Program Workshops
October 16th 2025, 14.00 - 20.00 hrs
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14.00-17.30 | Workshop I:Â Functional evaluation and sonography of the pelvic floor during menopause. What are we looking for? | Magdalena Grzybowska, Hedwig Neels |
| 17.30-18.00 | Coffee break | - |
| 18.00-20.00 | Workshop II: Clinical practice of sexual health problems during menopause | Anna Padoa |
Program Symposium
October 17th 2025, 09.00 - 17.45 hrs
Morning program ‘Understanding menopause -
related pelvic floor changes; optimal strategies'
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09.00-09.05 | Opening symposium | |
| 09.05-09.30 | Consequences of estrogen deficiency in women | Mirjam Weemhof |
| 09.30-09.55 | Sexuality in menopause | Anna Padoa |
| 09.55-10.15 | Discussion | |
| 10.15-10.45 | Coffee break | |
| 10.45-11.00 | Decreased libido and vaginal dryness during menopause. What to do? Can physiotherapy be one of the strategies or just hormone therapy? | Anna Padoa |
| 11.10-11.35 | Prolapses and incontinence in menopause | Magdalena Grzybowska |
| 11.35-12.00 | Assessment of the pelvic floor of postmenopausal women. The gynecologist’s perspective | Magdalena Grzybowska |
| 12.35-12.55 | Assessment of the pelvic floor of postmenopausal women. The pelvic physiotherapist's perspective | Maura Seleme |
| 12.55-13.15 | Discussion | |
| 13.15-14.15 | Lunch |
Afternoon program ‘Understanding menopause -
related pelvic floor changes; optimal strategies'
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14.15-14.35 | Pelvic floor muscle training. Effects in menopause.? Who should benefit? | Kari Bo |
| 14.35-15.00 | General exercises during menopause. What are the main objectives? | Bary Berghmans |
| 15.00-15.25 | Innovative biofeedback and electrostimulation with the new wireless Tulip electrode in women with pelvic floor dysfunction during menopause | Abdallahi N'Dongo |
| 15.25-15.45 | Discussion | |
| 15.45-16.05 | Coffee break | |
| 16.05-17.00 | Case reports: Case report 1 - Overactive bladder during menopause. Pelvic floor treatment strategies Case report 2 - Pelvic pain and menopause - Pelvic floor treatment strategies Case report 3 - Prolapse and urinary incontinence - Pelvic floor treatment strategies Moderator: Bary Berghmans | Gommert Van Koeveringe , Kari Bo, Magdalena Grzybowska, Maura Seleme, Anna Padoa |
| 17.00-17.15 | Discussion | |
| 17.15-17.45 | Cocktail and meet and greet |