Last month, CNN ran a story entitled “Montana Grade School Sex Ed Controversy.” Outraged CNN commentator Mike Galanos complained, “Why can’t we just let kids be kids?!” His complaints involved the education of five-year-olds on “explicit” (as opposed to implicit?) body parts and terms including penis, vagina, anus, nipples and testicles. He suggests we...
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One of the major health headlines in the New York Times yesterday referred to a recent study that identified that young girls (7 and 8 year olds) are already showing signs of puberty. That probably just made you scream at your desk, right? According to the research, obesity is the main risk factor here....
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Women’s Health Foundation begins its first independent research study this fall with an innovative study on adolescent pelvic health education. We are presenting simple bladder and pelvic health topics to three groups of female students in two charter and one private, all-girls school in Chicago. We will be looking at what their baseline knowledge...
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One of our favorite Advisory Board members Diane Lee has a call out for “butt grippers”. She is one of the world’s foremost lumbo-pelvic pain physiotherapists. “The next time you are in the grocery store,” she said to me recently, “Notice how many of the women standing there are gripping their buttocks.” Many of...
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If you’ve been on our Facebook page, you know that we’re all a-twitter (see what I did there?) about National Women’s Health Week, a weeklong (May 9-15) health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH). The week kicked off with a Presidential Proclamation from President Obama:...
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Answering the phones at Women’s Health Foundation, I have fielded numerous questions about everything from good constipation remedies to herbs that can support bladder health. I’ve also been confronted with a lot of myths about pelvic health. But nothing prepared me for the great douching debate. Okay, we’re going to get personal here so...
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I see two types of patients in my practice as a women’s health physical therapist (PT). The first type of patient comes into our clinic determined and (sometimes) a little grim. She knows what she’s getting into. She’s a little nervous, but she’s ready to tackle her issue, whether it’s pain with intercourse, incontinence,...
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Pelvic health is everywhere this week! Yet another easy thing we can do for ourselves as we age (gracefully, of course!). Check your levels, ladies! Vitamin D May Reduce Incontinence Risk Wednesday April 14, 2010 Running low on vitamin D may raise your risk of pelvic floor disorders, such as urinary incontinence (loss of...
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So, I was talking to an incredibly cool and well-informed reporter the other day from the Chicago Tribune about why, exactly, so many women know nothing about their pelvises. Why don’t we know what’s in there and exactly what it all does? Just that, alone, is amazing to me (and mildly ridiculous in this age...
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I graduated as a Doctor of Physical Therapy in May 2006 and dove straight into the world of rehabilitation through my work in a skilled nursing facility. I loved working with the elderly but had a hard time with a few things I saw over and over again. The first was a general distaste...
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