Ep. 4 - Tuning In to Nature's Elements and Acupuncture to Facilitate Your Pelvic Healing
Release Date: 01/17/2023
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In today’s episode we are chatting with Michael Hodge who went through 5 years of severe pelvic pain, nagging urinary issues, and deflating sexual dysfunction in his 20’s. After returning back to strength, he went on a deep path to discover the root cause of these perplexing mind-body issues. Since teaming up with well-known pelvic expert Dr. Brianne Grogan, Michael has helped over 1,000 men to recover through a proven program that is beginning to capture the attention of scientists and physicians hungry for a proven treatment. Follow us @pelvicorerehab and share any questions you have on...
info_outlineIn today's episode we talked with Heather Koerner owner/founder of East Boca Acupuncture. Heather is an Acupuncturist/Doctor of Chinese Medicine.
Heather was open and spoke about her personal healing pelvic health journey. We also dive into a great conversation about 5 elements in nature that we all embody.
Chinese Medicine asserts that each of us has a guardian element that shapes how we move through the world and how we react to stressors in the world. When the proverbial “stuff” hits the fan this element takes over and gives us a strategy to deal with the stress. When we are in acute or chronic stress of pain we often get locked in some habituated physiological patterns.
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Episode Notes:
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Personal Challenges:
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Heather talks openly about her personal pelvic health challenge with
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Endometriosis (Chronic Pelvic Pain, Pain with sex, Post-surgical Adhesions)
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She talks about the extensive journey of tests and doctors she had to visit before one finally recommended pelvic floor physical therapy.
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Once Heather began pelvic PT she was able to switch her mindset from being injured to returning to activities that bring you joy without worry because she was finally given tools and resources for healing and finally felt empowered instead of frustrated and powerless.
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Consistency with her healing program was the most challenging part for her.
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As a client with Pelvicore Rehab Heather felt confident she was going to have a Safe, supportive and empowering experience.
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Pelvic Floor Physical therapy gave her real hope for long term healing.
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What would Heather have done differently knowing what she knows now??? She says she would've gotten PT and explored alternative routes earlier on.
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5 Elements in Nature : There are many patterns because we can have either an exaggeration or a collapse of the elements but generally speaking we tend to see these strategies with patients:
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Fire: Seeks fun and novelty as a distraction
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Wood: Dig Deeper & Push Harder
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Earth: Give more & do more for others
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Metal: Seek perfection & Isolate
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Water: Freeze & Go inward (literally feeling like they’re underwater)
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Once we figure out our element we can “nurture our nature” and we can reduce the impacts of the discomfort and spend more time feeling strong in our element. Basically, working smarter not harder. At the end of the day we are really trying to optimize and harmonize.
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Optimizing is just a self-awareness of what your needs for safety are and how to meet them. This allows you to better regulate in the midst of adversity or healing.
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Harmonizing is finding a way to deal with the experience with more ease. We talk about how disease is actually two root words “dis” and “ease” so “without ease”. When we can feel resistance and ask ourselves open-ended questions like “what’s of value here?” We can create space to integrate the experience with a little less resistance which ultimately allows for less contraction in the body.You learn which people feel nurturing and promote growth and which people you’re going to have to take a deep breath and access your resource for patience.
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The cool thing about us working together is that we are very much in alignment with the proper empowerment and strategies that people can overcome things the never thought possible.
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