Understanding the Birthing Process from an Osteopathic Mechanical Viewpoint 

is a good starting point to your interest in Pediatric or Obstetrical Manual Therapy .  

In this short 3 hour course, you will learn the mechanics of the Birthing Process, watch a full length Webinar on the subject, and have the oportunity to do some hands-on practice and submit a short theory homework assignment to receive a Certificate of Completion.



Your Instructor and Author of this course is Maureen Maher, Educational Director for the Center for Continuing Education of Osteopathy & Manual Therapy. Over the last twenty years, Maureen has had the privilege of assisting hundreds of pregnant women and their children to overcome many of the dysfunctions that you will find in an Osteopathic Clinic.  She is known for having a engaging, yet knowledgeable teaching style.  Her fondness for mentoring Osteopaths and Manual Therapists become adept and sensitive to the needs of Pregnant Moms and their Children is communicated throughout her entire course series in Pediatric Osteopathy.    

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Course Curriculum

  • 2

    The Mechanics of the Birthing Process

    • Anatomical Development of the Cranium in Newborns

    • The Mechanics of the Birthing Process

    • Common Causes of Cranial Injury in Newborns

    • What Cranial Mechanisms can be negatively affected ?

    • Damage Caused by Compressive Forces

    • Pulmonary Respiration at Birth & the Primary Cranial Mechanism

    • How permanent are birth injuries?

    • Mechanical Integrity of the Birthmother’s Pelvis

  • 3

    Webinar - Understanding the Birthing Process

    • Info about this Webinar

    • Webinar - Understanding the Birthing Process

  • 4

    Optional Homework - Practicing Understanding the Birthing Process

    • Homework Option to Receive your Certificate of Completion for 3 hours CPDs/ CEUs

    • DOWNLOAD: Major Stages of the Birthing Process

    • Homework: Practicing Simulating the Mechanics of the Birthing Process

    • Homework - Theoretical Review

  • 5

    Download - Workbook section

    • Workbook download

  • 6

    About your Instructor

    • Maureen Norah Maher, BA, DO(Qc), DOMP Osteopath Practitioner and Educator

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.  

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