Chiropractic Care for the Pregnant Patient
Chiropractic Care for the Pregnant Patient - Confidently Support Every Stage of Pregnancy with Advanced SOT® Protocols
Pregnancy is a time of profound structural, hormonal, and neurological change. For chiropractors, it offers a unique opportunity to provide safe, effective care that supports both the mother and developing baby throughout each trimester—and beyond.
This on-demand course gives you the tools to deliver gentle, specific, and neurologically-based chiropractic care tailored to the needs of pregnant patients. Using advanced SOT® (Sacro Occipital Technique) protocols, you’ll learn how to assess and address the spinal, pelvic, and cranial changes that occur during pregnancy—and how to create more comfortable pregnancies and smoother births.
Whether you’re already caring for expecting moms or looking to expand your prenatal expertise, this course offers step-by-step guidance you can integrate into your practice right away.
What You’ll Learn
- How to adapt SOT® Category I, II, and III protocols for each stage of pregnancy
- Pelvic balancing and soft tissue techniques that support uterine positioning and fetal alignment
- Cranial corrections to address hormonal shifts, neurological stress, and postural changes
- Evaluation strategies for detecting instability, torsion, and compensatory distortion patterns
- Techniques to support labor preparation and postpartum recovery
Resources Provided
- Video class modules
- Evaluation & technique presentations
- Practical demonstrations
- Calls to action (CTAs)
- Complete PDF workbooks
- Full transcriptions of video classes
- Email access to Dr. Rosen & Dr. Watson
Why Take This Course?
- Chiropractic care during pregnancy improves maternal comfort, reduces intrauterine constraint, and enhances neurological function
- SOT® protocols provide a safe, gentle, and powerful framework for structural correction without force
- Proper care throughout pregnancy can positively impact labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery
Who Is This Course For?
Chiropractors who want to:
- Deliver more specialized, results-driven care for pregnant patients
- Build a thriving prenatal and family-centered practice
- Feel confident adjusting throughout all stages of pregnancy using low-force, effective techniques
- Create a more comfortable, balanced experience for mothers-to-be
Supporting pregnant patients is one of the most impactful ways to serve your community. With the right protocols and a deeper understanding of perinatal dynamics, you can help moms thrive—and give babies the best start possible.
Course Contents
14 Modules | 14 CTAs
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Module 01 The Chiropractor's Role - Anatomy and Physiology
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Module 02 Stages of Pregnancy - SOT Categories and Pregnancy
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Module 03 Prone Blocking Techniques: Category One
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Module 04 Category II and Category III Testing and Blocking
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Module 05 Ancillary Procedures: Psoas, T11-T12, Posterior Femur and Acetabular Restriction Corrections
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Module 06 Sacral Corrections: SOR, Sacral Cup, Anterior Sacrum, Sacral Segment Correction and Sacral Pussy Foot Technique
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Module 07 Seated Blocking Techniques
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Module 08 Alternative Blocking Techniques
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Module 09 Orthopedic Blocking and Non-Osseus Corrections, Pubic Symphsis Correction, Supportive Exercises and Sacro-iliac Belts
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Module 10 Pelvic Constraint Technique with Blocking
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Module 11 Case Management: Morning Sickness, Hemorrhoids
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Module 12 Case Management: VBAC - Past Due Date
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Module 13 Case Management: Constipation - Generalized Swelling - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Module 14 Case Management: Premature Labor - Inability to Maintain Pregnancy or Conceive
Meet the Instructors
As early as first quarter in chiropractic school they were attracted to each other’s commitment to chiropractic and the pursuit of excellence. Their combined 80 years of personal and clinical and teaching experience, in delivering the chiropractic adjustment is unparalleled in the chiropractic profession. Their international outreach through teaching, writing and lecturing has been a driving force in their personal and professional careers since their first seminar taught together as students, in 1979.
Their years of experience have taught them what works and what does not work to create a successful practice and lifestyle. The more competent and comprehensive your expertise you will find that more patients will seek your services and your practice will grow exponentially.
Feedback From Similar Courses
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Bethany Becherer, DC
This program was very easy to follow along and the PowerPoints that accompanied the presentation are/will be more than adequate to be able to reference back to long after the class has been taken. Dr. Martin was easy to understand, was thorough, explained things very well and even though it was technique teaching through video and not in person, the camera angles are perfect for seeing everything.
From the very first class I was able to use practical tidbits during table talk with my patients that afternoon! Being able to care for pregnant women and children in my practice with these skills has been SO beneficial these last few months!
I am currently 38 weeks pregnant myself, and typically do a lot of side posture adjusting and heavy manual work elsewhere for my patients. I have personally physically benefitted by taking this course because I was able to stabilize my own category 2 due to the lighter force technique I was able to use on my own patients— less stress on my own body!!
This is the first fully online course I’ve ever taken since graduation 9.5 years ago. So I didn’t have a ton of expectations coming in, but everything went very well (even though I did get behind due to some unexpected factors in my own clinic pulling my attention away!). Thank you very much for your expertise and teachings!
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Yile Zou, DC
My takeaways:
1. This program is very useful and practical. It can be applied into practice right away.
2. Live Q and A sessions are very helpful.
3. Dr. Rosen and Dr. Watson are knowledgeable and are passionate about this work and truly are great mentors. They care about how well the information delivered to the students. You can tell that they want their students to be successful.I was able to help myself during my last month of my pregnancy using blocking technique. I believe this contributes to the success of my VBAC. My patients have seen great results and become a believer of chiropractic care and they like the gentleness of this technique.
I was able to help a non-pregnant patient who had chronic rib pain to be pain free. This is the only technique that could calm her system and make her live a normal life. Other techniques often trigger more pain. Now she only wants blocking technique.
Great program! Great mentors and great chiropractors! I truly appreciate Dr. Rosen and Dr. Watson! I am looking forward to learning more from them in the future!
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James Lander, DC
The course is very thorough in addressing pregnancy care throughout stages of pregnancy. The course has filled in gaps where formal education and seminars have not linked together so many components of pregnancy and care by a chiropractor. The information can be overwhelming, however if one were to stay on top of it week to week it is very digestible with the homework, videos, transcript, and workbook.
This program has given me another push forward, expanding my knowledge and ability to see more of the entire picture of what is happening in pregnancy. It has also equipped me with tools for general care as well as specific conditions that I can immediately incorporate into my practice,
I had a postpartum patient with severe pubic symphysis pain. She has a very challenging labor but was committed to a vaginal birth and it did cause some trauma. She could not tolerate osseous adjustments of the pelvis and yet I was able to perform the pubic bone correction taught (bringing 2 bent legs up higher than the other until equal and then applying resistance). It resolved her unevenness and significantly reduced her pain.
The information is very well thought out and I am very appreciative of the content and also passing this information onto others in the field.
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