My name is Dr. Kate. I am a movement educator, chiropractor, yoga instructor, and anatomy nerd. I want to bring more balance to people's lives and make it possible for them to continue to do their physical hobbies while staying injury free for the long term. I have a heavy focus in post partum, pelvic floor work, diastasis recti, c section work, and core function. I follow a lot of the principles of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization. I feel that you can fix so much with addressing core imb ...
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about my review of Shockwave Therapy. We borrowed the machine from the wholesaler and used it on patients in the office for over a month. This is why I am so happy that I am able to give you a comprehensive review of what the results were when we used Shockwave therapy for our patient…
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Needing a Nutritionist? - Interview with Bethany Kontaxes
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I interviewed Bethany Kontaxes, the owner of Kontaxes Nutrition. We talked about so many things that could be helpful to you and the main point is getting the facts straight about what Kontaxes Nutrition can do for you! In this episode we discuss: [00:37] Introduction to the topic [1:02] Betha…
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Episode 70 - Not Sleeping? - CBT-I with Kasryn Kapp
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I was able to interview Kasryn Kapp, the owner of BodyMind Alliance Counseling and Consulting. I talked to her about so many things in this podcast, but more importantly we discussed getting a great night’s rest. Kasryn talked a lot about CBT-I and the differences it has with CBT. In this epis…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about the Cat Cow pose and when the Segmental Cat Cow pose is for you. I wanted to talk about this in this podcast because when we do the Cat Cow pose, we stretch the bendiest parts. We want to make each joint move to its fullest capacity but because the body likes to take the path of…
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Episode 68 - Do You Have a Diastasis and Not Know It?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about the in-person workshops we’ve been doing at the office for the past month. One of the workshops is about diastasis recti last weekend. I wanted to talk about this in this podcast because I have gathered from seeing patients in my office that many people have Diastasis Recti and …
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Episode 67 - What is Shockwave Therapy?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about what is shockwave therapy. I am considering putting it in my office for my patients to use because it is a type of therapy that works really well with musculoskeletal issues, specifically chronic-related matters like adhesions and scar tissues. I see these issues all the time in…
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Episode 66 - Barrel Chest or Compact Ribcage? Does it Affect Your Breathing?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about getting that lateral breath in your rib cage. We’ve done a lot of talking on breathing, but today I want you to check your rib cage and see if you have a barrel chest or a compact ribcage. You have to know that having either affects your breathing. In this episode we discuss: [0…
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Episode 65 - Why is the Tongue Important?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about the importance of the tongue. I asked on our Just Breathe site, “Where do you typically place your tongue?” People were pretty interested in what does that have to do with anything and what is it connected to. Actually, where our tongue goes, our body tends to follow. That is wh…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about how when you are rehabbing an injury, or some type of issue, your progress is never linear. I think when we have something going on, we are in an “immediate gratification” kind of society. In this episode we discuss: [00:36] Introduction to the topic [2:03] Consistency helps in …
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Episode 63 - Female Anatomy Lesson - Better Blood Flow = Healthier Pelvic Floor
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about a topic that might be uncomfortable for many people: orgasms. However, orgasms actually play a role in affecting your pelvic floor health that is why I wanted to talk about this subject. In this episode we discuss: [00:35] Introduction to the topic [00:50] How orgasms keep your …
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about the birth and labor mindset. I have a ton of first-time pregnant patients in the office right now, and I thought it would be a good time to talk about this mindset and how important it is no matter what kind of birth plan you have in mind. In this episode we discuss: [00:36] Int…
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Episode 61 - In a Ton of Pain? Don't Discount the Little Stuff
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about acute issues and flare-ups that people have. This means being in a ton of pain and not being able to move very well, sometimes in the neck or the lower back. I also shared about what to do about these pains and how to start the healing process. In this episode we discuss: [00:35…
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Episode 60 - Pooping, Pelvic Floor, and Back Pain?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about pooping, pelvic floor, and back pain. Here, I discussed how your bowel movement can be connected to how your low back feels, your SI joint feels, and how your pelvic floor is functioning. These are the things I feel like we don’t talk often about. Women’s health talks a lot abou…
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Episodse 59 - Belly Breathing vs. 360 Breathing
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about belly breathing versus 360 breathing because I haven’t done one in a while. It is one of the things that I do with every single patient who comes to my office. I deal with a lot of people who are stressed, have pelvic floor issues, and learning to breathe better is really going …
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Episode 58 - Pelvic Floor connected to your Feet and Jaw?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about the connection between the pelvic floor to your feet and jaw. The pelvic floor is actually broadly connected to many parts of your body and I wanted to share how sometimes, we treat other areas of your body that are not even anywhere near the pelvic floor but have a direct corre…
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Episode 57 - Pelvic Floor and Stress Connection
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about the connection between the pelvic floor and stress. I did a couple of podcasts separately for these two topics, but now I decided to combine them in one podcast since I see both issues show up a ton with patients. I also talked about the importance of proper breathing to help wi…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about some updates two weeks post-operation. I will be visiting my surgeon tomorrow and see how things have been panning out after the surgery. I already shared with you the healing things, such as grounding, I started doing post-operation. Now, I will be talking about the long-term e…
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Episode 55: Vibration vs Percussion Massage Guns
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about reviews of some of the new products I got for the office. They are from the company called RockTape, and we do use a lot of their products in the office because they have a really good continuing education program aside from the Kinesio tape that they are so famous for. Here, I …
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Episode 54: Surgery Update and Healing
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Episode 53: Grounding - Help with Inflammation and Sleep
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about grounding. I recently posted and asked people if they’ve done grounding that day. Many of them asked what is grounding so I thought I should talk about it in this podcast. I recently also got a pair of shoes from a company that I’ve used in the past and they are grounding footwe…
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Episode 52: A Year of Episodes - Recap
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I recorded my 52nd episode, which means I’ve been doing a podcast once a week for an entire year! With this, I hope to bring in more people to interview to educate you about treatments you’ve never heard of, different aspects of women’s health, and help you be more proactive with your body and…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked my new pregnancy program. I talk a lot about C-section rehabilitation, pelvic floor issues, diastasis recti, and more. However, I wanted to find a program that is most suitable for pregnant patients since I work a lot with them. With the insurance system that we have, my pregnant pati…
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Episode 50: Medicine is Gray NOT Black and White - Part 2
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked more about medicine not being black and white. I already talked about this topic weeks ago when I told you guys about when I went for a check-up because I’ve been feeling fatigued. The PCP who saw me missed my issues with my thyroid, and I had to ask my Gynecologist during our yearly …
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Episode 49: Are You in Denial About You Pelvic Floor Dysfunction?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about what constitutes a pelvic floor issue. I think some people are misinformed about pelvic floor dysfunction and because they are misinformed, they are in denial about having an issue relating to this area. In this episode we discuss: [00:36] Introduction to the topic [:] A patient…
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Episode 48: Blood Flow: Healing, Fertility, and Pelvic Health
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about healing, fertility, and pelvic health in relation to blood flow. The blood flow system and the lymph system work closely together. Since I already talked about the lymph system in an earlier podcast, I wanted to share about the blood flow system, too. Also, with women’s health, …
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Episode 47: Medicine is Gray NOT Black and White
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about medicine being gray and not black and white. I wanted to discuss what kinds of questions you need to be asking when you go to your doctor for an evaluation and when should you get a second opinion. I decided to do this because I recently went to a PCP appointment, which I haven’…
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Episode 46: Prevention is Key in Having as few as possible Pregnancy Pitfalls
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about how prevention is so much easier than fixing a problem when it comes to pregnancy. It’s not usually how things happen in the office because people come to the clinic when they are already having an issue after talking to their OB-GYN. Another factor that creates this situation i…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about natural ways to induce labor. I talked about my birth stories in the past and I shared a couple of times already about not wanting a medically induced labor and why I wanted natural deliveries. This time, I wanted to share about some natural ways to induce labor to give you an i…
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Episode 44: How Can I Help My Lymph System at Home?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about some easy tips and tricks on how to help stimulate our lymph system at home. This stems from the fact that I just taught the first in-person yoga class since the beginning of the pandemic. One of the people in that class mentioned she was training for a race and she’s been feeli…
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Episode 43: How to Stay Consistent with Your Exercises
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about some tips and tricks for consistency. I give out exercises to every single patient that I have and sometimes, consistency becomes an issue. The biggest stumbling block that I believe why my patients fail to do what I ask them to do is because they think of it as exercises. In th…
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Episode 42: Proper Intra Abdominal Pressure - Helping my Low Back Pain, Prolapse, and Hernias??!
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked how proper intra abdominal pressure helps with low back pain, prolapse, and hernias. In this episode I also talked about how different it looks in a variety of different ways. Women struggle to find that optimal pressurization in the abdomen post-partum even if they did not have a C-s…
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Episode 41: Hip Flexors - To Stretch or To Strengthen?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about hip flexors. This is an issue with all of my patients – kids, women, and men. People hear about it all the time but there is a tendency that they overstretch the hip flexors. In this podcast, I talked about where the hip flexors are, what constitutes them, and how we want to add…
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Episode 40: Are All Diastasis Recti the Same?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about diastasis recti. I’ve talked about this topic so many times already, but this time I wanted to delve into why there is no cookie-cutter set of exercises that help with diastasis recti. In this episode we discuss: [00:36] Introduction to the topic [4:20] Fixing diastasis recti an…
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Episode 39: Inflexible/Weak Feet causing your Low Back, Knee, and Pelvic Floor Pain??
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about having inflexible or weak feet possibly being the cause of your low back, knee, and pelvic floor pain. I posted on TikTok recently talking about your feet being strong and flexible. If you don’t have strong feet, you run the risk of losing the shock absorber for your body. Losin…
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Episode 38: Jaw Pain, Neck Pain, Chronic Headaches
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about jaw pain, neck pain, and chronic headaches. I had quite a few patients last week who were coming in with stuff related to their jaw tension. I have been taking a continuing education class regarding pelvic floor in relation to jaw tension. In this episode we discuss: [0:36] Intr…
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Episode 37: Are You Breathing Correctly?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about breathing. This episode is all about the different types of breathing, what you can do regarding breathing, breathing exercises, and more! In this episode we discuss: [0:36] Introduction to the topic [1:05] How are you breathing? [8:27] What you can do regarding breathing [14:44…
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Episode 36: Nono's Hip Replacement - Part 1
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about Nono’s hip replacement. Nono is my dad. I had a hip injury last year and I did a couple of episodes regarding my hip journey. I think it would be good to also talk about my father’s hip injury so I decided to make this podcast. He is really flexible for a guy and for a guy of hi…
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Episode 35: Is Stretching Good For You?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about stretching. Lots of my patients think that stretching is super beneficial that’s why they do a lot of it. However, I do not recommend just doing static stretching. There are three different kinds of stretching and I wanted to share about them so you can be aware of which is the …
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Episode 34: Tips and Tricks to Having an Unmedicated Birth
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about the tips and tricks to having an unmedicated birth. I decided to talk about this after receiving a question on Facebook regarding any advice I can give for women who want to undergo unmedicated birth. I am all for natural delivery and I did not undergo any pain relief medication…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about the continuation of my hip injury journey. Last week, I talked about how I had a hip injury last year and for this week, I will talk about what I did to fix my hip injury. In this episode we discuss: [0:37] Introduction to the topic [2:52] How I rehabilitated myself [15:17] Conc…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about my hip journey. I talked about how I had a hip injury. I had the injury last year and I suffered from excruciating pain and inability to do the movement I used to do. In this episode we discuss: [0:35] Introduction to the topic [1:52] How I developed a hip issue [6:35] Why I was…
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Episode 31: Mom Butt And Low Back Pain
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I talked about mom butt and low back pain. I actually did a short TikTok video about it and it got a lot of comments. That is why I decided to make a more comprehensive version about it through a podcast. In this episode we discuss: [0:36] Introduction to the topic [2:00] Struggling with Mom B…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I interviewed Dr. Amanda Olson, the president and chief clinical officer of Intimate Rose. She is passionate about empowering women and men with pelvic health issues. However, while I was interviewing her through Zoom, the application wasn’t able to record the whole thing. I tried my best to g…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I wanted to talk about my yoga journey. I did not always love yoga because I could not sit still, but I started liking it after grad school. I like it better now because I know more about it. I will take you through my yoga journey in hopes of inspiring you to get into this kind of movement an…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I wanted to talk about my oldest child’s birth story. I have two kids and for my first child, my daughter, I was supposed to deliver at a birth center. But because of the circumstances that occurred, I had to give birth at a hospital. I will take you through what happened while I was still pre…
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I wanted to talk about my meditation journey update. Meditating isn’t easy for me because I cannot sit still and do nothing when I know I have a ton of other things to do. However, I gave it a try during the Thanksgiving weekend and I wanted to share with you how it has been since I first atte…
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Episode 26: How to use Tune Up Balls for Muscle Tension and More
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I wanted to talk about how to use tune up balls for muscle tension and more. These are some of the tools that I use for my patients. Pre pandemic, I would use these types of props and foam rollers to put on workshops at the yoga studio I taught at for specific issues. Episode Highlights: [0:36…
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Episode 25: What happens if you DO tear during birth?
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I wanted to talk about what happens if you do tear during birth. Last week I talked about how to avoid tearing in childbirth during vaginal delivery and I wanted to explore the topic for those who would suffer from tearing during such process. Episode Highlights: [0:36] Introduction to the top…
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Episode 24: How to Avoid Tearing in Childbirth
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I wanted to talk about how to avoid tearing in childbirth during vaginal delivery. There are different factors and I will discuss them in this podcast. I will also give some tips because many women do not know that they can actually avoid tearing during delivery. In this episode we discuss: [0…
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Episode 23: Plantar Fasciitis - More than just a foot problem
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In this week’s episode of Form, Function, and Flow Lab, I wanted to talk about plantar fasciitis and it being more than just a foot problem. Chiropractors also treat extremities and not just a person’s spine. So, this podcast will talk about what plantar fasciitis is and what I generally do to treat this condition and what tips I give to my patient…
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