Talking about the effects of breast cancer treatment on pelvic health with Amanda Olson, DPT. Did you know that breast cancer treatments can affect your pelvic floor health? We talk about issues women may experience and then what proactive steps women can take to support their pelvic health from who to see and what you can use at home. Breast cancer survivors need to know this information so that they know they are not alone and that there is help for pelvic health symptoms such as vaginal dryne...
Mar 09, 2023•26 min•Season 2Ep. 50
There has NEVER been a better time to be a woman heading into or going through the transition called menopause! With all of the information now available to us, we no longer have to look towards perimenopause and menopause with dread. Andrea Donsky, a functional nutritionist chats about the nutrition and lifestyle tips that will help us THRIVE through our 40’s and 50’s. Ready to feel armed with info and inspiration that is practical and can be applied to your life today? Come take a listen....
Feb 02, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 49
We get to know James Goodlatte, the founder of Fit For Birth. A holistic prenatal and postpartum wellness and fitness education platform for both fitness and health professionals as well as for pregnant and postpartum individuals. He gives us his 5 foundations for a healthy pregnancy and recovery and wonderful tips to live by at any stage of life. If you are holistic minded in your approach to health, then this is an interview you do not want to miss!
Jul 28, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Getting to know more about our local wellness and healthcare providers is so very important. Vancouver, WA has a literal goldmine of passionate individuals striving to do better for those in their community. Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Kendall Hagensen, the owner of Vancouver Wellness Studio. She has curated a holistic multidisciplinary team including mental health, naturopathy, nutrition coaching, fitness, massage, and more. In addition to learning more about VWS, I got to ask Kend...
Jun 23, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Want to crush some personal goals this year? We all have something in our lives that we’d like to improve, whether that’s managing stress more effectively, developing healthier relationships, or building more confidence. The mere thought of change can be overwhelming or scary, but Linda’s mission is to address the root cause of that fear so that you can tackle anything that life throws at you by making simple, easy changes to your everyday routines. Let's move from surviving to thriving!
Dec 30, 2021•27 min
There are endless options when it comes to fitness plans and healthy lifestyles. But what makes these healthy choices actually stick? Join us as we talk about the mental steps and mindset that will make the BIGGEST impact as we continue to make those health and fitness goals… especially as we start to make those New Year's resolutions!
Dec 09, 2021•37 min•Ep. 45
Dr Angela aka Dr Hot Flash joins us to share her personal and professional journey with hormone health. She has specialized in female hormone health for 25 years and has become an expert in supporting women in their highly individual hormone journeys. She is also on a mission to save women from suffering due to poorly educated medical providers with her book titled “How to Prevent Your Doctor From Slowly Killing You: A Woman’s Hormonal Health Survival Guide”. This episode could seriously be a ga...
Nov 25, 2021•34 min
Your menstrual cycle is a window into your overall health. What is your cycle telling you? In this podcast, we get to learn about a natural way to improve our hormones throughout our ever changing cycle to reduce those crazy hormone symptoms, improve fertility (if that's a goal), and steady the ship as we sail towards menopause. Seed cycling has been around for hundreds of years and has been tremendously helpful to so many people including Kate, Buffy, and many of our friends and patients. Liste...
Nov 11, 2021•25 min
As we come to the realization that ALL of us living in 2021 are going through an ongoing trauma, there couldn’t be a better timed interview to listen to than this. Ashley is a survivor of childhood trauma and overcame simultaneous postpartum depression and Lyme Disease. She has wonderful insight and priceless advice that we can use TODAY. And after all of the healing she has done over the past several years, she put all of this into a new book that has JUST been released! Links to her book and m...
Oct 28, 2021•30 min•Ep. 42
We get to talk all about the keys to prenatal and postpartum fitness as well as the best approach to preparing for birth. Erica Ziel has been in the fitness industry for many years and has dedicated herself to the online coaching of prenatal and postpartum women… she GETS IT! We chat about what REALLY matters in this life phase and dispel some myths when it comes to some VERY common prenatal advice. Is it possible to truly prepare our pelvic floor for a great delivery and recovery? YES! Listen t...
Oct 07, 2021•33 min
When it comes to being prepared for the days and weeks AFTER we deliver, there are MANY bits of wisdom mothers gain from other moms. Combine that with all that the internet has for advice and it can seem overwhelming. I created a guide and now this podcast episode so that moms can get some succinct advice and some action steps oif what to have on hand at home and what to pay attention to in the haze that is the newborn phase. Take a listen and be sure to check out the free download guide on the ...
Aug 05, 2021•21 min
It really is never too late to work on FULL recovery from an abdominal or pelvic surgery. Clients that we see at Pinnacle have often gone YEARS without any guidance on fully recovering from these types of surgeries and this podcast is here to help those who would like more advice than the usual “rest for 6 weeks”. As experts in the core and pelvic floor, us pelvic PTs have a few tips and tricks on how to fully recover from abdominal and pelvic surgeries. Listen here as I share my favorites with ...
Jul 15, 2021•19 min
For runners, getting back to running postpartum can be quite the uncertain journey. When is too soon? Why can’t we just start running ASAP? How should we train to get back to running form? What are the risks to our body? Amanda and I talk ALL about these things in this podcast episode! She is currently on a committee with the American Physical Therapy Association to create the first of its kind postpartum running guide backed by the best available evidence/research and she's sharing her expertis...
May 20, 2021•36 min
If 2020 was a dumpster fire for health, then shouldn’t 2021 be all about optimizing it?! Let’s talk about one way we can all improve our overall health, and that is with detoxing! We are surrounded by toxins in all aspects of our lives and our bodies can use ALL the help they can get in reducing toxins so that we can THRIVE. In this episode, Buffy recaps part 1 and shares FOUR more things we can do to help our bodies detox. Even if you are not ready to jump on the detox train today, this informa...
May 06, 2021•25 min•Ep. 37
If 2020 was a dumpster fire for health, then shouldn’t 2021 be all about optimizing it?! Let’s talk about one way we can all improve our overall health, and that is with detoxing! We are are surrounded by toxins in all aspects of our lives and our bodies can use ALL the help they can get in reducing toxins so that we can THRIVE. In this episode, Buffy shares a bit about her detoxing journey over the last year and shares THREE simple things we can do to detox. Even if you are not ready to jump on...
Apr 22, 2021•22 min
Dr Renee Wellenstein is a wealth of knowledge in all things functional medicine and women’s health. She shares with us how she left traditional western medicine as an OBGYN and began to help herself and others find complete healing… including helping women get their libido back! If you didn’t know, a low libido can be an indicator that something is off with a person’s health and Dr Wellenstein shares some of the keys to reclaiming our health AND our libido!...
Apr 08, 2021•32 min•Ep. 35
We get to meet Dr Jocelyn, a seasoned athlete, Cross Fitter, and pelvic and core specialist physical therapist and talk about all things Cross Fit and pelvic health! Want to hear some truth bombs about pelvic and core health and high level fitness, this episode is for you! Jocelyn tells it like it is when it comes to training smart and sparing our pelvic health. You don’t want to miss this episode!
Mar 25, 2021•34 min
March is Endometriosis Awareness month. A condition that us pelvic PTs work with a LOT and see the physical and mental toll it takes on our friends, family and patients.. and sometimes us! My dear friend Dr J and I chat about endo and getting the help that is needed to be able to move forward. In this short discussion, we will cover a LOT of info about what it is and who can help. To those who have been diagnosed and those who have not yet been diagnosed, we SEE you and HEAR you....
Mar 11, 2021•19 min
What's for dinner?? For those of us moms in the rat race of meal planning for our families, this episode is for us!! I had the pleasure of interviewing Heather Englund, a mother and expert in healthy family meal planning and boy am I excited to learn even more from her after our chat! We spoke specifically about ways to add fiber rich foods into our kiddos’ diets which is crucial for for all of our health. Check out the show notes for links to get your hands on her free 1 week meal plan!...
Jan 07, 2021•24 min•Ep. 32
When it comes to making healthy choices for ourselves and our families, many of us have a blind spot when it comes to toxins in our self care and home products that can be harming our health. So I just HAD to chat with Krissie about her vast knowledge and learn just what is in our favorite self care and home products and what steps can we take NOW to move towards a more toxin-free life! She gives GREAT advice and encouragement for any of us who are feeling overwhelmed by it all.
Dec 10, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 31
From the time us gals were in middle school and became aware of and self conscious of our bodies, we have likely been “sucking it in”... our belly that is! After all, we have lived in a society where thin is in and flat bellies are the ideal. So it’s no wonder we may find ourselves gripping our abdominals inward frequently or all the time for some. In this episode, I’m going to share exactly why why we don’t want this to be a regular habit (our bodies don’t do so well with this) and how we can h...
Nov 19, 2020•17 min
When up to 50% of all women will experience this issues to some extent, pelvic organ prolapse should be something that we all know about and frequently talk about with our girlfriends and mothers... but we DON'T! This podcast is all about explaining what a POP (pelvic organ prolapse) is and how can we holistically treat it and what does a pelvic PT do to help?
Oct 29, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 30
If you thought having one set of twins was hard on the body, try two sets! I interviewed Amy Slater who did just this and came out a rejuvenated mother, health coach,and specialist postpartum personal trainer. She shares her personal story of going from professional athlete to struggling postpartum mom to twins twice to highly educated health coach and specialist fitness expert. Listen as she shares insight and wisdom about this journey called motherhood.
Oct 15, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 28
When it comes to caring for ourselves during pregnancy, we have many choices of who we can have on our healthcare team. Though a midwife or OBGYN may be to only provider we select, others have found that utilizing the care of a chiropractor to be well worth their time and help them get through their pregnancy with much less pain and feeling better cared for overall. No one will argue that our spines and entire bodies go through a whole lot of changes in this pregnancy journey! Join me as I get t...
Oct 01, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Ever known anyone that fell on their tailbone? Or anyone that had tailbone pain? Often, people will go to their primary doctor, chiropractor, or sports med doctor only to find that they are a little uneasy about this issue or they may say they don’t know how to or are unable to help. Enter the pelvic PT! Many of us are trained in being able to assess and treat painful tailbone conditions. In this podcast, I will share how someone may come to have tailbone pain and what you can do right now if yo...
Sep 17, 2020•19 min
The days and weeks after we deliver our babies are a literal rollercoaster. With the sporadic sleep, recovering postpartum body changes, newborn needs, and hormone fluctuations, anyone who survives these early days deserves a medal! Buffy asks Dr Angela Potter about her expertise in postpartum hormonal health and gets to the bottom of what we should expect postpartum, how to know when we should seek out help from a professional such as a naturopath, and how we can best help ourselves regulate ou...
Sep 03, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Dilators have been recommended for women suffering with pelvic tightness and pain for many years. But just the idea of using these to a person with pain sounds scary! Buffy and Amanda talk through WHO these could help and HOW to properly use them AND the mindset we HAVE to have when using these. Hint: these shouldn’t be causing more pain!If you were told to purchase vaginal dilators by your healthcare provider and you are confused at how they would help, or are totally freaking out about the ide...
Aug 20, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 24
With all of the prenatal visits that us women have, isn’t it funny how none of them focus on assessing if our body is truly ready for the pushing phase of labor or talk about what we can do to physically prepare? This time, Buffy gets interviewed by Marissa Aron on the topic of being “Birth Ready”. We will go WAY more in depth about how we can prepare our bodies for the big delivery day and beyond. We will talk about when we should see a pelvic PT during our pregnancy to learn where are body is ...
Aug 06, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 23
With pelvic health issues being incredibly prevalent for women, many find that the typical gym routine does not complement what our body needs or what it can do at the present time. Many women stop exercise altogether for fear of making things worse or are in too much pain to “hit the gym” and join in a group exercise class. In this podcast, I interviewed Joyce Gorman, a health and wellness coach and yoga instructor who specializes in crafting yoga routines specifically to aid in pelvic healing....
Jul 23, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 21
For moms, having a new baby can be overwhelming. When it comes to milestones, we just hope that our pediatrician can keep a watch on that and all will be good. But did you know that the real EXPERT in movement milestones and physical changes is a pediatric physical therapist? I had the pleasure of talking with Dr Aron, a pediatric and women’s health physical therapist from Florida who gave me the low down on some common things she helps babies and children with ALL THE TIME. From delayed or alte...
Jul 09, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 21
