Fascia, Hormones, and Regulation
Saturday, March 27, 2027 • 4:00 PM UTCA Systems Approach to Women's Health
Women's health is more than hormones, and you don't need to become a hormone expert to provide better care.
Across menstruation, pregnancy and postpartum, perimenopause, menopause, surgery, injury, and aging, women experience changing biological and mechanical demands. Hormones are part of that picture, but so are fascia, the nervous system, movement, sleep, stress, recovery, and previous experiences.
For clinicians trained to work with fascia, this course expands the lens. Rather than viewing pelvic or abdominal restrictions as isolated tissue findings, we explore them within the larger adaptive system and the changing biological context of a woman's life.
The practical questions become: What pattern are you seeing? What might be influencing it? What can you appropriately address within your scope? And when should you refer or collaborate with another provider?
Through fascia-informed assessment, hands-on techniques, movement, self-care, and patient education, participants will learn practical ways to better support women throughout the lifespan.
The Goal
You don't need to treat hormones to understand that changing female physiology influences the person and the system you're treating.
By expanding the lens from isolated restrictions to the interaction of fascia, nervous system state, movement, experience, and changing physiology, we can provide more informed care while remaining clearly within our scope.
Regulate. Reboot. Renew.
Who Is This For?
PTs and pelvic floor PTs, OTs, chiropractors, manual therapists, midwives, nurse practitioners, and physicians in women's health, OB/GYN, and functional medicine.
What You'll Learn + Experience
Participants leave with practical tools they can begin using immediately:
- Simple questions for understanding menstrual, pregnancy/postpartum, perimenopausal, menopausal, surgical, and pelvic-health context.
- A fascia-informed framework for recognizing whole-body patterns rather than treating the pelvis in isolation.
- Practical abdominal, diaphragmatic, hip, low-back, and related myofascial techniques.
- Simple movement, breathing, and self-care practices appropriate for patients to use between appointments.
- Better language for discussing women's health without diagnosing or treating hormonal conditions outside your scope.
- Clearer recognition of when referral or collaborative care is appropriate.
Topics Explored
- Women's health through a systems lens
Understand the interaction between hormonal transitions, fascia, nervous system state, movement, sleep, stress, recovery, and daily life without needing to become an endocrine specialist. - Fascia and the female pelvis
Explore fascial relationships among the abdomen, diaphragm, pelvis, hips, low back, thorax, and pelvic floor as parts of an interconnected mechanical system. - Hormones change the context
Develop a foundational understanding of menstruation, pregnancy and postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause and how changing physiology may influence symptoms, recovery, movement, and the patient experience. - Assessment of patterns
Recognize abdominal, pelvic, hip, lumbar, respiratory, and postural patterns that may be relevant to the patient's presentation. - Scars and post-surgical considerations
Assess and work appropriately with abdominal and pelvic scars and surrounding tissue following procedures such as C-section and other surgeries. - Fascia-informed hands-on care
Apply practical myofascial techniques to the abdomen, diaphragm, hips, low back, and related regions within your professional scope. - Nervous system state and the patient experience
Understand how pain, stress, sleep, previous experiences, and autonomic state can interact with movement, muscle tone, breathing, and symptom presentation. - Self-care between appointments
Teach simple self-release, movement, breathing, and awareness practices that help patients participate in their care and continue learning about their bodies between appointments. - Know your lane
Recognize what can appropriately be addressed through manual therapy, movement, education, and self-care, and when symptoms warrant referral or co-management with pelvic health PTs, OB/GYNs, primary care providers, or other women's health professionals.