Pelvic pain affects 25% of women and 11% of men. Often, those who are experiencing pain feel more alone than the statistics reveal because pelvic pain is not as readily spoken about as other parts of the body, like the back or hip.
Pelvic pain can disrupt bowel, bladder, digestive, and […]
Resolutions.
It’s a word that some people are excited to hear and others dread. What if we reframe the word resolution. What if we focus on concepts and habits in tiny chunks that are more within our reach? […]
I adore podcasts. I love that I can learn something new or be inspired by someone on my commute to work, driving to visit my family, or while folding laundry.
Here are a few of my favorite episodes […]
Penelope’s debut on Broadway
2017 was full of adventures! Here are some of the highlights. […]
Holiday season has arrived…and so have the holiday parties, office cookies, and extra travel. If you find that your bowels aren’t giving you holiday cheer, try a few rounds of this long lunge with a twist.
Long Lunge (with a twist) is a nice way to lengthen the front of the […]
My 2-year-old niece, Juliette, is a force to be reckoned with. My sister once turned around to see she’d jumped onto the TV console to watch Aly Raisman do her Olympic beam […]
Bound Angle Pose is a simple and safe hip opener. When I chose this posture of the month, the film Tightly Wound was in development and was a great tie in. Tightly Wound film is about the patient struggle of being diagnosed and treated for vaginismus and pelvic pain. […]
I suffered with chronic pelvic pain for over 28 years before I had my healing breakthrough. I share my story with you to offer hope and ideas for healing.
My bladder urgency symptoms first appeared when I was in high school. In college, I had my first vaginal yeast infection. It […]
I have a friend that’s terrified of spiders.
In fact the other night, she dove headfirst into the back seat of my car to get out of the path of a tiny, 8-legged creature that was crawling up the passenger-side window. We laughed pretty hard about it afterwards but in the […]
This piece is part of our series “Transforming in the Mud: Finding Hope and Perseverance During Tough Times.”
As a physical therapist, it is my honor to work with people “in the mud.” I can see their potential, but being in physical pain with functional limitations is wildly exhausting and frustrating […]
