APTA Pelvic Health Fall Symposium
OPTP® Pelvic Health Innovators
Sandy Hilton, PT, DPT, MS
Sandy is a physical therapist and co-owner of Entropy Physiotherapy & Wellness. She specializes in treating men and women experiencing pelvic pain. An international speaker and instructor, Sandy educates the general public and other health professionals on pelvic pain topics. She served as the Director of Programming for the Section on Women’s Health of the APTA from 2012-2017. Sandy is the author of Self-Care for Pelvic Pain: A Sensory Integration Toolkit and co-author of Why Pelvic Pain Hurts, published by OPTP®.
Self-Care for Pelvic Pain: A Sensory Integration Toolkit
This informative guide was written for people experiencing groin pain, genital pain, or pain while sitting, riding a bike, or having sex. The book explains the different types of pain, along with common pelvic conditions. It then offers step-by-step sensory integration exercises to help treat pelvic pain. Purchase the book individually, or with the Sensory Integration Toolkit (SIT KIT), which includes seven balls of varying sizes and densities that can be used to perform the techniques introduced in the book.
In this video, Sandy Hilton explains why balls in varying sizes and densities are important for treating pelvic pain.
Why Pelvic Pain Hurts
This book weaves through the stigma and complexities of chronic pelvic pain, teaching readers what pelvic pain is, how the brain and nervous system collaborate to create pain, and how people experiencing chronic pelvic pain can finally find relief. Written by Adriaan Louw, Sandy Hilton and Carolyn Vandyken.
Diane Lee, BSR, FCAMPT, CGIMS
Certified by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association as a Clinical Specialist in Women’s Health, Diane is the owner, director and a practicing physiotherapist at Diane Lee & Associates. She also serves as the principal instructor of Learn with Diane Lee. She developed the Com-Pressor™ Belt—a sacroiliac belt that offers pelvic support. She also designed a comfortable, adjustable maternity belt that will be available from OPTP® soon.
Com-Pressor™ Belt
This uniquely designed sacroiliac belt provides superior compression that helps promote pelvic and core stability during retraining of impaired lumbo-pelvic core muscles that may develop from pregnancy, surgery, sprains and more.
Coming Soon! Maternity belt from Diane Lee
For low back and pelvic support during pregnancy and postpartum, this comfortable and adjustable belt performs far better than other support belts because of the patented design of the elastic side straps that secure in the front or back, depending on where more support is needed.
Sarah Haag, PT, DPT
Sarah is a physical therapist and co-owner of Entropy Physiotherapy & Wellness in Chicago, Illinois. Her area of interest is in treating the spine and pelvis, with a specialization in women’s and men’s health. Sarah completed a Certification in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy from the McKenzie Institute and is a Registered Yoga Teacher. She is the author of Understanding and Treating Incontinence: What causes urinary incontinence and how to regain bladder control, published by OPTP®.
Understanding and Treating Incontinence:
What causes urinary incontinence and how to regain bladder control
Take the mystery out of urinary incontinence with this book that explains causes and treatments for this common health problem.
In these videos, author Sarah Haag explains how the bladder works, talks about five things everyone should know about urinary incontinence and introduces her book.
Deborah B. Riczo, PT, DPT, MEd
Since 2000, Deborah has specialized in helping patients manage sacroiliac and pelvic girdle pain. She developed the Pelvic Girdle Musculoskeletal Method™ (PGM Method™), an evidence-based program that provides a simple step-by-step approach to treating sacroiliac and pelvic girdle pain. Deborah has written two self-treatment books, Sacroiliac Pain: Understanding the Pelvic Girdle Musculoskeletal Method and Back & Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy & Postpartum, published by OPTP®.
Sacroiliac Pain:
Understanding the Pelvic Girdle Musculoskeletal Method™
This book provides basic education, screening guidelines, and exercises for those affected by sacroiliac dysfunction.
Back & Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy & Postpartum
This book guides readers through a simple step-by-step program that is focused on pain in the pelvis using the Pelvic Girdle Musculoskeletal Method.
Valerie Phelps, PT, ScD, OCS, FAAOMPT
Valerie is the founder of the International Academy of Orthopedic Medicine (IAOM-US), where she currently serves as senior faculty. She has lectured throughout the United States and Europe and has co-authored several books, book chapters, and numerous peer review journal articles. She is the founder of Advanced Physical Therapy in Anchorage Alaska, where she currently practices. Valerie developed the Maternity SI-LOC® Support Belt, sold by OPTP®.
Maternity SI-LOC® Support Belt
Relieving common SI joint, low back and hip pain during pregnancy and postpartum, the Maternity SI-LOC® Support Belt offers comfortable compression and relief without unnecessary bulk.
SI-LOC® Support Belt
This sacroiliac belt supports and compresses the SI joint, offering relief from low back pain and back spasms, along with referred pain in the hip, pelvis or sciatic pain extending down the leg.
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