"Consistent improvement is better than delayed perfection."
With this course you will learn how to assess and understand what is going on in the pelvis & abdomen at a deeper level.
Instructors: Joanne Lynne, OMP, B.Sc., MALAT (in progress), Terra Nicolle, OMP, RMT, PFT
Certificate for 2 hours
This course includes
- Contraindications to treatment
- Pregnancy treatment mythsÂ
- Common complaints
- Principles of treatment
- Treatment goals
Signs & symptoms during pregnancy
- Hormones & fluid issues
- Back pain
- Ligament pain
- Pelvic pain
- Headaches
- Shoulder & wrist pain, etc...
Anatomy
- The abdomen &Â liver
- The pelvis & lumbars
- Right obliquity of the fetal lie
- Ligaments of the uterus
Physiology effects
- Diaphragm compensations
- Breathing effects
- Lymphatics
- Blood volume & pressure
- Enlarging breast tissue
- Digestion disturbances
- Postural compensation
- Nerve irritations
Assessment
- Pre-pregnancy status
- The 1st trimester
- The 2nd trimester
- The 3rd trimester
- Which ligaments are already stretched, know how NOT to stretch them even more
And more...
- Cervical curve & the carotid sheath
- Reflexes & poor body coordination
- Progesterone & relaxin effects
- Fetal head in the pelvic bowl
Terra knows pregnancy & birth
Osteopathic skills aside, do you really understand what is happening with the womb, how it grows and becomes the "driver" of mom's discomfort and pain?
Experience counts! Terra's knowledgable background and plethora of experiences through academics and from travelling abroad in her mission work give you a unique perspective to pregnancy.

Why take this course?
Optimize the best outcome for pain relief, comfort and fetal lie.
Reduce stresses on body functions for best pregnancy health & fetal health.
Know how to tailor your skills because the state of pregnancy is not the same as a regular adult woman with a "larger belly".