Many of the women I work with in my practice invest a lot in themselves in order to get pregnant. They get acupuncture, take herbs, take supplements including a good prenatal vitamin and they follow my dietary advice; often depriving themselves of their favorite foods and beverages.They make many sacrifices in order to get pregnant…Continue reading Acupuncture and Postpartum Recovery
Arthritis and Acupuncture
Do you have painful joints when you get up in the morning? Do you feel stiff and sore and it takes awhile to get moving? If so then you could be suffering from arthritis. There is more than one type of arthritis, but the most common one and the one I want to talk about…Continue reading Arthritis and Acupuncture
Are You The Victim or The Master of Your Hormones?
Do you have PMS more days per month than you would like? Is your menstrual period out of control with pain or excessive bleeding? Are you counting the days, months and years until all this monthly suffering ends? Or, are you in perimenopause and feeling like menopause has already started but you still have the…Continue reading Are You The Victim or The Master of Your Hormones?
Do You Need More Energy?
Often people come to me and ask if I can help them have more energy. They wake up tired and don’t seem to have enough energy throughout the day causing them to turn to caffeine or sugar to help boost them up to get through the day. Once I have addressed the common causes of…Continue reading Do You Need More Energy?
Acupuncture Works for Migraine Headaches
In a randomized controlled trial extending over 6 months, researchers concluded that aacupuncture works for treatment of migraine headaches, and that it is more effective in the first months of therapy compared to the migraine drug flunarizine. This is good news for migraine sufferers and especially since acupuncture works without the side effect of drugs.…Continue reading Acupuncture Works for Migraine Headaches
Boost Your Fertility and Move Energy
In the last newsletter we talked about one aspect of the mind-body connection to fertility. This concerned how our thoughts control our stress response and how our body chemistry responds to what we think. If you missed it check it out here. This week I want to give you a tool that will help you…Continue reading Boost Your Fertility and Move Energy
Fertility and The Mind
How big a role do your thoughts have on your fertility? Today’s blog will begin a series on the mind-body connection to fertility and your ability to get pregnant. Your ability to get pregnant depends on many things, your age, your physical health, your hormone balance, your level of stress and yes often times your…Continue reading Fertility and The Mind
Happy New Year 2013
What’s on tap for you in 2013? Are you a resolution maker? If you are what do you resolve to do this year? Or if you aren’t what do you see for yourself in the New Year? Would you like to stop the sugar and sweets, eat more vegetables or exercise more? If you have…Continue reading Happy New Year 2013
How Quickly Can You Overcome Infertility and Get Pregnant
Recently I had a patient who came to increase her fertility in the hopes of getting pregnant more quickly. And guess what, after 5 weeks of treatments she became pregnant! She responded very well to treatment, was basically a healthy woman and voila! Not everyone responds this quickly, although I have had others; but what…Continue reading How Quickly Can You Overcome Infertility and Get Pregnant
Increase Fertility and Find Menopause Relief With These Foods
Fall and winter are the perfect times to eat your roots! Eating seasonally is one of the healthiest ways to get fresh vitamin and mineral rich nutrients from your food. Plus if you are a woman they are doubly beneficial. It’s time to eat those phytoestrogenic root veggies! Eating a largely plant based diet can…Continue reading Increase Fertility and Find Menopause Relief With These Foods