GI Disorders and the Pelvic Floor
Learn a comprehensive approach to gastrointestinal disorders including bowel and digestion dysfunction through didactic lectures, hands-on labs, and case study presentations. This approach allows for the consideration of the management of multiple factors including nutritional, behavioral, medical-surgical decisions, and advanced physical therapy examination and treatment. A comprehensive approach will lead to improved management of this complex patient, as a varied intervention approach is required to be successful.
Course Objectives:
Through completion of this course, participants will:
- Understand and define functional bowel disorders and bowel disease
- Recognize the latest evidence on the CNS and endocrine relationship to the GI system in adults
- Understand medical testing/imaging and interpretation of the result
- Implement a physiotherapy assessment for differential diagnosis of individuals with gastrointestinal disorders
- Identify medical “red flags” that warrant referral to the appropriate physician
- Recognize the behavioral components and the role of physical therapy interventions
- Apply assessment and treatment techniques to the patients with complex bowel disorders including dyssenergia
- Implement the balloon catheter to treat increased and decreased colorectal sensitivity