by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Jul 25, 2022 | Article, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Estrogen, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Health Coaching, Hormone Balance, Painful Sex, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, Vulvodynia
Vulvodynia affects over 14 million people in the US alone. This complex pain syndrome is a frustrating condition to treat. Vulvodynia is a condition that causes pain in the vulva (or specifically in the vulvar vestibule). The root cause of vulvodynia is not fully...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Mar 8, 2022 | Article, Back Pain, Chronic Illness & Pain, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Endometriosis, For Patients, Pelvic Health
Why are we talking about cannabis and CBD in relation to endometriosis? Because a whopping 76% percent of people with endometriosis use self-care strategies to manage their pain and other symptoms. (Armour, et al., 2019). When your clients have endometriosis, you know...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Feb 24, 2022 | Amenorrhea, Article, 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...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Feb 3, 2022 | Article, Cancer, Clinician Resources, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Gluten Free, Integrative Nutrition, Recipes
People with pelvic pain conditions, including endometriosis, are at an increased risk of some types of cancer. Other common cancer risk factors: Inflammation Having a history of some viral infections, including HPV History of smoking Family history of cancer Chronic...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Feb 2, 2022 | Article, Cancer, Chemicals, Clinician Resources, Environmental Toxins, Estrogen, Recipes, Toxicity
Xenoestrogen Exposure is a Clear Risk Factor for Breast Cancer and Others For our clients and patients with exposure to xenoestrogens, the first step is to reduce the exposures, lowering their overall toxic load, and in turn reducing the risk for breast cancer....
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Apr 2, 2021 | Article, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, For Patients, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy
Jessica Drummond: Hey everybody. It’s Jessica Drummond here with the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, and I have a very special guest for us today, Dr. Amanda Olson. She is a Physical Therapist who specializes in pelvic pain, and she originally...
