by Jessica Drummond | Aug 11, 2022 | Autoimmunity, Chronic Illness & Pain, Clinician Resources, Digestive Health, Food Sensitivity, Functional Nutrition, Gut Health, Health Coaching, Integrative Health, Integrative Nutrition, WHC Program
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...
by Jessica Drummond | Aug 5, 2022 | Birth Control, Breastfeeding, Clinician Resources, Fertility, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Mental Health, Postnatal Recovery, Reproductive Health, Stress
For moms and parents in your practice who decide to breastfeed, there is so much that you can do to encourage them to build a healthy breast milk supply. Supporting your clients to build a healthy breast milk supply is beneficial to the newborn babies as well as the...
by Jessica Drummond | Aug 2, 2022 | Clinician Resources, For Patients, Health Coaching, Integrative Health, Integrative Nutrition, Pelvic Health
The foundation of our mission at The Integrative Women’s Health Institute is to help provide higher-quality, integrative pelvic healthcare for ALL people. My name is Dr. Jessica Drummond, and I am the founder and CEO of The Integrative Women’s Health...
by Jessica Drummond | Jul 25, 2022 | Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Estrogen, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Health Coaching, Hormone Balance, Painful Sex, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, Vulvodynia
How to Heal and Treat 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...
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...