420: Owning Your Pelvic Power and Healing from Chronic Pelvic Pain w/ Isa Herrera
How to own your pelvic power by becoming your own healer, igniting your inner guru, and showing up for yourself.
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Show Notes
Pelvic pain is a real problem for women worldwide. Whether it is just a little bit of pee, some discomfort during intercourse, or pressure that you push through, as women, we are taught these are just typical signs of aging. But the reality is these things are totally reversible and fixable if you have the right tools to set yourself, and your pelvic floor, up for success.
Overcoming Pelvic Pain with Isa Herrera
Isa Herrera is a licensed physical therapist, as well as an expert in integrative pelvic floor therapies. She developed her expertise in diagnosing and treating pelvic pain, leaking, and prolapse by helping over 15,000 women since 2005 at her NYC healing center Renew Physical Therapy. She is also the author of five books on the topic of pelvic floor dysfunction and pain, including the international bestseller, Female Pelvic Alchemy. After suffering from pelvic floor dysfunction after her daughter's birth, Isa has made it her life’s mission to help 1 million women overcome pelvic floor dysfunction.
In This Episode
- Learn about the difference between the pelvic floor and the vagina (4:47)
- The most common pelvic floor issues seen in practice by Isa (8:40)
- How to proactively improve the pelvic floor health that you have as you age (13:18)
- Takeaway tips if you think or know you are struggling with pelvic floor dysfunction (16:15)
- Why you need to remember to be the CEO of your health and take care of yourself first (22:52)
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Essentially You Episode #137: How to Naturally Heal From Chronic Pelvic Pain with Isa Herrera
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