Stay Healthy South Sound Jennifer Penrose

Dr. Penrose outlines the causes of knee pain, the anatomy of the knee, and the different mechanical factors that affect knee pain. Knee pain is affected by your foot type and your lower leg alignment as well as your hip strength. The way you walk or run also plays a role in your knee pain. You need to have the entire leg looked at to fully address the knee pain so you can get rid of the knee pain and continue to be as active as possible.

Dr. Penrose interviews a patient that went through back pain and sciatica at Penrose Physical Therapy. Rosemarie tells her journey of how she suffered for several months before realizing physical therapy was an option. She even says “I thought physical therapy was for when you break your arm.” Instead, she now promotes physical therapy as a first line intervention if you are in pain or limited in your capacity. She went from disabled and unable to drive to back to full function at the age of 79.

This is an episode where Megan Dahlman interviews Dr. Jennifer Penrose on the “Strong Mammas Podcast” on: Common mom injuries: plantar fasciitis, kneecap and it band pain, and more lower body injuries

Do your knees hurt a lot? Or maybe you have foot pain, like Plantar Fasciitis? Or maybe it’s IT Band syndrome...that horrible stabbing on the outside of your knee? Momma, you do NOT need to suffer through this stuff! So often, we tend to minimize our own aches and pains, half-heartedly saying “we’ll take care of it someday”. But listen, it’s time that you become an ACTIVE PARTICIPANT in your healing process!
In this new series, I’m chatting with various physical therapists and looking into the most common injuries that we face as moms. Today, I have the opportunity to interview Jennifer Penrose, a Doctor of Physical Therapy that literally wrote the book on common running injuries...everything from foot, ankle, shin, knee and hip pain.

In this episode, Dr. Penrose discusses the complexities involved with weight loss.

Dr. Penrose interviews Dr. Griffith on Naturopathy and how choosing a Naturopathic Physician as a primary care provider, or as a second opinion, can really help you with your overall health.

Dr. Penrose highlights the LATEST research regarding osteoporosis.