Introduction to Abdominal Visceral Mobilisation
Part 1 – Entry Level Course
Comprehensive training in pelvic floor assessment techniques for healthcare professionals working with postnatal clients.
What will you learn?
- Functional anatomy & physiology of the abdomen
- Palpation of these structures
- Learn how to treat various women’s health issues with a 360 degree approach
What does this course offer?
Course Aims
- Teach basic assessment and palpation skills for the abdominal viscera/organs that get shifted or affected in pregnancy, and women’s health issues such as Endometriosis/Adenomyosis.
- Learn the locations of the pelvic organs when palpated viscerally through the abdomen and how to influence them.
- Differentiate layers of tissue from the skin to organs; like the broad ligaments of the uterus and ovaries.
- Build on palpation and assessment skills to treat; lower back and pelvic pain, the release of c-section scars, diastasis (improve the gap in 1-2 sessions), diaphragm for breathing issues, bladder urgency and infrequency, period pains, and pelvic floor (yes, we can influence the pelvic floor by touching it directly)
Clinical Questions
- How do the organs influence each other?
- How are they connected to our skeleton and how does this affect a pelvic issue?
- Why do visceral organs become restricted or refer pain?
- Any restriction, fixation or adhesion to another structure implies structural impairment of that organ and tissues.
What skills will you learn?
- Learn what lies between the rectus abdominis and psoas major muscles and how the viscera are suspended.
- Able to palpate and assess intraperitoneal and subperitoneal organs and fascia.
- Develop basic skills to palpate and assess abdominal viscera in order to help treat back pain/pelvic pain/acid reflux and post-abdominal surgery.
- Assess diaphragm excursion.
- Learn how to treat the postnatal woman or women’s health issue with a unique 360-degree approach.
- Understand the implications of intraabdominal pressure, adhesion, or restrictions from above in the abdominal cavity on the pelvic organs.
- Assessment and treatment of DRA and C-Section scars and the relevance to visceral mobility
What techniques will you learn?
- Uterus
- Broad Ligaments of the Uterus
- Urachus (bladder ligament)
- Pubovesicle Ligament
- Suspensory Ligaments of the Ovaries
- Diaphragm
- Colon
- And much more!
Once you have done this course you will no longer be able to ignore the abdominal area when carrying out an assessment!
This is a very practical course; be willing to work with each other’s tummies and explore what you find!
Plus, you will receive a beautiful informative manual covering everything you have learned which will support your training after the course!
Certification
Following the one day course you will be asked to complete a short online test. You will have time to practice your new skills and apply them clinically, we ask you to submit short videos of you completing the techniques, this to demonstrate how you have practised your new visceral techniques and demonstrate your application of learning and ability to perform the technique away from the classroom.
This also great reflective practice evidence for your professional portable.
Upon successful completion you will then be awarded your Mummy MOT Visceral abdominal mobilisation certificate.
We look forward to seeing you!