Pregnancy and Postpartum Athleticism™

Description

Pregnancy and Postpartum Athleticism is an introductory - intermediate online certification course that equips personal trainers, physical therapists, and other health practitioners to support pregnant and postpartum athletes. This certification helps coaches and practitioners bridge the gap between rehab to athletic performance while taking core and pelvic health symptoms and athlete behavior and mindset into consideration. The course consists of 10 modules of content that educates students on how to understand the motivations of their clients, recognizing the client’s mental and physical needs before, during, and after pregnancy, as well as how to adjust training to accommodate the changing needs of the athlete.

This course teaches the practitioner how to assess clients, prioritizing a biosocial model of coaching. Students will learn how to use exercise progression and prescription of exercise according to their client’s symptoms and needs during pregnancy and postpartum.

Additional material is also provided to support student learning, including movement and coaching demonstrations, interviews from experts in various health fields, and instructional guides on how to recognize common concerns from pregnant and postpartum athletes.

Translated subtitles available in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. These subtitles are auto-generated.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize how fitness culture and “athlete brain” influence a client’s motivations, training goals, interests, and health.

2. Identify the anatomy and physiology of the core system, as well as common core and pelvic health considerations that pregnant and postpartum clients often experience.

3. Draw inferences on which of the “P&PA Players” (breath, pressure, tension, positioning, movement) to adjust to accommodate an athlete’s symptoms, tendencies, and athletic goals.

4. Select programming and exercise adjustments that would help athletes manage individualized symptoms and considerations in their training during seasons of pregnancy and postpartum.

5. Using the progressive overload methodology, organize programming in a way that would progress postpartum clients optimally back to their preferred form of exercise.

6. Identify examples of coaching that supports the whole athlete through their unique experiences and current season of life.

Course Content