PG-DIP-18 PREGNANCY, PERINATAL AND FAMILY PRACTICE
PG-DIP-18 | Pregnancy, Perinatal and Family Practice
Safe, Patient-Centered Care Across Changing Life Stages
Strengthen your preparation for caring for pregnant and postpartum patients while developing a broader family-practice approach.
PG-DIP-18 | Pregnancy, Perinatal and Family Practice integrates maternal physiology, musculoskeletal assessment, clinical safety, conservative management, communication and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The guide emphasizes respectful, evidence-informed care without presenting chiropractic treatment as a substitute for obstetric, midwifery, pediatric or emergency services.
Topics include:
- Physiological changes during pregnancy
- Pregnancy-related spinal and pelvic complaints
- Pelvic-girdle and low-back pain
- Rib, thoracic and postural presentations
- Headache and extremity complaints
- Trimester-specific examination considerations
- Positioning and procedural modification
- Pregnancy-related contraindications and precautions
- Obstetric warning signs and urgent referral
- Postpartum recovery and rehabilitation
- Abdominal-wall and pelvic-floor awareness
- Lactation-related postural and musculoskeletal concerns
- Return to activity and exercise
- Family-practice communication
- Trauma-informed and culturally responsive care
- Collaboration with obstetricians, midwives and other professionals
- Documentation and informed consent
- Case-based clinical applications
- Rapid review and self-assessment
- Professional-development roadmap and checklist
Designed for:
- Chiropractors caring for pregnant patients
- Clinicians developing perinatal services
- Practitioners interested in family-centered care
- New graduates strengthening safety and referral skills
- Educators teaching pregnancy-related clinical care
Study it. Understand it. Apply it.
This independent educational resource does not confer certification, replace approved pregnancy or perinatal training, authorize obstetric care or support claims that chiropractic treatment changes fetal position or guarantees labor, delivery or pediatric outcomes.