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
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
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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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Tamara Lund, DC
The information contained in this course is very practical. It’s presented logically, and easy to implement.
Learning the techniques presented here has given me many more tools when working with a pregnant woman.
Specifically, I recently worked with a woman with constipation. After applying the techniques and doing the thumb toggles around her abdomen she had the best illumination she’d had in years.
Thank you for preparing and presenting this course. I look forward to taking more courses from the Peak Potential Institute. Thanks again!
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Dr. Lee Wen Jia
As I took the SOT Pediatric Programme previously, I am thinking that it will be great to learn more new skills to help both pregnant mummies and their babies. Through this course, I learnt many effective and gentle ways of adjustment for pregnant ladies to ensure the adjustment treatment on every pregnant lady is carried out in a safer method.
1. I learnt the body structure changes on pregnant mummies which can help me to have a better understanding about pregnant mummy body condition during different phases of pregnancy.
2. I learnt different conditions or symptoms that will be faced by pregnant ladies and the treatment for each condition.
3. I learnt SOT block technique which is really an amazing technique to me as it is a really effective technique when I perform it on my patients.After finishing this course, I found that I can have better communication with mummies and ladies who are pregnant. I am able to explain to them in a better and professional way during the report of finding, which can make them have more understanding of their condition and more willing to start or continue with the treatment.
I met one pregnant lady and that was her first pregnancy. She was very nervous and worried about hers and her baby’s condition. She experienced lower back pain and soreness. She used to self-crack her lower back to relieve her symptoms. After checking and treatment, she felt relief on her lower back, but she also felt tightness around her sacroiliac joints. After a few months of treatments, her condition is improving and she has safely delivered a healthy and cute baby.I feel that this is a really great and amazing course. Through this course, chiropractors can have a golden opportunity to learn a specific, safer and effective technique for pregnant ladies. Besides, not only treatment, this course also gives a clear picture and explanation about how pregnancy causes changes in women’s body condition and structure, which is really helpful to chiropractors to have a better understanding about it.
After finishing this course, I feel that I have more confidence when I meet pregnant ladies. Honestly speaking, previously I have no confidence with handling treatment for pregnant mummies. However, after learning and exposing myself to this amazing SOT technique, I found that I become more confident when facing patients who are in pregnancy. I really want to thank Dr Martin and Dr Watson who taught me this awesome technique. I hope there will be more chiropractors and patients from all over the world will get benefits from the great technique. Last but not least, I wish I will have more chances to learn from Dr. Martin and Dr. Watson in the future.
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