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. 15% OFF VivoBarefoot Shoes with code “TOB” at checkout: https://bit.ly/3cDHcAx Improve your feet = improve your body! 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/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tobpodcast/message