Ending Sexism/Racism in Healthcare to Improve Access & Affordability for All
Welcome to our 2nd season of Living Well, where we are passionate about giving a voice to change agents in healthcare. This season is all about creating safety in healthcare for women and all people who identify as female. Less medical gaslighting and policy gaps, and more women’s health and safety. We have so many…
Whether reading this blog, or reading the Neurology chapter in the Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine in Physical Therapy book, there are 2 main factors we want you to consider when using integrative medicine in neurological physical therapy care. How can we be more inclusive in our clinical settings? And how can we use the proper…
There is extensive evidence for how movement and lifestyle changes are beneficial for improving a person’s experience of pain, and the same is also true for using these tools to help people manage diabetes through physical therapy. Irregardless of age, the lifestyle choices we make today can dramatically impact our health now and moving forward…
The number of people who have died due to drug overdose in this country is absolutely astounding…but most of us can’t relate to a number of that magnitude. Despite the common occurrence of addiction, there is still an overwhelmingly shameful stigma of substance abuse in America. I want you to think of someone you know…
Why do we need to start using prevention and wellness in orthopedic physical therapy? Well, to start, the science overwhelmingly supports it. The research continually tells us that being proactive with your health can reduce likelihood of pain and dysfunction both now and later in a person’s life. However just having science to support prevention…
Building equality in physical therapy for marginalized communities is a challenging and complicated problem in our country, which will require cooperation across the political spectrum to solve. Whether the people in these communities are identified by their race, their sexual orientation, or their religion, each one deserves a safe space for receiving healthcare. To start,…
If there was one thing we want you to take away from the tools of Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine, it’s this: improving your patients’ sleep is essential in physical therapy. Too many people assume that poor sleep is simply a fact of life or of aging, rather than something that can be fixed or changed….
An Interview Podcast with Dr. Elizabeth Dean All too often the field of physical therapy is an afterthought in healthcare, but PTs have a real opportunity to be the most powerful health profession in the world. Physical therapists just need the right tools to transform the health of our patients and our communities. Dr. Ginger…
Pain science and integrative and lifestyle medicine can effectively fill in the gaps of manual therapy and exercise prescription for your physical therapy patients. Isn’t it frustrating how your manual therapy skills and exercise prescription work great for one patient…and barely move the needle for your next one? This feeling of hopelessness was also familiar…
I am on maternity leave a little longer, so please enjoy today’s post from my October publication in Yang Sheng magazine. Empowering Women in an Age of Illness, Part Two
I wrote the original post, which was published while I was on maternity leave in September 2011. To see the archived post, see the link at Yang Sheng magazine. Women’s Empowerment in an Age of Illness Health care in America needs a mother/woman-centered approach. American mothers and women are in great need of holistic, patient…
I am on maternity leave through August and September, so please enjoy today’s guest post by NAMC’s Advocacy Coordinator, Valerie Young. Valerie writes the popular blog for mother’s rights, Your (Wo)Man in Washington. BITL Founder, Ginger, in pursuit of “pushing back” in 2010, fundraising for women and children in Haiti through voice and song. Photo…