by Jessica Drummond | May 15, 2023 | Clinician Resources, Digestive Health, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Gut Health, Integrative Health, Integrative Nutrition, Women's Health
What is functional medicine? Functional medicine is a systems biology based approach that looks for the root causes of diseases and symptoms. Functional medicine aims to optimize functioning of the body’s cells, systems, and the environmental systems where the person...
by Jessica Drummond | Aug 22, 2022 | Autoimmunity, Chronic Illness & Pain, Clinician Resources, Digestive Health, Food Sensitivity, Functional Nutrition, Gut Health, Health Coaching, Integrative Health, Integrative Nutrition, WHC Program
All women’s health and wellness professionals who are working with women with pelvic pain must be knowledgeable about the risk of this common pregnancy complication. What is ectopic pregnancy?An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants outside of...
by Jessica Drummond | Aug 1, 2022 | Anxiety, Back Pain, Celiac Disease, Chronic Illness & Pain, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Endometriosis, Gut Health, Integrative Health, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Vulvodynia
It can be hard to determine the best probiotics for endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain. The “best probiotic” can be challenging to choose from among the many options. It’s even more difficult to determine which probiotics are best for...
by Jessica Drummond | Mar 15, 2022 | Celiac Disease, Chronic Illness & Pain, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Endometriosis, Food Sensitivity, For Patients, Gluten Free, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy
Gluten and Endometriosis Is there a link between gluten and endometriosis? Should women avoid gluten to lower their risk of endometriosis or to help to resolve the symptoms of endometriosis? Let’s look at the research… First, it’s important to consider that...
by Jessica Drummond | Feb 24, 2022 | Anxiety, Chronic Illness & Pain, Chronic Pain, Digestive Health, Endometriosis, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Gut Health, Integrative Nutrition, Menstrual Health, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, Stress, Urinary Health
One of the most frustrating challenges that our clients with endometriosis face is how to relieve the chronic bloating known as “Endo Belly.” Over the years, my practice has seen thousands of women struggling with this, and we have developed an integrative protocol...
by Jessica Drummond | Feb 24, 2022 | Amenorrhea, Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Digestive Health, Endometriosis, For Patients, Gut Health, Integrative Health, Menstrual Health, Painful Sex, PCOS, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, Urinary Health, Vaginal Health
It was my honor to interview Dr. Allyson Shrikhande, MD, founder of Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine about the role of rehabilitation medicine in chronic pelvic pain. Rehabilitation medicine includes the tools of pain and nervous system modulation medications, specific...