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 1-month 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. To facilitate attendance tracking, please indicate on your registration form if you won't be attending live.
Course Description:
This 2-hour webinar will review the new American Urological Association (AUA) Clinical Guideline on the assessment and treatment of male chronic pelvic pain including chronic prostatitis/ chronic pelvic pain syndrome and chronic scrotal contents pain published in March 2025. The focus will be on those guidelines within PT practice with direct application to clinical practice. Dr. Shelly sits on the committee that created the guidelines and will share clinical examples of how to apply the information. Come and listen to the most up to date evidence on the treatment of these challenging cases.
Objectives:
- Incorporate evidenced-based evaluation of men with chronic pelvic pain
- List evidence-based treatments for men with chronic pelvic pain
- Apply the AUA Clinical Guidelines to clinical decision making for the diagnosis and management of men with chronic pelvic pain
Audience: This course is open to physiotherapists, naturopathic doctors, registered nurses, and medical doctors.
Prerequisites: None, although we do recommend completion of level 1 and 2. Information taught must be used within scope of practice.
Registration Form
Chronic Pelvic Pain in Men September 2025
To register: please email your completed registration form(s) to info@pelvichealthsolutions.ca
Schedule
Date/Time: September 23, 2025, from 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET (Toronto). Please convert to your local time zone
Delivery Format
Live attendance is not mandatory for this online course. Enjoy a 1-month period to access and review the course recording, which is sent out on the next business day. We understand that life can be busy, which is why we offer you the freedom to access the course recording(s) during the time-limited viewing period.
Instructor
Dr. Beth Shelly
Dr Beth Shelly PT, DPT, WCS, BCB PMD is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and board certified in Women's Health and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Biofeedback. Beth has been working in the field of women’s health for over 35 years and is the women's health editor for both "Pathology for Physical Therapists" and "Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapists" textbooks. In 2010 Dr Shelly started the Pelvic PT Distance Journal Club which now has over 1300 members all over the world and presents journal reviews monthly in English and Spanish. In addition, she has been active in setting standard terms and definitions with the International Continence Society (ICS) as past member of the Physiotherapy Committee and the Standardization Committee and an author and co-chair on three working groups including the recently published ICS standard terms for Pelvic Floor Muscle assessment. Dr Shelly is the physical therapy representative on the American Urological Association clinical practice guidelines on assessment and treatment of male pelvic pain recently published. She lectures to medical professionals all over the world and owns a private practice in the United States where she treats outpatients with all forms of pelvic floor dysfunctions.