110th KAC Annual Convention | What Your Patients Don’t Expect When They’re Expecting with Dr. Brandie Keates

This presentation, "What Your Patients Don’t Expect When They’re Expecting," delves into the unforeseen challenges pregnant patients encounter and provides chiropractors with the confidence to guide them. It integrates sports medicine principles, including biomechanics, movement assessment, and functional rehabilitation, to effectively address prevalent issues such as back, rib, and pubic pain from an athletic perspective.The course is designed to equip practitioners with practical tools to offer comprehensive physical and emotional support, ensuring patients remain strong, supported, and empowered throughout their pregnancy. Attendees will learn to identify and explain common pregnancy challenges, assess musculoskeletal pain through a sports medicine lens, provide empowering patient education, and adopt a holistic, empathetic approach to prenatal care.

• -Identify and explain common musculoskeletal challenges pregnant patients face, including back pain, rib dysfunction, and pubic symphysis pain
• -Apply sports medicine assessment principles and functional movement patterns to evaluate prenatal musculoskeletal complaints
• -Develop evidence-based treatment and rehabilitation strategies that support pregnancy-specific biomechanical changes
• -Provide patient education that empowers pregnant patients to understand their body's changes and maintain strength and stability
• -Integrate manual therapy, exercise prescription, and lifestyle modifications into a comprehensive prenatal care plan
• -Recognize the emotional and psychological aspects of prenatal care and adopt an empathetic, holistic approach to patient support