Enhance Function and Recovery Before and After Birth
We believe that everyone deserves access to an early and successful recovery after birth. We are committed to enhancing function during pregnancy and after delivery in the hospital and home.
Do hospitals in your community offer occupational and physical therapy after birth and pelvic surgery?
Go Beyond the Standard of Care
ERAD® is an obstetrics clinical pathway for clinicians that maximizes mental and physical function during pregnancy and immediately postpartum with hospital and in-home occupational and physical therapy.
The Clinician Experience
Enhance Maternal and Infant Care as a Certified Perinatal Health Specialist
The Perinatal Health Specialist Certification program offers early intervention training in obstetrics rehabilitation for medical and allied health professionals including occupational therapists, certified occupational therapist assistants, physical therapists, and physical therapist assistants.
- Coordinate care as an early point of contact
- Enhance maternal and infant function sooner
- Spot concerns earlier, triage, and intervene
- Launch an OB rehab program in the hospital
- Expand perinatal recovery care in the home
As a Perinatal Health Specialist, you will have the skills and confidence to enhance recovery and maximize function in the hospital and home around the time of:
- High-risk pregnancy
- Vaginal birth
- Cesarean section
- Cesarean hysterectomy
- Preeclampsia before and after birth
- Perinatal loss
- NICU admission
- Obstetric emergency visit
- Obstetric ICU admission
- Perineal and cesarean wound events
- Pelvic girdle dysfunction
The Perinatal Health Specialist is the first credential in the world dedicated to expanding early access to occupational and physical therapy during pregnancy and immediately after birth.
Established by Enhanced Recovery After Delivery®, the PHS-C formalizes the role of rehabilitation in perinatal care and recognizes clinicians who demonstrate competency in early functional assessment, intervention, and interdisciplinary care for complex maternal health conditions across hospital, home, and community settings.
The Perinatal Health Specialist Certification does not grant, extend, or replace any professional license and does not alter any legal scope of practice. PHS-C Recipients remain responsible for practicing within the laws and regulations governing their profession and jurisdiction.
What mothers say about early rehab after birth
Want to build your own program? We have the guide!
The Acute Care Obstetrics Rehab Manual
Use this step by step resource guide and online library to build your acute OB rehab program. This is included in the ERAD® 15-hour Certificate Training, the 30-hour Perinatal Health Specialist Certification Program, or for use as a standalone OB rehab clinical guide.
