Mastering Male Pelvic Health: A Clinically Focused Hybrid Course by Gerard Greene

Optimizing Men's Pelvic Health; Integrating Physical Therapy

This exciting new Hybrid Men’s Health Physical Therapy course will focus on the Assessment and management of the male pelvic health patient.

All the course theory will be sent to you approx. 3-4 weeks before the course date and you will be able to study this in your own time (Equivalent to day 1 of the course).

There will be then 1 ½ days of practical hands-on teaching live with Gerard where he will focus on hands on techniques and interactive discussion.

This 2 ½ day Men’s Health Physical Therapy course will focus on the assessment and management of the male pelvic health patient. It will focus on the detailed history taking of the complex conditions these men present with. Conditions that will be introduced and focused on will be Male Pelvic Pain, male athletic pelvic pain, hard flaccid syndrome, post prostatectomy urinary incontinence and post prostatectomy erectile dysfunction. This course will also focus on addressing the challenges of setting up or building a men's health PT service.

Gerard has experience of running successful strongly evaluated hybrid pelvic health courses in both male and female pelvic health physiotherapy.

Who should attend?

Designed for Male & Female Physical Therapists who want to develop or update their interest in Men’s Health Physical Therapy including those with a Women’s Health, Musculoskeletal or Sports background. It will equip you to start working with male pelvic patients and to develop a new role or service. Gerard has a strong track record of teaching mixed groups of physical therapists and those who are new to either male pelvic health or pelvic health Physical Therapy.

PROGRAMME: Day 1 Asynchronous online (pre-recorded and you will complete this before attending the course)

DAY 1:

Lecture 1: Scope of Men’s Health Physiotherapy

Lecture 2: Clinical anatomy & physiology related to Men’s health

Lecture 3: Male Pelvic Pain

Lecture 4: Management of male pelvic pain

Lecture 5: Introduction the post prostatectomy Prostate Cancer Patient

Lecture 6: Management of the post prostatectomy prostate cancer patient.

Lecture 7: Athletic Pelvic pain and dysfunction: Cycling related pudendal patients to the weekend warrior

Lecture 8: Hard Flaccid Syndrome and younger erectile dysfunction: An emerging area of physiotherapy practice

Day 2: In Person

9-9.45 am History taking in the male pelvic health patient

9.45 -10.45 Key Musculoskeletal examination components of male pelvic pain

10.45-11.00: Break

11.00- 12.30pm Male Pelvic Floor examination: Assessment and mapping of internal pelvic floor anatomy (Practical)

12.30-1.30pm Lunch

1.30-3pm: Management of male pelvic pain: Musculoskeletal approaches & exercise (Practical)

3-4pm: Ultrasound imaging in the Rehab of male pelvic health patients: From pelvic pain to post prostatectomy rehab.

4-5pm How to develop a Men’s Health Physio service: An expanding role in Physiotherapy

Day 3: In Person

9-00.10.30 am Post prostatectomy Rehab: Urinary incontinence & Erectile dysfunction

10.30-10.45am Break

10.45-11.45am Internal pelvic floor treatment strategies for male pelvic pain (Practical)

11.45-12.30pm Use of the EZ Magic in the management of male pelvic pain

12.30-1pm Moving forwards in Male pelvic health Physiotherapy

Politique d'annualtion :

Toute annulation engendra des frais de 10% pour frais de gestion.

Les frais Eventbrite ne seront pas remboursés en aucun temps

Advenant une annulation à plus de 30 jours, un remboursement complet sera octroyé (moins les frais mentionnés ci-dessus)

Advenant une annulation entre les jours 30-15 , unremboursement de 50% (moins frais mentionnés ci-dessus) sera octroyé

Advenant une annulation à 15 jours de la formation aucun remboursement ne sera octroyé

Mr Gerard Greene MSc Manip Physio, MMACP, Specialist Men’s Physiotherapist

Assistant Professor, Coventry University , UK

Gerard Greene is a very experienced physiotherapist who combines working in the Harborne Physiotherapy and Acupuncture clinic with teaching physiotherapy courses in the UK, Ireland and internationally. He is also a senior lecturer at Coventry University teaching on the Undergraduate and post graduate Physiotherapy programmes, this makes Gerard one of only a handful of physiotherapy clinicians teaching Physiotherapy courses alongside treating patients.

As an experienced clinician, Gerard loves treating clients with a range of conditions from those “nasty” lower back and neck conditions to sports injuries.

Gerard is also one of the few physiotherapists in private practice experienced at treating pregnancy related pelvic girdle dysfunction. He has a particular specialist interest in the Athletic Pelvis, both female and male. Gerard has also set up a one of the UK's only male pelvic health services with a particular focus on post prostate surgery.

Gerard's expertise in the area of Male pelvic pain leads him to treat patients from all over the UK for this condition. He also works with Dr Ruth Jones in her Southampton clinic, Ruth is a leading international expert on pelvic pain. He also has special interests in female pelvic girdle pain, post natal rectus diastasis and post natal rehab.