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Riva’s Educational Engagements

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2025
  • Virtual Lecture at NYP-Columbia Adolescent Medicine (December 2025)
  • Lecture at Kesher Israel: The Georgetown Synagogue (Washington D.C.) “The Inside Story: A Conversation About Pelvic Health” with Yoetzet Halacha Rachel Cohen (December 2025)
  • Authored article in The Jewish Link: “Are Pelvic Floor Problems Prevantable?” (November 2025) (article)
  • Virtual Lecture at Montefiore Einstein PM&R Residency Program (November 2025)
  • Launched EmpowHer Podcast (October 2025) (Spotify)
  • Featured in Self Magazine: “Jen Affleck Is on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Just Two Months Postpartum- and Pelvic Floor PTs Have Thoughts” by Erica Sloan (September 2025) (article)
  • “Postpartum Physical Therapy” YouTube Live with Dr. Ivy Branin (August 2025) (link)
  • NYU Langone Lecture to the OBGYN residents with Tight Lipped (August 2025)
  • Featured in Runners World Magazine: “6 Things Runners Do Wrong When it Comes to the Pelvic Floor According to Physical Therapists” by Laurel Leicht (June 2025) (article)
  • Ohel Miriam Virtual Lecture “Pelvic Floor 101: What Every Frum Woman Needs to Know (May 2025)
  • “Core Strength and Stability: Understanding Pelvic Health” Lecture at Cong. Darchei Noam (Fair Lawn, NJ) (May 2025)
  • Participated in JCC Mid-Westchester Women’s Health Fair (May 2025)
  • Q and A Panel Participant at Lady Parts Screening with Bonnie Gross, Brooklyn, NY (March 2025)
  • Featured in Self Magazine: “How to Stop Peeing So Much If You Feel Like You Constantly Have to Go” by Erica Sloan (January 2025) (article)
2024
  • Teacher’s Assistant at Herman and Wallace PF1, New York, NY (December 2024)
  • “What To Expect When You’re Done Expecting” Lecture at Cong. Agudath Sholom (Stamford, CT) (November 2024)
  • “The Fourth Trimester Lasts Forever” Lecture with Dr. Esther Rollhaus, Riverdale, NY (September 2024)
  • Authored article in The Jewish Link: “Debunking Four Myths About Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy” (August 2024)
  • Nishmat Yoatzot Halacha, Teaneck, NJ (July 2024)
  • Webinar “Perinatal Health: Tips for Every Mama to Prevent Pelvic Floor Drama” with Isha Lambkin (July 2024)
  • Authored article in The Jewish Link: “The Inside Scoop: Your Guide for Finding Pelvic Care” (May 2024) (article)
2023
  • Nefesh Conference- “The Pelvic Floor Keeps the Score: Interdisciplinary Treatment of Trauma and Sexual Disorders” with Dr. Shy Krug (December 2023) (interview)
  • American Physical Therapy Association Hudson Valley District- “Pelvic Floor 101: Everything You Didn’t Learn in PT School About Pelvic Health” (November 2023)
  • Nishmat Yoatzot Halacha with Yoetzet Halacha Shira Neuman on Health and Halacha doe Postpartum Women (October 2023)
  • Featured in Lifetime Magazine: “Your Fit and Functional Pelvic Floor” by Lauren Bedosky (October 2023) (article)
  • Interviewed by Jason Ingber- “The Ultimate Pleasure” xxx Podcast (July 2023) (interview)
  • Interviewed on “The I Don’t Know Show with Joe” (July 2023) (interview)
  • Featured in The Jewish Link: “Dr. Riva Preil on Postpartum Recovery and the Importance of Pelvic Floor Health” by Channah Fischer (May 2023) (article)
  • Featured in Real Simple: “7 Facts About Pelvic Floor Health That (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong” by Elizabeth Yuko (April 2023) (article)
  • Featured in The Bump: “The Best Kegel Trainers to Restore the Pelvic Floor” by Emma O’Regan- Reidy (March 2023) (article)
  • Wholesome and Holy: Conversations for Jewish Women podcast (February 2023) (interview)
  • Congregation Agudath Sholom (Stamford, CT) Women’s Health, Halacha, and Wellness (January 2023)
2022
  • Nishmat Yoatzot Halacha (December 2022)
  • Yeshiva University Rebbetzin Esther Rosenblatt Yarchei Kallah (December 2022)
  • Congregation Torat Emet, (Columbus, OH) Women’s Health Shabbat with Dr. Riva Preil and Yoetzet Shira Neuman (Nov 2022)
  • Core- Kallah Teachers (May 2022)
  • Nishmat Health and Halacha- “From the Mixed Up Files of the Yoetzet and the Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist” with Rivky Chudnoff, Yoetzet Racheli Taubes, and Yoetzet Stacey Goldman (May 2022)
  • Rochester Wolf Family Mikvah Event- “What Every Jewish Woman Should Know for a Lifetime of Pelvic Health” (May 2022)
  • Cong. Ohab Zedek- Women’s Wellness Series with Rebbetzin Esther Varon and Yoetzet Halacha Shiffy Friedman (May 2022)
  • Authored “The Inside Story: The Woman’s Guide to Lifelong Pelvic Health” (April 2022)
  • The Los Angeles Yoetzet Halacha Initiative- “The Inside Story: A Conversation about Pelvic Floor Health” with Yoetzet Halacha Dr. Jordana Topp (March 2022)
  • Mt. Sinai Jewish Center- The Inside Story book launch with Yoetzet Racheli Taubes (February 2022)
  • Authored “The Inside Story: The Jewish Woman’s Guide to Lifelong Pelvic Health” (February 2022)
2021
  • “To (Mom) Life” Podcast with Jodi Fried (Episode 64)- “Your Pelvic Floor Matters: How and Why to Take Care of Your Pelvic Floor” (October 2021)
  • Instagram Live with Gabrielle Rodman (July 2021)
  • NILI Chicago Institute of Women’s Learning- “Pelvic Floor 101: What You May Not Have Learned in Kallah Classes” (February 2021)(lecture)
  • Nishmat Yoatzot Halacha (January 2021)
2020 and Earlier
  • The Business Couch with Dr. Yishai Barkhodari Podcast (Episodes 43 and 44)- “Intimacy, Vulnerability, and Business” and “Outsourcing, Pivoting, and Investing in Your Business” (December 2020)
  • Business Talk Radio Interview (July 2020)
  • Yeshiva University Stern College for Women- Guest Lecturer for Women’s Health Class (February 2020)
  • Yeshiva University Rebbetzin Esther Rosenblatt Yarchei Kallah (November 2019)
  • Studio in the Heights Workshop- “How to Build Your Core with a Proper Pelvic Floor” (November 2019)
  • Touro College- Guest Lecturer (April 2019)
  • Mt. Sinai Jewish Center- “Tackling Taboos: Postpartum Depression” (May 2018)
  • Yeshiva University Stern College for Women- Health Careers Information Fair (February 2018)
  • Yeshiva University Rebbetzin Esther Rosenblatt Yarchei Kallah (November 2017)
  • Teacher’s Assistant at Herman and Wallace/Pelvic Rehab Institutes PF2B (November 2017)
  • NYP/Weill Cornell Pediatric GI Dept.- “Pediatric Pelvic Floor Health” (October 2017)
  • University of Bridgeport Naturopathic Medicine- “Pelvic Floor 101” (August 2017)
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital GI and Colorectal Fellowship Program- “Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for Bowel DYsfunction” (June 2017)
  • Cong. Darchei Noam Women’s Health Event with Nancy Bravman (November 2016)
  • Holistic Fertility and Wellness Podcast with Stephanie Risinger (June 2016)
  • Co-Authored Chapter in The Overactive Pelvic Floor- Chapter 15: “Medical Therapies for the Treatment of Overactive Pelvic Floor” with Dr. Andrew Goldstein and Dr. Zoe Belkin (March 2016)
  • Wellness Workshop: Finding Balance Through Movement and Breath with Aubrey Kustas (January 2016)
  • Podcast with Dr. Laura Brayton on pelvic health (September 2015)
  • Plaza College- Women’s Health Lecture (March 2015)