Want to learn to restore function for your postpartum clients in just one weekend?

get clients out of pain and into function after childbirth

LIVE In-Person course

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

What Practitioners Say About This Course

Is This Course For You?

YES, if you want greater confidence working internally and externally with postpartum clients

YES, if you want in-person support with one of the lowest student to teacher ratios in pelvic health education

YES, if you want to get 5 courses in 1 including pelvic and visceral mobilizations, myofascial release, and energy flow

YES, if you want to know what to look for and how to treat the postpartum body

YES, if you want to learn the physical manipulations to treat the areas most commonly impacted by birth

YES, if you want to help postpartum clients heal more fully and get back to feeling like themselves

YES, if you want to improve your clinical outcomes in fewer sessions

YES, if you want to be the go-to practitioner for postpartum care

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

  • 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!

Don’t see a location that works for your schedule?

Register for the online course and upgrade later to a live course that works for you.

Have A Question or Want to Upgrade to the Live Course?

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