20. How Stiff Fascia and Everyday Living Keep You in Pain with Dr. Cathy Kim

This episode is for YOU if you experience body pain! From TMJ and vertigo to painful periods and heel pain, Dr. Cathy Kim is helping her patients reclaim flexibility, strength, and quality of life by recognizing that the Fountain of Youth is in Their Thighs! Dr. Kim is a Board Certified Family Medicine physician who is incorporating fascia and biomechanics into her innovative functional medicine practice. After more than 20 years in primary care, Dr. Kim helps patients connect the dots between their persistent pain and their distracted day-to-day living. She explains: Fascia and how when it stiffens, it could actually be the "root cause" for tight muscles and body pain The benefits of putting your weight in your heels and doing a kegel when going from a seated to standing position and vice versa (it strengthens your thigh muscles!) How to foam roll the thighs to break up stiff fascia For foam rolling HOW-TO videos and MORE, visit: https://drcathykim.com/⁠ ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@drcathykim/videos⁠ Thank you for listening! It means SO much to us. Please DM us feedback on Instagram and Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/functionalmomspodcast/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/functionalmedicinecoachingmoms⁠⁠ Or email us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ ~Kristin & Raquel ⁠