How can rehabilitation professionals enhance postpartum recovery during the first six weeks after birth across hospitals, home, virtual, and clinic settings?
Enhanced Recovery After Delivery® (ERAD®) is an evidence-informed pathway focused on improving recovery during the earliest and most vulnerable phase after childbirth. This monthly information session is designed for occupational and physical therapists and healthcare leaders who want to strengthen postpartum recovery within hospitals and extend care beyond discharge into home-based, virtual, and outpatient settings.
In this session, we will discuss:
- Why the first six weeks postpartum are critical for function, safety, and long-term outcomes
- How inpatient rehabilitation is being integrated into maternity care and positioned as the starting point for recovery
- How hospitals and clinics are building continuity with home-based, virtual, and outpatient postpartum rehab services
- What early recovery looks like after different birth experiences, including cesarean birth, postpartum hemorrhage, perineal trauma, high-risk pregnancy admissions, and perinatal loss
- How rehabilitation professionals are advancing their role from direct care to program development and system-level impact
This session will also introduce the ERAD® training and leadership pathways available to clinicians and hospitals interested in developing or expanding early postpartum rehabilitation services.