Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic Physical Therapy

Should you look forward to your pelvic floor appointments? How do Pain Doctors and Pelvic Floor PTs make treatments enjoyable for patients, and why is that enjoyment necessary to resolve pelvic pain? 

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. 

In this week's episode, part 2 of 2, we will be joined again for the conclusion of our interview with physiatrist, Dr. Monica Zirolli, DO with Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine.

Dr. Monica Zirolli is a physiatrist at Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. She is trained in a variety of techniques for helping her patients improve overall physical function and become free from chronic pain. Coming from a background as an osteopathic physician with additional experience in women’s health, sexual health, and pain medicine, Dr. Zirolli uses procedural methodologies, communication, and education to make her patients feel confident and empowered on their healing journey. 

We will touch on such topics as:

• Why Pelvic Pain Docs Can’t Work Without Pelvic Health PTs
• The Magic of Compounded Suppositories for Pelvic Pain
• Nerve Blocks to Help Reset the Pain Cycle 
• The Joy of Pelvic Health Appointments
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Find Dr. Monica and Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine

Website: www.pelvicrehabilitation.com  

Instagram:@pelvicrehabilitation 

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

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How can physicians remove barriers that prevent the body from using its own innate wisdom to heal itself? Why do physical therapists and physiatrists prioritize function as an end goal, not just absence of pain or injury?

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. 

In this week's episode, part 1 of 2, we will be joined by physiatrist, Dr. Monica Zirolli, DO with Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine.

Dr. Monica Zirolli is a physiatrist at Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. She is trained in a variety of techniques for helping her patients improve overall physical function and become free from chronic pain. Coming from a background as an osteopathic physician with additional experience in women’s health, sexual health, and pain medicine, Dr. Zirolli uses procedural methodologies, communication, and education to make her patients feel confident and empowered on their healing journey. 

We will touch on such topics as:

• Sexual Health 
• Pain Science
• Dr. Z’s Journey from Culinary School to Med School
• Importance of Patient-Provider CONNECTION and fit 
• Scripts Around Male Pleasure vs. Female Pleasure

Find Dr. Monica and Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine

Website: www.pelvicrehabilitation.com  

Instagram:@pelvicrehabilitation 

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

Website: https://orthopelvicpt.com/

Instagram: @orthopelvicpt

TikTok: @orthopelvicpt1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthoPelvicPT

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. 

In this week's episode, we will be joined again by Wendy Warren, Pediatric Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of Pediatric Wellness. This time, she’s here to discuss cold and flu season!

Wendy is a mother of 3 boys, and after battling several health issues with her own children, became passionate about educating and empowering other parents to take control of their child’s health from the inside out. 

We will touch on such topics as:

• Sleep as Foundational for Wellness
• Resting When Feeling Rundown (No Pushing Through)
• Soothe Symptoms, Don’t Suppress Symptoms!
• The Halloween “Switch Witch”

Find Wendy and Pediatric Wellness

Website: https://www.pediatricwellnesscoaching.com/   

Email: [email protected]

Instagram:@Pedswellnesscoaching 

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

Website: https://orthopelvicpt.com/

Instagram: @orthopelvicpt

TikTok: @orthopelvicpt1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthoPelvicPT

What is a multifaceted approach to care with chronic pelvic pain? How can providers address and treat the patient, not just the condition? How much period pain is normal? Can pain with sex be short-lived?

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. 

In this week's episode (Part 2 of 2), we will finish our conversation with Courtney Hasseman, Certified Nurse-Midwife and owner of Integrative Healthcare For Women.

Courtney Hasseman is a Nurse Practitioner and Midwife who provides integrative women’s health and gynecologic care.   Specializing in hormonal and menstrual health, Courtney can manage everything from your well-woman exam, gyn concerns, functional lab testing, personalized nutrition programs, and integrative approaches to menstrual disorders.  She offers both in-person visits and online consultations based from her Historic Leesburg clinic. 

We will touch on such topics as:

• The Pill Cannot be Our First Line of Defense for Period Pain
• What Breastfeeding and Menopause Have in Common
• Periods and Breastfeeding (When Should It Come Back?!)

Find Courtney Hasseman and Integrative Healthcare for Women

Website: https://courtneyhasseman.com/   

Recorded Preconception Course: https://courtneyhasseman.practicebetter.io/#/5c2bd049627d790b8ceea2db/bookings?c=624c6c140c6edb30eb1f5650&step=course

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @courtneyhasseman

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

Website: https://orthopelvicpt.com/

Instagram: @orthopelvicpt

TikTok: @orthopelvicpt1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthoPelvicPT

When should you address your fertility? How long should you and your partner make make healthy shifts and changes before trying to conceive? How can proactive, holistic fertility support help you prepare to conceive?

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. 

In this week's episode (Part 1 of 2), we will be joined by Courtney Hasseman, Certified Nurse-Midwife and owner of Integrative Healthcare For Women.

Courtney Hasseman is a Nurse Practitioner and Midwife who provides integrative women’s health and gynecologic care.   Specializing in hormonal and menstrual health, Courtney can manage everything from your well-woman exam, gyn concerns, functional lab testing, personalized nutrition programs, and integrative approaches to menstrual disorders.  She offers both in-person visits and online consultations based from her Historic Leesburg clinic. 

We will touch on such topics as:

• Taking an Overall Health Inventory Before Trying to Conceive 
• Emotional Components to Fertility and Family Planning
• Pelvic Health Physical Therapy to Optimize Preconception Fertility
• Fertility Prep is a Couple’s Activity, Not a Woman’s Activity
• Crafting your Individualized Care Team

Find Courtney Hasseman and Integrative Healthcare for Women

Website: https://courtneyhasseman.com/   

Recorded Preconception Course: https://courtneyhasseman.practicebetter.io/#/5c2bd049627d790b8ceea2db/bookings?c=624c6c140c6edb30eb1f5650&step=course

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @courtneyhasseman

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

Website: https://orthopelvicpt.com/

Instagram: @orthopelvicpt

TikTok: @orthopelvicpt1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthoPelvicPT

What is our toxic load bucket? What can we be on the lookout for with toxic overload in our kids? How can we take a minimalist approach to health and wellness without breaking the bank? 

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. 

In this week's episode, we will be joined by Wendy Warren, Pediatric Health and Wellness Coach, and founder of Pediatric Wellness.

Wendy is a mother of 3 boys, and after battling several health issues with her own children, became passionate about educating and empowering other parents to take control of their child’s health from the inside out. 

We will touch on such topics as:

• Toxic Load in Children
• Digging Deeper with Your Own Research 
• Focusing on the Controllables and Ignoring the Uncontrollables 
• Kids as Emotional Sponges
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Shoutouts this episode to @purepedswellness and @connectfirstfamilychiro @branchbasics 

Find Wendy and Pediatric Wellness

Website: https://www.pediatricwellnesscoaching.com/   

Email: [email protected]

Instagram:@Pedswellnesscoaching 

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

Website: https://orthopelvicpt.com/

Instagram: @orthopelvicpt

TikTok: @orthopelvicpt1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthoPelvicPT

How can pain and strong emotions become the positive impetus for change?  How can we stop pushing down and pushing through and instead listen to the wisdom of our bodies and our heart’s emotions? How can we build a support network when we do not exist in a close-knit community of family and friends?

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. This week’s episode will be the continuation of the first part of our interview with Sarah Vogel, Birth Doula, Postpartum Care Specialist, founder and owner of Sacred Matrescence

Sarah is a mother of three and lives with her husband & kids in Colorado! She has a deep passion for nurturing mothers throughout their journey of matrescence, or their transition to and through motherhood. As a doula and postpartum care provider, she supports the women in her community in a handful of ways. Her approach is mother centered and she places high value on the well-being of mothers, knowing that with their proper care comes a thriving postpartum experience and thus a more joyous, healthy transition into motherhood. Sarah has a thriving business of preparing and delivering nourishing meals to newborn mothers in their fourth trimester. Each meal is intentionally prepared with local, biodynamic ingredients and thoughtfully crafted to support the nourishment needs of each individual mother. When not cooking or attending births, Sarah is out in the mountains with her husband &  babies soaking in the beauty that Colorado has to offer!*

*As a note, the baby we speak about in this episode was lost in its first trimester and Sarah is now pregnant with her rainbow baby, due in March 2023. 

We will touch on such topics as:

• Passing on Hustle Culture
• The Energetic Pull of our Menstrual Cycles
• Numbing Meds Cause Women to Disassociate from Their Bodies
• Pain as a Vital Invitation to Shift 

Shoutouts this episode to @likeasistersupport and @sanctuarydoulas

Find Sarah and Sacred Matrescence 

Website: https://www.sacredmatrescence.com/  

Email: [email protected]

Instagram:@sacredmatrescence

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

Website: https://orthopelvicpt.com/

Instagram: @orthopelvicpt

TikTok: @orthopelvicpt1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthoPelvicPT

What is redemptive birth and postpartum? How can 2nd, 3rd, 4th time moms claim this for themselves? How can we give ourselves the care, and knowledge, and empowered decision-making skills in successive pregnancies that we may have lacked in previous pregnancies? 

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. In this week's episode, we will be joined by Sarah Vogel, Birth Doula, Postpartum Care Specialist, founder and owner of Sacred Matrescence (this episode is part 1 of 2).

Sarah is a mother of three and lives with her husband & kids in Colorado! She has a deep passion for nurturing mothers throughout their journey of matrescence, or their transition to and through motherhood. As a doula and postpartum care provider, she supports the women in her community in a handful of ways. Her approach is mother centered and she places high value on the well-being of mothers, knowing that with their proper care comes a thriving postpartum experience and thus a more joyous, healthy transition into motherhood. Sarah has a thriving business of preparing and delivering nourishing meals to newborn mothers in their fourth trimester. Each meal is intentionally prepared with local, biodynamic ingredients and thoughtfully crafted to support the nourishment needs of each individual mother. When not cooking or attending births, Sarah is out in the mountains with her husband &  babies soaking in the beauty that Colorado has to offer!

We will touch on such topics as:

• Birth Worker Burnout
• What is The Sacred Circle?
• Putting out Passive Support
• Growth Born From Self-Reflection

Find Sarah and Sacred Matrescence 

Website: https://www.sacredmatrescence.com/  

Email: [email protected]

Instagram:@sacredmatrescence

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

Website: https://orthopelvicpt.com/

Instagram: @orthopelvicpt

TikTok: @orthopelvicpt1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthoPelvicPT

What happens when you are truly heard and held by a healthcare provider? How can the right provider help you connect to your body and work with it as opposed to feeling victimized by it? How can physical therapy be a vehicle to healing with the patients as the ones in the driver’s seat?

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. In this week's episode, we will be joined by one of OrthoPelvic’s wonderful PTs, Dr. Lauren Navarrete. 

Lauren is a Philly girl who transplanted to Northern Virginia and is loving it!

 Lauren knew she wanted to go into pelvic health before she even entered PT school. She worked as an aid for a pelvic health PT and she loved how women left their appointments feeling so much happier, confident, and more at ease than they entered.

 She saw pelvic health PT transform their relationships with themselves, their spouses, their bodies, and she knew she wanted to be a part of that change.

She is passionate about empowering men and women to understand their own bodies and to destigmatize pelvic health issues. Dr. Lauren knows that through transparency and evidence-based care, patients can become empowered and confident in their own wonderful bodies.

We will touch on such topics as:

• Approaching the Self and Relationship to the Self to Achieve Holistic Healing
• Trusting in the Process Takes Both Time AND Belief
• The Future of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy in Healthcare

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

Website: https://orthopelvicpt.com/

Instagram: @orthopelvicpt

TikTok: @orthopelvicpt1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthoPelvicPT

Pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding…we often hear that there’s nothing more natural, but how often does it actually feel that way? These are monumental periods in a woman’s life, and as such they deserve dedicated time, attention, and nonjudgmental counseling. 

Welcome to the Collaborative Connections by OrthoPelvic PT! I’m your host for this week, Molli Atallah. In this week's episode, we will be joined by Dana Seltzer, clinical social worker and therapist. Owner and founder of Bluebell Therapy Center.

Dana is a clinical social worker in private practice provider mental health services to adult women and non-binary or non-gender confirming people. She primarily specializes in women in the perinatal period, dealing with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, processing abortion or pregnancy loss, or adjusting to the stress of motherhood. She is training in multiple modalities, including psychodynamic therapy and EMDR. When Dana isn't at work, she is probably knitting, running, watching reality tv, or hiking with her two daughters.  

We will touch on such topics as:

• The Importance of Counseling During the Perinatal Period
• Your Newborn is a Stranger
• Motherhood Causing Reflections on How You Were Mothered 
• If Something Is Hard, Keep Saying It
• Finding Opportunities to Practice Parenting in Public

Find Dana and Bluebell Therapy Center

Website: https://www.bluebelltherapyllc.com/  

Email: [email protected]

Instagram:@bluebelltherapycenter

Find OrthoPelvic PT:

Website: https://orthopelvicpt.com/

Instagram: @orthopelvicpt

TikTok: @orthopelvicpt1

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OrthoPelvicPT