This is module III  

Female Bladder & Uterus Dysfunctions     

Women's Health Series         

it is recommended to follow the numbered order of the modules when learning this course.  You will need to learn the theory taught in the first four modules before progressing to the last two practical modules of this course.

If you encounter female patients in your practice with Bladder & Uterus pelvic complaints but feel ill equipped to help them,  this course is for you!

This series on Women's Health teaches you about the Mechanics of the Female Pelvis and how Dysfunction within this region can lead to Common Female Pelvic Complaints such as Urinary Incontinence due to Bladder Prolapse. Dysfunctional Placement of the Uterus is also reviewed. Assessment Techniques are taught and a Complete Treatment Protocol is provided.

Techniques taught all correspond to Osteopathic Principles of Visceral Osteopathy and Spinal Reflex Centers.  As a result, all techniques are external and Osteopathic in nature.  This is not a pelvic floor physiotherapy course. 

The Workbook that accompanies this course series:


Course Curriculum

  • 1

    The Mechanics of the Bladder & Urinary Incontinence

    • The Bladder and the Pubic Bone

    • How the Vagina Affects the Urinary Urgency

    • What happens to the Bladder as it fills with urine?

    • What is Ptosis & Prolapse of the Bladder?

    • Collapse of the the Bladder's Supporting Structures

    • Why Pelvic Floor Strengthening is only one Part of the Solution
  • 2

    Mechanical Dysfunctions of the Uterus

    • Mechanics of the Uterus

    • Factors that Cause the Uterus to Move!

    • How Uterus Displacement Affects Pelvic Function

    • How Uterine Dysfunction Affects the Bladder

    • The "Normal" or "Neutral" Position of the Uterus

    • Excessive "Forward Inclination" of the Uterus

    • "Retroversion" or Backward Inclination of the Uterus

    • Prolapse of the Uterus

    • "Sidebending" of the Uterus

    • Physical Trauma & Immobility of the Uterus

About the instructor

Educational Director & Instructor

Maureen Hannah Maher

Since Maureen began teaching, she found that not only does she have a natural gift for it (her parents were both teachers, so let hear it for genetics!), she found that she also holds a great desire to give back to the community and a profession that has been so fulfilling to her, and share over twenty years of acquired experience and knowledge.   Maureen brings extensive knowledge in Osteopathy  to her educational seminars.  Throughout her career which began in Montreal in 2003, Maureen has been an accredited member in good standing in several provinces across Canada, including the CPMDQ (Quebec), OsteopathyBC (British Columbia), OFOP (Ontario) and SCMMAC (Quebec). Like many classically trained Manual Osteopaths in Canada, Maureen wrote a thesis as part of her Osteopathy training. Hers was within the field of Cranial Osteopathy, on the Prevalence of Muscle and Myofascial Chain Link Dysfunctions and the Temporal Bone. Maureen was also an Associate Overseas member of the Australian Osteopathic Association (AOA) from 2008 to 2011.  After undergoing accreditation evaluation for foreign trained Osteopaths in Perth, Western Australia, Maureen was offered a position in one of Singapore's leading Osteopathic Clinics, giving her the distinction of having been the first Canadian trained Osteopath to be approved to practice  in South East Asia.   Right before the worldwide economic collapse in 2010, Maureen was offered a position in Shanghai China, which required accreditation with the GOSC, UK, which she began, but as prevailing economic conditions worsened, the position was put on hold, and Maureen decided instead to settled in Toronto, Canada, where after reluctantly accepting a poorly paid teaching contract, her students began asking her to design courses in more specialized subjects within Osteopathy, including Women's Health and Pediatrics.  It was not long after that Maureen founded the Center for Continuing Education of Osteopathy & Manual Therapy where she continued to innovate every day! Today, Maureen still teaches continuing education courses in specialized fields of Osteopathic Manual Therapy. Her students say that Maureen's teaching style is animated, engaging, but most importantly, informative.  Her gift lies in communicating complex theories in simple terms and analogies.  Her students come away with a clear grasp of Osteopathic concepts for treatment, and practical knowledge of how to apply them.  In more recent years, Maureen has created online versions of some of her most popular courses, and it is thanks to this new era of online learning that Osteopaths throughout Canada and throughout the world have been able to use Maureen's teachings and treatment protocols to help women, infants, and the general public find relief from the bodily dysfunctions that are so amenable to osteopathic manual treatments. Practitioners who enroll in any of our continuing education courses can contact Maureen at any time by email or pre-arranged phone call with clinical questions.  As a result, many Osteopaths worldwide still consult with her today regarding challenging Osteopathy cases.