There are many myths that need debunking about endometriosis. There’s too much medical gaslighting, and even more fear mongering around endometriosis – and it has to stop. Medical gaslighting around endo and fear mongering serves no one, and further, it delays early critical care and full recovery from surgery for endometriosis. Not to mention what…
An interview about social determinants of health with Dr. Dawn Magnusson PT, PhD Societal influences on our health deserve more attention than it gets. We hear often about the personally empowered tools of exercising, managing your stress, and meditating, but not enough about how our communities suffer because of misguided policies or socioeconomic disparities. These…
Trauma-informed care is crucial for treating sexual violence (SV) survivors and there are higher rates of SV in the LGBTQ+ Community. Sexual violence often leads to both pelvic floor dysfunction and PTSD. By taking a trauma-informed approach to pelvic-health physical therapy, we can address the physical manifestations of this trauma. We can also prevent re-traumatization…
by Dr. KC Coninx PT, DPT COMT, PYT Safety in yoga is a common concern in the healthcare industry. I’ve had many patients receiving physical therapy tell me their doctors have given specific instructions to avoid yoga indefinitely after a surgery. I used to be frustrated by this lack of understanding from physicians…but over time…
The voice to pelvic floor connection is perhaps one of the most important, and under appreciated ways to jumpstart healing in pelvic health. My Voice to Pelvic Floor Connection The very first thing that I did and loved was music. I never thought that the two (PT and music) would overlap clinically until I started…
by Dr. Keeli Gailes, PT, DPT, ATC Pelvic health physical therapy can help create a sense of “safety in me” for pregnant people of color. We have recently discussed the importance of integrative pelvic floor physical therapy during a healthy pregnancy as well as when pain and dysfunction are present. Beyond this, however, physical therapists…
by Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC-Ret We are long overdue in the physical therapy profession to ditch the phrase “home exercise program.” Give me 3 minutes and I will explain why and how. As therapists we play a vital role in helping folks navigate vulnerable and distressing situations. We don’t often consider the obvious –…
Our long time mission has been to transform healthcare and self-care so that integrative and wellness care is more affordable and easily accessible. How did we do with in 2022? Well, we’ll let you be the judge of that. Transforming Healthcare & Self-Care through, yep, YouTube 2022 was a year of POSITIVE change for getting…
A Letter to Our Children In 2012 the National Association of Mothers’ Centers asked me to write a letter to my children in recognition of Mother’s Day, as a way to impart to the world what wisdom I would like to pass on to them. That was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever had to…
Earth Day has a whole new meaning now in the midst of this pandemic. On March 27th, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. And during this time, I’ve been able to reflect on gratitude and grit, the notion that I, that we, will get through this – and we will somehow emerge stronger, together.
Our world is suffering from two pandemics right now, COVID-19 and racism. We are especially impacted in the United States, and yet the discrimination against women and minorities in our healthcare system, in particular black women, is especially terrible. Black women have a 3-4x higher risk of dying during childbirth than white women, and their…
The COVID pandemic has stopped much of the world as we know, creating a “new normal”. Once busy streets and shops are empty, activities are cancelled and you may not even be going to work. One thing that the virus has not stopped is pain and injury. Maybe you were seeing your PT when stay…