Integrative Approaches to Pelvic Pain in Women (2022-2024)

Integrative Approaches to Pelvic Pain in Women (2022-2024) is organized by Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (AWCIM).

Current CME Approval Period: 6/08/2022 to 6/07/2024

Description:
Pelvic pain is often linked to other disorders so it's difficult to estimate how common it is, but according to one study, 1 in 7 women suffer from chronic pelvic pain. Explore treatments beyond medicine and hormones and examine the prevalence of pelvic pain as well as psychological, social, and cultural factors that contribute to it. Understand the physiological mechanisms and create an evidence-based approach to treatment, blending lifestyle changes and other integrative modalities.

Course Objectives:
• Recognize the underlying physiologic changes contributing to overlapping abdominal and pelvic pain conditions.
• Utilize a treatment approach that considers the benefits of integrative modalities and addresses an individual patient's needs and co-morbidities.
• Evaluate and treat behavioral and psychologic co-morbidities associated with female pelvic pain disorders.