by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Aug 2, 2022 | Article, 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, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Aug 1, 2022 | Anxiety, Article, 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...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Jul 25, 2022 | Article, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Estrogen, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Health Coaching, Hormone Balance, Painful Sex, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, 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 cause of vulvodynia is not fully...
by Jessica Drummond, DCN, CNS, PT, NBC-HWC | Mar 8, 2022 | Article, Back Pain, Chronic Illness & Pain, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Endometriosis, For Patients, Pelvic Health
Why are we talking about cannabis and CBD in relation to endometriosis? Because a whopping 76% percent of people with endometriosis use self-care strategies to manage their pain and other symptoms. (Armour, et al., 2019). When your clients have endometriosis, you know...
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 | Apr 2, 2021 | Article, Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, For Patients, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy
Jessica Drummond: Hey everybody. It’s Jessica Drummond here with the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, and I have a very special guest for us today, Dr. Amanda Olson. She is a Physical Therapist who specializes in pelvic pain, and she originally...
