy, PGP & the Pelvic Floor. Please email info@pelvichealthsolutions.ca for approval of equivalent if not completed through PHS.

Dates/Time: *Please take note of the course hours change starting on November 2, 2026.*

September 21, 2026, from 6:00pm-8:00pm ET (Toronto)

October 5, 2026, from 6:00pm-8:00pm ET (Toronto)

October 19, 2026, from 6:00pm-8:00pm ET (Toronto)

November 2, 2026, from 5:00pm-7:00pm ET (Toronto)

November 16, 2026, from 5:00pm-7:00pm ET (Toronto)

November 30, 2026, from 5:00pm-7:00pm ET (Toronto)

Bowel and Bladder Treatment of the Client with Neurologic Dysfunction

Labour and Birth Preparation for Clinical Practice

Cesarean Birth & Rehabilitation

Menopause – An Integrative Approach For Physiotherapists

Non-Internal Introductory Pelvic Health Course

Treatment Solutions for Pediatric Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Their Bladder and Bowel Health

Beyond Kegels – Functional Strength Training for the Pelvic Floor: Online (with optional In-Person)

Clinical Update: SUI and POP Research and Management Review

Hot Topics Online Mentorship

Deep Dive: Case Study Mentorship

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