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Rhythms of Resilience:

Where hormones meet movement. Where insight meets recovery.

Transform the way you assess, communicate, and treat clients through the lens of hormonal health and musculoskeletal resilience.

* Limited to 12 participants

Location:

Onward Ann Arbor
3700 Plaza Drive
STE 2, Ann Arbor MI 48108

 

Dates:

August 22-23, 2026

Investment:

$675

Reimagine Resilience. Redefine Recovery.

Hormonal changes are never just about hormones. They shape how our clients
move, how they heal, how they experience pain, and how they connect with their
bodies.

From the quiet shifts of the menstrual cycle, to the deep re-calibration of
postpartum, to the layered transitions of menopause, these changes often show up
as movement limitations, persistent pain, or recovery that just doesn’t stick.

This experiential, two-day course is for physical and pelvic health therapists ready to
expand their lens beyond symptoms and see the full story, the inner rhythms that
influence resilience.

Understand the Hormones.
Cultivate Resilience.

The body is constantly adapting. Hormones influence how we move, recover, respond to stress, build strength, and navigate life's transitions. These rhythms are woven into every stage of health, healing, and performance.

WHEN WE LEARN TO SEE THESE RHYTHMS, WE CAN:

Support recovery with greater precision.
Build strength with confidence.
Help clients trust their bodies through change.

This advanced, two-day course invites you to connect hormonal health, movement science, and clinical reasoning to create more individualized, resilient pathways to recovery.

Physical Therapist

This Is Your Invitation

You’ll explore how hormone-related changes influence tissues, tendons, energy
systems, and the nervous system’s ability to adapt—through a mix of science,
sensory awareness, and clinical intuition.

Through lecture, live demonstration, and hands-on labs, you’ll learn to restore synergy in your clients’ most essential systems.

At the heart of this course is experiential learning, including:

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Hands-on
labs:

Map timelines, test load responses, explore breath-to-core
relationships, and practice hormone-aware movement strategies.

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Connecting the Dots:

Timeline-based reasoning and hormone-informed communication that fosters trust and agency in your clients.

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Building
Resilience: 

Integrate movement, loading, recovery, and coaching strategies that help clients adapt, heal, and thrive through life's hormonal transitions.

This is your invitation to shift from chasing symptoms to cultivating resilience, one intentional, connected step at a time.

PT and patient

Course Overview

This hands-on course explores the connection between hormonal health, musculoskeletal resilience, and recovery across the lifespan. You'll learn how menstrual cycles, pregnancy, postpartum transitions, and menopause influence tissue adaptation, tendon health, pain experiences, movement capacity, and healing.

Through a blend of lecture, movement exploration, case discussion, and lab-based learning, you'll connect hormonal physiology to tissue behavior, nervous system regulation, load tolerance, and recovery, translating complexity into confident clinical decision-making.

You'll learn to use hormone-aware assessment, timeline mapping, and coaching-informed communication to uncover the factors contributing to your client's presentation and support meaningful, lasting change.

You’ll leave with a complete toolbox: assessment strategies, tendon loading progressions, movement frameworks, client education resources, and communication approaches that foster trust, resilience, and client agency throughout the recovery process.

Shift from chasing symptoms to cultivating resilience, one intentional, connected step at a time.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

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Understand how hormonal physiology across life stages shapes musculoskeletal resilience and recovery.

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Recognize how hormonal shifts impact strength, balance, proprioception, sleep, and recovery.

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Use hormone-aware intake tools, symptom trackers, and client timelines to see the full story.

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Apply progressive strength and tendon loading strategies tailored to hormonal context and client capacity.

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Adapt movement and manual therapy techniques with attention to collagen, neuromuscular timing, and recovery needs.

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Strengthen your coaching and communication with reflective, empowering language.

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Translate systems-based knowledge into practice using ready-to-use templates, handouts, and coaching prompts.

What’s Included:

01

Pre-course video and reading materials

to build foundational knowledge before the live session.

02

16 contact hours of live, in-person training

focused on hands-on learning and practical application.

03

Access to the full course slide deck

for review and ongoing reference after the course.

04

Small-group lab environment

(limited to 12 participants) for individualized feedback and skill refinement.

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Who Should Attend

Pelvic Health PTs and OTs, Orthopedic Physical Therapists
(intermediate – advanced)

No internal exam required.

Format: 30–40 % lecture | 60–70 % lab / case integration

Why It Matters

Recovery happens when we understand the whole story.

By integrating hormonal health, movement science, and systems-based clinical reasoning, you'll gain greater clarity in treating complex presentations and leave equipped to help clients build strength, adaptability, and resilience through every stage of life.

About Your Instructor

Dr. Susan Clinton,
PT, DScPT, OCS, WCS, COMT, FAAOMPT, WHC, NBC-HWC

Founder of LTI Physio | Lead · Transcend · Inspire

An internationally recognized clinician, educator, and mentor with over 40 years of experience, Dr. Susan Clinton bridges science and intuition to help providers deliver holistic, evidence-based care. Her teaching style is immersive, compassionate, and empowering—guiding practitioners to see connections others miss and elevate their clinical impact.

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Reserve Your Spot

Enrollment is limited to 12 participants to ensure an immersive, hands-on learning experience.

If you’re ready to expand your skill set and elevate your clinical impact, join us in Ann Arbor this August.

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