Living well, with persistent pain or a health concern, is a process that can illuminate your own plan for overcoming pain. Pain and psychology are tightly weaved together. When Dr. Bronnie Lennox Thompson began her PhD she was curious about understanding why some living a life in pain are able to live a fulfilling life despite the pain, and why there are those who were not able to, through evidence based approaches. Dr. Bronnie shares with us a process to take charge of your future and overcome the pain. It can feel so incredibly satisfying to discover you're already halfway through your journey to feeling better! No need to hit the 'reset' button, or order a new body, you're half-way there!

Get back to pleasure with the science, skills, and expertise you need to spice up the bedroom and get an erection with Jessica O’Reilly (AKA Dr. Jess), an award-winning sex and relationship expert. We bust the soulmate myth, name the big issues for couples, and dive into the science of sex so that you can get back to experiencing more and more pleasure! Get back to sexual pleasure with:

There is something super exciting bubbling in the world of data, research, and scientific tests: electro-hydraulic shockwave therapy for erectile dysfunction and pelvic pain!

Say, what? Can shockwave treatment help erectile dysfunction or pain in my penis?

Dr. Rachel Rubin is my guest on this episode of In Your Pants! A urologist and one of only a handful of doctors fellowship-trained in male and female sexual health (this knowledge and expertise is not as common as you think!). She practices in Washington, DC and is an active educator through professional networks and social media.

Yoga postures give you more than a stretch or workout: you’re actively changing your neurological platforms (aka how you experience the world) while moving your body. On today’s episode with Marlysa Sullivan, we’re sharing how yoga impacts the parasympathetic nervous system and how you can activate it at home. Everyone experiences the same benefits on the mat (which are starting to be noticed by the scientific community too!), and everyone who starts to practice yoga chooses to continue to roll out their mat because it makes them feel good physically, emotionally, and mentally. We'll also chat about polyvagal theory and what is its significance for physical, mental, behavioral health and physical therapy!

Some of you might know, last July, I completed a 200hr yoga teacher training. These 3 weeks were not a walk in the park. It was both physically and emotionally challenging. Through this experience, I learned a lot about myself and deepened my connection with universal love and compassion. So on today’s show, Shelly and I talk about yoga, how you can apply yoga practice and philosophy both on the mat and in your everyday life to cultivate peace in your mind and compassion in your heart as you navigate the world of pain. Check the show notes at drsusieg.com/podcast because Shelly has a free gift your you!

Need help getting your penis to stand at attention? Let’s turn that frown upside down because there are lots you can do to improve your sexual health and function like diet, exercise, flexing your sex (ahem, pelvic floor exercises), sex toys, medications, and acupuncture. Yup, acupuncture, who knew?! On today’s show, I chat with licensed acupuncturist, Danielle Brunner, who tells us what acupuncture is and what it’s not, how it can help with your erections, and what you should expect during treatment (wipe the sweat off your faces guys, no needles go near your prized parts, phew!) Hope you enjoy the show!

I share my favorite yoga postures for calming extra sensitive nerves. Go ahead and take five. Explore these shapes. Modify them to meet your own body’s needs. There’s no one-size-fits-all. I encourage a playful exploration of what your body feels like for you.

In Part 1, you saw how the body’s survival instincts work to protect you, and also how perceived threats come into the mix. In this post, we move our attention from the endocrine system to the immune system, because it’s all related!

In Parts 1 and 2 of this blog series, you’ll learn about the influence that persistent pain and stress have on the major endocrine glands so that you can appreciate all the fascinating ways your body tries to protect you.

In Part 3, you’ll gain strategies, including eight yoga postures, for calming persistent pain. Knowing more about how your body functions will help you apply these tools to your unique body and mind. Result? Feeling physically safe and comfortable, and regaining mental freedom.

Pain is a normal human experience that everyone experiences at some point in their life. For some, pain can stick around longer, sorta like a house guest who’s overstayed their welcome. This unrelenting persistence can quite be challenging, testing your mental and physical resilience. Although living with pain is hard, there’s hope. In today’s episode, Alison Sim, author of Pain Heroes: Stories of Hope and Recovery, and I have a candid conversation about pain from both the patient and clinician perspective. 

In this day and age, there’s no lack of misinformation out there regarding sex and intimacy, shaping our lives and the world we live in. So, on today’s In Your Pants podcast, Dr. UC and I bust common sex myths and fairy tales around intimacy. 

Feeling a little sensitive about the bits of you that hurt?

‘Weird’, ‘alien’ and ‘disconnected’ are words I hear all the time to describe how painful parts of patients can feel unlike the rest of their body.

If you feel jumpy putting on underwear - you’re not alone! I’m here to help. Learn how to re-establish harmony within your nervous system and your life with this fun exercise.

On today’s show we’re going all the way down under talking about prostate health and how to keep it healthy with professor, author, and men’s health physiotherapist, Craig Allingham.

Here’s what you’ll learn on today’s episode:

- The role of the prostate and how it functions
- Curative treatment options for prostate cancer
- Complications that may occur with curative treatments
- What to expect post-prostate surgery
- The importance of pelvic floor physical therapy pre and post prostate surgery
- Ways to train your pelvic muscles to help with continence control
- Active surveillance for prostate cancer
- How you can sabotage prostate cancer and stack the decks in your favor
- The effects of stress, diet, lifestyle on your prostate health
- How frequent ejaculation influences prostate health

On today’s In Your Pants podcast episode, we’re talking to Dr. Jessica Drummond about how the gut microbiome, digestive and immune health impact pelvic pain for both men and women.

In this episode you’ll learn…
- The connection between digestive issues and chronic pelvic pain
- The connection between autoimmune disease and chronic pelvic pain
- Strategies to help you relieve digestive/autoimmune issues and ease pelvic pain
- How to work with food as medicine and optimize your digestive health from nutrition to excretion; a plan to make you fall in love with food all over again.
- Other potential root causes of pelvic pain and digestive health issues

How do we get pain and why do we hurt? Annie O’Connor gives us the low down in today’s In Your Pants podcast episode.

In today’s episode, here’s what you’ll learn:
- How we get pain and why we hurt?
- How the brain is the main protector and pain is a protective mechanism
- 3 different ways the brain protects us
- Why chronic pain is so bad today?
- Annie’s most influential patient case that has changed her practice and the way she treats people in pain
- Annie’s advice for healthcare providers working with people in pain

Hope you enjoy the show!