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SELF-PACED Pelvic Therapy for Gender Affirming Vaginoplasty
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Featured Course this month!
Looking for both of Sandi's Courses?
Looking for both of Sandi's Courses?
Learn a new strategy for managing pressure systems!
What to expect:
This 8-hour course is appropriate for the pelvic health rehabilitation professional who has interest in better serving the people who are gender diverse. There is specific content aimed at teaching pelvic health therapists how to expand their skills for working with people following gender affirming genital surgery, primarily vaginoplasty.
Topics include:
Topics include:
- Supporting healing after gender affirming surgery
- Overview of operative procedures genital surgery including vaginoplasty and vulvoplasty
- Pre-operative evaluation, treatment, and education issues
- Post- operative evaluation, treatment, education and follow up for genital surgeries
What will you learn?
OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe healing phase and state of vulva
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe healing phase and state of vulva
2. Understand influence of lubrication on wound healing of vaginal tissue
3. Select parameters for transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation for pain relief in vaginoplasty recovery
4. Use graded motor imagery tools to reduce pain and improve sexual function following vaginoplasty
5. Recognize examination element to distinguish muscle component versus stenotic component of painful dilation
6. List tools surgeons might use to improve dilation.
7. Describe the surgical procedures for orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, vulvoplasty, 8. Describe common musculoskeletal and pelvic floor issues to address prior to and after gender affirming genital surgery. Orchiectomy, Vulvoplasty, Vaginoplasty.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of the varied vaginoplasty dilation protocols across the USA
Be able to teach classes or work one-on-one!
Course Content:
Considerations for discussions involving genital anatomy; Realizing and recognizing signs of trauma
Supporting healing
Pre-operative rehabilitation vaginoplasty
Rehabilitation for Vaginoplasty
Long term Consideration Bladder bowel, nerve
Long term Consideration Canal and Vulva
Long term Consideration Sexual Function
Graded Motor Imagery
What people are saying:
I live in a rural area and don't see many of these patients. Thanks for bringing your depth of experience to my practice, so I can take my general pelvic PT skills and better treat my gender affirming post surgical patient with competence.
The course demystified terminology, best practices, and inclusive workflows. I’m better prepared to advocate for and care for trans and gender-diverse patients.
This course was wonderful! The language was respectful and compassionate, the information about the procedures and healing process was detailed, and the reference to real photos and experiences were valuable to my overall understanding!
Meet the instructors:
Sandra Gallagher PT, DPT, WCS
Sandi is a pelvic health physical therapist in Portland OR. Her practice includes providing evaluation and treatment of pelvic health conditions in adults and children of all gender identities. Dr. Gallagher received her primary physical therapy training in 1986 with a BS in Physical therapy from the University of Lowell in Massachusetts. She has pursued varied continuing education from manual therapy, Feldenkrais, biophysical agents, pelvic health, pregnancy. She completed her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in June 2020. She has served on varied committees and boards at the state and national level, most recently has the chair of the CAPP-OB Committee for the Academy of Pelvic Health of the APTA. She has presented on the role of PT in gender affirming vaginoplasty at UCSF Transgender Health Summit, APTA Combined Sections Meeting, and at the 2018 international meeting of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). She is the recipient of the 2020 Elizabeth Noble Award from the Academy of Pelvic Health.
Caitlin M. Smigelski PT, DPT
Caitlin is a pelvic floor physical therapist in Portland, OR. She focuses in the treatment of bowel and bladder dysfunction and complex pelvic pain. Caitlin specializes in transgender health and treatment of patients who are pregnant or postpartum. Caitlin values active treatment approaches and teaching individuals ways to manage and improve their symptoms. Caitlin is active with the Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy and serves on the CAPP-OB committee. She is also a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Caitlin and Sandi traveled to Argentina to present at the 2018 WPATH Symposium on Physical Therapy in People Undergoing Vaginoplasty. In Caitlin’s spare time, she enjoys climbing, mountaineering, and gardening.
What people are saying:
Truly great! I have taken several courses that really just cover the emotional and social aspects of the transgender community but this is the first that went over surgical implications.
What a wonderful, informative course! I routinely treat trans patients, and yet I felt like there was a wealth of information that was new to me.
I've been waiting for a course like this for years! Very useful even for someone who sees patients pre and post-op vaginoplasty on the daily!
Great information for this patient population, from prehab to post-op. Appreciate the extensive experience of both instructors.
Great information for this patient population, from prehab to post-op. Appreciate the extensive experience of both instructors.
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