Core 4 Momentum: Empowering Women in Pelvic Health Core 4 Momentum

Happy Women's History Month! As we close out our Black Girl Magic Edition of the Core 4 Podcast, Jessica interviews Dr. Ijeoma Nwankpa, PT, DPT. Dr. Ijeoma is helping black mamas as they navigate the transitions of pregnancy and postpartum. She even gracefully shares her own experiences as a pregnant mom having to advocate for her health equity. 
Dr. Ijeoma has her own practice, COPE PT, located in north Dallas, TX. She serves folks as a pelvic physical therapist, lymphedema therapist, oncological therapist, and sexual health counselor. Please follow her on IG @dr_pelvicbella and email info@copept.com with any questions. 
Link to the Core 4 Momentum T shirt shop where all proceeds go towards expanding pelvic health access to those in need: 
Link to the Core 4 Momentum Facebook Group for women interested in learning more about their pelvic health 
Link to the Pelvic Health Kickstarters Facebook Group for Pre-PT/SPT/Entry-level clinicians interested in becoming pelvic health clinicians 

In the fourth episode of our Black Girl Magic Edition in celebration of Black History Month, Cailey Rash, a certified DONA International Birth Doula and a certified Postpartum & Infant Care Doula through ProDoula AND Founder/Owner of BabyCakes Birth Services in Wilmington, NC teaches us about how she helps mothers prepare for birth by creating birth preferences and how she support mothers during labor and delivery! We also will talk about the racial disparities in maternal healthcare with women of color. 
Cailey is also involved in the Novant Health New Hanover Community Healthworker program, which provides grant funded doula services to Wilmington and the surrounding area. The program aims to serve women of color who are considered high risk in their pregnancies. She is a member of Cape Fear Area Doulas, Port City Urban Birth Collective, and is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator.
Connect with Cailey on Instagram: @babycakesbirth or https://www.instagram.com/babycakesbirth/
Website: https://babycakesdoula.com/

In the third episode of our Black Girl Magic Edition in celebration of Black History Month, Dr. Constance Foreman, MD teaches us about standing up for ourselves in healthcare. She delves into what it means to advocate for your own health in our healthcare system, barriers to standing up for yourself that she has seen and experienced, disparities in race with healthcare advocacy, and strategies to implement in your own health journey to stand up for yourself.  
Dr. Foreman is a Family Medicine Physician in Wilmington, North Carolina and the Owner/Founder of Beyond Clinic Walls Wellness, a company focused on empowering through health education and wellness coaching for disease prevention to promote practical and sustainable lifestyle changes to promote healthy living beyond the walls of your doctor's office! 
Connect with Dr. Foreman on Instagram: @BeyondClinicWallsWellness or https://www.instagram.com/beyondclinicwallswellness/ 
Website: http://beyondclinicwallswellness.com/
If you are in Wilmington, meet with Dr. Foreman for her monthly walks in the park for health and wellness. The first walk for the year will be on March 12th at 8pm. Email Dr. Foreman to sign up: Info@beyondclinicwalls.com

In the second episode of our Black Girl Magic Edition in celebration of Black History Month, Lashonda Jones, PT, CPT, PPCES is schooling us on postpartum recovery. Lashonda is a mom of two as well as both a personal trainer and a physical therapist who specializes in helping women safely return to exercise postpartum. Is getting your body back quickly postpartum safe? Do waist trainers help or hurt? How can you heal DRA? Listen to find out.  

Need help with your postpartum recovery and want to connect with Lashonda? Follow her on instagram @ptrainershonda and head to her website coreelevationfitness.com.  

 Link to the Core 4 Momentum T shirt shop where all proceeds go towards expanding pelvic health access to those in need: https://core-4-mom-entum.myshopify.com  Link to the Core 4 Momentum Facebook Group for women interested in learning more about their pelvic health: https://www.facebook.com/groups/core4momentum  Link to the Pelvic Health Kickstarters Facebook Group for Pre-PT/SPT/Entry-level clinicians interested in becoming pelvic health clinicians: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1186501018369467

Kicking off the "Black Girl Magic" edition of our podcast this black history month with Jessica interviewing Dr. Mamawah Bourque, PT, DPT. She is a pelvic floor physical therapist with the unique opportunity to work in a practice with sex, marriage and family therapists. Listen to learn about how what we've learned/not learned about sex in our religious, home, and school settings can manifest negative psychological feelings about sex that can present as physical pelvic floor symptoms like pain with intercourse or penetration. 

Thank goodness for physical therapists like Dr. Bourque, who can treat these symptoms and help women have the pleasurable intercourse they deserve.   You can connect with Dr. Bourque at Houston Relationship Therapy. Follow her on Instagram @drmamawahborque, and check out her services on her website awarenesspelvichealth.com.  

For more about sexual education and resources for Christians check out themarriagebed.com and for Muslims follow @sexualhealthformuslims on Instagram.  Click here to purchase Dr. Viviana's book The 4 Intimacy Styles: The Key to Lasting Physical Intimacy.

Link to the Core 4 Momentum T shirt shop where all proceeds go towards expanding pelvic health access to those in need: https://core-4-mom-entum.myshopify.com  Link to the Core 4 Momentum Facebook Group for women interested in learning more about their pelvic health: https://www.facebook.com/groups/core4momentum  Link to the Pelvic Health Kickstarters Facebook Group for Pre-PT/SPT/Entry-level clinicians interested in becoming pelvic health clinicians: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1186501018369467

Listen to Dr. Terri Elder, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA and co-host Dr. Amy Newberry, PT, DPT discuss pelvic organ prolapse (AKA "POP"). Dr. Terri covers the following topics surrounding pelvic organ prolapse: what is POP, who is at risk, treatment for POP, and the emotional impact of POP. Dr. Terri even shares about her personal experience as well! Be sure to check this interview out because Dr. Terri shares awesome knowledge bombs! 

You can connect with Dr. Terri through her Instagram @terri.elder.dpt
https://www.instagram.com/terri.elder.dpt/ 

Dr. Terri recommended the following resources to check out if you are dealing with POP:


POPUp: An Uplifting Resource - https://www.instagram.com/popuplift/
Gentle Birth: https://www.instagram.com/gentlebirthofficial/

Link to the Core 4 Momentum T shirt shop where all proceeds go towards expanding pelvic health access to those in need:
https://core-4-mom-entum.myshopify.com

Link to the Core 4 Momentum Facebook Group for women interested in learning more about their pelvic health: https://www.facebook.com/groups/core4momentum

Link to the Pelvic Health Kickstarters Facebook Group for Pre-PT/SPT/Entry-level clinicians interested in becoming pelvic health clinicians: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1186501018369467