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