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:
The Pelvic Floor Within Sports Medicine is a 3-hour online interactive seminar that aims to bridge the gap between sports medicine and pelvic health. The course offers insights into pelvic floor anatomy and function, pelvic floor dysfunction, screening, application of sports medicine principles, management and case examples.
Objectives - this course will provide attendee's with:
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an understanding of why the pelvic floor is part of sports medicine
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an overview of pelvic floor anatomy and function
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an overview of the dysfunctional pelvic floor
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an understanding of considering the dysfunctional pelvic floor within the sporting body
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an application of the principles of load tolerance to the pelvic floor
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understanding of how to screen athletes/sportspersons for pelvic floor dysfunction
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management options for the dysfunctional sporting pelvic floor
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insights into adjunctive products for supporting pelvic floor function
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understanding of the current scientific understanding for pelvic floor training as part of all athlete programming
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case examples
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the opportunity for Q+A and case discussion
Audience: This course is open to all healthcare and wellness professionals.
Prerequisite: None.
Registration Form
The Pelvic Floor Within Sports Medicine October 2025
To register: please email your completed registration form(s) to info@pelvichealthsolutions.ca
Schedule
Date/Time: October 26, 2025, from 1:00pm-4:00pm 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
Gráinne Donnelly
Gráinne Donnelly is an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist in pelvic health based in N. Ireland and a doctoral researcher at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on pelvic floor dysfunction in sport, with particular emphasis on the role of compression garments in return to running postpartum. She also engages in research on diastasis rectus abdominis and neurodiversity within sport. Gráinne is the current Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy.