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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Denise Miranda, DC
My three takeaways from this course are: 1. Understanding the changes in the anatomy of pregnant women is very important because the more we know about the process of a growing baby, the more we can do to ensure the baby and mother are healthy throughout the three stages of gestation. 2. Other than the Webster technique, performing SOT on a pregnant woman is also a very gentle technique that can help with various conditions. 3. I like that we get to learn specific techniques that will help with some of the most common challenges the pregnant population faces throughout their pregnancy.
After taking this course, I feel like I’m more professionally and personally capable as a chiropractor and female to provide a more natural, easy, and less stressful adjusting technique to the pregnant population as well as provide other nutritional and supplemental recommendations to help ease their pregnancy journey.
I’ve been having more of my pregnant mothers use a Serola SI joint belt to help with stabilizing their hyper-mobility as indicated by the recommendations given to us in the seminar and the results have been amazing.
It continues to amaze me how much knowledge and information Dr. Rosen and Dr. Watson present to you in their online seminars. I am so thankful that I have the chance to learn from them and become a better chiropractor!
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Karen Ferguson, DC
My three takeaways:
1. I loved learning the sacral pussyfooting technique and also can see where this will help non pregnant patients.
2. 15 years ago I took the KST technique and one thing I liked was assessing and adjusting standing. Learning Category II blocking while sitting is something I am excited to implement at the office.
3.Another takeaway for me to add is using the sacral block when a woman is in her last trimester and has increased hyperlordosis.I have been caring for pregnant women for 30 years and the reason I keep signing up for your courses and referring others is because I am learning new tools to add and so far it has only enhanced client outcome and satisfaction. We are having chiropractors come to me to care for them and for their newborns.
since implementing more SOT blocking protocols vs using Thompson technique or side posture, there have been better outcomes. For instance, I have a young male aged 22 who has constant Achilles tendon pain. I switched to blocking CAT II and the issue is resolved. One of my Life U senior interns has a spondylo and has been adjusted his entire life by his father. He never had low force SOT adjusting and he feels better longer using the protocols I have learned.
110% would recommend this course. You both are masters at your craft in this technique and I love referring people to doctors that will help elevate their skills as a DC which will produce fantastic results causing their patients to refer other people to receive their chiropractic care.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making it easy for people like me to take the course online at my own convenience.
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Mackenzie Cunningham, DC
1. The amount of information is great 2. I enjoyed the self-paced aspect. 3. The demonstration videos were so helpful.
I feel more confident and knowledgeable in my ability to help more pregnant patients.
Yes, I would recommend this course because there was so much great information.
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