LIVE WEBINAR - JULY 27, 8:00 PM EST
Instructor: Jeanice Mitchell, Pelvic PT
NOTE: The Zoom link is sent to your email, so be sure to accept prompts to "SUBSCRIBE TO EMAILS" or you'll miss it!
Levator Ani Avulsions. 3rd and 4th degree perineal tears. These can wreak HAVOC on your pelvic floor muscles and your life. Let's do everything we can to PREVENT them and reduce the risk of having them occur! I look forward to connecting you with the information I WISH I HAD before giving birth.
You can guarantee that my daughters and any of my nieces that want my help preparing for birth will have it. By joining this webinar, you will have access to the same tips and tools that I will give to them!
What will this 50 minute webinar cover?
Webinar Outline:
- Disclaimer and disclosures
- What are severe perineal tears?
- What are levator ani avulsions?
- Risk Factors for Levator Ani Avulsions
- Risk Factors for Severe Perineal Tears
- How common are tears?
- Life impact of tearing
- Overview of perineal tear clinical care standards
- Red Flags
- Who should strengthen and who should lengthen
- Sample PFM strengthening exercises with handout including safe pregnancy positions
- Sample PFM lengthening exercises with handout including perineal massage
- Discussing reducing tear risk with your birth provider with handout
- Overview of other birth resources
Webinar Timeline:
- 15 minutes: Understanding the anatomy of tears
- 15 minutes: How to reduce the risk of Levator Avulsions and Severe Perineal Tears
- 15 minutes: sample pelvic floor muscle strengthening and lengthening exercises
- 5 minutes: an overview of other resources
- 15 minutes: optional Q&A
Who is this course for?
- Anyone that is pregnant and wants to learn how to reduce their risk of tearing during vaginal delivery by training their pelvic floor muscles
- Anyone that wants to help support someone that’s pregnant.
What communication can you expect?
- Email confirming your registration (please check your junk or spam inbox if you don’t see it in your regular inbox)
- 24 hours in advance of course: email with zoom link
- 1 hour in advance of course: email with zoom link
- Within 24 hours after course: email with handouts attached and link to access recorded course x 7 days
Any questions? Please email us at [email protected]
The first 100 people to join the live webinar will be admitted.
The link to the recorded session will be sent within 24 hours. Use the same username and password to login that you used to register for the course.
It will be accessible for 7 days to view at your convenience.