Want to learn to restore function for your postpartum clients in just one weekend?
get clients out of pain and into function after childbirth
Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body
Get hands-on education in this live 2.5 day course with one of the best student to teacher ratios in pelvic health education. Improve your clinical outcomes in fewer sessions by learning how to find and treat common and not-so-common postpartum patterns in the body quickly and effectively.
Whether you are new to pelvic health or a seasoned physical therapist, this course will transform the way you assess and treat postpartum clients so you can get them out of pain and on the path to a fuller recovery.
Bodyworkers with a License to Touch
Recommended For
28.5 Hours
(with PT CEUs)
Course Length
Excellent Course for ALL Skill Levels
Course Level
YES, this is required!
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Required for Certification
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Is This Course For You?
Ready to improve your clinical outcomes?
How Does A Live Course Work?
You will meet as a small group of no more than 20 students for this 2.5 day in-person training and get individual support from Lynn Schulte on the techniques
This course has 28.5 hours of PT CEU credits (8.5 hours online + 20 hours in-person) approved in the state of Colorado and those states that have reciprocity
You have lifetime access to the online portion of the course which includes lectures and labs with multi-angle videos creating a valuable video reference library
There are short quizzes at the end of the pre-course units to ensure learning of key treatment points
You will see each technique performed live and have the option to practice and experience each technique with instructor support and feedback
As part of this course, you will also get immediate access to the online Holistic Treatment of the Postpartum Body course, a prerequisite for the live course
There are downloadable lecture slides and a course workbook which includes photos and an overview of each technique for easy reference
If you took the online course and want to attend live you can email us to upgrade and just pay the difference between the courses.
Course Unit Sneak Peek: Diaphragm Release
A unit from the online pre-course lectures and labs
- Identify restricted mobility of the sacrum, ischium, and pubic symphysis and restore it with proper mobilization techniques.
- Differentiate between normal spongy bone and abnormal hard bone to renew abnormal bone.
- Palpate the body to identify blocked energy flow.
- Palpate diaphragm to identify and release restrictions with proper techniques.
- Identify the external and internal location of the bladder and uterus, assess and treat.
- Palpate externally and internally to assess all pelvic floor muscles.
- Improve pelvic floor muscle strength with proper internal treatment techniques.
- Distinguish between normal and abnormal bladder positioning to realign the bladder to the midline.
- Assess, release and rebalance the liver and stomach with proper treatment techniques.
- Palpate and release muscular restrictions in the anal sphincter.
- Identify diastasis recti and release the restrictions separating recti muscles.
Day 1: 3 Hours CEU
- 5:00 – 5:15 Introduction and Grounding Circle
- 5:15 – 6:30 Lab: Sacrum and Ischium – Prone
- 6:30 – 7:30 Lab: Supine Treatment of Sacrum
- 7:30 – 8:00 Lab: ASIS and Ilial Assessment / Hip Rotation and Pull
Day 2: 8.5 Hours CEU
- 8:00 – 8:30 Grounding Meditation
- 8:30 – 10:00 Lab: Ischium and Ilial Mobility and Treatment Prone / Supine / Side-lying
- 10:00 – 10:15 BREAK
- 10:15 – 11:15 Lab: Symphysis Pubis/Pubic Rami Mobility and Treatment Supine
- 11:15 – 12:00 Lab: Listening Skills
- 12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH
- 1:00 – 2:30 Lab: Lower Abdominal Fascial Release and C/S Scar, Uterus, and Bladder
- 2:30 – 3:30 Lab: Thoracic Spine and Rib Mobilizations and Lung Release
- 3:30 – 3:45 BREAK
- 3:45 – 5:00 Lab: Liver, Stomach, and Diaphragm Releases
- 5:00 – 6:00 LIVE PT DEMO
Day 3: 8.5 Hours CEU
- 8:00 – 8:30 Check In/ Grounding Circle
- 8:30 – 9:30 Lab: Oblique and Recti Releases
- 9:30 – 10:30 Lab: Psoas Releases – Unilateral and Bilateral
- 10:30 – 10:45 BREAK
- 10:45 – 12:00 Lab: External Palpation of Pelvic Floor Muscles
- 12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH
- 1:00 – 2:00 Lab: Internal Assessment Protocol
- 2:00 – 4:00 Lab: Internal Standing Assessment and Core Activation
- 4:00 – 5:30 Lab: LIVE PT DEMO
- 5:30 – 6:00 Putting It All Together – Technique Prioritization
CEU’s: 20 Hours Live + 8.55 Hours Online = 28.5 CEU Hours in Colorado and states with reciprocity
Improve clinical outcomes today!
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