Behavioral and Rehabilitation Treatment of Bowel Disorders - An Advanced Course
October 3-5, 2013
Course Overview
This is an advanced three-day course designed for nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other health care providers who are seeking a better understanding of the various bowel disorders that affect children, women and men; and the specific rehabilitation strategies that are useful in treating these disorders.
The course is appropriate for clinicians who have already attended a basic didactic course that has covered rehabilitation and biofeedback treatment for pelvic floor disorders.
Accordingly, the presenter will assume that the participants have a good understanding of the structure of the pelvis, pelvic floor muscle anatomy and general biofeedback treatments for pelvic floor muscle dysfunction. The emphasis of this course will be to comprehensively present specific neuromuscular re-education and sensory training with bowel management strategies that are designed to improve bowel storage and evacuation function and resolve complaints of pain associated with these disorders.
Instructor: Jeannette Tries Ph.D., OTR, BCB-PMD
Dr. Tries received a BS in Occupational Therapy from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee in 1978, a MS in clinical psychology in 1989 and a PhD in Educational Psychology in 2000 from Marquette University. She has worked in the field of incontinence and pelvic floor disorders since 1986 and has published in numerous scientific journals and medical textbooks. She has consulted on national and international policy boards interested in the problems of incontinence and pelvic floor disorders and contributed to the Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research Clinical Practice Guideline on Urinary Incontinence. Dr. Tries has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago where she directed therapy services within the Colon-Rectal Surgery Department for over 15 years. She has worked with Eugene Eisman, PhD in developing new measurement methods to assess pelvic floor muscle function in pediatrics and adults. Currently, Dr. Tries directs rehabilitation treatment at The Aurora Women’s Pavilion’s Center for Continence and Pelvic Floor Disorders in Milwaukee, WI. She is a senior fellow of the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance and is certified in pelvic muscle dysfunction biofeedback.
Course Content
Anatomy and physiology of bowel function.
Pathophysiology, Etiology and Testing
- Fecal Incontinence
- Evacuation disorders
- colonic inertia, constipation
- pelvic floor muscle dysfunction
- Irritable bowel disorder
- Painful bowel and anorectal conditions
Surgical and Medical Treatments
Behavioral and Rehabilitation Treatments
- Pelvic floor muscle retraining protocols to increase tone, coordination, relaxation and elongation (live/video demo)
- Ano-rectal sensory training
- Evacuation re-training
- Bowel management strategies
- Habit Training techniques
- Record keeping to support the rehabilitation process
- Management of stool consistency
- Dietary factors
- Integration of medical treatments with behavioral and pelvic floor rehabilitation
- Overview of manual therapy strategies for smooth and striated muscle and facial structures
- Introduction to meditation and relaxation strategies and lab
Case study presentations will include pediatric cases and complex co-morbid conditions in men and women.
Course Schedule
Thursday - October 3 - Registration 8:30A, Course 9:00A - 5:00P
Friday - October 4 - Course 9:00A - 5:00P
Saturday - October 5 - Course 8:00A - 2:00P
Contact Hours
17.5
Tuition
$595 (includes breakfast, lunch and snacks)
$100 of the tuition will be a donation to the PT Faculty Student Scholarship Fund. Donations are tax deductible as allowed by law.
Marquette University is also hosting Treatment of Bowel, Bladder, and Pelvic Floor Disorders Anatomical, Physiological, and Behavioral Foundations for Clinical Practice- June 19 - 22, 2013.
