Women’s Health Starts With Self-Care

Woman’s Health Starts with Self Care

Date: Saturday, November 9th, 8-2 pm

Location: Flaherty Physical Therapy, 411 West Main Street, Northborough

Cost: $99/pp

Registration is capped to 50 attendees

Registration can be found at www.flahertyphysicaltherapy.com

Seminar Agenda:

Registration/Introductions by Host, Kevin Flaherty, PT
8-8:30 am
Speaker 1: Julia Leblanc, PT, DPT
8:30-9:30 am

Topic: Pelvic Health and Diaphragmatic Breathing

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Julia Leblanc, PT, DPT

Julia Leblanc, PT, DPT, RYT, COMT is a native of Shrewsbury and completed her physical therapy degree from Simmons College in Boston in 2005. She is the Clinical Manager for Flaherty Physical Therapy’s Northborough office. She has been practicing physical therapy for the past 18 years. She has completed a Level 1 Pelvic Health course through Herman and Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute and established a Pelvic Health Program at Flaherty Physical Therapy in 2022. She is also a certified Yoga instructor and incorporates yoga into her PT practice.

Learn more about Julia with this video here:

Speaker 2: Beverly Mazza, BSN, RN, NC-BC
9:30-10:30 am

Topic: Nutritional Strategies for Enhanced Mood and Daily Energy

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Beverly Mazza, BSN, RN, NC-BC

Beverly Mazza, BSN, RN, NC-BC, is a Board-Certified Nurse Coach and Integrative Health Consultant who specializes in prediabetes and weight loss. As the owner of Purely Present Health, she offers a personalized Blood Sugar Breakthrough Strategy session to assess individual health needs, provide actionable insights, and create a tailored plan for better blood sugar control. For those seeking deeper support, her 90-day program provides ongoing guidance, accountability, and a comprehensive approach to achieving lasting improvements in blood sugar management, weight loss, and energy. In addition, she offers nurse-led workplace wellness programs focused on improving employee health through integrative stress management, nutrition, and wellness strategies. Her holistic approach integrates nursing expertise, functional medicine, mindfulness practices, nutritional counseling, lifestyle modifications, and stress management to ensure a truly comprehensive approach.

Learn more about Beverly and her talk here:

BREAK
10:30-10:45 am
Speaker 3: Elena Moglia, PT, MSPT, COMT
10:45-11:45 am

Topic: Benefits of Pilates Training for Woman’s Health

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Elena Moglia

Elena Moglia was a former competitive gymnast and later became an apprentice to the New Jersey Ballet Company until she decided to pursue physical therapy at Boston University. She is the Clinical Manager of the Hudson office of Flaherty Physical Therapy. Elena’s strong passion for movement and dance lead her to become interested in Pilates in 2006. She obtained her STOTT PILATES© certification through the advanced level in mat, reformer, and all equipment in 2008. She is also certified in Zumba, Total Barre and TRX and taught all these fitness approaches at The Core Connection in Northborough for over thirteen years. She holds certifications in orthopedic manual therapy as well as dry needling.

Learn more about Elena and her talk here:

BREAK
11:45-12 noon
Speaker 4: Melissa Stein, Lic. Ac, Herbalist
12-1 pm

Topic: Balancing Hormones and Increasing Vitality with Acupressure

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Melissa Stein

Melissa Stein has been working in the field of health and wellness for over 25 years. Beginning as a yoga and meditation practitioner, she went on to study massage therapy and then acupuncture/Chinese medicine. She has continued her education in the areas of women’s health, fertility, pain relief, and pediatric acupuncture. She is passionate about educating her patients on the best ways for them to support their healing through self-care approaches such as acupressure, yoga, stretching, nutritional support and stress relieving techniques. Melissa thrives in a practice that prioritizes social connection, group healing energy and the benefits both can provide to her patients as well as the overall community.

Learn more about Melissa and her talk here:

Speaker 5: Jennifer Warkentin, Ph.D.
1-2 pm

Topic: Cultivating an Emotional Wellness Mindset

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Jen Warkentin

Dr. Warkentin has experience working in a wide range of treatment settings, including outpatient clinics, nursing homes, veteran’s affairs medical center, Emergency Departments, residential treatment programs, and locked inpatient units. In addition to her clinical experience, she worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire and served as the Director of Professional Affairs for the Massachusetts Psychological Association, advocating for improvements in mental health-related legislation, regulations, and health plan policies. She opened her solo private practice in 2017, and in early 2022, she expanded it into a group counseling practice, Essential Insights Counseling Center.

Learn more about Jen and her talk here:

Saturday November 8th,
8 A.M. - 2 P.M.
in Northborough office.

Cost: $99.00 per person

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