Pelvic Floor Training for Physiotherapists

Physical therapists and physiotherapists are among the most skilled clinicians working with pelvic floor and core dysfunction. You understand anatomy, load management, and rehabilitation in ways most movement professionals don’t. And yet, many PTs reach a point where something feels incomplete – clients who do everything right and still plateau, presentations that don’t respond the way they should, or symptoms that keep shifting rather than resolving.

When that happens, it rarely points to a gap in foundational knowledge. More often, it signals something that most physiotherapy education and many professional development pathways don’t fully address: how breath mechanics, pressure management, nervous system regulation, and whole-body movement patterns interact as an integrated system – and how much influence that system has on pelvic floor function.

That’s the layer the RYC® Pro Training was built to address. Created by Lauren Ohayon – a movement specialist with over 25 years of experience – it has now been completed by more than 500 professionals across 80+ countries. A significant portion of those practitioners came to it as trained physiotherapists, looking for a framework that could extend what they already knew.

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Why Many Physiotherapists Find Themselves Looking for More

Physiotherapy training is rigorous, and the internal examination model that forms the backbone of most pelvic floor physio education is genuinely valuable. Assessing tone, identifying hyper- and hypotonicity, and working directly with pelvic structures takes years to develop and remains an important clinical skill.

And still, for many PTs working with pelvic floor clients, something remains elusive. The client who has done her exercises faithfully but still leaks. The prolapse patient whose symptoms vary unpredictably with stress or fatigue. The postpartum woman who has been cleared medically but still feels disconnected, unstable, or afraid to load her body.

What these presentations often share is a pattern that isn’t located in any single muscle or structure. Breathing mechanics may have shifted in ways that chronically alter intra-abdominal pressure. The nervous system may be organized around guarding or dysregulation in ways that directly affect muscle tone and coordination. Compensation patterns elsewhere in the body may be maintaining the dysfunction, even while the local symptoms receive all the attention.

The RYC® Method was developed to work with exactly this layer of complexity. It gives practitioners a whole-body framework for assessing movement patterns and understanding how pressure, breath, and nervous system regulation interact – so interventions can work with the body’s actual organization, not just the presenting symptom.

What Does the RYC® Pro Training Offer PTs and Physiotherapists?

The training is structured around the Restore Your Core® Method and delivers whole-body assessment and movement education that complements what physiotherapists already know. Inside the training, practitioners gain:

30+ assessment tools for core, pelvic floor, alignment, and nervous system regulation – most requiring no internal examination
70+ movement tools that address patterns across the entire body, from the feet through the spine into the pelvic floor
RYC® Somatic Mapping techniques that help clients feel and understand their own movement patterns, rather than simply receive instructions
The RYC® ICCP (Interactive Client Centering Protocol), a framework for making clients active participants in their own process
Training in pain science and nervous system regulation, integrated throughout the programme rather than treated as a separate module
15+ live clinic sessions observing Lauren working 1:1 with real clients, demonstrating how these tools translate into actual practice

The training runs across two pathways: the RYC® Method Training, which equips practitioners to work 1:1 with clients using the full RYC® framework, and the RYC® Teacher Training, which extends into group facilitation and certification as a Certified RYC® Teacher.

What PTs and Physiotherapists Say After Completing the Training

The physiotherapists who have completed RYC® Pro Training tend to describe a similar experience: the training confirmed much of what they already understood about the body – and then gave them the practical framework to actually implement it with the clients who had been hardest to help.

“The RYC® Professional Training has been such an informative, inspiring, positive and outstanding journey for me. I had so many WOW moments throughout the course. I started implementing the concepts on my clients as soon as we completed the 1st module. I’ve been in complete awe to see my patients responding so well. I have been a decent physio for 8 years, but RYC® has completely transformed my practice. I feel like it’s the missing link.” – Alifya Cutlerywala, Physiotherapist, RYC® Professional

“RYC® provided me with an approach that allows my clients to feel things in their body instead of being told what they are doing wrong. I love this approach because it empowers a client with awareness and gives them a positive movement experience. I also like the emphasis on the whole body to treat the pelvic floor. This is often discussed in the rehab world, however not often implemented as well as Lauren does.” – Laura Nice, The Nice Physio, Physiotherapist, RYC® Professional

“I would highly recommend this training to other pros. I’m now able to help clients differently because now I have all the tools necessary to train and maintain the health and strength of my postnatal patients and clients, all thanks to the RYC® Professional Training.” – Areeba Aamir, Physiotherapist, RYC® Professional

“I joined the RYC® Method Training to learn a program to refer discharged pelvic floor clients. The training offers a wealth of information, exercises and tools. It improved my confidence in prescribing exercises, gave me a greater understanding and awareness of compensation patterns and I am already using it daily with pelvic floor clients.” – Donna M Chirico, Doctor of Physical Therapy, RYC® Professional

What runs through these accounts is something that matters deeply to many physiotherapists: the difference between knowing that the whole body is involved, and having the actual tools to assess and address it. The RYC® Method Training builds that practical layer – and in doing so, often shifts not just how practitioners work, but how their clients experience the process of healing.

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Why Does Body Literacy Change Everything for Your Clients?

At the core of the RYC® Method is a belief that runs through everything Lauren teaches: that the most powerful thing a practitioner can do is help a client understand their own body. Not just improve their symptoms, but build genuine literacy – the ability to interpret what they’re feeling, respond intelligently to what their body is communicating, and move through daily life with agency rather than anxiety.

This is the mission Restore Your Core® was built around: replacing hopelessness with body literacy and agency. For many clients who arrive in physiotherapy, movement has already become something that feels punishing, confusing, or frightening. They’ve been given protocols they don’t fully understand, exercises that feel disconnected from their symptoms, or reassurances that haven’t translated into confidence. The result is a kind of passivity – they follow instructions, but they don’t yet have the internal map that would let them know why something is working, or what to do when it isn’t.

When clients develop that map – when they can feel the difference between a breath that increases pressure and one that releases it, or recognize the compensation pattern that keeps reasserting itself – the trajectory of their recovery changes. They stop depending entirely on the practitioner to identify what’s happening, and begin to participate in their own process. For physiotherapists, this is often the difference between a client who improves in session and one who actually carries that improvement into their life.

The RYC® ICCP (Interactive Client Centering Protocol) is one of the most consistently valued elements of the training among health professionals, precisely because it provides a structured method for creating those ‘aha’ moments – the ones where a client feels a pattern shift in their own body, rather than being told it has.

A Note on the Training Format

The RYC® Pro Training is delivered online, with a structure designed specifically for working professionals. The RYC® Method Training runs September through December, with weekly live calls held on Wednesdays and all sessions recorded for replay. The RYC® Teacher Training extends through April and adds group teaching practice, implementation calls, and certification.

The programme recommends approximately four to five hours per week – which includes live calls, module content, pre-recorded videos, manual reading, and hands-on practice with clients. Many physiotherapists find the pacing manageable alongside an existing clinical load, and the structure is intentionally built so that new tools can be applied with clients from the very first module.

No specific licensure is required to enrol. The training is attended by practitioners across a wide range of disciplines, and the professional community you learn alongside – physiotherapists, occupational therapists, Pilates teachers, bodyworkers, and more – often brings perspectives that enrich the learning in unexpected ways.

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FAQ

Is the RYC® Pro Training suitable for physiotherapists who already have pelvic floor training?

Yes – and many of the physiotherapists who enrol already have significant pelvic floor experience, including internal assessment training. The RYC® Pro Training is not a foundational anatomy course. It’s a whole-body, systems-based movement framework that sits alongside and extends what physiotherapists already know, offering a practical layer of assessment tools, nervous system integration, and client-centred technique that is distinct from, and complementary to, the internal examination model.

Does the training involve internal assessment?

Absolutely, and this is one of the most important things to understand about this population. Many of the most common presentations you’ll encounter – prolapse, leaking, painful sex, diastasis recti, and chronic low back pain – are not acute conditions. They persist and often go unaddressed for years. The RYC® Method is designed to support clients across the full arc of their lives, not just the early postpartum window.

How quickly can I start applying what I learn with clients?

Most practitioners begin applying tools from the first module onwards. The training is structured so that each phase builds on the last, and the live calls, hands-on practice requirements, and observation of Lauren working with real clients are all designed to support implementation from early in the programme. Physiotherapists with existing client rosters typically find they can begin integrating assessments and movement tools within the first few weeks.

How much time does the training require each week?

The training recommends approximately four to five hours per week, including live calls (recorded for replay), module materials, pre-recorded videos, manual reading, and practice sessions. The RYC® Method Training runs September through December; the Teacher Training extends through April and includes additional teaching practice and implementation calls.

Why do some pelvic floor clients plateau even with good physiotherapy care?

Plateaus in pelvic floor recovery are often a sign that something upstream – or distributed throughout the body – is maintaining the pattern. Common contributors include habitual breathing mechanics that chronically alter intra-abdominal pressure, nervous system dysregulation that keeps pelvic floor muscles in states of tension or underactivation, and compensation patterns elsewhere in the body that go unaddressed because symptoms appear localised. Practitioners trained in the RYC® Method develop a framework for identifying and working with these broader patterns, which is often what allows clients to progress past what had felt like a ceiling.

What does a whole-body approach to pelvic floor rehabilitation actually look like in practice?

A whole-body approach means assessing how someone breathes, how pressure moves through their core canister, how their spine and ribcage are organised, and how the nervous system is influencing muscle tone – and understanding how all of these factors shape pelvic floor function. In practice, it might mean noticing that a client’s recurring leaking is connected to a breath-holding pattern during exertion, or that a prolapse presentation is being maintained by how she carries load through her hips. Restore Your Core® trains practitioners to see and work with these connections systematically, using assessments and movement tools that extend well beyond the pelvic region.

How does nervous system regulation fit into pelvic floor rehabilitation?

The nervous system influences pelvic floor muscle tone in ways that are often underestimated in standard rehabilitation approaches. A chronically dysregulated nervous system can keep muscles in states of hypertonicity or underactivation that resist direct exercise intervention. Breathing patterns, postural habits, and movement experiences that feel threatening or effortful can all contribute to nervous system states that interfere with healing. Addressing this layer – through somatic approaches, breath work, and movement that builds safety and body literacy – is a core component of the RYC® Method and one reason practitioners often find their most complex clients begin to shift after training.

What makes pelvic floor training specifically designed for movement professionals different from general anatomy courses?

General anatomy courses teach structure. Movement-based professional training teaches how structure functions during real movement, load, and daily life – and more importantly, how to assess and work with functional patterns as they actually present in bodies. The most effective pelvic floor training for movement professionals builds assessment skill, clinical reasoning around movement patterns, and practical tools for guiding clients toward genuine body literacy. That combination – assessment depth, whole-body integration, and client-centred technique – is what the RYC® Pro Training is built around, and it’s what differentiates it from courses that teach exercises without teaching how to see the body that needs to do them.

Is online professional training in pelvic floor rehabilitation effective?

Online delivery has become the norm for many professional training programmes, and for practitioners working with pelvic floor and core dysfunction, the key question is whether the training includes enough live, embodied practice – not just information delivery. The RYC® Pro Training includes live Zoom calls, live clinic observation with real clients, hands-on practice requirements, and a structured implementation pathway designed to support practitioners in applying tools from early in the programme. More than 500 professionals across 80+ countries have completed it online and reported meaningful shifts in how they work and what their clients experience.

How do you help a postpartum client who feels completely disconnected from her pelvic floor?

Disconnection from the pelvic floor is one of the most common – and most underaddressed – presentations in postpartum clients. It can be rooted in physical factors like altered pressure mechanics or nerve sensitivity, but it’s also frequently connected to cultural shame, birth trauma, or nervous system dysregulation. Professionals equipped with somatic awareness tools, body-mapping techniques, and nervous system frameworks can meet clients in this experience and create a genuinely felt pathway back to connection. Programs like RYC® Pro Training specifically train practitioners in these approaches – including the RYC® Somatic Mapping Techniques and the ICCP protocol – because the conventional “flex and contract” model simply doesn’t reach this population.

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