by Niva Herzig | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog
Self-compassion: we give to others but what about giving to oneself? Often, we think we are alone in our suffering: I hear it from patients’ weekly comments such as “am I the only you have seen with this?” We know issues such as chronic pain, abuse, divorce, love and...
by Niva Herzig | Mar 2, 2019 | Blog
In my physical therapy practice, part of my mission statement is allowing women to be heard. We want to listen to them and they need to be heard. On average, patients are interrupted in the first 11 seconds they speak. From my first year of practicing pelvic floor...
by Niva Herzig | Feb 8, 2019 | Blog
So you have been through the big C word. You survived it. Chemotherapy. Radiation. Surgery. Now what? Life should be the same. But, really is it? Asking if you can complain about sex, when a few months ago you were afraid of dying? Cancer is terrible. Life...
by Niva Herzig | Feb 8, 2019 | Blog
No one ever taught you how to poop? Sometimes we need help to relearn basic functions like how to go, and that’s ok because there is a specialized field of physical therapy that does just that! Let’s start with digestion, you eat food, your saliva begins to break...
by Niva Herzig | Jun 25, 2018 | Blog
Stress is something we all face at one time or another. Some of us, on daily basis and others on occasion. Stress can interfere in the life of an adult or child. Some signs and symptoms of stress include anxiety, irritability, depression, moodiness, or unhappiness,...
by Niva Herzig | May 23, 2018 | Blog
“Has there been any history of sexual abuse in your past”? Unfortunately, I can’t tell you how many times the response is “yes” to this on intake. There is a tremendous correlation between pelvic pain and history of sexual abuse, (that’s not to say...
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