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
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Lisa Geiger, DC
My three takeaways from the Pregnancy Program are: Robust. Complete. Incredibly useful.
I approach pregnant patients with greater mastery and support
I had a patient with nasty morning sickness and was able to support them. I also have a ton of patients come in with VBAC and look forward to supporting the next one more effectively.
Loved it, love them. Thanks for all you do.
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Laura Dowling, DC
Drs. Rosen & Watson offer clinic expertise based on decades of active practice. This comes through in the effective techniques, systematic approaches and clinical pearls shared in every course.
This course has deepened my knowledge and understanding of pregnancy protocols and how to use them.
The Nuchal ligament and sacral indicators as well as the R&C factors and orthopedic blocking were helpful. I appreciated the SOT Category review, the cranial techniques and that you provided several examples of how to correct various issues. The nutrition examples and its relation to CMRT techniques and how to implement them is appreciated
Thank you for teaching from a very practical perspective.
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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.
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