Physical Therapy for Labor and Birth Webinar

The Physical Therapy for Labor and Birth course is a two-part course series composed of an OB-Intra Webinar and an OB-Intra Lab course. The OB-Intra Webinar is a prerequisite for the OB-Intra Lab course.

The OB-Intra Webinar course is conducted 100% virtually through a live webinar format. The course is didactic and provides the physical therapy professional with an in-depth understanding of how specific physical therapy interventions during the antepartum and intrapartum periods may affect birth outcomes and postpartum maternal health. Practical, evidence-based knowledge and advanced skills in providing therapeutic and educational support are included. Didactic instruction includes: maternal pelvis anatomic characteristics and biomechanical considerations for childbirth, orthopedic diagnosis considerations, causes and management of dysfunctional labor, psychosocial considerations in childbirth, labor and vaginal delivery, cesarean delivery.