Dr. Wendy Chorny, Physical Therapist

Dr. Wendy Chorny, Physical Therapist My passion in life is to help woman reach their full potential.

04/25/2026

You have estrogen and progesterone receptors in your rotator cuff tendon. Actually men and women both do. In this study, it talks about the difference in how those receptors express themselves is different between men and women, and in women it’s different in premenopausal versus postmenopausal women.

04/25/2026

How do you use your vibration plate? These are the exercises I usually do on my whole body vibration plate. These are my two favorite vibration plates by lifepro: the first one (blue) is the: Waver Mini (goes up to 12 Hz) The second one: Rumblex 4D Plus (30 Hz)

❤️
04/25/2026

❤️

04/24/2026

Shhhh…I’m going to tell you a secret place to work during the day in Oakwood, Ohio - it’s called and it’s lovely. It’s one of my favorite meets bookstore. I sipped on a NA Spritz, ate a charcuterie spread, banging keys feverishly for an hour. I was finishing my revisions for a diastasis recti paper I pray gets accepted.

I get zero funding for my research. I make no money. I donate my time, weekends, my clinic, my rest, to add to the body of knowledge for women.

Thank you for volunteering for my studies.
Thanks for being here on my social media community. This helps shape what women want, what they really need. I’ve learned so much from listening to you. Thank you. Now pray my paper gets accepted.

Love you bye 😘

04/23/2026

How do you find a menopause provider?

Have you been told everything is “normal,” or left without real options?

There are providers who specialize in menopause! Yes, they do exist! Here’s where to start:

• Go to the directory to find a certified menopause provider near you:
menopause.org

• Or use telehealth options like to access care from home. You deserve care from someone who actually understands what’s happening in your body.

You deserve a conversation.

04/23/2026

How do you find a menopause provider? Have you been told everything is “normal,” or left without real options? There are providers who specialize in menopause! Yes, they do exist! Here’s where to start: • Go to The Menopause Society directory to find a certified menopause provider near you • Or use telehealth options like Alloy Health to access care from home You deserve care from someone who actually understands what’s happening in your body. You deserve a conversation. Alloy Health

04/23/2026

Frozen Shoulder, tendinopathy, arthritis: some of my least favorite things of the musculoskeletal syndrome and of menopause.

71% of women will experience this joint pain.
25% will be disabled by it.

This I believe is why women stop being themselves. The pain.

The pain stopped them from going shopping with their friends because it hurt to walk.

They stopped going to the gym because their shoulder froze and the pain is horrible.

This is real and not enough women understand that it can be related to hormone fluctuations. Tendons don’t like hormone fluctuations, do you remember that raging plantar fasciitis you had postpartum?

But what you can do?

1.) learn - learn about the things you can do to help. (I talk about joint mobility, range of motion, stretching, strength training, rest and recovery)

2.) advocate for yourself, find a team of people who listen to you: it might take a while to find someone to help.

3.) begin to change some habits to make your life work for you, not against you. Everything we do matters: so it’s time we be good to your body.

If you want to learn more, follow along with me. Follow my friends:

- she’s the patron saint of Frozen Shoulder and love her book (also she’s an author of the article “The musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause.”

just released her book “The new perimenopause” and I love it! You will love it too!

Follow my friend - she’s the farming physio from NZ and she’s so heart warming, you will love her.

I love for their content with and AND I love telehealth. Alloy Health’s menopause model offers access to care at home, which I love personally.

04/21/2026

asked me to be on their podcast! We have a fun conversation about the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause and what you can do to feel better in perimenopause.

Check out episode 100 “Why your body hurts in menopause (and it’s not aging.”

04/20/2026

5 minutes of exercise is where we start.

04/20/2026

“The fall in estradiol levels leads to five primary changes: an increase in inflammation, a decrease in bone mineral density leading to osteopenia/osteoporosis, arthritis, sarcopenia and a decrease in the proliferation of satellite cells (muscle stem cells.” Taken from “The musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause.” By Vonda J. Wright, Jonathan D. Schwartzman, Rafael Itinoche & Jocelyn Wittstein

04/20/2026

I love Pilates. I own two Reformers. I own a Wunda chair. I have a Pilates instructor I see every two weeks. I am not a Pilates instructor. It’s not my specialty. I also have a bias to teach what I know well, that’s not Pilates. I love Pilates for my body awareness, proprioception, neuromuscular control. I think it does help me be strong, but it’s more than strengthening. It me learning how to move in different planes, challenging my brain to move in ways I’m unsure of. I’m convinced it’s more motor planning and neuro than many people realize.

What if I told you a few simple things can be helpful to your body during the menopause transition. A majority of treatm...
04/19/2026

What if I told you a few simple things can be helpful to your body during the menopause transition.

A majority of treatment options I discuss are nonhormonal treatment options, because I’m a physical therapist. What I specifically bring to the menopause party is education, exercise, habits, routines and some nutrition.

Usually when discussing treatment of menopause symptoms it’s only vasomotor that is discussed.

The gold standard of treatment for vasomotor symptoms is HRT, now known as MHT (menopause hormone therapy). However, resistance training can reduce the severity of hot flashes. Hot flashes are thought to come from a dysregulated hypothalamus, which is your brain’s temperature control center. This deregulated hypothalamus becomes hypersensitive when estrogen declines, so tiny changes in body temperature trigger a hot flash. The idea behind why resistance training helps is that it increases β-endorphins, it stabilizes hypothalamic signaling and most importantly widens the “thermoneutral zone.”

You won’t see me asking if yoga improves hot flashes. I can’t in my brain believe it will help significantly. However, I believe yoga helps with joint mobility, range of motion, body awareness, breath work and regulating the nervous system. I believe the breath work related to yoga is crucial for regulating the nervous system during this time. As a physical therapist, this consistent practice helps joints move through the entire range and helps maintain their health. We know that as estrogen declines, the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause creeps up. This means more joint pain, more tendon issues, more orthopedic issues. This is why I believe yoga is a valid nonhormonal treatment of menopause. It’s addressing the orthopedic side and the mental health portion.

As estrogen further declines, bone health also will decline. This is why maintaining healthy vitamin D levels is critical for managing the symptoms of menopause, the silent bone loss. However, did you also know that vitamin D is important for breast health and pelvic floor health? Vitamin D3 is amazing, it’s actually a hormone if we were to be technical. 😘

Address

Dayton, OH

Website

https://wendychorny.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Dr. Wendy Chorny, Physical Therapist posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Dr. Wendy Chorny, Physical Therapist:

Shortcuts

Share

Category