Podcasts by Finally Fearless with Dr. Mel
Navigating the health and wellness industry is confusing: but it shouldn't have to be! Join the discussion with Dr. Mel where she exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly in regard to women's health and wellness, and learn just how you can demand the life you deserve.
Further podcasts by Dr. Melissa Cioffi, PT
Podcast on the topic Gesundheit und Fitness
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E105: How many skipped workouts does it take to go backwards? from 2023-09-22T09:36
Ever worried about undoing all your hard work if you skip 1, 2, 20 workout sessions? In today's episode, we are talking all about how consistency and capacity play into your body's respo...
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E104: Sciatica - What it is, what it does, and how TF do you get a handle on it? from 2023-09-15T09:21
I know you've heard of sciatica: whether you know someone who has gone through it or you have experienced it yourself, it can be scary and confusing. What should you be doing in reg...
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E103: What to do when you've tried everything from 2023-09-08T09:30
Ever feel like you've tried everything under the sun when it comes to "closing the gap" of your diastasis recti, reducing your leaking during workouts, or just getting stronger? To...
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E102: How much weight should you be lifting? from 2023-09-01T09:37
There's a myth going around that lifting weights is dangerous for your pelvic floor.
The truth is, you're essentially lifting every day of your life: your kids, your dog, your lat...
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E101: Not weighing yourself? How do you know if your workout is "working?" from 2023-08-25T09:30
You've decided to stop shrinking your body and using this as the sole outcome measure of whether your exercise program is working for you. But now that you're not focusing on losing weig...
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E100: Are you too busy to find joy? from 2023-08-11T09:20
I stepped out of my comfort zone last weekend and attended a workshop where we learned how to discover joy in our lives.
It's wild (and sad) to me that so many of us are walking aroun...
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E99: Strengthening Your Pelvic Floor - The One Thing I Want You to Keep in Mind from 2023-08-04T09:30
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about the best piece of fitness advice I have for you: today we are talking about the best piece of pelvic floor advice I have for you when it comes to strengthe...
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E98: Hoohas and Dingalings - How the Way You Speak About Your Body Affects Your Pelvic Floor Performance from 2023-07-28T09:13
It's absolutely wild to me that people get offended when someone calls a penis or vagina by their "actual" anatomical names. Beyond the embarrassment that's ap...
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E97: The Best Piece of Fitness Advice I Can Give Anyone... from 2023-07-21T09:32
"What should I be mindful of when recovering from ____?"
You can insert anything here: injury, surgery, giving birth...
...and this also applies to whether you're not...
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E96: Seasoned With Salt - So Your MD Is Gatekeeping Pelvic Rehab; Now What? from 2023-07-14T09:32
Something that is (mind blowingly) common in my line of work is when MDs and healthcare providers tell people to "wait and see" whether their leaking or pelvic pain or prolapse get wor...
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E95: "Can I still work with my personal trainer if I'm having knee pain?" from 2023-06-30T09:00
Have you ever pushed through pain or leaking or just not feeling "right" in your body during a workout?
Maybe you're not sure when to push through discomfort and when to sto...
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E94: Keys to a Better Sex Life from 2023-06-23T09:55:57
"How can I make my sex life better?"
This is a question I get asked very often. And exactly what we are answering on today's episode!
Healthcare is a difficult territ...
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E93: Will Joining a Gym Motivate You to Workout? from 2023-06-16T09:40:14
Thinking about joining a gym to gain more consistency with your workouts? Today we are talking about the points you may not have considered when it comes down to becoming a gym member, helping y...
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E92: When The "Jokes" We Tell Aren't That Funny from 2023-06-09T09:27:12
You're newly postpartum and you make the mistake of sneezing.
All of a sudden, you really wish you didn't decide that today was the day you went without a pad.
"Welcom...
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E91: Personal Trainer or a Physical Therapist - Who Should You See and When? from 2023-06-02T09:52:22
A question I get very frequently is "when should I see a physical therapist vs. a personal trainer?"
For many of my clients, they work with both at the same time!
In toda...
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E90: Seasoned With Salt - The Internet Says I Don’t Like Women from 2023-05-26T08:32:56
This episode is seasoned with a lot of salt! Today, we are touching on the new social media pastime of accusing people of "not supporting women" any time someone calls out trash behavi...
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E89: How Much Exercise Do You Need to Get In? from 2023-05-18T20:46:01
According to the CDC recommendation, we should be getting 150 min of "moderate intensity" exercise + 2 strength training sessions in each week in order to be fit & healthy. But wha...
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E88: Seasoned with Salt - Mother's Day Myths from 2023-05-12T10:04:04
Grifters are ALWAYS gonna grift. In today's (salty) episode, we are covering all the trash rhetoric surrounding (and preying on) people who have given birth. These range from, at best, thing...
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E87: Are you checking in or checking out? from 2023-05-05T09:23:56
How many times do you feel like you're just coasting through your workouts or your life in general? We are oftentimes told what we "should" be doing, so we check out just to get th...
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E86: All Things Pelvic Organ Prolapse from 2023-03-17T09:47:18
Pelvic organ prolapse happens in 35-50% of postpartum people, yet no one ever talks about it.
Even more mind blowing is people don't realize that it can also occur in those who've never b...
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E85: Are You Eating Enough? from 2023-03-10T10:10:41
"Are you eating enough?"
This is a question I ask most private clients, regardless of the body standing in front of me. Oftentimes, our healthcare system/providers perpetuate this idea th...
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E84: Are You Ever "Enough?" from 2023-02-17T10:43:56
Who would've guessed that Rihanna's Super Bowl performance would have brought so many women's health issues to the forefront (and hence finally help me flesh out this topic of being "enough," so...
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E83: "Dangerous" Exercises for Your Pelvic Floor from 2023-02-10T10:58
Ever wonder whether you "should" be doing planks or squats because you've heard they're bad for your pelvic floor? Today we are hashing out what exercises you might want to take caution with and...
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E82: Why You're Not Feeling Stronger In Your Workouts...and How to Fix That from 2023-01-20T15:22:15
Ever feel like you're spinning your wheels when it comes to your workouts? Like, no matter how consistent you are, not matter how much you work, you just feel like you're never getting any stron...
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E81: Lifting Weights and the Pelvic Floor from 2023-01-06T10:30:33
If you've been on IG or TikTok over the past couple of months, you might have seen the hype videos circulating around a woman bodybuilder who was leaking on her lifts. Some used this asa way to ...
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E80: 5 Thoughts to Leave Behind in 2022 - Pelvic Floor Edition from 2022-12-30T16:50:55
I'm not really a resolution type of person; instead, I like to look back at thoughts and habits that didn't serve me very well in the current year and vow to work on leaving them behind as we he...
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E79: How Long Should You Workout? from 2022-12-23T10:42:07
How long should an "effective" workout be? We are talking all about it on today's episode!
Healthcare is a difficult territory for women to navigate, as many of us are left feeling dismis...
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E78: The #1 Thing I See Medical Doctors Get Wrong from 2022-12-16T11:33:08
You had a baby. Or tore your ACL. Or injured your back.
You still feel like a hot bag of garbage.
But your MD says all imaging and labs look great and you can just ease yourself ba...
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E77: How Do You Know Who to Listen to for Diet & Exercise Advice? from 2022-12-09T11:14:50
Ever follow a health & wellness "guru" on social media, only to find out, down the line, that what they were saying holds no merit?
I say it often: social media is both a blessing and...
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E76: How Diet Culture Creeps Into Your Healthcare...and Keeps You Stuck from 2022-12-02T11:07:40
I was scrolling through my IG wall the other day; the two things I post about most are the pelvic floor (cuz, duh!) and the absolute nonsense that is diet culture. I started thinking "here I am,...
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E75: 3 Mistakes You're Making In The Gym from 2022-11-18T11:12:39
Today, I'm challenging how you go about your workouts, especially if you're doing them in the gym. In this episode, I am reviewing 3 of the most common mistakes I see in the gym that I wish more...
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E74: Confessions From the Mall Fitting Room from 2022-11-11T10:57:27
This week, I ventured into one of the places I hate the most: the fitting room.
In the past, trips like these would send me into a spiral of striving to squeeze my body into the size I be...
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E73: Feel Like Your Life Is On Hold Cuz You Can't Lose Weight? from 2022-11-04T17:21:01
"Once I lose 20 pounds, I'll go on that trip." How many of us create this compromise? That if we lose weight and reach a certain number on the scale, that THEN our life can really begin...
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E72: Combating “Bad” Diet and Exercise Days from 2022-10-28T10:00:41
You've skipped your workout for the 3rd time this week. Or you've eaten a slice of pizza instead of your usual kale salad for lunch. Does this make you "bad?"
Many of us "fall off the wag...
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E71: WTF Does a Pelvic Floor Exam Look Like? from 2022-10-21T10:24:50
Someone sent me a post from a very large social media account, spreading all kinds of misinformation about what pelvic rehab professionals do. No, we don't "finger" people. No, we don't have you...
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E70: Myth of the Week: Pelvic Floor Issues Only Happen In Pregnant/Postpartum Peeps from 2022-10-14T09:48:31
I'll often have someone reach out after following me for YEARS, finally asking whether working on their pelvic is "weird" because they're young or have never been pregnant. It's so dismissive th...
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E69: Is Diet Culture Keeping You Sick? from 2022-10-07T16:29:17
Have you ever felt guilty for calling in sick? Or forced yourself through a workout, despite not feeling your best? In today's episode, we are talking all about nervous system up-regulation<...
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E68: Your Relationship With Exercise May Be What's Holding You Back from 2022-09-12T15:01:36
How many of us think of exercise as a way to get/stay "healthy," ie lose weight?
What if I told you we are going about it all wrong?
The reality is, if you're checking out and just...
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E67: The Exercise You're NOT Doing That Prevents Pelvic Floor Woes from 2022-09-05T09:46:23
Women are so afraid of lifting heavy shit for reasons that are all untrue, still feeding into the idea that...
- You're gonna get bulky (you won't).
- It's dangerous (it's ... Listen
E66: Are You Selfish ENOUGH? from 2022-08-29T14:50:55
I went on a trip recently and you know that whole spiel they do with the oxygen masks on a plane? The one where they tell you to put your child's mask on before your own? Well, that got me think...
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E65: Rethinking Our Relationships from 2022-06-24T10:00:45
When you hear the word "relationship," what do you think of?
In many cases, we automatically think of our significant others, our romantic partners: but is that all? Granted, these people...
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E64: Are you using exercise as your "therapy?" from 2022-06-03T10:00:55
Shoving your feelings down and "getting your therapy" by forcing yourself through a hard workout is the complete OPPOSITE of health. When trainers, physical therapists, etc are advising you to "...
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E63: Stuff You Should Know Before Hiring a Nutritionist from 2022-05-27T10:00:12
Being a pelvic health specialist, I always ask my clients who is working on their care team; in many cases, they'll say they're working with a nutritionist which gets my brain wheels turning. Listen
E62: How The Heck Do You Advocate For Your Health? from 2022-05-16T11:41:23
It's so easy to say "you need to advocate for yourself" when speaking with someone who is navigating a health situation. Heck, I say this stuff all the time! But it wasn't until I recently went ...
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E61: Getting a Bigger Bang for Your Workout Buck from 2022-03-10T20:21:07
Have you ever started or done a workout program and had this out-of-body experience? Kinda like you blacked out during it but you're panting and sweaty and just standing there like "wtf just hap...
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E60: Kegels Are an Insult to All Women from 2022-02-21T22:35:50
"Just do your kegels." Sounds simple enough, right?
And everyone loves simple solutions to complex problems. "Just do kegels" has been pushed as the "fix" for every p...
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E59: Does High Intensity Exercise and Lifting Weights Set You Up for Pelvic Floor Issues? from 2022-02-07T15:50:19
You may have heard that high intensity/high impact exercise and heavy weight lifting lead to pelvic floor issues like prolapse, pain, and peeing yourself.
It ain't true.
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E58: Taking Leaps and Learning to Trust Yourself from 2022-01-24T21:31:50
The other day, I was talking with a new pelvic floor PT who wants to open her own practice.
"People keep saying I need 5 years of mentorship. That I should work for someone for 10 ye...
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E57: Time / Money Saving Tips When It Comes to Using Your Insurance for Physical Therapy from 2022-01-17T22:02:16
Do you know how your insurance plan works? Like really know how it works??
Lemme tell you: as a healthcare professional, even I get confused...
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E56: Your Knee Pain Is Not a Life Sentence - A Candid Convo With Dr. Michael Stranges, PT from 2022-01-10T11:00
Have you ever had an injury sideline you from doing the things you love? What about pain in general?
If you've ever had knee (or hip or back or any k...
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E55: Setting Goals You'll Actually Stick With from 2022-01-03T11:00
Have you set your new year's resolution goal?
I haven't: and here's why....
I find waiting until the new year to set a "resolution" goal (or any goal for th...
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E54: You Workout All The Time: Do You Actually Need Physical Therapy? from 2021-12-20T12:47:15
Your hip has been nagging you for YEARS and you finally decide to do something about it. You go to your orthopedist who takes an xray and tells you that minus some arthritis, everything looks go...
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E53: Is Your Provider Overstepping? from 2021-12-10T22:13:45
It's tough asking for help, right? So when you're struggling with stuff like pain, leaking, even fitness and getting healthy in general, you're gonna trust the person in front of you who's the s...
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E52: Fear vs. Caution - How Do They Play Into Your Fitness Goals? from 2021-11-29T16:56:47
Are you approaching your fitness (and life) goals based off of fear or caution? WTF is the difference anyway?
As we approach the end of the year and a fresh start to a new one, we wil...
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E51: Best Bladder Habits from 2021-11-22T15:55:08
Did you know that how you go affects your pelvic floor health and peformance?
Whether you're experiencing issues with leaking / feeling like you have to pee "all the time," or just want t...
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E50: Whose Expectations Are You Trying to Meet? from 2021-11-15T17:00:28
Ever feel like you "should" be at a certain point in your life by a certain age?
How do you feel if you aren't there yet?
Ever feel like you don't do things the ways in...
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E49: Are You Stealing Your Own Joy? from 2021-11-01T18:20:43
Did you ever think about how we go from the most care-free, celebrate-your-inner-child holiday (ahem, I'm talking about Halloween) to this stressed AF, I hate everything about myself and my body...
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E48: Conversations With a Misfit Postpartum Woman Featuring Jenna Jozefowski from 2021-10-25T10:00
How do/did you honestly feel about being pregnant? About having kids in general? About your body changing during the process?
Did you ever feel guilty for not having the flashy r...
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E47: Social Media Is Ruining Your Pelvic Health from 2021-10-18T16:35:35
Social media is a blessing and a curse; in today's episode, we are talking more about the curse side of things. This past weekend, my fiance brought my attention to some dude (with a very large ...
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E46: 5 Life Lessons We Could All Learn From My "Disaster" Hike from 2021-10-11T21:13:37
Pushing your body and mind on an 8 hour hike in a downpour while falling over rocks into a stream really gets the brain going lol!
In all seriousness, though, there are 5 lessons that I l...
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E45: How Long Will You Be In Physical Therapy? from 2021-10-01T12:00:41
"How long will I need PT?" This is a question I get asked very often, most times before I even evaluate the person. The thing is, so many factors play into how long you'll be a participant in PT...
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E44: How Physical Therapy Fails You...and What You Can Do About It from 2021-09-24T10:00
"Try PT and if it fails, you can get surgery."
The famous words uttered by almost every MD when referring someone to see a PT. There is so much wrong with this statement, including settin...
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E43: Stretching Isn't Doing What You Think It Is from 2021-09-17T10:00
"5 Stretches to help with lower back pain!"
"3 Top stretches to combat neck pain FOREVER!"
God, make it stop!!! These headlines are circulatin...
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E42: Does Your Trainer Actually Care About Your Health? from 2021-09-10T11:00
We all know that exercise adds years to our lives and staves off (some) disease...but, when a "good" exercise program is deemed so because of how much weight you lose while on it, this may actua...
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E41: Your Keys to Better Core Workouts from 2021-09-03T10:00
I know you've been there: you're doing all the crunches, all the sit-ups, all the planks and it seems as though you're not getting any stronger. You feel like you're expending all this ...
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E40: Navigating Bad Body Image Days from 2021-08-27T10:00
"How are you so confident?"
I get this question a lot via emails, DMs, and speaking with people 1:1.
The cold hard truth: I'm not.
At least not always.
One of t...
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E39: Your Discomfort With Your Body Is Affecting Your Kids from 2021-08-20T10:00
A few months ago in my IG story, I reposted something saying how kids should know about the pelvic floor...and people lost their absolute minds. I was attacked in the DMs, saying how I was perpe...
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E38: Why You Feel That Having a Baby "Ruined" Your Body from 2021-08-13T10:00
Does any of this sound familiar?
- "I don't want to undo all my hard work."
- "I'll never get my body back."
- "I know sex will never feel the same." ... Listen
E37: Do Kegel Machines Help You Stop Leaking? from 2021-08-06T10:00
I'm seeing "women's health" products and "pelvic floor physical therapy" clinics popping up everywhere; with "pelvic floor" being the new hot topic, it was only a matter of time before companies...
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E36: 3 Ways to Stop Failing at Work and In Your Workouts from 2021-06-11T10:00
As things slowly start going back to "normal" (whatever that means), you may be starting to feel ready to tackle your career and your workouts. Let's go into this new phase with a plan of attack...
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E35: Combating Stress When It Feels Like You Can't from 2021-06-04T10:00
Stress is a way of life for many of us; sometimes, we equate being stressed out and busy as being "successful." Sure, some amounts of stress are totally normal and actually help us build resilie...
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E34: The Body Positivity Movement is BS from 2021-05-28T10:00
"Just love yourself, no matter what."
Let's get it straight: I love a lot of what has come out of the body positivity movement. More people are comfortable with wearing what t...
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E33: Do You Have to Work Your Pelvic Floor If You Aren't Having Issues Down There? from 2021-05-21T12:18:14
We all know that issues like leaking and pelvic pain can warrant a trip to the pelvic floor PT. But what if you aren't having any glaring issues down there? Do you need to worry about your floor...
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E32: Diastasis Recti - What Is It Exactly and Is It a Big Deal? from 2021-05-07T10:00
Diastasis recti, or DRA, is something that happens in appx 2/3 of postpartum people. If you're postpartum, you've probably heard of this and wondered if it's something you should be concerned ab...
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E31: You've Had a C-Section - Now What?! from 2021-04-23T10:00
It's no secret that our postpartum aftercare has something left to be desired: add to the mix the abysmal ways we treat folks who have undergone a cesarean section and it's like "HOW IS THIS REA...
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E30: Your "Toning" Workout Is Ruining Your Body from 2021-04-09T10:00
Toning workouts are all the rage with women.
"I just wannabe toned."
WTF is a toning workout anyway?? Usually, "toning" is used to describe a workout program that uses very light r...
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E29: You've Been "Cleared" for Exercise 6 Weeks Postpartum - Now What? from 2021-04-02T10:00
You know the feeling: after carrying around a child for what seems like forever, you've finally given birth and FINALLY got cleared for exercise from your OBGYN. But what exactly should...
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E28: Feminism - You're Doing It Wrong from 2021-03-26T10:00
Welcome to 2021: where people like to sling around buzz words without actually knowing what they mean.
One of those words is feminism; people are gaslighting each other, claiming...
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E27: The Reason Why You're Not Getting Better from 2021-03-12T11:00
"Physical therapy didn't work for me."
"I don't know why I'm in PT: my doctor made me go."
As a physical therapist, these were 2 sentiments that I heard over and over again when ev...
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E26: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and the Pelvic Floor from 2021-02-19T11:00
Womxn with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or EDS, are oftentimes given very lack-luster advice in regard to their health and wellness. Because of the nature of EDS, a connective tissue disorder, pelvic...
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E25: Is It Normal for Sex to Hurt? from 2021-02-12T11:00
Womxn everywhere are constantly being told that a "normal" part of life, especially after giving birth, is that sex can be "a little painful." Like, forever.
This couldn't be further from...
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E24: Why I Don't Take Insurance from 2021-02-05T11:00
The most common question I get is "Do you take my insurance?" Because we pay so much into our medical insurance plans, most of us believe that using it is in our best interest regardless of what...
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E23: Are Elimination Diets 'Healthy?' - A Chat With Jenna J from 2021-01-29T11:00
Besides both being incredibly awesome (ha!), Jenna J and I have one thing in common: after both trying a popular elimination diet, we both finally said F*** you to diet culture.
I h...
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E22: Answering Your Questions About the Pelvic Floor from 2021-01-15T11:00
During the last weeks of December, I asked my Instagram followers to hit me with all their questions regarding health, wellness, and everything in between. There were so many great questions tha...
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E21: Answering Your Questions About Physical Therapy from 2021-01-08T11:00
During the last weeks of December, I asked my Instagram followers to hit me with all their questions regarding health, wellness, and everything in between. There were so many great questions tha...
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E20: Answering Your Questions About Health and Fitness from 2021-01-01T17:33:01
During the last weeks of December, I asked my Instagram followers to hit me with all their questions regarding health, wellness, and everything in between. There were so many great questions tha...
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E19: Surviving the New Year (A Miniseries) - "I Don't Accept New Clients In January"- A Chat With Personal Trainer Jen Borruso from 2020-12-23T11:00
If we can guarantee anything (yes, even during a global pandemic), it's that shamey messaging and marketing comes in hard and strong in December and lasts pretty much into January. Most fitness ...
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E18: Surviving the New Year (A Miniseries) - Being Honest With Your Fitness from 2020-12-18T11:00
We've all been there: trying new workout after new workout, only to quit about 6 weeks in. Then, December rolls around with something else, complete with the promise of...
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E17: Surviving the New Year (A Miniseries) - Before You Buy That New Workout... from 2020-12-11T11:00
We all know the drill: come December and January, there is always a new workout program or gym offering SOME kind of special. But you have to act NOW or else you're gonna pay out the ass if you ...
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E16: Surviving the New Year (A Miniseries) - Setting Boundaries from 2020-12-04T11:00
Seeing the shit storm marketing throughout 2020 that preyed on people's shame and insecurities for the sake of making a buck, I'm anticipating this will be even more exacerbated leading up to an...
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E15: What's Normal "Down There?" from 2020-11-20T11:00
Douches, vaginal rejuvenation surgeries, bleaching creams, razors, waxes...when it comes to issues "down there," what is actually normal?!
I've drilled it into your brain that when it com...
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E14: The Truth About Kegels from 2020-11-13T11:00
I know you've seen those posts on Facebook, all like "Did you do your billion kegels today?" Your MD prescribed kegels because you can't stop peeing your pants when you cough, sneeze, and exerci...
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E13: Integrating a More Well-Rounded Approach to Your Fitness - With Morganne Frazier from 2020-11-06T12:40:40
Being well-versed in your body and its capabilities is so important when embarking upon a fitness journey: yet, we are never instructed on what to look for or what to pay attention to when we ar...
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E12: Being a Better Human from 2020-10-30T10:00
With the most important presidential election just around the corner, it's imperative that we stop being garbage humans to each other and actually learn how to LISTEN. I am seeing so much hate a...
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E11: My MD Didn't Listen to Me - A Candid Interview with Kaitlin M. Brazil from 2020-10-23T10:00
We are switching gears today with an interview with one of my favorite people in the world, Kaitlin M. Brazil! Kaitlin is a mom of 2 boys who experienced urinary incontinence with her first chil...
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E10: What You Should Know About Arthritis (Even in Your 20s) from 2020-10-16T10:00
In honor of Bone & Joint Health Week, this episode is all about one of the most common diagnoses out there: osteoarthritis (OA), or normal wear and tear on your joints.
I know what yo...
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E9: My COVID Weight Gain and What I Did About It from 2020-10-02T10:00
In this VERY transparent episode, I dive deep into how I gained the COVID 20, and what I did about it. And the answer might surprise you.
As a health and wellness professional, I felt sha...
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E8: What Is PCOS and What Do I Need to Know? from 2020-09-25T10:00
September is National PCOS Awareness Month and given that womxn aren't really given much info when it comes to their reproductive health, we are bringing this topic to light!
PCOS, or Pol...
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E7: The One Thing You're Probably Not Paying Attention to That's Damaging Your Health from 2020-09-18T10:00
Today is all about how being authentic with yourself affects your mental, emotional, and physical health. This episode is purely anecdotal: I am not nor do I claim to be a mental health professi...
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E6: Peeing Your Pants Is NOT Cool...Or Normal from 2020-09-11T10:00
I know you've been told that because you're a woman, have given birth, or are of a certain age, things just "are what they are" and it's "normal" to be racing to the bathroom being that you migh...
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E5: Why Hustle Culture is Making You Hate Your Life from 2020-09-04T10:00
We are taught to wear busyness as a badge of honor. That if we are busy, it means we have finally made it: WE ARE SUCCESSFUL!
But why is this actually doing us more harm than good?
E4: What to Look for When Hiring a Physical Therapist from 2020-08-28T10:00
Despite what many people think, not all physical therapists are created equally. You also might be surprised to know that choosing a clinic based of whether they take your insurance OR its proxi...
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E3: Why You Might Want To Hire a Physical Therapist from 2020-08-21T10:00
If one thing is clear regarding physical therapy, it's this: no one knows wtf we do!
When someone asks me what PT can help with, I always give this answer: I can help you overcome a...
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E2: Shame in the Fitness Game from 2020-08-14T10:00
I am so tired of seeing shameful social media posts focusing on those who've gained weight during COVID: you are surviving a pandemic. You're wearing a TON of different hats now (wife, mother, g...
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E1: Why Your Xray (Probably) Doesn't Matter from 2020-08-07T10:00
One of the most frustrating things I encounter as a physical therapist is when a client/prospective client receives an imaging report (xray, MRI, CT scan) and is basically scared to move due to ...
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Becoming Finally Fearless: Welcome Episode from 2020-07-10T18:58:42
For the past few months, I have been doing a YouTube/IGTV series called Fearless Fridays; every Friday, I would release a video exposing some BS that the health and wellness industry was perpetu...
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