Therapist attends class on pelvic pain

Heather Shire, a physical therapist at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, recently attended an education course, “Anatomical and Biomechanical Implications for the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain,” in Birmingham, Ala.

The course was sponsored by the International Pelvic Pain Society and focused on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pelvic pain.

Shire earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 1993 from Kansas University and received her master’s degree in physical therapy from KU Medical Center in 1996.