DocWorking: The Whole Physician Podcast 123: Stress, PTSD, Chronic Pain, and a Potential Solution with Dr. Robyn Tiger
“So when we can relieve the stress in our bodies, relieve the stress in our minds, we can feel better in our bodies and relieve that chronic tension.” -Robyn Tiger MD
In today’s episode, Dr. Jen Barna has an informative conversation with Dr. Robyn Tiger. Robyn Tiger, MD, is a physician & trauma-informed self-care coach. She founded StressFreeMD, a wellness practice that provides freedom through self-care education. In this conversation, Dr. Tiger shines a light on the importance of self care for the physician community and explains two of the types of therapies that she uses with her clients. The first is somatic yoga and the second is iRest meditation. Dr. Tiger has seen tremendous results in her work and if you have been suffering with pain or anxiety, we hope you’ll find inspiration and a potential solution in this episode.
You can find Dr. Tiger at www.stressfreemd.net and robyntiger@stressfreemd.net or find her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/robyntigermd/ on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/robyntigermd and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/stressfreemd/ and check out her Podcast here https://www.podpage.com/the-stressfreemd-podcast/
Robyn Tiger, MD, is a physician & trauma-informed self-care coach. She founded StressFreeMD, a wellness practice that provides freedom through self-care education. Dr. Tiger utilizes her unique combination of trainings in medicine, yoga therapy, meditation and life coaching to educate others in stress management, burnout prevention and relief. Her teachings focus on complete physical, mental, and emotional well-being and resilience. Dr. Tiger’s innovative CME accredited program, Rx Inner Peace, was created at the request of several busy physicians seeking an accessible self-paced online self-care program. It contains the most effective evidence-based self-care methods compiled from several years of providing physician education. At the request of other healthcare professionals and the general public, she created the Self-Care Shop which houses six additional accredited self-care programs open to everyone.
Dr. Tiger is a Western Carolina Medical Society Healthy Healer Partner, Surge-On App Key Opinion Leader for Self-Care for Surgeons, faculty for Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy, Advisory Council member of Yoga Therapy Today & yogatherapy.health, and is an O2X Human Performance Specialist for first responders.
She received her BS degree in Natural Science and Psychology from Muhlenberg College. She earned her MD, completed an Internal Medicine internship and Diagnostic Radiology residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and also completed a fellowship in Body Imaging at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Her deep passion to fully help her physician colleagues and patients grew out of her many years in medical practice experiencing and witnessing firsthand the need for self- care education. Dr. Tiger’s distinctive combination of qualifications makes her best suited to fill the gap in physician education and successfully guide individuals to become the best versions of themselves and live their most fulfilling lives!
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