I SPEAK, I WRITE, I EDUCATE, I SERVE

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Masters of Physical Therapy - Physical Therapy , University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Bachelor of Science - Exercise Science , University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Artificial Intelligence: Strategies for Leading Business Transformation, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management

10,000 Women: Assessing Your Business Growth Potential Feb 2019 Goldman Sachs

Wine + Spirit Education Trust: Advanced Level III

Extensive free (audited) coursework through Columbia University (and several other entities) including Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Accounting, and Financial Analysis

Speaking of...

Extensive history of speaking engagements, published articles, and community education:

Wrapping Your Brain Around Starting a Business: The Old Girls Club Speaker Series, June 2024
Anheuser-Busch InBev Women In Craft Beer Summit: Co-Guest Speaker with Kirsten Vangsness, Huntington Beach, CA April 2023
SoCal Restaurant Show: Show 371, May 2, 2020
KCRW: Alcohol to hand sanitizer: SoCal companies change what they produce to fight coronavirus, Mar. 30, 2020
SoCal Restaurant Show: Show 297, November 10, 2018
SoCal Restaurant Show: Show 237, August 19, 2017
Podcast: Going Against the Grain: Changing Careers + Going Unconventional in the Middle of the Game with Robin Christenson, Dear Handmade Life: Podcast Episode 54, July 2017
Changing the Grain Game in California Distilling 2017 and 2018, Slow Food Orange County
Her Mindful Body: Understanding and Optimizing Your Sexual Health, Mindful Her Conference, Anaheim, CA October 2015
Not Just a Mom, Old Lady, or Women’s-only Issue: Women’s Wellness Conference, Hoag Memorial Hospital, September 2015
The Pelvic Floor: Anatomy, Dysfunction, and Integrative Therapies; Sex Therapist Training (The Buehler Institute), May 9, 2015
Integrative Therapies for Sexual, Bowel and Bladder Problems in Women: Hoag Community Education, Hoag Memorial Hospital, March 4, 2015 (Hoag Irvine), March 24, 2015 (Hoag Newport)
PACT-Man Prostate Cancer Support Group: Hoag Hospital, Hoag Memorial Hospital, February 2015
Pelvic Health Expert Panel: Hoag Hospital, Hoag Memorial Hospital, March 2014
Pelvic Health Expert Panel: Womanology+RestoreHIM, Womanology+RestoreHIM Fullerton, April 2014
The Dysfunctional Pelvis: The Silent Struggles Women have with Bowel, Bladder, and Sexual Dysfunction, Orange County Women’s Dentists Society, November 2010
The Dysfunctional Pelvis. Orange County Interstitial Cystitis Support Group, March 2009
Integrative Therapies for Interstitial Cystitis, Orange County Interstitial Cystitis Support Group, March 2008
Exercise Considerations for Clients with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Orange Coast College Pilates Methodology Course, October 2008
The Pain Spasm Cycle of Interstitial Cystitis, Orange County Interstitial Cystitis Support Group, October 2006
How Does My IC Cause My Pelvic Pain?, Orange County Interstitial Cystitis Support Group, February 2005
Pelvic Pain: A Physical Therapy Approach to Treatment. Kaiser Permanente Physical Therapy Inservice, Orange, CA April 2004]
Pelvic Pain and Fibromyalgia: Understanding the Connection, The Fibromyalgia Foundation, April 2004

Publications

Christenson RM: The Truth About Sexual Pain, Urological Health News, March 2014
Christenson RM: To Kegel or NOT to Kegel –Is there even a question?, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2013
Christenson RM: Urinary Incontinence and a Good Margarita, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2013
Christenson RM: THE YOUNG and THE SEXLESS: Partners in Pain, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: Breast Cancer—Sexual Pain on Top of Everything Else, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: Postpartum Pelvic Issues: “Just a mom thing” or something you can treat?, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: TRAINING DAY: My first experience with the pelvic floor and gloves, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: Do MEN get pelvic pain too?, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: “Vulvo-what-ia???”, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: The Dysfunctional Pelvis that Jack Built, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: Inebriation and Lubrication: The Great Sex Recipe???, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: HPV, “The Herp”, and a Dull Razor, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: Falling Asleep in the Bathroom—Urinary Urgency/ Frequency, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: THE “ZIP-UP” METHOD for VAGINAL STRENGTHENING, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: I Didn’t Even Know That Kind of Therapy Existed, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: “I have Pain with Sex”: Learning a Treatment for a Problem I Did Not Even Know Existed, Hoo-Hoo Whisperer Blog, 2012
Christenson RM: Changes During Menopause- Implications for Stress Urinary Incontinence, Physical Therapy Products Online, September 2006

Professional Memberships +Community Involvement

In Women's Health: Feb 2024-present

The Old Girls Club: May 2024-present

Distilled Spirits Council of the US: 2016-2022

Western US Agriculture Trade Association 2017-2023

California Artisanal Distillers Guild: 2015-2023

American Physical Therapy Association, Women’s Health Section 2002-2016

American Physical Therapy Association, Small Business Section 2002-2016

American Physical Therapy Association, Oncology Section 2008-2012

International Pelvic Pain Society 2003-2016

National Vulvodynia Association 2002-2004

Downtown Santa Ana Business Council- Precursor of Downtown, Inc.

Santa Ana Health and Fitness Task Force, Santa Ana, CA

City of Santa Ana Parks and Recreation, Member of the Board, Santa Ana, CA

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