Practicing self-care through better stress management. Stress can be to blame for causing or worsening nearly all disease and pain processes.
Menopause comes with enough challenges without the prevalence of medical gaslighting and yet women during this phase of life can expect to be ignored by their healthcare providers. Are you fed up with feeling dismissed and unheard when it comes to your health? Do you feel like your concerns are being ignored because of your…
In this episode with Dr. LaKeischa, MD, a functional medicine ob/gyn, we are taking on the myths of menopause. We uncover the truth of navigating menopause, so you can find help and guidance during this inevitable phase of your life. Here are a few of the main myths of menopause that we talk about in…
In this interview, we are highlighting the impact of functional medicine and functional nutrition in women’s health. Whether you are navigating perimenopause, menopause, or the beginning stages of menstruation, functional medicine looks at the whole picture of your life to provide sustainable solutions to otherwise challenging health conditions. Dr. Jessica Drummond is an expert on…
Dr. Ginger Garner sat down to chat with Diana Florio about using yoga in healthcare as a physical therapist. Yoga is still not being utilized to the extent it could be in healthcare and oftentimes it centers around a belief that yoga isn’t safe for people who are sick or injured. However, we learn through…
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,…
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…
The surest way to help yourself is to help others. The greatest jobs I have ever had were ones which paid me nothing. I have been the best version of my Self during those times of greatest personal sacrifice. Try it, and you just may walk away changed forever. Community…to learn and teach, help others…
2007 – Our family was awaiting our newest addition to the family. We were in for a surprise having two in diapers at the same time. It was a crash course in the work/family balancing act. Now in 2011, we are about to welcome our third child, welcoming new challenges in maintaining our equilibrium (and…
Introspection(Our Family Christmas Vacation 2010) Reflection. You see your own in the mirror day in, day out. But who do see? The person you were, the person you are, or the person you want to become? Self-reflection is recognized as a universal requirement for learning. Maxine Greene PhD, who entered the field of education in…
This week’s guest blog is by author and activist for children and gentle parenting, Licia Rando. This post is Part One in a series on Compassionate Parenting. To parent with compassion is to feel what your child is feeling and to respond out of strength and well-being with a caring heart and mind. One…
I am learning that parenting gets more difficult, in different ways, as my children grow and develop. Whereas in the early years I was sleep deprived and physically exhausted, now that they are growing beyond toddler”dom” – I have regained my former energy and zip (well, maybe not all of it, but pretty close to…