Why Women Experience Pain Differently, According To Dr. Jess Tranchina

Dr. Jess, Founder and CEO of Experts in Wellness, LLC, and Co-Founder and CEO of Generator Athlete Lab spoke with Studio 512.
Rolling Out

Why women’s pain gets dismissed by doctors everywhere

The dismissive phrase “it’s all in your head” takes on new meaning when you understand that women literally process pain through different neural pathways than men. This isn’t about pain tolerance or ...
Nature

How pain is misunderstood and ignored in women

“Women are born with pain built in. It’s our physical destiny.” With those words, Kristin Scott Thomas’s character in the TV show Fleabag nailed a truth: that to be female is to be over-represented in ...
Forbes

Being A Woman Doesn’t Have To Be A (Chronic) Pain

Headaches and migraines are both examples of chronic pain. They also affect women disproportionately. Googling “Women’s pain ignored by doctors” brings up over 3.6 million results, many of which have ...
Salon

Women’s pain is often brushed off in medicine. When will it be taken seriously?

When she was 15 years old, Christin Veasley was struck by a car while riding her bicycle. The accident was so severe that by the time she arrived at the emergency room, she had enough blood pooled in ...