A pioneering fellowship program—the first of its kind in the nation—will train nurse practitioners to meet the complex needs of the LGBT community. It’s the result of a partnership between Callen-Lorde Community Health Center and the Keith Haring Foundation. A nurse prepares a patient for a blood draw at Callen-Lorde’s Thea Spyer Center.Courtesy of Callen-Lorde… Read More »
In the United States, 85 percent of women will get pregnant in their lifetime (and that number is higher in other countries). While the majority of women will have vaginal births, about 32 percent will have C-sections. And the percentage of women who have C-sections continues to increase, both in the United States and around… Read More »
As a pelvic health physiotherapist, I considered myself an expert in diastasis recti. After all, I’d been treating the condition for nearly 20 years in my patients. Then, after my third pregnancy, I diagnosed the condition in myself. Despite all my education and experience, my first reaction was fear. Because the conventional wisdom for so… Read More »
What do you do if your new client is not only pregnant, but has never really been an “exerciser?” This can be a challenging situation for a fitness professional, especially if you are new to training pregnant women. You will likely find conflicting information on what your client should and should not be doing, and… Read More »
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 Well January has come and gone, “A New Year, A New You!” Isn’t this what we say every year along with making either the same resolutions from the year before or new ones? Are you HONESTLY sticking with them? We are a month or so into 2019, so. here are you with… Read More »