by Jessica Drummond | 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...
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...
by Jessica Drummond | Jun 20, 2016 | Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Exercise, For Patients, Functional Nutrition, Physical Therapy
The short answer to this question is… Yes! Probiotics and probiotic foods are an essential part of any active girl or woman’s nutrition plan for two important reasons: 1. Athletes who use probiotics have direct performance benefits. In a placebo-controlled study of...
by Jessica Drummond | May 11, 2015 | Anxiety, Clinician Resources, Gut Health
When working with clients with pain, anxiety is often present as well. Personally, anxiety was the trigger that finally brought my own hormonal imbalance to my attention. Anytime the stress hormones are out of balance (and certainly chronic pain can trigger...
by Jessica Drummond | Mar 18, 2015 | Chronic Pain, Clinician Resources, Digestive Health, Endometriosis, Functional Nutrition, Gluten Free, Gut Health, Integrative Nutrition, Pelvic Health, Recipes
There is a growing understanding that the microbial composition of the digestive system, urogenital system, and urine of women with pelvic pain conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), interstitial cystitis (IC), and chronic yeast infections varies from...
