Defining the importance of chiropractic care prior to concept:

• Assessment of patient’s health, existing conditions and prior chiropractic treatments
• Correcting existing concerns prior to conception and reasons for any preconception care
  • Proper spinal alignment, eliminating VSC, proper muscular function, proper cell function
• Addressing Environmental and nutritional concerns
• Addressing patient stress level
• Evaluating and addressing patient’s exercise level

Detailed explanation on the following benefits and their relation to ongoing chiropractic care:

• Musculo skeletal pain in the pregnant patient
• Detection and exercises for diastasis
• Core strength in the pregnant patient and appropriate exercise
• Assessment & Guidelines for both pregnant and postpartum patient’s physical activity
• Pelvic floor strength assessment and strengthening exercises

Review of postural correction and chiropractic care for the following distortions:

• Observation and documentation
• Utilizing patient history during a postural examination
• Typical Pregnancy Posture, observation and correction
• Upper and lower extremity complaints
  • Carpal tunnel, shoulder, foot and ankle, hamstring
• Cervical and thoracic spine complaints, and recognition
• Lumbar spine injury and low back pain
• Assessment & Guidelines for both pregnant and postpartum patient’s physical activity
• Pelvic floor strength assessment and strengthening exercises

• Defining Normal Reflexes for first year of life
  • Demonstrating and aging changes at each stage
• Identifying developmental milestones for first year of life
  • 0-2 mos, 3-4 mos, 5-7 mos, 8-10mos, 11-13 mos, 14 mos +
• Atypical Findings and Application to practice
  • Assisting mother/ infant breastfeeding goals with evaluating reflexes
  • Monitoring reflexes as baby continues to grow and progress
  • Utilizing reflexes to accomplish skill
• Social skill monitoring and communicating with patients care team
• Developing chiropractic care plans for developmental delays

• Introduce pediatric cervical spine hypermobility/instability and the challenges this presents for the chiropractor managing these complex cases
• Discuss common conditions associated with cervical spine hypermobility/instability (30 mins)
  • Down Syndrome
  • Ehlers- Danlos Syndrome
  • Juvenile RA
• Present current guidelines for assessing patients with possible hypermobility/instability
  • Imaging & mensuration
• Discuss appropriate modifications to chiropractic care
  • Low-force technique approaches
  • Demonstration
• Case presentations

• Evaluating physical development of your adolescent patient
• Assessing and evaluating neurological development
• Defining global motricity as it pertains to adolescence
• Sexual maturation as it concerns to young athlete patients
• Building and utilizing clinical exams specific to young adolescent athletes
  • Physical, neurological
  • Pre existing conditions
• Communication and continuing care around appropriate recovery and athletic training

• Case Presentation: Patient with Pelvic Deformity
• Discuss and define pelvic deformity
  • Implications for birth
  • Cephalopelvic disproportion
• Appropriate modifications for each patient
  • Initial evaluation, Preexisting conditions, previous chiropractic experience
• Chiropractic analysis and care plan for the patient