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Using Trauma Release Exercise to Heal Chronic Pain with Richmond Heath

Using Trauma Release Exercise to Heal Chronic Pain with Richmond Heath

by | Dec 3, 2024 | Anxiety, Chronic Illness & Pain, Digestive Health, For Patients, Health Coaching, Immune Health, Integrative Health, Mental Health, Physiotherapy, Podcast, Stress

Follow Us for Free: About the episode “When we recognize that a stress and trauma response is about movement in the body, then it makes sense that the recovery response is also about movement.” – Richmond Heath Trauma is an underlying factor for many chronic...
Functional Medicine vs. Functional Nutrition: Understanding the Difference

Functional Medicine vs. Functional Nutrition: Understanding the Difference

by | 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...
Gluten and Endometriosis

Gluten and Endometriosis

by | Aug 18, 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...
Best Probiotics for Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain

Best Probiotics for Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain

by | 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...
The Role of Rehabilitation Medicine in Chronic Pelvic Pain

The Role of Rehabilitation Medicine in Chronic Pelvic Pain

by | 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...
Pelvic Pain and Autoimmune Disease with Dr. Terry Wahls

Pelvic Pain and Autoimmune Disease with Dr. Terry Wahls

by | Jan 7, 2018 | Celiac Disease, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Environmental Toxins, Exercise, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Gluten Free, Gut Health, Painful Sex, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, Recipes, Vulvodynia

Chronic Pelvic Pain and Autoimmunity… Is there a connection? In my practice, many of my patients who struggle with chronic pelvic pain also have autoimmune conditions.  Even those who don’t have clear autoimmune diagnoses, often have autoimmune issues...