Hey there, welcome to the NorthStar Physical Therapy podcast!

I am your host, Dr. Shirlea North and I dive into lymphedema, lipedema, and various pelvic health dysfunctions. My goal is to provide to you a better way to understand these conditions so that you empower yourself with knowledge to advocate for yourself. Let NorthStar Physical Therapy guide and navigate you on your journey to optimal health!

Today’s episode will be a bit different as I am sharing with you an episode where I was a guest. The podcast is called Babywearing & Breastfeeding: Nurturing Miracles by Meagan Pa, a lactation consultant. We will be talking a lot about pelvic floor physical therapy, its importance, postpartum care, and so much more in this episode so I hope you give this a listen so you can learn a thing or two about your body!

Let’s discuss:

• Introduction for Dr. Shirlea North: What led her to become a physical therapist
• The Pelvic Floor: What is it and why is it important especially for women during pregnancy
• Dr. Shirlea North on Kegels
• Why would you want to figure out your pelvic floor status and how it impacts birth according to Megan
• Dr. Shirlea North on preparing the tissues by getting into different positions and stretching them, does pregnancy hormones help the tissues, and if it’s enough for the pelvic floor muscles
• Accessing the pelvic floor muscles internally versus externally
• Dr. Shirlea North on postpartum: Works that need to be done to strengthen the pelvic muscles again
• Megan on tests that moms can take postpartum and how to take care of yourself while taking care of your babyPre-birth and postpartum pelvic floor care for moms who gave birth via C-section versus moms who gave birth vaginally
• Dr. Shirlea North on whether women still deal with incontinence issues when they gave birth via C-section
• Dr. Shirlea North on diet: Does it affect the pelvic floor as well?
• Dr. Shirlea North on pain with sex postpartum: What’s normal and what’s not through looking at the biomechanical aspect
• Dr. Shirlea on ways to pay her for her services on pelvic health and the difference in terms of patient care between cash-based practice and insurance-based practice
• Dr. Shirlea North on how she does virtual visits/evaluation
• Conclusion and where can you find Dr. Shirlea North

Know more about Megan here: https://holisticlactation.com/

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If you have any questions about this episode or anything related to the services that we offer, please feel free to reach out so we can help you.

If you have other topics in mind that you want me to talk about, hit me up and I’ll make sure to consider it for my next podcast!

See you in 2 weeks!

Hey there, welcome to the NorthStar Physical Therapy podcast!

I am your host, Dr. Shirlea North and I dive into lymphedema, lipedema, and various pelvic health dysfunctions. My goal is to provide to you a better way to understand these conditions so that you empower yourself with knowledge to advocate for yourself. Let NorthStar Physical Therapy guide and navigate you on your journey to optimal health!

Today’s episode will depart a little bit from the usual pelvic and lymphatic health that I talk about in this podcast. I will be sharing with you all about cash-based vs insurance-based Physical Therapy as this is a question I get asked about a lot!

I get asked by new clients and even returning clients that’s why I wanted to share this topic with you in this episode so that you gain some insight regarding this matter. That way, you are able to understand the pros and cons of both of these ways to access Physical Therapy and make an informed decision in which route to take!

Let’s discuss:

• Introduction to today’s topic
• Insurance-based: What is it, how it works, aspects you need to consider, and things you need to know about your insurance
• Things you need to know and what to expect when you go to an Insurance-based Physical Therapy Clinic
• Cash-based: What is it, how it works, and things you need to know about cash
• Things you need to know and what to expect when you go to a Cash-based Physical Therapy Clinic
• What I tell my potential clients when they ask me if I accept insurance
• Getting to know other providers around me to best serve clients
• Behind-the-scenes stuff in an insurance-based clinic versus what happens in a cash-based clinic
• Conclusion

Check out the website for the services we perform or send me a message at Facebook or Instagram!

If you have any questions about this episode or anything related to the services that we offer, please feel free to reach out so we can help you.

If you have other topics in mind that you want me to talk about, hit me up and I’ll make sure to consider it for my next podcast!

See you in 2 weeks!

Hey there, welcome to the NorthStar Physical Therapy podcast!

I am your host, Dr. Shirlea North and I dive into lymphedema, lipedema, and various pelvic health dysfunctions. My goal is to provide to you a better way to understand these conditions so that you empower yourself with knowledge to advocate for yourself. Let NorthStar Physical Therapy guide and navigate you on your journey to optimal health!

Today’s episode is all about constipation. This is a topic we don’t always want to talk about but it is very important to know more about it. I will share with you some quick fixes to help you if you are suffering from constipation.

Please listen to this episode so that you can help yourself have better bowel movement! Should you continue to have difficulties even after trying out the quick fixes I have outlined for you, you can always reach out to me so we can schedule you for an appointment and we can assess what is happening to your bowel movement!

Let’s discuss:

• Introduction to today’s topic
• What is constipation
• Things you need to consider in terms of constipation: Bowel frequency
• Things you need to consider in terms of constipation: Bowel consistency
• Things you need to consider in terms of constipation: Hydration, intake, and medications
• Things you need to consider in terms of constipation: Dietary and fiber
• Things you need to consider in terms of constipation: Your anatomy and toilet position
• Things you need to consider in terms of constipation: Breathe!
• Things you need to consider in terms of constipation: Bowel massages
• Things you need to consider in terms of constipation: Mobility
• Conclusion

Check out the website for the services we perform or send me a message at Facebook or Instagram!

If you have any questions about this episode or anything related to the services that we offer, please feel free to reach out so we can help you.

If you have other topics in mind that you want me to talk about, hit me up and I’ll make sure to consider it for my next podcast!

See you in 2 weeks!