20 | Neuro Re-education Pearl and Anti-Racism in Healthcare with Dr. Jen Hutton
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 uncomfortability 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://docjenfit.com/podcast/episode20/
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