https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjvYXxGc2Ww The voice to pelvic floor connection is perhaps one of the most important, and under appreciated ways to jumpstart healing in pelvic health. My Voice to Pelvic Floor Connection The very first thing that I did and loved was...
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A New Pathway to Professional Growth: Bypass the Burnout
By KC Coninx PT, DPT COMT, PYT I always believed that to grow professionally, I had to continually attend more and more professional education courses. This method quickly felt overwhelming and I started to wonder if it was possible to achieve professional...
Creating “Safety in Me” in the Pregnant BIPOC Community
by Dr. Keeli Gailes, PT, DPT, ATC We understand that black parents matter Pelvic health physical therapy can help create a sense of "safety in me" for pregnant people of color. We have recently discussed the importance of integrative pelvic floor physical therapy...
Creating a Sustainable Business in Healthcare
By Dr. KC Coninx PT, DPTCertifications: COMT, PYT Creating a sustainable business in healthcare, specifically in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and/or mental health, makes us think of 2 things: 1) What are your patients' needs? and 2) What do you as a...
Evolving Physical Therapy: Let’s Ditch the “Home Exercise Program”
by Ginger Garner PT, DPT, ATC/L Moving from HEP to IHP is outlined in the landmark text, Integrative & Lifestyle Medicine in Physical Therapy, available at OPTP.com We are long overdue in the physical therapy profession to ditch the phrase "home exercise program."...
Transforming Healthcare & Self-Care in 2022: How Did We Do?
Our long time mission has been to transform healthcare and self-care so that integrative and wellness care is more affordable and easily accessible. How did we do with in 2022? Well, we'll let you be the judge of that. Transforming Healthcare & Self-Care through,...
Just Say No To New Years Resolutions, Choose A Word of the Year Instead
Nearly 10 years ago I made a decision to STOP making resolutions. I simply decided to just say no to new years resolutions. Here’s what I found to be true about making resolutions… Making resolutions: can often serve to frustrate you, instead of motivating you can...
Integrative Solutions for Healthcare Burnout
Healthcare pros are experiencing record levels of burnout right now, and that was before the pandemic. Our current model teaches us to care for our patients, but not necessarily ourselves. Over the last 20+ years I have been teaching integrative solutions for...
Choosing Your Word of the Year in 2022
I don't do New Year's resolutions. I stopped doing them years ago, and I substituted it with a more sustainable practice: Choosing Your Word of the Year. Visit my IG post to share your Word of the Year - I would LOVE to hear it! What is My Word of the Year for 2022?...
Self-Care in Healthcare: How Did we do in 2021?
As we move into 2022, the 3rd year of the pandemic, self-care and our mental health is becoming critically important. This past year COVID certainly continued to impact our small, woman-owned business on the home front. So how did we do in 2021 with Self-Care in...
Have Vocal and/or Pelvic Pain? You May Be Psoas Speaking
This pose of the week is all about how to know if you are Psoas Speaking. This pose of the week can help you identify if your vocal problems could be coming from the pelvic floor, or vice versa. One of the chief ways to tell is by taking a closer look at one of the...
Time Saving Yoga Posture: The Wall Warrior Twist
This week's Pose of the Week is the Wall Warrior Twist. It's a pose to help you work smarter not harder in your yoga posture practice. Work Smarter, Not Harder in Yoga with the Therapeutic Wall Warrior Twist What does this posture offer? I'm so glad you asked! The...