Riczo Health Education

Riczo Health Education Riczo Health Education is dedicated to empowering women and health care professionals with education Deborah B.

Riczo is an author, speaker, continuing education developer, and doctor of physical therapy who is dedicated to women's health. She is an expert in pelvic girdle pain, which includes sacroiliac pain, pregnancy & postpartum issues, and does physical therapy on a cash basis in Ohio and offers personal coaching through her books. See links below for more info

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11/17/2025

If you have had surgery in your lumbar spine, especially a lumbar fusion, and now have low back pain, it may be sacroiliac pain.

Listen as I describe why this may be the case!

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KEY POINTS
▶️ Fusion at the lumbar spine levels can cause extra mobility issues at the sacrum in time, or sacroiliac syndrome
▶️This is pain below the waist, often on one side right over the sacroiliac joints
▶️Patients typically do well for awhile and then develop this pain
▶️It can also be accompanied by radiating/shooting pain
▶️This has been a known problem and verified by research.

I cover anatomy of the pelvis in both of my books on pelvic girdle/sacroiliac pain because I believe it is so important to understand treatment and an approach.

Books, links in bio or on my website: www.RiczoHealthEducation.com.
“Sacroiliac Pain” and “Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy and Postpartum” both available at Amazon in books section.

Please ask me any questions below⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

11/16/2025

Do you hold your breath while doing things like taking? Or lifting a dog bowl from the floor, standing up from a chair?

Pay attention to your breath and check this out.

We need to have good oxygen flowing out to our muscles when we are working, and especially so when we are dealing with pain.

Here are some of my tips for raking leaves!

TIPS:
• Lunge position let’s your body weight do some of the work and not all arms.
• A few deep breaths every now and then
• Avoid hunching over as this puts stress in your upper back
• Place your hands on the small of your back and lean backwards 5 times or as needed to “reverse the curve” of bending forward so much
• Take rest breaks and plan how long at one time to work
• Drink water to stay hydrated
• Wear good work gloves and supportive shoes/boots
• Dress in layers so you can take a layer off as your body heats up


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11/16/2025

Did you know that It is just as important to exhale when we are lifting/picking something off the floor whether it is very heavy or not?

When we hold our breath when we are bending, squatting, etc it creates a vacuum in our trunkor core and puts excessive pressure on our and low back.

BLOW OUT with effort . . . including lifting weights in the gym where so many injuries occur.

Did you know that people with low back pain tend to hold their breath with lifting? So check yourself out!

Knowledge is power, but applying the knowledge is powerful!

I discuss the importance of breath in both my books, and guide you through the exercises and use of your breath!

Comment “Book” and I will send you the link for
“Sacroiliac Pain” and
“Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy and Postpartum.”

Share with someone who may benefit from this important info!

11/12/2025

Low back pain, leg, pain, sciatica?
Listen as I read a review on my book “Sacroiliac Pain”
This may be just what you need!

11/12/2025

Thank you for your service!❤️

11/09/2025

Taking 3 deep breaths three times a day and connecting our minds to our bodies, consciously thinking about relaxing —this can be a game changer.

The research is clear that stress that is not managed is bad for the body.

Unmanaged stress puts our body in high gear all the time and that is not how our bodies were designed.

Our bodies were designed to have time for rest and digest.

This is just one strategy to make sure that you are not living only in your mind!

And if you are in pain, we know your body tends to run in high gear and in the stress mode, so do yourself a favor and do some deep breathing spread out through the day.

I incorporate breathing and all my exercises in both my books, and in my teachings. Links are in the bio for my books.

Any questions comments below!


11/08/2025

I usually make this organic veggie chili in the instapot, but I made it in the crockpot because I could double the recipe.

One of my favorite recipes!
Easy and healthy . . . I hope you enjoy!

Double the ingredients listed if you want a large crockpot full of chili. I used organic everything! Instead of 4 green peppers I put in a red and yellow pepper to make the 4 Peppers. Also I omitted the jalapeño!

Ingredients
• ▢ 2 green bell peppers diced
▢1/2 yellow onion diced
▢1/2 jalapeno minced, seeded for less spice, although level varies from pepper to pepper
▢4 cloves garlic minced or pressed
• ▢1 tablespoon chili powder
• ▢1/2 tablespoon smoked paprika
• ▢1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ▢2 teaspoons salt
• ▢2 1/2 cups vegetable broth
• ▢1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
• ▢1/2 cup quinoa
• ▢1 (15 oz) can black beans drained and rinsed
• ▢1 (15 oz) can kidney beans drained and rinsed
• ▢1 (15 oz) can corn drained and rinsed
• ▢avocado, cilantro, green onions, lime juice, vegan sour cream, cheese, tortilla chips optional for serving

Put all the ingredients in except the beans and the corn and cook on high for four hours or low for eight hours in the crockpot. Then add the beans after you’ve drained them.

Let me know what you think below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

11/07/2025

Did you know a tight pelvic floor can contribute to:
Sacroiliac joint pain
Pelvic girdle pain
Pelvic pain
Low back pain
Hip pain
Painful s*x
Incontinence
Anxiety

And more.

The or is a simple step by step approach that guides you through exercises and more that addresses the balance of muscles in the pelvis.

This is the basis of both of my books:
“Sacroiliac Pain” and “Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy and Postpartum” both available at Amazon, books section and OPTP.com.

Comment “book” and I will send you the link!


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I have been an advocate for women’s health since the early ‘80’s with my first entreprenur business, Contemporary Physical Therapy Services. Along with my colleagues Barbara Baumann, PT and Gail Connors, PTA, MS, we were dedicated to providing healthy, safe exercise for women during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. I was deeply involved in this business for 10 years, while working part-time in the hospital clinic, working on my masters, and having 2 children. (This is NOT in the order of being challenging, by the way!) In 2011 I founded Riczo Health Education to achieve the following goals: --provide high quality continuing education courses to health professionals --provide experienced consulting to health care organizations and consumers --provide dynamic presentations on a variety of health care topics to consumer groups

After over 30 years as a practicing physical therapist at MetroHealth Medical Center, I retired and am now totally focused on Riczo Health Education. This journey has been wonderful!! Excited to branch out and cause as much ripple effect that I can! I am in line with APTA’s (American Physical Therapy Association) vision: “the physical therapy profession will transform society by optimizing movement for all people of all ages to improve the human experience. “

And to this vision, I have written my first book, published by OPTP in 2018, “Sacroiliac Pain, understanding the Pelvic Girdle Musculoskeletal Method”, a method which I developed and have been teaching since 2011. My second book, published by OPTP in 2020 is “Back and Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy and Postpartum, finding relief using the Pelvic Girdle Musculoskeletal Method.” These are both my reach out to provide education directly to those in need.