Weight-Inclusive Care for Manual Therapists
Every Body Deserves to Feel Safe on Your Table
A practical, compassionate course for manual therapy providers who want to confidently care for clients in larger bodies, clients with disabilities, and everyone who has ever felt like healthcare wasn't built for them.
Self-paced • About 3 hours of video • Certificate of completion
The problem nobody trained us for
Your training was built around a textbook body. Your clients didn't get the memo.
So many people avoid the care that could help them most because they are afraid they won't fit on the table, that they'll be judged for their body, or that their provider won't understand their disability, their history, or their needs. Most of us were never taught how to care for these clients well, because our training was built around a textbook body that very few of our clients actually have.
This course fills that gap.
With practical skills you can use in your very next appointment. You'll learn how to recognize and interrupt the conscious and unconscious bias we all carry, how to bring trauma-informed consent into every hands-on interaction, and how to make your space, equipment, and paperwork accessible before a client ever walks through the door.
Each module includes notes on how the content applies to your specific profession, so whether you adjust, mobilize, needle, cup, or massage, you'll leave with tools that fit your practice.
Enroll NowWhat You'll Learn
Designed for massage therapists, chiropractors, physical and occupational therapists, acupuncturists, and other manual therapy providers.
Bias, Consent & Access
✓ How bias shows up in hands-on care and what to do about it
✓ Trauma-informed consent scripts for sensitive areas and pressure check-ins
✓ How to make your space, equipment, and intake forms accessible
Larger Bodies & Language
✓ Safe positioning, draping, and table transfers for clients in larger bodies
✓ Weight-neutral language and what to say when clients talk about their bodies
✓ What every provider needs to know about GLP-1 medications
Every Client, Every Need
✓ Adaptations for pregnancy, children, older adults, and physical and sensory disabilities
✓ Care considerations for hypermobility, EDS, POTS, MCAS, chronic pain, and sleep disorders
✓ Respectful care across gender, LGBTQIA+ identities, race, religion, and language
✓ Non-stigmatizing documentation and when to refer
About Your Instructor
Dr. Jenny Talbert
Dr. Jenny Talbert is a chiropractic physician and acupuncturist with 16 years of clinical experience and more than eight years of focus on weight-neutral, trauma-informed care. She specializes in hypermobility, connective tissue conditions, and geriatric care, and she grew up in a larger body herself, which shaped her commitment to making healthcare a place where every body is treated with dignity.
She is the co-creator of Weight-Inclusive Care Training, a continuing education course approved for cultural competency credit by the Oregon Health Authority, and she practices at Whole Heart Chiropractic in Springfield, Missouri.
“I'm not anti-medicine or anti-science. I'm pro-evidence, pro-consent, and very much pro-not-making-people-afraid-of-your-table.”
Enroll Today
Start building a practice where every client feels safe on your table.
Weight-Inclusive Care for Manual Therapists
$179
One-time payment • Lifetime self-paced access
What's included:
- About 3 hours of self-paced video across 11 modules plus a closing module
- Filmed positioning and consent demonstrations
- Downloadable scripts, checklists, and an accessibility audit
- Knowledge checks and a certificate of completion
- Short audio stories from real patients
Questions? Fair.
Who is this course for?
How long does it take?
Is this just theory, or will I actually use it?
Will I get a certificate?
Is this going to make me feel guilty?
Every body deserves to feel safe on your table.
Enroll today and start building a practice where every client feels safe on your table.
Enroll Now – $179
