This course allows participants to integrate evidence-based Physiotherapy Pilates techniques and strategies into their women’s health practice to include Pelvic Girdle pain, Rectus Diastasis, Post Natal rehab  and pelvic floor re-training.

 Participants  on this Course  will:

1.     Develop confidence in applying their Pilates skills within Women’s health practice.

2.     Develop and broaden their clinical skills within specific women’s health conditions.

3.     Be able to assess the core training needs for a wide variety of women’s health clients at different stages of rehab and function.

4.     Strengthen their Pilates teaching skills to provide specific programmes for groups of women’s health clients.

5.     Formulate individual and specific training programmes which are clinically relevant for each of their women’s health clients.

Tutor:Susan McDonnell MISCP, BSc (Hons)

Susan brings 15 years of international clinical experience as a Physiotherapist to this course.  In 2008, Susan co-founded Pilates Physiotherapy Ireland to provide the benefits of Pilates with the expertise of a physiotherapy background. She has a Women’s Health caseload and special interest in Post-Natal Rehabilitation. She presented at WCPT15 in Singapore on Physiotherapy-led Post-Natal Pilates programmes.