Dr. Kameelah Phillips is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist, wife, mother, and lifelong women’s health advocate. Since high school, she has been involved in local, national, and international organizations aimed at advancing women’s health care issues through advocacy and direct patient care. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Human Biology with an emphasis in Women’s Health and Human Sexuality. After graduation, she worked at the San Francisco Department of Public Health in the AIDS office as a Research Assistant on HIV vaccine studies. She relocated to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine.
A woman’s body goes through several significant changes over the course of their lifespan — exercise can help make those changes easier.
When we workout, your body releases an amazing assortment of endorphins, which are natural painkillers. So before we go to reach for some pill, sometimes moving your body, jogging around the block, doing a dance party in your living room, can help release those endorphins and relieve menstrual pain.