*If registering for both the Rost Therapy: Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain course AND Rost Therapy: Coccydynia course, please see registration form for discount*

Course Description:

Full Certification Course

This practical course will provide learners with simple, yet effective, external techniques to assess, treat and teach self management of Coccydynia within the biopsychosocial approach. There is no internal assessment/treatment in this course, although external assessment of the pelvic floor will be taught. This course is open to all physiotherapists,  manual therapists, and pelvic floor physiotherapists who would like to improve their skills managing this often challenging condition.

Content includes:

• Definition, etiology, presentation of Coccydynia 
• Review of current state of literature 
• Biopsychosocial context
• Assessment of Coccydynia
• Treatment of Coccydynia, including neurophysiological manual strategies
• Practical movement strategies and positioning for daily activities 
• Downtraining techniques to decrease high tone pelvic floor, hip and lumbo-pelvic muscles
• Self management 
• Case Studies
• Practical Exam

*No prerequisite online course is required. After completion you will be listed on the Rost Therapy Find a Therapist Website for 5 years.

Audience: This course is open to all physiotherapists, manual therapists and pelvic health physiotherapists 

Registration Form

ROST Therapy September 2023

Schedule

In-person course September 22, 2023 from 8:30am - 4:30pm local time

Instructor

Susannah Britnell

Location

PHS Vaughan