Pelvic Health & Related Conditions
Module 4 of Our Women’s Health Series
Jan 16th & 17th, 2027 - Mississauga, Ontario
*Includes Recorded Virtual Theory*
From Symptom to Structure: A Clinical Framework for Female Pelvic Health
Pelvic floor dysfunction is one of the most common — and most commonly missed — presentations in allied health practice.
Women with urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, bowel changes, and prolapse symptoms walk into your clinic regularly, often presenting with a chief complaint of hip pain, low back pain, or postpartum issues. Most practitioners recognize the connection. Fewer have a structured, scope-appropriate framework to actually assess and treat it.
This pelvic health course gives you that exact type of framework to assess and treat what's in your caseload — and know exactly when to refer.
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A Complete External Assessment Framework
From intake to interpretation -- validated screening tools and bladder diaries to external palpation, functional load testing, and breathing assessment, you'll have a systematic, reproducible approach to pelvic health assessment that fits within your scope and complements your existing clinical reasoning.
Confident Management of the Conditions You're Already Seeing
Urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, overactive bladder, diastasis recti, endometriosis, bowel dysfunction — this module covers the conditions that frequently underlie the presentations already in your caseload, with practical guidance on when to treat, how to treat, and when to refer.
A Clearer Referral Lens & Collaborative Practice
Understanding what's within external scope — and what isn't — makes you a more effective practitioner and a more valued colleague. You'll leave with clear referral criteria, a co-management framework, and the clinical vocabulary to communicate meaningfully with pelvic health specialists.
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Pay for 4
Buy the BundleRegister for all five Women's Health modules for only $2,900 (a $725 savings!)
The Certification Difference
💡 Clinical Expertise
Assessment-based, not attendance-based.
The credential means you've demonstrated competency — not just sat through the hours. You'll complete a high standard certification criteria. That distinction matters to your patients, your colleagues, and the public you serve.
🌀 Integrative Care Model
A collaborative scope across the female lifespan.
Five connected modules — puberty, fertility, perinatal, pelvic health, menopause — so you see how patterns in one life stage shape the next and how health disciplines intersect to provide the best possible care.
⭐️ Professional Credibility
Built by clinicians, for clinicians.
Evidence-informed content delivered by practitioners who work with these patients every week — and who respect your unique expertise. You'll become a part of a network and community that promotes excellence in practice.
Who This Is For:
Physiotherapists ✦ Chiropractors✦ Osteopathic Practitioners ✦ Registered Massage Therapists ✦ Athletic Therapists ✦ Naturopathic Doctors ✦ Pelvic Health Specialists✦ Occupational Therapists ✦ Nurses ✦ Any other manual therapy or health practitioner working in reproductive health and fertility care.
It's the right fit if you:
- Want to specialize in or expand your understanding of fertility-related practice
- Are already seeing fertility patients and want deeper clinical grounding
- Want a clear framework for where your discipline fits within the broader fertility care landscape
- Are ready to work confidently alongside ART teams, reproductive specialists, and other allied health providers
- Believe that the best patient outcomes happen when disciplines work together — not in silos
- Care deeply about providing whole-person care at one of life's most pivotal moments
What You Will Walk Away With:
- Female pelvic anatomy and functional review, including the pressure management system
- Biopsychosocial and trauma-informed frameworks for pelvic health assessment
- Comprehensive external assessment: subjective, objective, and functional load testing
- Common conditions: urinary incontinence, overactive bladder (OAB), pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, bowel dysfunction, and sexual dysfunction
- Manual therapy techniques for the pelvic girdle and surrounding regions
- Pelvic floor muscle training: uptraining, downtraining, and functional integration
- Exercise prescription and return-to-activity frameworks
- Referral indicators, red flags, and co-management with pelvic health specialists
- Case studies across key clinical presentations
Kristen Parise, Pelvic Health PT
Kristen Parise (BSc, MSc, BHScPT) is a pelvic health physiotherapist with 25 years of clinical experience, founder and clinical director of Blueberry Therapy Pelvic Health & Pediatrics in Dundas, Ontario, and Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University. She hosts The Hole Shebang podcast and created The Pleasure Principle conference.
Sharmila Kulkarni, PT, DO(MP), MSc Aging & Health
Sharmila Kulkarni is a physiotherapist and osteopathic manual practitioner with over 25 years of clinical experience. She holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Physiotherapy from McMaster University's renowned School of Rehabilitation Science, and a Master of Osteopathic Manipulative Science from the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy & Holistic Health Sciences. Her Master's in Aging and Health further deepened her understanding of how bodies change across the lifespan.
Sharmila's practice has always centred on the full arc of women's health — and on the gaps in practitioner training that leave patients underserved at every stage of it. That clinical frustration became a professional mission. As co-founder and director of Integration Health + Education, Sharmila has built a continuing education community grounded in multidisciplinary collaboration, rigorous curriculum, and the conviction that better-trained practitioners produce better patient outcomes.
She brings that same standard to the Women's Health Certification — co-teaching and shaping a program designed not just to add knowledge, but to build genuine clinical competency in women's health across the lifespan.
Sandhya Sahi-Jain, DPT, DO(MP)
Sandhya Sahi-Jain is a physiotherapist and osteopathic manual practitioner with a clinical foundation spanning neurology, orthopaedics, and pediatric care. She completed her Physical Therapy degree at the University of Toronto, including thesis work with SickKids Hospital, and holds an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Carleton University.
Sandhya earned her Master of Osteopathic Manipulative Science from the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy in Hamilton in 2012, and most recently completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2025. Her depth of training across manual therapy, neuroscience, and pediatric practice makes her particularly well-suited to the clinical complexity of adolescent health.
Sandhya is the creator of the Paediatric Foundations series of courses for manual therapists and teaches extensively in Canada.
Women's Health Series/Certificate
at Integration Health + Education
The series is comprised of five modules which can be taken individually or as part of the full
Women's Health Certification.
