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The Institute for Pelvic Health™ —Redefining the Pelvic Exam
Pelvic floor foundations for busy clinicians who want real-world, in-scope skills they can use tomorrow.

 

Hi there!

We’re Kathy Kates, NP & Melissa Hines, PT 

 

We teach clinicians the pelvic floor exam skills that their training didn’t.

 

Pelvic floor assessment made simple, trauma-informed, and fully in-scope—so you can quickly connect pelvic pain, dyspareunia, urinary symptoms, constipation, and perimenopause/menopause changes to the exam you're already doing. 

 

Download our free guide to make your next pelvic exam easier, more effective, and more comfortable—for you and your patient.

 

Click here to download the guide

Redefining the Pelvic Exam: Pelvic Floor Clinical Foundations Course 

(Formerly known as Beyond the Kegel™)


The foundational pelvic floor course for clinicians who perform pelvic exams and want practical, in-scope skills they can use immediately. Learn how to assess pelvic floor tone, motor control, and physiologic patterns behind pain, urgency, frequency, and constipation — all within real clinic time.

Includes 14.15 CE/CME hours.

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Coming Soon: Pelvic Floor + Constipation Mini Course
(Including GLP-1–Related Constipation)

Constipation is everywhere in clinical practice — and rising with GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound.

But here’s what most clinicians weren’t taught:
A large subset of constipation — including GLP-1 constipation — is pelvic floor dysfunction, not just slowed motility.

This mini-course will teach you how to:

  • Recognize tight pelvic floor muscles and paradoxical contraction

  • Distinguish GI motility issues from pelvic floor coordination issues

  • Ask the right bowel-health questions to reveal the root cause

  • Use alignment, toileting mechanics, bowel massage, and evidence-based home strategies

  • Know when pelvic floor PT, local estrogen therapy, or motor-control retraining are appropriate

Whether or not your patient is on a GLP-1, the pelvic floor is often the missing link

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"The Institute for Pelvic Health is exactly what medicine has been missing. Kathy and Melissa teach pelvic health with clarity, competence, and compassion. They remove the stigma and confusion and give clinicians the tools to help patients better — by redefining the pelvic exam."

Arthur L., MD

 

Do you work in an under-resourced setting?

If you work for a Federally Qualified Health Center, a Rural Health Center, or the Indian Health Service, click HERE to contact us for special pricing.

Redefining the Pelvic Exam: Pelvic Floor Clinical Foundations Course (CE/CME)

A step-by-step, trauma-informed pelvic floor training for clinicians who perform pelvic exams. Clear skills, evidence-based care, fully within your scope.

Move Rx: Pelvic Floor Movement Classes (CE/CME)

 

 

Get CME/CE while you do pelvic floor movement classes and with enrollment you get a free link to give to your patients.

 

The Complete Pelvic Health Digital Resource Binder

 

 

Time-saving clinical tools and patient handouts for pelvic pain, urinary symptoms, sexual pain, and constipation

Explore our pelvic floor courses and products

Give your patients answers—not more referrals

Join us and learn the pelvic floor foundations every clinician deserves to know.

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