Price: 599 € for a 3-day course
Inclusions: Comprehensive course materials, hands-on training, lunch and a certificate of completion.
This course offers a comprehensive approach to addressing issues of the small pelvis, incorporating musculoskeletal, visceral, and cranial perspectives.
Participants will explore the biomechanics of the pelvic girdle, pelvic floor function, and the neurological aspects of visceral innervation—both theoretically and through practical application.
Addressing pelvic floor and bladder dysfunction, gynecological conditions, and chronic pain presents significant challenges. This postgraduate course is evidence-based and draws on the instructor’s recent publications.
Incorporating concepts from polyvagal theory, integral theory, and chaos theory may enhance the osteopathic treatment of patients by deepening the understanding of differential diagnosis and supporting more effective interventions for specific conditions.
Pelvic girdle pain and instability
Small Pelvis: Urogynaecology
Chronic Primary Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPPS)
Publications
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ, Petros P. A Critical Examination of Ligamentous Pathogenesis of Bladder Pain/Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Using the UEDA Criteria. Int Neurourol J 2024; 28(2): 96-105.
Quaghebeur J, Petros P, Wyndaele JJ, De Wachter S. The Integral Theory, Pelvic Floor Biomechanics, and Binary Innervation. Int Neurourol J 2024; 28(3): 181-4.
Quaghebeur J, Petros P, Wyndaele JJ, De Wachter S. A critical analysis of integral theory statements concerning pathogenesis of LUTS and chronic pelvic pain. Pelviperineol 2024; 43(1): 30-9.
Quaghebeur J, Bush M, Shkarupa D, Wyndaele JJ, De Wachter S. A brief physiology and pathophysiology of the bladder. Ann Transl Med 2024; 12(2): 24.
Quaghebeur J, Browning A, Kubin N, Wyndaele JJ, de Wachter S. Peripheral muscle force balance/imbalance in neurological binary control of bladder function and dysfunction. Ann Transl Med 2024; 12(2): 37.
De Strooper M, De Nys L, Theys L, Vermeersch A, Quaghebeur J. Osteopathic Manual Treatment in Women with Endometriosis: A Scoping Review on Clinical Symptoms, Fertility and Quality of Life. Int J Osteopath Med 2024.
Quaghebeur J. Comorbid conditions in BPS/IC: prevalence and clinical significance. ESSIC 2023. New York, 6-8 July. Lenox Health Greenwich Village, USA: ESSIC congress; 2023. p. 14.
Wyndaele JJ, Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele M. What is the clinical meaning of a negative bulbocavernosus reflex in spinal cord injury patients? Spinal Cord Ser Cases 2022; 8(1): 24.
Petros P, Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. Defining urge as an uncontrolled micturition explains pathogenesis, informs cure and helps solve the burgeoning OAB crisis. Neurourol Urodyn 2022; 41(6): 1281‐92.
Petros P, Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. Overactive bladder (OAB): a failed concept needing revision to accommodate an external anatomical control system. World J Urol 2022; 40(7): 1605-13.
Petros P, Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. An anatomical pathogenesis of lower urinary tract definitions from the 2002 ICS report symptoms, conditions, syndromes, urodynamics. Neurourol Urodyn 2022; 41(3): 740-55.
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. Diagnosis and Management in Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing; 2021.
Quaghebeur J, Petros P, Wyndaele JJ, De Wachter S. Pelvic-floor function, dysfunction, and treatment. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2021; 265: 143-9.
Quaghebeur J, Petros P, Wyndaele JJ, De Wachter S. The innervation of the bladder, the pelvic floor, and emotion: a review. Auton Neurosci 2021; 235: 102868.
Fall M, Nordling J, Cervigni M, et al. Hunner lesion disease differs in diagnosis, treatment and outcome from bladder pain syndrome: an ESSIC working group report. Scand J Urol 2020; 45(2): 1-8.
Quaghebeur J. Diagnosis of Interstitial Cystitis. In: Hanno PM, Nordling J, Staskin DR, Wein AJ, Wyndaele JJ, eds. Bladder Pain Syndrome - An Evolution. 2nd ed: Springer; 2018: 65-7.
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ, De Wachter S. Pain areas and mechanosensitivity in patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a controlled clinical investigation. Scand J Urol 2017; 51(5): 414-9.
Quaghebeur J. Comprehensive neuromuscular assessment of chronic pelvic pain (including BPS/IC). In: Bjerklund Johansen TE, Wagenlehner FME, Matsumoto T, et al., eds. Urogenital Infections and Inflammations. Duesseldorf: GMS; 2017.
Chikly B, Roberts P, Quaghebeur J. Primo Vascular System: a unique biological system shifting a medical paradigm. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2016; 116(1): 12-21.
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. A review of techniques used for evaluating lower urinary tract symptoms and the level of quality of life in patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Itch & Pain 2015; 2: e659.
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms and level of quality of life in men and women with chronic pelvic pain. Scand J Urol 2015; 49(3): 242-9.
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. Bladder pain syndrome (BPS): Symptom differences between type 3C BPS and non-type 3C BPS. Scand J Urol 2015; 49(4): 319-20.
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. Chronic pelvic pain syndrome: Role of a thorough clinical assessment. Scand J Urol 2015; 49(2): 81-9.
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. Variability of pudendal and median nerve sensory perception thresholds in healthy persons. Neurourol Urodyn 2015; 34(4): 327-31.
Chikly B, Quaghebeur J, Witryol W. A controlled comparison between manual lymphatic mapping (mlm) of plantar lymph flow and standard physiologic maps using lymph drainage therapy (ldt)/osteopathic lymphatic technique (olt). Qual Prim Care 2015; 23(1): 46-50.
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. Pudendal and median nerve sensory perception threshold: a comparison between normative studies. Somatosens Mot Res 2014; 31(4): 186-90.
Quaghebeur J. Prevalence of IC/PBS. In: Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ, eds. Research on diagnostic techniques used in CPPS patients. Wilrijk, Belgium: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Antwerp University; 2014: 32-3.
Flower A, Lewith G, Quaghebeur J, Cheong Y. Complementary therapies for women with chronic pelvic pain. In: Ledger W, Schlaff WD, Vancaillie TG, eds. Chronic Pelvic Pain. 1st ed. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press; 2014: 140-7.
Chikly B, Quaghebeur J. Hydrodynamik des Liquor cerebrospinalis – eine Neubewertung. Osteopathische Medizin 2014; 15(1): 4-12.
Quaghebeur J, Wyndaele JJ. Comparison of questionnaires used for the evaluation of patients with chronic pelvic pain. Neurourol Urodyn 2013; 32(8): 1074-9.
Chikly B, Quaghebeur J. Reassessing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hydrodynamics: a literature review presenting a novel hypothesis for CSF physiology. J Bodyw Mov Ther 2013; 17(3): 344-54.
Day 1: Pelvic girdle pain and instability
9.00-11.00
11.10-13.00
14.00-16.00
16.10u-18.00
Day 2: Small Pelvis: Urogynaecology
9.00-11.00
11.10-13.00
14.00-16.00
16.10-18.00
Day 3: Chronic Primary Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPPS)
9.00-11.00
11.10-13.00
14.00-16.00
16.10-18.00
Professor Dr Quaghebeur is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Antwerp and an osteopath at the Department of Urology and Pelvic Clinic of the University Hospital Antwerp (UZA).
His research focuses on pain physiology, diagnostic methods, and treatment techniques, and he is connected to the Antwerp Surgical Training, Anatomy, and Research Centre (ASTARC).
He obtained his doctorate in diagnostic methods and treatments for patients with chronic pain. He is a researcher and lecturer at the Warsaw Osteopathic Medicine Academy (WOMA), Warsaw, Poland.
His practice in Aarschot encompasses sports medicine, lymphatic techniques, pelvic floor rehabilitation, lung rehabilitation, manual neurotherapy, pelvic girdle and back school therapy, applied kinesiology, orthomolecular therapy, neurodynamic techniques, brain spotting, and osteopathy. He is an osteopath with the Synergeia team in Pellenberg, treating chronic fatigue and pain syndromes.
He taught postgraduate courses on pelvic girdle pain, pelvic instability, pain physiology, urinary incontinence, sexual dysfunctions, urology, gynaecological problems, pelvic problems and chronic pelvic pain syndromes.
At Osteon he teaches neurology, urology and gynaecology, neurodynamic techniques, clinical neurological research, pain physiology, poly-vagal theory, cerebrospinal fluid physiology, evidence-based cranial osteopathy and Primo Vascular System since 1996.
He teaches inter-university course in urogynaecology at the University of Antwerp and Leuven (KUL). He coordinated over 523 dissertations and has been a promoter of 19 dissertations since 1997. He was a methodological tutor and promoter of 22 MSc dissertations at Dresden International University, Germany. He has published over 37 journal articles, 10 conference papers, various book chapters, and a book on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Additionally, he is a recommended speaker at international conferences. These publications can be found on PubMed, ResearchGate, Kudos, ORCID and the Web of Science.
