Blueberry Therapy
Pessary Fitting Foundations: Two Days with Kristen Parise (Dec 6, 2026 + a clinic day)
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Day 1: Sunday December 6, 2026, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Day 2: A clinic day with Kristen on one of her regular clinical days, booked within eight weeks of Day 1
Location: Blueberry Therapy, 14 Cross St. Dundas ON, L9H 2R4
Seats: 10
Course Description
Pessary Fitting Foundations is the two-day course Kristen Parise built to train Blueberry Therapy's own pelvic health physiotherapists, now open to a small outside group for the first time. Day 1 is a full in-class day: prolapse assessment, the pessary tour, ring fitting on simulators and with consenting peers, and troubleshooting the fits that stop working. Day 2 is a clinic day with Kristen, one learner at a time, watching real fittings and follow-ups with consenting patients, fitting under supervision, and working with ring with support, Gellhorn and cube pessaries.
What You Will Learn
- POP-Q assessment point by point, genital hiatus and perineal body measurement, and why we stand the patient up
- Pessary types and sizing, and the evidence behind self-management
- Ring fitting with an 8-step verification on every fit
- Troubleshooting with the Three H's: Height, Hold and Habit
- Self-management coaching, follow-up cadence and documentation
- Red flags you manage in clinic and the ones you refer
What Is Included
- About two hours of pre-work on the course site, due 48 hours before Day 1
- Day 1 in class with lunch provided
- Day 2 in the clinic with Kristen, one on one
- Three months of free access to POP Consult, the AI tool Kristen built as a second opinion for prolapse assessment and conservative management, starting on Day 1. After that, you can keep using it for a small monthly fee.
- Printed handouts, the fitting-note template and a competency sign-off
Who This Course Is For
Registered physiotherapists with pelvic health training who perform internal assessment within their scope of practice. Pessary fitting must be within scope with your provincial College. If you are outside Ontario, please confirm with your College before registering.
Your Instructor
Kristen Parise BSc MSc BHScPT is a pelvic health physiotherapist with more than 25 years of clinical experience, founder of Blueberry Therapy Pelvic Health & Pediatrics, and Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at McMaster University. She has fitted pessaries in clinic for years and trained her own team on this course in June 2026.
Price is per person for both days. Taxes are added at checkout. Questions: kristen@blueberrytherapy.ca
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