for clinicians & educators

ErgoMama for your patients & families

Free, evidence-anchored body-mechanics education for new and expecting mothers — ready to share in your waiting room, class, or discharge packet.

the short version

A resource you can hand out today

ErgoMama is an occupational therapy doctoral capstone project by Erin Goodwin, OTD candidate. The full site — and every handout — is free for clinical, educational, and community use. No login. No paywall. No permission needed.

The safe car-seat lift

One-page printable, framed for waiting-room walls.

Open handout →

Gentle moves after c-section

Five recovery moves for the discharge packet.

Open handout →

Home setup checklist

Room-by-room prenatal & postpartum guide.

Open checklist →
why it matters
97.3%of new moms report MSK pain 24%received any ergonomic education

Adams et al., 2023 · See The evidence for the full base.

How to share it

Who this serves best

Permission & attribution

ErgoMama resources are freely available for non-commercial clinical, educational, and community use. You do not need to ask permission to print, distribute, or link to any handout, checklist, or page.

If you use ErgoMama materials in a class, waiting room, or program, we’d simply appreciate credit as: ErgoMama, an OT doctoral capstone project by Erin Goodwin, OTD candidate, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. That’s it.

Please do not modify content in ways that change the evidence base or the safety framing. For custom versions, translations, or co-branded flyers for your practice, get in touch — we’re happy to work with you.

let’s work together

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Erin welcomes invitations to speak at new-parent classes and in-services, offers of clinical content review, and collaboration inquiries from OT, PT, OB, and community programs.

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