by Jessica Drummond | 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...
by Jessica Drummond | Feb 3, 2022 | 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 | Apr 3, 2019 | Adrenal Health, 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 | Feb 10, 2019 | Adrenal Health, Anxiety, 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 | Jan 7, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Environmental Toxins, Estrogen, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Gluten Free, Gut Health, Hormone Balance, Painful Sex, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, Recipes, Vulvodynia
Functional Nutrition Treatment Options for Vulvodynia and IBS When the pain of vulvodynia hits – the painful sex, the pain with wearing tight pants, the pain with just sitting through a movie! – you just want it gone. Fortunately, by taking an integrative...
by Jessica Drummond | 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...
