Dr. Vonda Wright

But it is...

Your ability to understand your own body and advocate for yourself that's going to allow you to take up that space and get the answers that you want.

I've been advocating for so many women, myself included, and the pushback that you get from the medical society is real.

It's not that they necessarily are trying to gaslight you, but it's just a product of the system.

So you do have to push those boundaries.

You do have to ask those hard questions.

You do have to go in prepared to have that pushback.

But take that space because everybody deserves a place at the table.

And women's health care is being shunted in a way right now that is really unacceptable.

And we need to have groundswell movement to push back.

Yes.

Yes.

Your body's meant to work like clockwork.

And our monthly cycle is so much more than getting ready to have a baby.

Especially when we're looking at exercise.

I am a orthopedic sports surgeon by training, and I sit at the unique juxtaposition of orthopedics and performance, having taken care of elite athletes most of my life, aging and longevity.

Most of my academic research, I too as an academic, is on subjects of musculoskeletal aging, but many years ago added a third circle of the whole health of a woman, and so sitting in this place

It fits directly into the mantra of my career, which has always been, I am going to change the way we age in this country and the world.

Because the tool that I bring to the table is the fact that if I save your mobility, I'm going to save you from the ravages of chronic disease.

And so the work that I do is not only educational, it's research, and it's now education of the world about these subjects.