Chiropractic Care for the Pregnant Patient
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
Class 1 – The Chiropractor’s Role – Anatomy and Physiology
Class 2 – Stages of Pregnancy – SOT Categories and Pregnancy
Class 3 – Prone Blocking Techniques: Category One
Class 4 – Category II and Category III Testing and Blocking
Class 5 – Ancillary Procedures: Psoas, T11-T12, Posterior Femur and Acetabular Restriction Corrections
Class 6 – Sacral Corrections: SOR, Sacral Cup, Anterior Sacrum, Sacral Segment Correction and Sacral Pussy Foot Technique
Class 7 – Seated Blocking Techniques
Class 8 – Alternative Blocking Techniques
Class 9 – Orthopedic Blocking and Non-Osseus Corrections, Pubic Symphsis Correction, Supportive Exercises and Sacro-iliac Belts
Class 10 – Pelvic Constraint Technique with Blocking
Class 11 – Case Management: Morning Sickness, Hemorrhoids
Class 12 – Case Management: VBAC – Past Due Date
Class 13 – Case Management: Constipation – Generalized Swelling – Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Class 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
Lauren Darby, DC
The course structure is so easy to follow and well planned out. The videos are so great to be able to watch at your own pace, and revise when needed, helping to cement the learning. The Question and Answer videos at the end of the course are so great for those in a different time zone.
This program has really given me great confidence in practice to try new things, and to also get things wrong when learning, this naturally transcended into my personal life with growing as a person and practitioner.
After doing the call to action exercises I found that I had entered into a conversation with a newly pregnant mum regarding ways her body will be changing and how the biomechanics works, it wasn’t something previously I would have talked about, as she was already a long term Chiropractic patient, but in doing so it gave her great comfort to know what to expect, and also that Chiropractic would be there to support her throughout her pregnancy journey.
Studying the course from a different Country with a different time zone was no disadvantage, it was very easy to access and Dr. Watson and Dr. Rosen were very accommodating and supportive.
Lindsey Crook, DC
I was looking to increase my certainty in caring for my pregnant patients. There are many things that come up in practice that I have not always felt prepared for so I was hoping to alleviate some of the uncertainty.
My three takeaways:
1. There is always a way. If a patient is having difficulty with their pregnancy and supine or prone adjusting is not possible, seated is always an option.
2. Less is more when it comes to adjusting the pregnant patient.
3. A patient’s body will change dramatically from Tri1-3 so we need to be able to accommodate and modify our techniques to support that.This course has increased my confidence in adjusting a patient with structural challenges that are outside typical. I had a patient present 7mos along for initial care. She had extreme lower rib pain and was unable to lie, having been sleeping sitting upright for a week. I worked on her seated and did work with her Psoas and seated lumbars.
The course with the Drs. Rosen and Watson has given me a broader scope of ways to help my patients. I’ve been in practice 17 years and there is still so much to learn. The application of SOT gives a perspective that helps me to think outside the box when approaching a difficult case.
Dr. Lisa Geiger, DC
Dr. Rosen’s ‘Chiropractic Care for the Pregnant Patient’ course exceeded my expectations. It was more accessible as an online course than I dared hope for. So full of both knowledge and guidance. Complete segments of lecture that were easy to digest, full of nuggets that I put into place at the adjusting table immediately. Very effective!
I have been studying pregnant patient care and support for 23 years in five different countries, so you can imagine my delight to find this course full of information that was new to me, easy to understand and implement, and laid out in such an informational way.
Dr. Rosen is most definitely at the top of this field with an encyclopedic knowledge and clever hands.
He is changing the trajectory of chiropractic, and specifically prenatal and pediatric chiropractic. I’m glad to have the ability to access his courses, both in person and online. And his book, ‘It’s All in the Head’ should be on the top of your reading list and on hand to share with patients.I recommend this course for any chiropractor who has the time and motivation to take it, no matter what your level of expertise. Everyone will get something out of it! I am able to support my pregnant patients better now. And that is priceless.
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