Puberty & Adolescent Health
Module #2 of Our Women’s Health Series
Adolescent Girls Deserve More Than a Scaled-Down Adult Assessment
Adolescent health is one of the most dynamic — and most underserved — stages of a woman's health journey. Rapid hormonal shifts, growth spurts, postural changes, and the onset of menstruation create a unique clinical picture that standard allied health training rarely prepares you for.
Most practitioners are already seeing these patients. Few have the clinical framework to serve them well during puberty, the life stage where early intervention matters most.
This adolescent health course gives you the structured knowledge to assess, treat, and communicate across menstrual health, growth-related injury, and the full clinical complexity of adolescent development.
Focused Knowledge
Know what to assess, manage, and refer. Build a clinical framework for menstrual health, RED-S, scoliosis screening, and early signs of pelvic floor dysfunction in young patients.
Clinical Clarity
See what adult-focused training misses. Recognize the growth-related pain patterns, postural changes, and injury risks specific to the adolescent body — so an adolescent athlete presenting with hip pain stops being a guess.
Speak Their Language
Communicate in a way adolescents and parents trust. Practical language for talking about bodies, boundaries, and care — without treating teens like smaller adults or talking past the parent in the room.
Who This Is For:
Physiotherapists ✦ Chiropractors✦ Osteopathic Practitioners ✦ Registered Massage Therapists ✦ Athletic Therapists ✦ Naturopathic Doctors ✦ Pelvic Health Specialists✦ Occupational Therapists ✦ Nurses ✦ Any other manual therapy or health practitioner working in reproductive health and fertility care.
It's the right fit if you:
- Want to specialize in or expand your understanding of fertility-related practice
- Are already seeing fertility patients and want deeper clinical grounding
- Want a clear framework for where your discipline fits within the broader fertility care landscape
- Are ready to work confidently alongside ART teams, reproductive specialists, and other allied health providers
- Believe that the best patient outcomes happen when disciplines work together — not in silos
- Care deeply about providing whole-person care at one of life's most pivotal moments
Access 5,
Pay for 4
Buy the BundleRegister for all five Women's Health modules for only $2,900 (a $725 savings!)
The Certification Difference
💡 Clinical Expertise
Assessment-based, not attendance-based. The credential means you've demonstrated competency — not just sat through the hours. That distinction matters to your patients, your colleagues, and the public you serve.
🌀 Integrative Care Model
A collaborative scope across the female lifespan. Five connected modules — puberty, fertility, perinatal, pelvic health, menopause — so you see how patterns in one life stage shape the next and how health disciplines intersect to provide the best possible care.
⭐️ Professional Credibility
Built by clinicians, for clinicians. Evidence-informed content delivered by practitioners who work with these patients every week — and who respect your unique expertise. You'll become a part of a network and community that promotes excellence in practice.
By the End of this Module, You Will:
✅ Describe normal pubertal development and hormonal changes
✅ Recognize and treat musculoskeletal dysfunctions related to adolescent growth including sports injuries, scoliosis, and hypermobility
✅ Assess and manage menstrual irregularities and dysmenorrhea
✅ Apply ethical frameworks, consent procedures, and family-centred communication
Meet Your Instructors
Valerie Namer, MD (France, DO(MP)
Valérie Namer brings a rare combination of medical and osteopathic expertise to women's health education. She holds a medical degree with a specialty in endocrinology from France and is a graduate of the Centre Ostéopathique du Québec, where she now directs the post-graduate program.
In her Montreal clinical practice, Valérie works exclusively in women's health — from puberty and hormonal health through fertility, obstetrics, and postnatal care. She has been teaching and lecturing on osteopathy and women's health across Canada and internationally for many years, including in the Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Clinical Practice course at McGill University.
Valérie currently supervises Master's dissertations at the School of Health Sciences Fribourg, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), and has been a member of the Science and Health Committee at Séréna Québec since 2023. She is a registered member of Ostéopathy Québec.
Sharmila Kulkarni, PT, DO(MP), MSc Aging & Health
Sharmila Kulkarni is a physiotherapist and osteopathic manual practitioner with over 25 years of clinical experience and a Master's degree in Aging & Health. Her practice has always centred on the full arc of women's health — and on the gaps in practitioner training that leave patients underserved at every stage of it.
That clinical frustration became a professional mission. As co-founder and director of Integration Health + Education, Sharmila has built a continuing education community grounded in multidisciplinary collaboration, rigorous curriculum, and the conviction that better-trained practitioners produce better patient outcomes.
She brings that same standard to the Women's Health Certification — co-teaching and shaping a program designed not just to add knowledge, but to build genuine clinical competency in women's health across the lifespan.
Sandhya Sahi-Jain, DPT, DO(MP)
Sandhya Sahi-Jain is a physiotherapist and osteopathic manual practitioner with a clinical foundation spanning neurology, orthopaedics, and pediatric care. She completed her Physical Therapy degree at the University of Toronto, including thesis work with SickKids Hospital, and holds an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Carleton University.
Sandhya earned her Master of Osteopathic Manipulative Science from the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy in Hamilton in 2012, and most recently completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2025. Her depth of training across manual therapy, neuroscience, and pediatric practice makes her particularly well-suited to the clinical complexity of adolescent health.
Sandhya is the creator of the Paediatric Foundations series of courses for manual therapists and teaches extensively in Canada.
Women's Health Series/Certificate
at Integration Health + Education
The series is comprised of five modules which can be taken individually or as part of the full Women's Health Certification.
