How long has it been since you’ve rolled, crawled, or squatted?! In this episode, we explain neuromuscular re-education and why these movement patterns are important. Dead Bugs? Bridges? What are these? Join us as we explain these exercises and how they will benefit your everyday life. Then, we interview Dr. Jennifer Hutton, aka, Dr. JPop, a pediatric physical therapist, who practices a holistic approach by maintaining open communication with her patients. She also mentions her experiences with systemic racism in the medical field and how you can combat uncomfortably in today’s movement for black and indigenous lives across America.

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What You Will Learn:

PT Pearl:

Importance of Rolling, Crawling, and Squatting

00:43 – What Neuromuscular Re-education is, what it means to you, and how it relates to children

03:45 – Re-training fundamental developmental stage 1 - Back and Front laying

07:00 – Re-training fundamental developmental stage 2 - Rolling

10:12 – Re-training fundamental developmental stage 3 - Quadruped Position

11:03 – Re-training fundamental developmental stage 4 - Crawling

15:10 – Re-training fundamental developmental stage 5 - Half Kneeling

17:16 – Re-training fundamental developmental stage 6 - Squatting

18:41 – Re-training fundamental developmental stage 7 - Standing / Walking

21:08 – Exercises meant to help you re-educate your neuromuscular system - Dead Bugs / Bridges

To Watch the PT Pearl on YouTube, click here: https://youtu.be/h1HYDnjnnPs

Interview with Dr. Jennifer Hutton “Jpop”: @dr.jpop

30:22 – Jen’s life journey that lead her to Pediatrics

33:10 – Why breaking the label of disabled people not being able to do certain things is important

37:40 – What it means to be health provider with the socioeconomic inequalities in America

40:14 – Why taking socioeconomic factors into consideration while diagnosing is important

45:15 – What “microaggression” means and how to address it

46:26 – Dr. Jen’s personal experience with microaggression in her profession

50:06 – How America has institutionalized racism and racial inequalities within the medical field

57:33 – How to be anti-racist and support the movement

Dr. Jennifer Hutton’s Website: https://drjpop.com/

Dr. Jennifer Hutton’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.jpop/

Dr. Jennifer Hutton’s Webinar “Anti-racism and Allyship for Rehab and Movement Professionals”: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/Anti-Racism&AllyshipforRehabandMovementProfessionals/register

Full Shownotes: https://jen.health/podcast/20

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