97. Health Disparities Amongst Women of Color, Trauma Informed Care & Tangible Listener Advice

This week's guest is Dr. Justine Roper PT, DPT. She is a certified women’s pelvic specialist & pelvic floor therapist. She has dedicated her life to offering innovative ways to heal her patients’ bodies of pain and other dysfunction through alternative methods. From sexual dysfunction to pelvic pain, many of her patients are impacted by both physical ailments as well as mental health issues. In addition to being a clinician, she is also a speaker who dedicates her time to promoting education and enlightenment on mental health disorders and beginning a journey towards living a life of freedom after experiencing sexual trauma or abuse. She is the founder of InHer Physique Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy ,the only clinic that offers pelvic floor physical therapy services to all genders and ages, in the Florida Gulf Coast. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of West Florida.

In this episode we discuss issues relating to disparities in healthcare amongst women of color, specifically pelvic pain conditions, and socio-emotional and socio-economic issues as it relates to women of color's healthcare. Justine also explains what trauma informed care is and gives insight and advice for both patients and practitioners. This is such an important episode covering healthcare issues and disparities that women across the world face, and that we all need to be informed, educated, and proactive about.

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Contact Justine:

www.inherphysique.com (Book free consultations and emails)

@inherphysique on Instagram

Justine's Resources:

1) Health in Her Hue

2) Black Women's Imperative

3) CDC's Trauma Approach

4) American College of OB/GYN (Provider Postpartum Toolkit)

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