Core 4 Momentum: Empowering Women in Pelvic Health

In the second episode of our Black Girl Magic Edition in celebration of Black History Month, Lashonda Jones, PT, CPT, PPCES is schooling us on postpartum recovery. Lashonda is a mom of two as well as both a personal trainer and a physical therapist who specializes in helping women safely return to exercise postpartum. Is getting your body back quickly postpartum safe? Do waist trainers help or hurt? How can you heal DRA? Listen to find out.  

Kicking off the "Black Girl Magic" edition of our podcast this black history month with Jessica interviewing Dr. Mamawah Bourque, PT, DPT. She is a pelvic floor physical therapist with the unique opportunity to work in a practice with sex, marriage and family therapists. Listen to learn about how what we've learned/not learned about sex in our religious, home, and school settings can manifest negative psychological feelings about sex that can present as physical pelvic floor symptoms like pain with intercourse or penetration. 

Thank goodness for physical therapists like Dr. Bourque, who can treat these symptoms and help women have the pleasurable intercourse they deserve.   You can connect with Dr. Bourque at Houston Relationship Therapy. Follow her on Instagram @drmamawahborque, and check out her services on her website awarenesspelvichealth.com.  

Listen to Dr. Terri Elder, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA and co-host Dr. Amy Newberry, PT, DPT discuss pelvic organ prolapse (AKA "POP"). Dr. Terri covers the following topics surrounding pelvic organ prolapse: what is POP, who is at risk, treatment for POP, and the emotional impact of POP. Dr. Terri even shares about her personal experience as well! Be sure to check this interview out because Dr. Terri shares awesome knowledge bombs! 

Elysia Douglas is a labor doula, postpartum and infant care doula, childbirth educator, and doula trainer based in metro Atlanta. In this episode, she overviews what doulas are, how they serve women during pregnancy and postpartum, and how the pandemic affected her practice. 

In this episode, listen to Elizabeth Couture's experience with postpartum and the challenges she faced during that time. Elizabeth shares honestly the struggles of postpartum, but also the joy she has found. Be sure to tune in to find out more about how you can prepare yourself for postpartum!

In this episode, listen to Elizabeth Couture's first birth story and how she prepared for delivery mentally, spiritually, physically, and emotionally. Elizabeth shares nuggets of wisdom and is so genuine and open about her journey through motherhood, so be sure to tune in!! 

Episode 14 shines a light on urge incontinence. Our host, Dr. Jessica Thompson, PT, DPT, interviews co host, Dr. Amy Newberry, PT, DPT, on what urge incontinence is, what common triggers are, and the science behind the brain and bladder connection. Amy also gives us a step by step guide to utilize to help decrease urge incontinence. Listen to the end to hear both Amy and Jessica share childhood incontinence stories.

Do you or someone you know need help from a pelvic health physical therapist? Find one near you at https://pelvicrehab.com/, https://ptl.womenshealthapta.org/

Links to meditation apps mentioned in this episode: https://headspace.com , https://calm.com 

Follow and connect with Amy on instagram @amypelvicpt 

Link to the Core 4 Momentum T shirt shop where all proceeds go towards expanding pelvic health access to those in need: 

https://core-4-mom-entum.myshopify.com/ 

In this episode, officially meet Dr. Jessica Thompson, the co-host for the Core 4 Momentum podcast. Learn about Jessica's journey to becoming a pelvic physical therapist and where she is today! Could being a pelvic physical therapist be your calling too?? Listen to this episode to find out!

To connect with Jessica, follow her instagram @drjt_thepelvicpt!

To find a pelvic physical therapist, check out the links below:

https://ptl.womenshealthapta.org/

https://pelvicrehab.com/

In this episode, our host, Dr. Jessica Thompson, PT, DPT interviews co-host Dr. Amy Newberry, PT, DPT about what pelvic physical therapy is, what conditions pelvic physical therapists treat, and what you can expect in your first appointment. Listen to this episode to the end to accept the CHALLENGE! 

To connect with Amy, follow her instagram @amypelvicpt! 

To find a pelvic physical therapist, check out the links below: 

https://ptl.womenshealthapta.org/

https://pelvicrehab.com/

In this episode, you will learn all about infertility from Dr. Eliza Cait, PT, DPT. She discusses some factors that may contribute to infertility, the challenges of experiencing infertility, and who to have on your team while you navigate your journey. Learn about being more conscientiousness about what you put in and on your body and much more!

Connect with Dr. Eliza Cait, PT, DPT at https://elizacait.com/ and check out her blog!

Today the FIRST of our many "Birth Stories" edition is available! Listen to Diane Butler talk about her birth stories with each of her three girls, including our very own, Dr. Tori Butler, PT, DPT as our host! You will learn about how every pregnancy, labor, and delivery are unique experiences. Know that you are NOT alone in what you feel and experience through your pregnancy and delivery. 

If YOU have a birth story you want to share, join our online community at the link below and let us know! 

Listen as Child Birth Educator, Doula, and Certified Lactation Consultant, Kacey Widmeyer, IBCLC, MA debunks the age old breastfeeding myths to help us all distinguish the truth from the not true at all! She also provides tips on getting the best latch, breastfeeding schedules, and tools to help the process be as comfortable as possible. You will finish this episode feeling empowered because ALL women have what it takes to breastfeed with the proper education and resources. You can connect with Kacey at atenderbeginning.com or message her directly in our Core 4 Momentum Facebook group! 

In this episode, we interview Rayann Sprenkle, an Exercise Scientist who specializes in working with CrossFit athletes, but also has tremendous experience working with Division 1 collegiate athletes, weekend warriors, and women who are pregnant and postpartum. Some of the topics covered in this episode include how to prepare your body for a healthy pregnancy, how to maintain fitness during pregnancy, postpartum health and wellness, safe exercises during pregnancy, and which exercises to avoid during pregnancy! 

Find Rayann Sprenkle on Facebook or Instagram @sa_valkyrie_ to follow her journey!

In this episode, our Core 4 tribe will be informed by Dr. Katherine Sylvester, PT, DPT on what C- Sections are, the risk factors for having one, the risks that come along with having one, what women can do to prepare, and how physical therapy is a vital part of the road to recovery.  If you want to know when to start desensitizing and mobilizing your scar and why it's important to do so, that information is in this episode as well! You will also learn the importance of patient education/advocacy throughout the journey. 

Connect with Katherine through her website rediscoveryourmusic.com. 

In this episode, we interview Laurel Guimaraes, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Certified Doula, and Birth Educator. Laurel discusses what a doula's role is on the birth team, hypno-doula training, the importance of pre-natal/pregnancy/post-partum nutrition, and why she became a RDN, Certified Doula, and Birth Educator! 

In this week's episode, our host, Dr. Julia Smeltz, PT, DPT, interviews modern-day shaman, Tara Reitz. We define trauma, overview the anatomy of the autonomic nervous system as it relates to trauma, discuss Tara's role as a shaman, how she treats patients, the process of healing from personal and ancestral trauma,  and how women can benefit from seeing a shaman in addition to physical therapy postpartum. We also talk about the 7 energy centers and how they relate to healing. There is a brief meditation session led by Tara at the end of the episode as well!

In this short episode, Dr. Jessica Thompson, PT, DPT and Dr. Amy Newberry, PT, DPT discuss how the Core 4 Momentum team transformed from one trailblazer to six passionate pelvic health professionals excited to advocate about pelvic health education. We talk about our goals for this podcast and the various topics we plan to cover through multidisciplinary interviews with PELVIC HEALTH EXPERTS.