1

Course Overview

• Schedule
• Objectives

2

POP Basics

• Epidemiology
• POP Presentations
• Measuring POP

3

POP Symptoms

• Making Sense of Sensation
• Symptoms & Anatomy
• Avoidance vs Exposure

4

What Causes POP?

• Risk Factors
• The Interactions of POP Development
• Menopause & POP
• Pregnancy, Birth & POP
• Connective Tissue Disorders & POP

5

Defining the Goals of POP Management

• Is POP Reversible?
• When and How Does POP Change?
• Assigning a Timeline to POP Improvement

6

Pressure & POP

• IAP and the Pelvic Floor

7

PT Tools for POP Management

• Essential Exam Components
• The Role of PFMT
• Levator Ani Avulsion (LAA)
• POP & Comorbidities

8

Other Conservative & Lifestyle Interventions

• A Note About Hypopressives
• Pessaries
• Real Life with POP

9

Surgical Management

• POP Surgery

10

Exercise *is* POP Management

• What is Safe?
• Strength Training with POP
• Running with POP

11

References

• References

12

POP Quiz

• POP Quiz