The Chiropractor's Role in Tongue Ties
They Need Your Expertise
After all, they have been through having difficulty with breastfeeding and nursing is the last thing mama and baby want to be dealing with.
This is a connection that bonds them and nourishes not only their physical health but also their mental health.
There is too much misinformation circulating and your can help clear the air by guiding and directing them about the best practices and approaches to take.
They need you to be their guide. To connect them with the right resources. To advocate for them. To provide them with the best exercises and homecare to enrich their experience.
What You Will Get From This Course
This course is the first of its kind to dive into all realms of tethered oral tissues! From an understanding of tethered oral tissues, to the ideal intake, the symptoms to observe, the full-body assessment, and full functional ties assessment, all the way to the new standard of care treatment and rehab.
Our course provides you with in-depth lectures, invaluable patient sessions to see how we assess and treat (our online version of "hands-on"), PLUS receive 5 downloadable PDFs for use in your exams and a handout for patients on tethered oral tissues.
Get Started Today!
Gain the knowledge and expertise to help these mamas and babies who are struggling with breastfeeding and nursing. You will gain all of the necessary intake, assessments, and treatment options to be the best provider for them!
The Chiropractor's Role in Tongue Ties Course Will Teach You
What exactly tethered oral ties are and why they might be occuring
How to explain what TOTs are and how it is affecting breastfeeding
All of the signs and symptoms you should be listening for and asking for
What to do in an assessment if you are suspecting a tethered oral tie
How you can be supporting with your treatments whether they may or may not choose to do a revision
What rehab or exercises options you can be helping with and facilitating along with your chiropractic adjustments
Course curriculum
1. Welcome to the course
Welcome
Your Impact!
Outline of Modules
PDF Downloads
Part 1 Slides: TOTS Modules 1-3
Part 2 Slides: TOTs Modules 4-5
Reference Sheet: The Chiropractors Role in Tongue Ties for Infants
Terms & Conditions
2. Module 1: The In's and Out's of Ties
Module 1A: The In's and Out's of Ties
Module 1B: The In's and Out's of Ties
What are Tethered Oral Tissues
Module 1 Quiz
3. Module 2: Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Lecture
Module 2 Quiz
4. Module 3: Intake
Module 3A: Intake
Module 3B: Intake
TOTS Intake
Module 3 Quiz
5. Module 4: Assessment
Module 4A: Assessment
Module 4B: Assessment
Assessment and Treatment
Tongue Cupping
Bodywork with Baby Nursing
TOTs Assessment
TOTS Assessment
Module 4 Quiz
6. Module 5: Treatment, Revision and Rehab
Module 5A
Module 5B
Rehab Care
Resting Tongue Posture
Neck Stretches Supine
Neck Stretches (alternative positions)
Pelvic Mobility Stretches
Gaia Body Stretching (C-Curve)
Pec Girdle/Arm Stretches and Mobility
Diaphragm Massage
Ribcage Mobility and Supported Sitting
Guppy Pose
Posterior Tongue Press Down
Sucking Tug a War
Tongue Cupping
Gag Desensitization
Tongue Lateralization, Gum Rubs, and Windshield Wipers on Palate
Cheek Massage
Post Revision Stretching
Post Revision Stretching
Nursing positions
Koala Nursing
Pain Management Options Post Revision
Rehab Care for TOTS
Treatment Session Post Revision
Module 5 Quiz
7. Closing
Thank you! Congrats!
Certificate
CEUs
TOTS Continuing Education Petition Application Information
Get To Know Your Instructor
Dr. Nichelle Gurule DC
Dr. Nichelle Gurule, the owner of Gaia Health, is from Colorado and met her husband Dr. Antonio Gurule at the University of Colorado at Boulder before moving out to California for graduate school at Palmer College of Chiropractic.
Her chiropractic journey began in the hospital working in an integrative setting at a Department of Defense Hospital at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, treating wounded warriors, she then transitioned into working in a sports chiropractic setting, before she began her own practice and put her focus into her true passion of women and family health.
When people describe her they often use the words motivated and passionate, which couldn’t be truer. The things in life that she is most passionate about is her work in the health care world with women and children, along with her roles as a mother and wife.
Her family loves to be active! You can find them at the gym (or in our garage gym), on bike rides, hikes, neighborhood walks, and paddleboarding. They love the outdoors and are so grateful they live in Colorado where the weather and scenery are so beautiful.
Be The Expert These Mamas and Babies Need
This course is the most complete today for chiropractors who are willing and wanting to be the very best practitioner for their postnatal and pediatric patients. They are not getting this information so they need you!