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07/10/2025

Solutions for Endometriosis, now recognized as a systemic inflammatory condition. Girls starting me**es with dysmenorrhea, bladder, bowel and pain problems are typically not diagnosed for 7 -12 years or more, becoming adults with chronic pain. There really is hope and healing out there, check out Dr. Ginger Garner and Dr Jessica Drummond of the Integrative Women's Health Institute on this podcast!

What if healing from endo, chronic pain, or perimenopause didn’t mean chasing symptoms — but treating the root cause? 🌿

Dr. Jessica Drummond joins me this week to share how functional nutrition, hormone balance, and nervous system regulation can transform your health journey. Whether you’re managing endo, navigating midlife, or recovering from burnout — this episode will leave you feeling seen, supported, and hopeful. Link in bio to listen!

07/10/2025

Who am I? What do I do? I may confuse people because,
I am both science-minded and artistic, what you may call "difference mode". I nurture and guide others by physical therapy/yoga/mindfulness, also by cooking for them (meal invites and food gifting) as well as garden and nature immersion time, sharing in the wonders of the outdoor world. I like to gift people with custom-made hand creams (lavender) and balms (magnesium).

I am now hosting "Mini Retreats" with joy, for mind-body-spirit serenity. I celebrate my heart opening to offer these days. It was a vision and it is now blossoming.

My medical side: I have always had a side gig of private practice clients for neuro-ortho-pelvic care (all related body systems/biotensegrity!) while working in outpatient clinics. Now I am free of 7 am to 4 pm daily PT work, and have a convenient site for therapy in Bay Park, San Diego, Also telehealth for anywhere for coaching. I don't market; people just call me, come to me, and are often referred by those who have heard me speak at conferences. It is a part-time clinical practice, to allow time for my teaching courses and nerding out forever studying health and healing practices which I can distill for self care, and to offer my patients/clients.

My next upcoming conference is speaking at im4us,
Integrative Medicine for the Underserved, August 14-16th, UC Irvine. My topic: Pelvic Health Solutions with Embodiment and Self-Care. Experiential track.
Check out IM4US.ORG to see more about the conference.

Meanwhile, I am polishing up Bladder Solutions for Self Care, for patients to understand and discover their challenges and holistic solutions they can integrate with medical care.
As our medical safety nets, services, and staff are being reduced all across the US, Access to care, to information, to guidelines to help should be available for all.
As I tell the young trying to "decide" on a medical career, It is a calling.

Here is a recent post on Holistic Solutions for Bladder Leaks and or Overactive Bladder (on IG )
showing the interplay of orthopedics, pelvic floor training and breathwork. Us pelvic PT's do way more than teach tightening exercises, which are often contraindicated .
Thanks for reading the update.
Maureen
Dr Maureen mason DPT

06/10/2025

Mindfulness can seem like a silly thing, to some, but it can really change your nervous system and actions, I have prided myself on being speedy but it can be from anxiety, impatience and pride, resulting in clumsiness and always seeking the future vs now. Ticht Nhat Hanh is one of the wise elders I have learned from. Here you go:

When asked, "How can we be aware of and change bad habits?" Thich Nhat Hanh answered:

"Negative habit energy always tries to emerge, but if you are mindful, you recognize it. Mindfulness helps us to recognize the habits transmitted by our ancestors and parents or learned during our childhood. Often, just recognizing them will make them lose their hold on you. Suppose you have the habit of getting into a hurried state while doing such things as shopping or cooking. With mindfulness you recognize that you are rushing around and knocking things over, trying to finish quickly. Then you realize that the energy of being in a hurry has manifested itself. So you breathe in and out mindfully, and you say, 'My dear habit energy, here you are again.' And as soon as you recognize it, it will lose its strength. If it comes back again, you do it again, and it will continue to lose its strength. You don’t have to fight it, just recognize and smile at it. Every time you recognize it, it becomes a little bit weaker until, eventually, it can’t control you anymore."
-Thich Nhat Hanh, "Answers From the Heart"

05/22/2025

Vacation season is coming up, even planning for the fall. A lush, inviting adventure is to travel to Switzerland and hike around the Verzasca valley, the homes nestled in the hills, Swiss engineering and tidiness and epic beauty are awesome. A trip like this can be a delight kept in the heart and revisited in the mind body and spirit. So thankful to have had exchange students for 10 years and lifelong connections, with joy,

03/06/2025

New blog post: Embodiment and Pelvic Health, check it out, link to free pelvic ed resources for your self-care and patient care. Control and comfort, pelvic-centered.

Pelvic Health Awareness, Comfort and Control

03/06/2025

A good study on female pelvic pain and graded motor imagery (GMI), with an online app for treatment. A Sensate focused protocol was used as prior research shows its benefit in improving intimate health. Positive results in 6 weeks in the treatment group. The research addresses a condition that is often not recognized, not treated, or usually dismissed (gaslit) for women with pain and intimate function, ge***al pelvic pain/penetration disorder (GPPPD). Chronic pelvic pain is a complex condition and kudos to an online treatment protocol created by these researchers.
The study did not discuss the huge influence of hormonal changes on vaginal/vulvar tissues and or standard urogynecological /pelvic PT methods addressing pelvic floor muscle spasm, tender-trigger points, lubricants and pelvic training beyond exercise. Hormone therapy and or the use of lubricants are known to provide benefits and this would be the "big picture" for patient care.
This study could lead those who are uninformed about the myriad of factors perpetuating GPPPD to conclude "it's all in the head", the old myth and gaslighting in female pain conditions.
My textbook on Pelvic Rehabilitation has an entire chapter on pelvic pain and includes descriptors of mind-body factors in pain, pelvic-specific manual therapy, movement, pelvic health equipment, hormone influences, and lubricants for healing.👩‍⚕️🤓😮🥰

AbstractObjective. Effective therapeutic strategies are crucial for managing genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder (GPPPD), a condition presenting challe

01/21/2025

Improving social connections = tend and befriend others, connect and support those who also appreciate and respect you,

As an integrative health practitioner, you know that social connections are a vital part of whole health. 🤝 But in the busyness of caring for others, it’s essential to remember your own social wellness too.

Building and nurturing relationships can boost your emotional well-being, reduce stress, and even strengthen your immune system. Prioritizing time with friends, family, or your professional community is just as crucial as the care you provide to your patients. 💬

You can enhance your social wellness through our Individual Membership, which connects you with a supportive community of like-minded practitioners. Learn more and join us here: aihm.org/individual-membership 🌟

How do you stay socially connected while balancing your practice? Share your strategies with us!
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10/19/2024

Are you “preaching to the choir” with your educational venues? It is necessary to engage medical-holistic providers outside your wheelhouse, and as a DPT there are tremendous ed offerings by PT for PT, but we need local and global outreach to educate and empower. 2017 I gave a talk on “The Secret World of Pelvic PT”
To Integrative Providers and met a publisher requesting a book on pelvic PT. Think about who doesn’t know what you provide care for, what you offer. I gained referrals locally as well as meeting global outreach. Excited for this Oct 24 pre-con line up, still time to sign up or obtain remote access, Holistic Care BPS model, Movement and Manual Therapy for chronic pain (pelvic pain plus other) is not yet mainstream and let’s spread the word!

It’s not too late to join our Pre-Conference on Whole Health Implications for the Integrative Approach to Acute and Chronic Pain: Focus on Exercise, Movement, and Manual Therapies!

🌟 Learn from expert clinicians as they share practical, evidence-based strategies for managing pain through movement and physical therapies.

🗓️ October 24, 2024
🎟️ Register now: https://aihmconference.org/attend/

09/14/2024

Our course in Folkstone is filling up, a few openings remain to sign up and get onboard with skills for female and male pelvic care! Content includes 4hr self prep on foundations, videos, and in person class also includes lumbar, hip screens and pelvic connections, visceral mapping, saying “hello” to hidden body areas and function, and sample embodiment and interoception to know, sense, feel and teach patients. Expand you practice and also self care health care. See you there!
(Sign up by 9.20.24 to get your textbook before the class to start your learning) or by 9.27.24 to view mandatory prep content ~ 4 hrs : anatomy function conditions screening/eval treatments and integrated care with teamwork and lifestyle medicine👋🙏🏻👩🏻‍⚕️👏💃🏻🙋🏻‍♀️😊
Looking forward with joy and passion 👩🏻‍🏫🦶🏻🦵🏻🫵🏻🤓

Join us for 2 fulls days of theory, practical, and movement coaching for the assessment and management of common pelvic health complaints.

09/13/2024

Come to the course in Poland! October 10, 11th and learn skills for patient care, also prevention of burnout and self-empowerment!
sign up with Movuto👋🙏🏻👩🏻‍⚕️💃🏻💕👏🥰🙋🏻‍♀️🕺🏻🤗

09/05/2024

Thrilled to be enhancing global health in all things lumbo pelvic hip, manual and movement therapies and robust self care options, join us in the UK and look to courses upcoming 2025!

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