Osteopathy adapted to perimenopause and menopause with Dr Valérie Namer DO

This two-day course, led by Dr Valérie Namer, DO and endocrinologist, delivers an up-to-date, evidence-based overview of menopause.
Blending manual therapy insight with endocrinology, it offers practical tools for everyday clinical practice.
Participants will clarify key physiological changes and the broad symptom spectrum.
The course challenges outdated assumptions and promotes a multidisciplinary, patient-centred approach.
Designed for osteopaths, physiotherapists, and chiropractors, it strengthens clinicians’ confidence in supporting women through this transition.

Objectives

• Examine the key physiological and neuroendocrine changes that occur as women transition from perimenopause through menopause and into post-menopause, ensuring clinicians understand the full spectrum of biological adaptations rather than relying on outdated or oversimplified narratives.
• Clarify the breadth of symptoms associated with menopausal transition—including musculoskeletal, neurological, urogenital, vasomotor, psychological, and metabolic changes—to help practitioners avoid misattributing, minimising, or overlooking presentations commonly encountered in clinical practice.
• Address persistent misconceptions and societal biases, particularly the belief that menopausal symptoms are inevitable, unmodifiable, or “just part of ageing”, by presenting current evidence for effective lifestyle, manual therapy, behavioural, and medical interventions.
• Challenge gender stereotypes within healthcare, equipping clinicians with the knowledge to advocate for women’s health and to recognise where historical patterns of dismissal, under-treatment, or misdiagnosis have occurred.
• Provide an updated, integrative overview of menopause physiology, highlighting the importance of a global, patient-centred approach that incorporates prevention, early identification of risk factors, long-term musculoskeletal and metabolic health, and collaboration across disciplines—including osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, gynaecology, mental health, and general practice.
• Support clinicians in developing nuanced care strategies for women aged 35 to 100, acknowledging the wide variation in menopausal experience and the impact of comorbidities, lifestyle, trauma history, physical activity, and social determinants of health.
• Outline the major developments in menopause management over the past 30 years, from the shifts triggered by the early WHI findings to contemporary evidence on hormone therapy, non-hormonal options, and holistic care models.
• Explain the clinical significance of the FDA’s recent removal of the black-box warning on oestrogen therapy, placing it in context with emerging research, international guidelines, and the implications for safety, prescription confidence, and patient education.

Day 1

– Part 1:

• The Cost and Burden of Menopause
• Menopause in Numbers Around the World
• Hormonal Regulation
• The Gonadotropic Axis

– Part 2:

• EBP and the evolution of guidelines in the past 30 years
• From treatment to care
• Gender bias during menopause
• The truth about HRT the good, the bad and the ugly

– Part 3 : Physiology of perimenopause and menopause

• Sequence of hormonal changes
• Influence of the loss of sexual hormones on other hormonal axis
• Symptoms
• Metabolic consequences

Day 2

– Part 4 : Influence of perimenopause and menopause on health and well beeing

• Osteoporosis
• Cardiovascular health
• Diabetes
• Auto-immune diseases
• MSK desorders
• Mental health
• GSM

-Part 5 : Adaptation of osteopathic care for menopausal women

• Global care and multidisciplinary approach
• Clinical Evaluation Tools
• Technics
• Recommendations: prevention, patient centered care

Part 6 : Clinical cases