Webinar #14 - Let's Hear It For The Boys: Pelvic Pain Beyond Women's Health

The New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) proudly hosts the webinar:

Lets hear it for the boys: Pelvic pain beyond woman's health.

Date and time: Monday 26 May 2025 @ 7 - 8 pm

Presenters: Dr Karen Joseph and Amy Mepham 

About this event:

The phrase "pelvic pain" often conjures thoughts of "women's troubles," but the reality is that approximately 1 in 10 men also experience this often-stigmatized and isolating condition. Many pain clinicians acknowledge feeling ill-equipped to discuss or effectively manage pelvic pain.

Join us for this NZPS webinar to gain crucial insights and practical tools for effectively assessing and treating male pelvic pain.

Dr Joseph is a Specialist Pain Medicine Physician and current President of the New Zealand Pain Society, who works both in private practice and the Christchurch Women's Hospital. She has experience in treating a wide range of chronic pain conditions, but with particular expertise in Chronic Pelvic Pain, having also completed specialist training and vocational registration in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Sexual & Reproductive Health.

Dr Joseph sits on a number of committees on behalf of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, including the Ministry of Health Endometriosis Taskforce working group, RANZCOG Endometriosis Online Project, and ACC Surgical Mesh External Advisory Group. She is an international ambassador for the International Pelvic Pain Society. She teaches as senior clinical lecturer at the University of Otago, and her research interests are exploring, and attempting to develop ways to meet, the unmet needs of those living with pelvic pain.

With15 years post qualification experience, Amy Mepham has experience in both pelvic health and musculoskeletal physiotherapy. In addition to her degrees from the University of Otago, Amy has completed advanced post-graduate courses relating to urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and pelvic pain, and recently completed her post graduate certificate in Obstetrics and medical gynaecology. Amy’s special interest is working in the area of chronic pelvic pain with an IDT approach. Amy currently works as the clinical director at Liberty, pelvic health in Christchurch.

This webinar is available in the Webinars tab of the Members Resources section