Face to Face & Online Learning - 12.5 CPD points
Exercise Physiology in Pregnancy & Postpartum
Exercise during pregnancy and postpartum is far more complex than just being ‘safe’ or ‘pelvic floor aware’. It involves understanding and optimizing the physiological adaptations that occur during pregnancy, labor, and birth through targeted exercise.
Additionally, addressing specific conditions like diastasis recti, stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and birth injuries through tailored rehabilitation is crucial for helping women overcome barriers to returning to physical activity, exercise, and sports. This course equips you with the knowledge and practical skills needed to work effectively with pregnant and postnatal clients.
Exercise Physiology in Pregnancy and Postpartum is authored by ESSA’s Women’s Health Expert, AEP and Clinical Educator Esme Soan, and AEP and Clinical Educator Elisha Bunch. The course includes both online and face-to-face components, allowing you to refine your practical skills in real-time with field experts.
Complete the online pre-learning at your convenience, then attend the face-to-face practical sessions at the listed locations and dates.
Upcoming 2024 dates:
Additionally, addressing specific conditions like diastasis recti, stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and birth injuries through tailored rehabilitation is crucial for helping women overcome barriers to returning to physical activity, exercise, and sports. This course equips you with the knowledge and practical skills needed to work effectively with pregnant and postnatal clients.
Exercise Physiology in Pregnancy and Postpartum is authored by ESSA’s Women’s Health Expert, AEP and Clinical Educator Esme Soan, and AEP and Clinical Educator Elisha Bunch. The course includes both online and face-to-face components, allowing you to refine your practical skills in real-time with field experts.
Complete the online pre-learning at your convenience, then attend the face-to-face practical sessions at the listed locations and dates.
Upcoming 2024 dates:
- Brisbane - Sunday 13th October 2024 - hosted at Pear Exercise Physiology & Physiotherapy (Wavell Heights)
- Sydney - Sunday 10th November 2024 - hosted at ACU Strathfield Campus (Strathfield)
- Melbourne - Sunday 8th December 2024 - hosted at The Biomechanics (Footscray)
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What's included?
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Indepth look at pregnancy & postnatal physiology
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Face to Face and Online Self Paced Learning
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Practical application for exercise prescription and assessment of DRAM
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Prescreening tools to take straight to clinical practice
Clinical Knowledge for AEP
Comprehensive knowledge of the process
of pregnancy & delivery can have on pelvic floor, teach how to assess for
diastasis recti, how to communicate with pelvic health physiotherapists and others involved in patient care - and how to safely progress exercise in postpartum, from the first 6 weeks all the way back to high intensity.
Support from birth - back to sport & performance
The latest research, position statements in safe return to exercise postpartum, and how to led the way in supporting women to be physically active, with the right information, as an Accredited Exercise Physiologist.
Course Lessons
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What makes us different
Read. Watch. Face to Face Learning. Practical Application
Pregnancy case studies, hands on assessments and practical application of knowledge - how best to use your skills as an AEP to support clients in pregnancy.
Taught by experienced AEP's, with course content written and designed for Exercise Physiologists wanting to work in Women's Health
Knowledge of some of the common patho-physiology, injures or conditions that may impact return to exercise - including abdominal separation (DRAM), and stress urinary incontinence.
Be confident to design specific and appropriate exercise programming through pregnancy and guidance to return to exercise after birth - be the go-to expert for new mothers.
Meet the instructors
Esme Soan
Esme is passionate about working with women, and through her expertise improves the care that women receive through pregnancy, early postpartum, in rehabilitation, after cancer and in chronic pain management.
Esme opened Pear Exercise Physiology in 2014 to provide specialist exercise physiology services in women’s health in Brisbane. She has now grown her vision to include multidisciplinary services to further support Brisbane women with their health goals.
When she isn’t seeing clients, Esme is the Director of The Women’s Health Collective, where she promotes allied health education in all aspects of Women’s Health. She is also the Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) Women’s Health Expert. Through both of these roles Esme is actively involved in teaching and presenting across Australia with a range of institutions.
Esme opened Pear Exercise Physiology in 2014 to provide specialist exercise physiology services in women’s health in Brisbane. She has now grown her vision to include multidisciplinary services to further support Brisbane women with their health goals.
When she isn’t seeing clients, Esme is the Director of The Women’s Health Collective, where she promotes allied health education in all aspects of Women’s Health. She is also the Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) Women’s Health Expert. Through both of these roles Esme is actively involved in teaching and presenting across Australia with a range of institutions.
Patrick Jones - Course author
Patrick Jones - Course author
Meet the instructors
Elisha Bunch (nee Silcox)
Elisha Bunch is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with 8yrs clinical experience and a keen interest in educating the next generation of AEP's!
After obtaining a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science majoring in Clinical Exercise Physiology from the University of QLD in 2014, Elisha began her career in a musculoskeletal clinic. It was there she discovered that treating women is very different to treating men and struggled to find ways to upskill in the area of Women’s Health. Her passion for Women’s Health led her to her next clinical role at Pear Exercise Physiology and Physiotherapy, where she was privileged to work with an incredible team of women’s health practitioners. Whilst at Pear, she began working with the Women’s Health Collective and began phasing out of clinical work (for now) to become a Director at the WHC in 2023.
Elisha is passionate about teaching the next generation of AEPs that women need to be treated differently to men. She is driven to ensure that female specific health conditions become a permanent feature in the undergraduate syllabus and that all practitioners understand the unique physiological needs of women. Having two young daughters of her own, she hopes for a better future in the research and application of Women’s Health.
After obtaining a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science majoring in Clinical Exercise Physiology from the University of QLD in 2014, Elisha began her career in a musculoskeletal clinic. It was there she discovered that treating women is very different to treating men and struggled to find ways to upskill in the area of Women’s Health. Her passion for Women’s Health led her to her next clinical role at Pear Exercise Physiology and Physiotherapy, where she was privileged to work with an incredible team of women’s health practitioners. Whilst at Pear, she began working with the Women’s Health Collective and began phasing out of clinical work (for now) to become a Director at the WHC in 2023.
Elisha is passionate about teaching the next generation of AEPs that women need to be treated differently to men. She is driven to ensure that female specific health conditions become a permanent feature in the undergraduate syllabus and that all practitioners understand the unique physiological needs of women. Having two young daughters of her own, she hopes for a better future in the research and application of Women’s Health.
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