Manual Therapy, Pain Science & PGAD - PelviCon Speaker Series with Stephanie Prendergast

What does it take to build one of the largest pelvic health practices in the country, train medical colleagues, and tackle some of the toughest conditions in our field?

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In this PelviCon Speaker Series interview, we sit down with Stephanie Prendergast, co-founder of the Pelvic Health & Rehabilitation Center, to talk about her journey, her advocacy, and her upcoming PelviCon topics.

In this episode we cover: 

✨ Stephanie’s early career struggles and mentorship with Dr. Jerome Weiss 

✨ How she built a multi-location practice treating complex pelvic pain 

✨ Her recent experience training OBGYN residents in pelvic floor exams 

✨ Why demystifying PGAD is so critical — and how PTs can lead the way 

✨ Balancing manual therapy with pain science in complex patient care 

✨ The importance of internal exams (and how to explain them to patients) 

✨ Why advocacy is essential to protect and advance our profession

Stephanie is not only an incredible clinician but a passionate advocate for our field. You’ll leave this episode both inspired and challenged to level up your own work.

🎟️ Want to learn directly from Stephanie at PelviCon 2025?

She’ll be teaching on demystifying PGAD and balancing manual therapy + pain science.

📢 Reminder: In-person tickets sold out in just 29 minutes this year, but you can still join us with the Live Virtual Pass. If you register in the next few weeks (by 9/2), you’ll also get a printed manual + goodie bag shipped right to your door.

👉 Grab your Live Virtual Pass here

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Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS

Founder of Pelvic PT Rising and PelvicSanity Physical Therapy in Southern California.

Dedicated to forever changing pelvic health with online clinical courses to help you be more confident in your practice and business resources to help start and grow pelvic health businesses.

Jesse Cozean, MBA

Co-founder of the Pelvic PT Rising and the Rising Podcast.

Jesse uses his business experience to help pelvic health business owners start and grow their practices so they can build a practice that truly works for them. From website design, SEO, conversions, marketing, finance and money mindset, he wants to make the process of owning your own practice easier and fun.