INTRODUCING OUR NEW COURSE

Enroll by May 18, 2025 for the Live Cohort!

online self-paced course
AND LIVE Group Cohort

Pregnancy Pain
and Beyond

Confidently treat pain and
prepare the body for birth
in less than 5 hours

Get more from your pregnant client sessions by learning:

How to minimize the risk factors of the most common birth injuries, including OASIS and DRA.
How to safely and effectively treat the most common pregnancy pain complaints (SPD, SIJ pain, round ligament pain, and more).
Birth prep techniques to help your clients have smoother births — including addressing baby’s positioning with muscle and fascial release methods.
Specific techniques and releases that can help clients with breech presentations. Plus, learn the secret to identifying if you are palpating baby’s bottom or head.
A broader education of what happens to the body during pregnancy and birth.

This isn’t just another theory-based course. It’s hands-on, practical, and designed to
immediately improve your confidence and skills and impact your results.

Confidently treat pain and prepare
the body for birth in less than 5 hours

Pregnancy Pain and Beyond
Online Course and Live Cohort

ENROLL TODAY $397

Get lifetime access to the course + 3 live Q&A calls with Lynn Schulte

Bodyworkers with a License to Touch

Recommended For

4.9 Hours
(See CEU FAQs)

Course Length

Excellent Course for All Skill Levels

Course Level

This course is required for certification

Certified Birth Healing Practitioners

Stop struggling with . . .

Knowing what’s truly safe. You don’t want to cause harm—to the mother or baby. Pregnancy can seem like a vulnerable or fragile time if you don’t know what to do causing you to question your confidence and knowledge.
Feeling limited by your tools. You might know a few strategies for relieving pain, but do you have a roadmap of the techniques that work for treating the most common pregnancy pain complaints?
Chasing the symptoms. Clients often present with multiple pain points—round ligament pain, pubic symphysis dysfunction (SPD), SIJ pain, back pain—making it hard to pinpoint the real issue.
Knowing what to do to help pregnant clients that aren’t in pain. When clients come in that are not in pain what can you do to help?
Identifying baby’s position in the body. You palpate for the baby, but are unsure of whether you are on baby’s head or bottom making it challenging to know what the best next steps are.
Seeing clients too late. You wish more clients would come in sooner, so you could help them better prepare for birth and set their body up for a successful recovery after birth.

Improve your confidence and expertise . . .

with a treatment checklist of the most common pregnancy pain complaints and
the steps you need to know to prepare clients for a smoother birth

In this course, you will get a checklist of how to treat the most common pregnancy pains along with a bigger picture of how these pains may impact labor and birth.

Beyond treating the pain, you will learn how to find restrictions in the body and the specific techniques that will help baby get into a better position for birth, including breech positioned babies.

This course will show you where to work to correct imbalances, create more space for baby, and ultimately, improve birth and postpartum outcomes.

You’ll also learn the latest research on DRA and OASIS to support your clients during their pregnancy, so they will have an easier recovery after birth.

What’s Inside the Pregnancy Pain and Beyond Course

Increase your pregnancy and labor terminology to better support your pregnant clients.
Understand the physiologic changes that occur in the pregnant body and to the uterine ligaments and how they can impact our treatment.
Assess and treat the uterine ligaments to help with baby’s position in the belly.
Understand the absolute and relative contraindications of working with pregnant clients.
Learn the impact of pregnancy on the abdominal muscles and how to best educate your clients on strengthening them during pregnancy and heal diastasis recti in the early postpartum period.
Understand how to manage and effectively treat different body aches and pains throughout pregnancy.
Know what the Linea Negra is showing you in your pregnant clients.
Understand the fascial lines in the body and how they can impact baby’s position and the development of diastasis recti and learn how to effectively release tight fascia.
Be able to identify and assess for baby’s position in the belly and know what structures to release to help baby find a better position for birth.
Identify and palpate for breech positions and know how to encourage more optimal positioning using an inversion position.
Understand the mechanics of birth and fetal movements through the pelvis and how to facilitate pelvic mobility for birth.
Understand the latest research on perineal massage and how the pelvic floor muscles need to function for birth.
Be able to educate your clients on risk factors for OASIS and how to guide your clients for subsequent births after sustaining one.
Learn how to help your client push effectively in labor using external palpation.
Understand the importance of educating your clients on pregnancy related issues, labor support and early postpartum recovery.

Module 1	Introduction: Welcome to Pregnancy Pain and Beyond
Unit 1	MPC: Welcome to Pregnancy Pain and Beyond \| 22:17
Module 2	The Pregnancy Basics
Unit 1	MPC: Pregnancy Basics \| 19:15
Unit 2	MPC: Physiologic Changes in the Body \| 17:22
Module 3	The Uterine Ligaments
Unit 1	MPC: Uterine Mobility \| 2:35
Unit 2	MPC: Lower Abdominal Fascial Release \| 3:00
Unit 3	MPC: Uterosacral Ligament \| 3:13
Unit 4	MPC: Round Ligament Release \| 4:23
Module 4	Our Role During Pregnancy
Unit 1	MPC: Our Role During Pregnancy \| 6:03
Unit 2	MPC: Abdominal Care \| 16:12
Unit 3	MPC: Pain Management During Pregnancy \| 21:04
Unit 4	MPC: Fascial/Muscular Restrictions \| 19:26
Module 5	Treating the Pregnant Body
Unit 1	MPC: Hip IR / ER Assessment \| 00:55
Unit 2	MPC: Diaphragm / Rib Cage Release \| 3:08
Unit 3	MPC: Side-lying Fascial Release \| 8:08
Unit 4	MPC: Side-lying Belly Sweep \| 2:25
Unit 5	MPC: Anterior Fascial Line Up to Head \| 1:58
Unit 6	MPC: Adductors to Tailbone Release \| 1:54
Module 6	Labor Prep
Unit 1	MPC: Labor Basics \| 21:38
Unit 2	MPC: Supporting Labor \| 34:24
Unit 3	MPC: Palpating Baby's Head \| 3:29
Unit 4	MPC: Ironing Board Inversion \| 10:29
Unit 5	MPC: Mechanics Of Labor \| 9:38
Unit 6	MPC: Preparing the Pelvic Floor / OASIS \| 15:16
Unit 7	MPC: Pushing Prep \| 13:08
Module 7	Educating Our Clients
Unit 1	MPC: Educating Our Clients \| 25:42
Module 8	Course Evaluation and Final Exam
Unit 1	MPC: Course Evaluation
Unit 2	MPC: Final Exam

LAB: Lower Abdominal Fascial Release

INTENTION: To make sure lower abdomen has the mobility to allow baby to
move into best position for birth

PATIENT POSITION	Supine with knees bent up
HAND POSITION	Finger-tips head toward pubic bone and outside of 5th MCP in contact with ASIS’s.
DIRECTION OF MOTION	Sinking down into the tissues one side at a time, then moving tissues medially as in a scooping fashion.
ASSESSMENT	Be gentle and respectful especially when baby is present. To feel for any restrictions to any motion in sinking in posteriorly or moving the tissues medially.
TREATMENT	Take tissues to end range of restriction, hold and wait for release. Can also use fingertips on restricted side moving tissues toward the midline until release occurs. Gentle release work of sinking into tissues for a release.

Special Notes: Always start all lower abdominal work with this technique

Course Unit Sneak Peek:
Lower Abdominal Fascial Release Lab

A practical, hands-on course designed
for busy practitioners

You have lifetime access to your course giving you a valuable reference library.

This course is offered as an online course and as part of an annual cohort. The next Live Group Cohort begins May 19, 2025.

View hands-on body tutorials and guided demonstrations to see exactly how to apply each technique, so you can practice with confidence.

Your course includes easy to follow step-by-step instruction and multi-angle videos.

There are downloadable lecture slides and a course workbook for note taking and in depth review.

This course is an investment in both your skills and professional development as it has 4.9 hours of CEUs approved for PTs in the state of Colorado and those states that have reciprocity. For OTs, this course meets all requirements for CEU credits for your state licensure and NBCOT.

Get your clients out of pain today

JOIN THE COURSE & THE COHORT

The latest research, translated into hands-on practice

This isn’t just theory. You’ll be learning hands-on techniques, backed by
the latest research, to help your clients have smoother births.

The science of pregnancy care is evolving, and staying ahead means understanding the latest research — and knowing how to apply it in real-world practice. This course includes the latest research on:

Diastasis Recti and Early Postpartum Recovery – New findings reveal how core function impacts both pushing effectiveness and long-term healing. Learn the latest on what to advise your clients to best support their abdominal wall and avoid the misinformation on practices that are making them worse.

OASIS (Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury) Prevention – Research shows key risk factors for severe tearing—this course gives you the education to help protect your client’s pelvic floor.

Fascial Lines and Fetal Positioning – The body’s tension patterns influence baby’s position affecting both comfort and labor outcomes. You’ll learn how to identify these restrictions and effectively release them.

Breech Positioning – This course teaches you hands-on techniques to encourage a change in baby’s positioning (if baby so chooses), including a unique inversion method.

Join the First Ever and Only Live Group Cohort of 2025

Work on your timeline with extra support and resources from Lynn Schulte.
The Live Group Cohort for this course begins on May 19th!

Why Join A Cohort?

Enjoy extra support directly from Lynn to ensure your deeper understanding of the material.
Experience a collaborative and supportive environment as you move through the course with other practitioners.
Stay on track with weekly emails that will highlight key learning points and encourage course completion without overwhelm.
Join 3 live Q&A calls with Lynn Schulte to get your questions answered and troubleshoot real cases.

Enroll Today and Secure Your Spot!

Enrollment Closes on May 18th at Midnight

Is This Course For You?

YES, if you are a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Bodyworker, Pelvic Health Specialist, Midwife, Chiropractor or Birth Worker with a license to touch.
YES, if you want to feel more confident working with pregnant clients.
YES, if you want to learn to read what pain is telling you about the pregnancy — Discover how to decode pain patterns, identify underlying imbalances, and apply the right techniques to bring real, lasting relief.
YES, if you want to create a smoother birth and easier postpartum recovery — Help create space, ease tension, and optimize positioning to set the stage for an easier, more efficient labor and birth.
YES, if you want to empower your clients — Teach clients what’s really happening in their bodies, how to advocate for themselves in birth, and what they can do to create the best possible experience.
YES, if you want to know how to help your clients when a baby is breech — Create space and movement in the belly/abdomen and learn an effective positioning technique you can use on your clients to help encourage a head-down baby.

Meet Your Instructor

Lynn Schulte, PT

Lynn has been a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist for over 30 years and is the founder and principal instructor at the Institute for Birth Healing. She has been helping moms heal from all types of issues women experience during pregnancy and postpartum and is now teaching courses to other practitioners to share her expertise in what works.

After helping thousands of clients, she discovered something all her postpartum clients had in common — the “Open Birthing Pattern.” The Open Birthing Pattern results from the pelvic bones and muscles not returning to normal positioning and mobility after birth, creating pain and dysfunction. After learning this pattern, Lynn discovered many more and has been teaching these ever since.

Her courses focus on a holistic approach that addresses the client as a whole. She includes hands-on assessment and treatment techniques in her courses as well as an approach that gets to the root of pain and discomfort to restore function, enable smoother births and facilitate faster and more easeful postpartum recoveries.

The FAQs

The Live Group Cohort officially begins on May 19, 2025 with our first Live Q&A Call and welcome to the course. You will have access to the online course, workbook and slides starting May 17, 2025.

During the cohort, you will receive weekly emails to help you stay on track as well as have the opportunity to join 3 Live Q&A Calls with Lynn Schulte to support your learning. You will have lifetime access to the online course so you can keep coming back to the training and re-watch videos as questions and scenarios arise within your practice.

All core lessons are pre-recorded, so you can watch at your convenience. However, there will be 3 Live Q&A Calls where you can ask questions and get direct support from Lynn.

There will be 3 Live Q&A Calls with Lynn Schulte throughout the cohort to help maximize your learning:

May 19, 2025 (Welcome and Cohort Kick-Off)
June 26, 2025 (Course Wrap-Up, Q&A, Technique Review)
July 31, 2025 (Graduation Ceremony, Q&A from Clinical Practice and Course Content)
Call Times: calls will be at 6pm Mountain Daylight Time (5pm Pacific | 7pm Central | 8pm Eastern)

All live Q&A calls will be recorded and posted so you can watch them if you can’t make it live. You can also submit a question to Lynn beforehand, so she can answer it in the call, if you are unable to attend.

This course has 4.9 hours of CEUs approved for PTs in the state of Colorado and those states that have reciprocity. For OTs, this course meets all requirements for CEU credits for your state licensure and NBCOT. See CEU Frequently Asked Questions for more details HERE.

There will be an average of 1 hour of video content each week for 5 weeks. The Live Q&A Calls will be approximately 90 minutes each depending on the number of questions.

This course is designed for physical therapists, occupational therapists, bodyworkers, birth workers and other licensed professionals who work hands-on with pregnant clients. Whether you are new to your field or have had years of experience, if you want to feel confident treating pregnancy-related pain and optimizing fetal positioning, this course is for you.

This course teaches 10+ techniques that are not included in any of our other courses. These techniques focus on addressing fascial and muscular restrictions. In addition, this course includes a roadmap for treating the most common pregnancy pain complaints and references both the new techniques taught in this course plus techniques taught in our other IBH courses. For the techniques taught in other courses, there is a reference guide to the course you can learn these additional techniques in if you would like to further your education.

This course gives you practical, 10+ new hands-on techniques that you can apply immediately. You’ll learn how to identify the root cause of pregnancy pain, support an easier postpartum recovery, improve fetal positioning, work with babies that are in a breech presentation, and help create a smoother birth experience—all backed by the latest research.

Due to the digital nature of the course, we do not offer refunds. However, if you have any concerns, reach out—we’re happy to help.

You CAN feel confident and effective
when treating pregnancy pain

Imagine a pregnant client walks into your clinic. She’s struggling with SIJ pain, pubic symphysis discomfort, and round ligament tension.

And instead of questioning where to start or second-guessing yourself, you know exactly what to do.

You confidently assess what’s causing her pain—not just treating symptoms, but addressing the root issue. 
You have a clear framework for safe, effective techniques—so you’re never left wondering what’s appropriate. 
You help her create balance and space in her body—not just for pain relief, but to prepare for a smoother birth. 
You finally have the techniques and education to make a lasting impact—not just alleviate pain temporarily.

This course gives you the missing pieces and the hands-on techniques to treat pregnancy pain with confidence and effectively support a smoother birth.

Support clients for a smoother birth today

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