Menopause: 40, Wine and Sex – Oh My!
I had dinner with my BFFs last night in honor of a 40th birthday (despite us all feeling a bit meh about 40). But you have to celebrate right? We are all happy with super husbands and hilarious children and…
Passion for Our Patients & Our Work
Today I’d like to share with our fabulous followers how truly PASSIONATE we are about our patients. Yesterday at work, I sat back in my desk chair admiring the teamwork, the thirst for knowledge, the dedication and the willingness to…
Can Hot Pink, Neon Socks Make You Run Faster?
I pride myself on being a very low maintenance runner. I don’t require all the fancy bells and whistles that some runners do. Having completed more road races than I can count, I have seen quite the array of running…
Birth Injuries
This is an excellent article from Cosmopolitan on the injuries women sustain during childbirth and the lack of postpartum treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction caused by those injuries: www.cosmopolitan.com
Foundational Concepts is Expanding
Foundational Concepts is expanding: on November 1, 2022 we will open our third clinic! There have been many physicians, providers and patients asking for a clinic in the northland and we are ready to take that step. The new location…
Foundational Concepts: Board-Certified Women’s Health Specialists
We continue to strive to provide the very best care to our clients. We have several providers who are board certified specialists in Pelvic health and orthopedics. Jennifer Cumming, Sarah Dominguez and Hannah Muzzy are all board certified Women's Health…
To Be Real: Talking About Vulvodynia
As I recover from my vestibulectomy surgery (a procedure that corrects vulvodynia), I’m treating myself to a complete re-watch of Sex and the City. After getting past the shock of realizing that I am now older than the characters, I settled…
Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is defined as “pain that persists beyond normal healing tissue time, which is generally thought to be between three and six months.”1 Chronic pelvic pain can be caused for many reasons including: trauma, disease pathology (poly-cystic ovarian syndrome,…
Scary Mommy Nails it Again
Scary Mommy with yet another hilarious blog post. This one covers vaginas and potpourri. Enjoy! https://www.scarymommy.com/my-vagina-detox-pearls/?utm_source=FB Image courtesy of Scary Mommy.
Let’s Talk About Sex
Let’s talk about sex…or in the case of most health care providers, let’s not. More and more research is coming out showing that even though sexuality and sexual activity is an important part of health, well-being and quality of life,…
