by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Apr 24, 2015 | Article, Clinician Resources, Environmental Toxins, Fertility, For Patients, Stress
Fertility health is often indicative of general health. But, when women struggle with infertility for no apparent medical reason it can be extremely frustrating. It turns out that supporting the health of the planet is as essential as getting enough sleep and eating...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Mar 29, 2015 | Article, Back Pain, Birth Control, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Fertility, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Hormone Balance, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Stress, Vulvodynia
What does it mean when your pelvis hurts? Pelvic pain is pain in the muscles, joints, nerves, or organs of the pelvis. It can be vague pain that is difficult to isolate to any particular organ, muscle, nerve or joint, or it can be related to a number of more specific...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Feb 27, 2015 | Article, Birth Control, Clinician Resources, Fertility, For Patients, Mental Health, Postnatal Recovery, Preconception, Pregnancy, Thyroid Health
Optimal nutrition support for our client begins before she even conceives. Birth control pills make it difficult for women to absorb some nutrients that are essential for a healthy pregnancy. Ideally, women who were previously on birth control pills will...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Feb 4, 2015 | Article, Clinician Resources, For Patients, Mental Health
Do you choose to remain powerfully feminine when your pelvic pain hits? Do you even know that you have a choice? I will never forget one of the worst pain episodes of my life. I had endometriosis in my mid-twenties, and one afternoon I was meeting with some of the...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Jan 19, 2015 | Amenorrhea, Article, Birth Control, Clinician Resources, Estrogen, Fertility, For Patients, Hormone Balance, Painful Sex, PCOS, Pelvic Health, Stress
Your period is missing! Where and why did it go? When will it come back? Why is this bothering you so much when you’ve wished countless times for your period to go away anyways? Anyone who has experienced Amenorrhea knows about the anxiety caused by our friend who...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Jan 12, 2015 | Article, Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Fitness, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Health Coaching, Mindfulness
As clinicians we often think about how to treat a diagnosis. But, as we shift to thinking of our patients as clients and empowering them to take more responsibility for their health, we shift to thinking about how to help them build resilience in their physiologic...