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 3, 2019 | Adrenal Health, Article, Cancer, Clinician Resources, Estrogen, Fertility, Functional Nutrition, Gluten Free, Gut Health, Heart Health, Hormone Balance, Pelvic Health, Recipes, Thyroid Health, Vulvodynia, Weight Loss
Celery juice, the hottest new instagram trend for solving all of your health problems, is probably ridiculous, right? That’s what I thought, until I looked at the published literature on the specific health benefits of celery. Let’s consider why some...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Feb 10, 2019 | Adrenal Health, Anxiety, Article, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Gluten Free, Gut Health, Hormone Balance, Integrative Nutrition, Mental Health, Pelvic Health, Recipes
The beautiful thing about dark chocolate is that it is delicious, and let me share some of the best dark chocolate benefits with you… Dark Chocolate Benefits Certainly some women are highly sensitive to caffeine. For those women, dark chocolate is not a good...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Jan 21, 2019 | Article, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, For Patients, Integrative Health, Painful Sex, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Sexual Health, Vaginal Health, Vulvodynia
Vulvovaginal Atrophy is Common Vaginal dryness and vulvovaginal atrophy is a common problem for women. In the United States alone, 32 million women suffer from vulvovaginal atrophy in perimenopause and post-menopause. The symptoms associated with vulvovaginal atrophy...