Physical Rehabilitation for Endometriosis and Adenomyosis

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who see women with persistent pelvic pain, and any rehabilitation clinician who wants a plain-language summary of what the controlled trial evidence currently supports in endometriosis and adenomyosis.

Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants in outpatient, pelvic health, women’s health, and chronic pain settings.

Intended audience

Physical Therapy

Level

Introductory

Delivery format

Online, asynchronous, self-paced course: interactive reading with audio or video, and a scored post-test.

Based on

This course is based on a single source: a systematic review and meta-analysis of rehabilitation interventions for symptoms related to endometriosis and adenomyosis, with a protocol registered in advance and a literature search closing on 23 July 2025. The review searched Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus, screened 970 records, and included 19 reports from 17 controlled trials involving 849 women. Every finding, number, and conclusion presented in this course comes from that review.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the population, the interventions, and the outcomes covered by the systematic review of rehabilitation for endometriosis and adenomyosis.
2. State what the review found for pain and quality of life, and how confident the authors were in each of those findings.
3. Explain the main limitations the authors identified, including the gap in evidence for adenomyosis alone.

1. Start Here: how this course works
2. Podcast: Rehabilitation for Endometriosis and Adenomyosis in Plain Language (about nine minutes)
3. Two Conditions, One Symptom Burden: What Prompted the Review
4. How the Evidence Was Gathered and Judged
5. Pain, Quality of Life, Mood, and What Else Changed
6. Where the Evidence Is Thin: Bias, Variation, and the Adenomyosis Gap
7. What the Authors Concluded and How It Reads in the Clinic
8. Key Takeaways
9. Post-test and course evaluation

Quinn Millington, PT, DPT, ECS is the instructor of record: the licensed clinician who reviewed this course and signed off on it. The name and credentials print on the certificate.

Disclosures. This course was developed by The ConEd Solution, which has a financial interest in its sale. No outside funding or sponsorship was received. The instructor of record has no affiliation with the authors of the source publication or their institutions.

This course awards 0.5 contact hours (30 min). How you earn them:

1. Complete the course. Every lesson, in order.
2. Pass the post-test. Score 80% or higher. Retakes are allowed.
3. Complete the evaluation. A short form rating each learning objective and the course.
4. Download your certificate. It is issued on completion and stays available in My Account.

The episode time is its measured length. Reading, post-test and evaluation times are estimates.

This course is designed to satisfy the quality requirements state boards set for continuing education. Requirements vary by state, and confirming that a course fits your renewal is up to you. Each state’s own acceptance statement is in the credit panel on this page.

1. This course is based on a single source: a systematic review and meta-analysis of rehabilitation interventions for symptoms related to endometriosis and adenomyosis, with a protocol registered in advance and a literature search closing on 23 July 2025. The review searched Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus, screened 970 records, and included 19 reports from 17 controlled trials involving 849 women. Every finding, number, and conclusion presented in this course comes from that review.