She Strong

Goal: Explore topics related to women’s health and wellness featuring a panel of topic experts and professionals from our Driftless CrossFit community. The breadth and depth of knowledge in our community members reveals the diverse facets of health and wellness needing attention to achieve a comprehensive approach to the pursuit of optimal wellness as individuals and as a community. This learning experience will introduce several topics through multimodal approaches inviting participants to learn, inquire and enjoy their role in their own health and wellness.

Disclaimer: No information shared at this event should immediately replace or alter health or medical plans in place for individuals. Information shared will be broad, general and foundational with respect for the need to include individual factors (health history, risk factors, life circumstances) that impact a health or wellness outcome when devising a plan to one’s health. We strongly promote shared decision-making with a trusted provider(clinician) along the health and wellness journey, and remind participants information shared at this event is a starting point that does not consider unique details particular to each individual that can influence approach, method and/or outcome.

Why women specific? Pathways to optimal health and wellness can address ways to support human physiology regardless of sex or gender identity. However, there are unique facets to female physiology that are emerging in health and wellness fields that reveal nuances that better support an efficacious approach to nutrition, movement, screening, prevention and restoration for individuals with a particular hormonal profile (always including a caveat for nuanced and particular human physiology and function). The inspiration to address a women specific population in this event is to raise the awareness of women specific physiology, impact on nutrition, movement, chronic conditions and provide support for independent learning, autonomy in personal healthcare and equalizing access to information and opportunity.

What to Bring?

1. Gym Clothes
2. Yoga mat (if you have one)
3. Water Bottle

Childcare

We will have supervised childcare available for the event. Please be sure to let us know in the registration questionnaire if you will be taking advantage of this or not.

Parking:

Please Park along our building or along the concrete barrier that surrounds our building

EVENT ITINERARY:

9-10am CrossFit Class (optional)

Registered participants welcome to participate in Saturday partner workout.

10-10:15 Check-in

Grab a registration gift, a home-roasted coffee and get ready to learn!

10:15-10:30 Introduction

10:30-10:45 Welcome to Women’s Health Basics, Anything But Basic

Presented by: Kelly Olson, PA-C

Brief introduction to women’s healthcare, respectful of diverse identities, anatomies and physiologies. Introduction to some vocabulary to help with day and introduction to some statistics of trends and chronic conditions that are modifiable with improved understanding and proactive steps.

10:45-11:00 What Makes My World Go Round, Cycles within our Cycle

Presented by: Alecia Gende D.O. Sports Medicine Mayo Clinic

Expose the group to the trends of the hormonal cycle, normal fluctuations, normal changes over the life span (pre-, peri-, postmenopause) and expected impact on function and daily experience.

11:00-11:15 So Fresh and So Clean Clean

Presented by: Elizabeth Reschke, LA Mayo Clinic Dermatology, Certified Reiki Therapist

Skincare! Environment, physiological, cyclical and mental impact on skin health with advice on approaches to alleviate negative conditions.

11:15-11:25 Break

Time to hit bathroom, ask questions that are lingering and move a bit.

11:30-12:00 Move Over Kegels, Time for Pelvic Floor PRs

Presented by: Hannah Oxley B.S. CF-L1 USAW - Personal Trainer and Coach at Driftless CrossFit

Through information and practiced movement, tutorial on pelvic floor function, changes with hormonal and pregnancy influences with strategies to recover, strengthen and sustain optimal condition.

12:00-12:30 Women’s WOD!

Coached by: Heidi Andresen - Coach at Driftless CrossFit

After movement with pelvic floor, time to introduce our specially designed WOD with movement warm-ups and completion.

12:30-1:00 Lunch

Catered by NOM Sips & Eats

12:45-1:00 Connecting the Dots of Tissue Health, Tendinopathy Basics for Women of CF

Presented by: Alecia Gende D.O. Sports Medicine Mayo Clinic

While still wrapping up lunch, after a couple sessions on movement, time to hear about common injury patterns for early recognition, appropriate management and ultimately prevention.

1:00-1:10 Nutrition 101: More Than an Apple a Day

Presented by: Dr. Abigail Krueger, DO - Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. Internal Medicine Gundersen Health

Eating for sport, health, or aesthetics with an emphasis on macros.

1:10-1:30 Beyond the Scale

Presented by: Dr. Abigail Krueger, DO - Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism. Internal Medicine Gundersen Health

Conversations on weight management. When lifestyle is not enough in the pursuit of optimal health and wellness. When should medical and surgical interventions be considered? How to get access to treatment?

1:30-1:50 You Can Get with This or You Can Get With That, Supplement Primer

Presented by: Alecia Gende D.O. Sports Medicine Mayo Clinic

Basics of commonly identified & utilized supplements with education on benefits, indications, monitoring, and contraindications.

1:50-2:05 Q&A

Opportunity to ask any individual questions inspired by the day, past experiences or future hopes.

2:05-2:20 Looking Ahead

Reviewing information, considering personal hopes, time to discuss either goal setting or unconscious bias in preparation for moving forward after this learning opportunity.

2:20-3:00 Mindfulness Practice and Yoga Session

Lead by: Jennifer Hyer E-RYT 200 Yoga Teacher - Owner/Teacher Root Down Yoga Studio

Explore the practice of mindfulness in its diverse, varied and practical approaches, then end with a guided yoga session.

Event Venue

Driftless CrossFit and Fitness, N6172 County Road XX, Onalaska, United States