As we start off this course you will learn a powerful grounding meditation and ways to help prepare yourself and the treatment room to implement these techniques. This introduction also shares with you Lynn’s treatment philosophy and palpation rules that are so important for optimal results with your clients.
Introduction Module Units:
- Introduction
- Grounding Meditation
- Postpartum Treatment Philosophy
- Table Set Up
- Pelvic Anatomy Lecture
Learn what the pelvic bones go through to allow the baby’s passage and the common patterns that can remain in the pelvis. Included are 13 Labs, full of mobilizations, that you can use on any of your clients with low back or pelvic pain, especially your moms stuck in the open birthing pattern.
The Pelvis Module Units:
- The Pelvic Lecture
- Sacral Rotation Prone
- Sacral Rotation Mobilization Prone
- Sacral ILA Mobility Prone
- Sacral Base Inferior Mobility Glide Prone
- Sacral Sheer Correction Prone
- Sacral Mobility Supine
- Sacral Correction Part 1 Supine
- Sacral Correction Part 2 Supine Sacral Sheering
- Ischial Mobility Prone
- Ischium/Ilium Rebalancing Prone and Supine
- Ischium/Ilium Correction Options Lecture
- Ilial Compression Side Lying
- Ilial Mobility/ASIS Assessment Supine
- Ilium Ischium Lab Review
- Pubic Bone Mobility Supine
- Pubic Rami Treatment Supine
- Hip Rotation and Leg Pull
- Pubic Bone/Rami Review
- Exercise to Close Pelvic Bones
Learn how to mobilize the belly and the organs affected by pregnancy and labor. We cover techniques to help with healing of diastasis recti, how to work with cesarean scar tissue, and how to help the bladder and uterus post-birth. Plus, you will learn how to effectively release the all-important psoas muscles without digging down through the abdomen.
The Abdomen Module Units:
- Abdomen Lecture
- Lower Abdominal Fascial Release
- Bladder Assessment and Treatment
- Bladder Assessment and Treatment
- Uterus Assessment and Treatment
- Broad Ligament
- Releasing Uterus from Bladder
- Small Intestines Release
- C/S Scar Release
- Diastasis Recti Lecture
- Oblique Stretch and Recti Release
- Psoas Lecture
- Psoas Release Unilateral and Bilateral
- Abdominal Review
Experiencing a new way to assess and treat your client. Learn how to tune into the energy flow in the body and feel what the tissues are wanting to do and how the body is wanting to move to help guide your treatment approach. We’ll be discussing how to allow your intuition to guide you with your treatment.
Listening Techniques Module Units:
- Listening Lecture
- Part 1: General Listening
- Part 2: Standing Energy Flow
- Is the Pelvis Still Birthing?
- Local Listening
Learn to effectively release the pelvic organs externally and get them back into their proper place so the pelvic floor muscles can function better in your first session.
The Pelvic Floor Module Units:
- Pelvic Floor Lecture
- External Palpation of the Pelvic Floor Muscles
Understand how pregnancy affects the abdominal and core musculature in ways that cause problems for our postnatal clients. In this module you will see examples of poor core activation strategies that we want to change and ways to activate the core in a more supportive manner.
Core Activation Module Units:
You will understand the effects the baby had on the thoracic region and ways you can facilitate release and balance in these tissues. Also covered is a new way of treating restricted mobility in the thoracic spine and ribcage that you can use on any client that needs it. Help your postpartum clients release any stuck inhalation patterns and get their thoracic region balanced and moving freely to help with better core activation.
The Thoracic Region Module Units:
- Thoracic Lecture
- Liver/Stomach Release and Rebalancing
- Stuck Inhalation – Lung Release
- Diaphragm Release
- Thoracic and Rib Cage Mobility
- Thoracic Lab Review
After learning a TON of new techniques throughout this course, this module helps you to implement this material. Watch as Lynn demonstrates and walks you through her treatment approach in using this material. Follow the important steps after the course to help us get you added to our directory of practitioners so moms can find and work with you.
Putting It All Together Module Units:
- Putting It All Together Lecture
- Postpartum Technique Prioritization Handout
- Final Quiz
- Course Evaluation
- What’s Next?