Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, also known as BHRT, is a mouthful! It’s also becoming the go-to treatment for hormone imbalance for perimenopausal and menopausal women, restoring balance to your body and your life.
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When you hear the words “adrenal glands” you might automatically think of “adrenaline”. While that association is correct, your adrenal glands do a lot more than just produce adrenaline. They produce several different hormones that regulate bodily functions and impact our overall health. When the adrenal glands aren’t working properly, producing too much or not enough of a specific hormone, it can cause a lot of problems.
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Acupuncture is an ancient medicinal technique that has been used for thousands of years. It is a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine that aims to improve the flow of qi through the body. The traditional belief is that a blockage of qi in the body limits the effectiveness of organs in the body and creates many ailments. Releasing the qi to flow through the body can improve organ function, relieve pain, and increase overall quality of life. Medical knowledge has come a long way since the origins of acupuncture to improve the flow of qi in the body but acupuncture is still considered an effective way of treating and assisting with medical conditions and has migrated from China to be used all across the world.
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Being a woman can be a challenge for lots of reasons, not least of which being our faithful monthly cycle. Realistically, all humans, male and female, old and young, have a regular cycling of hormones but women seem to feel the effects much more acutely than men. Many of us don’t actually even know what is happening to our bodies over the course of a “monthly” cycle, we just know that we are uncomfortable and we want chocolate more than usual. In fact, what’s happening is a delicate balance of hormone production that affects everything from our skin to our mood to our general wellness and everything in between.
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Adrenal fatigue is a term used to describe the group of symptoms that are said to occur by people who are under long-term physical, mental or emotional stress. Supports of adrenal fatigue believe the problem begins when the many different stresses of life become too much for the body to handle. Our adrenal glands (the small organs located above the kidneys) usually produce hormones like cortisol to deal with stress. But when people are faced with long-term stress that becomes too much to handle, their adrenal glands can no longer keep up with the body’s needs. When this starts to happen, symptoms of adrenal fatigue may start to appear.
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Fibroids are benign muscular tumors that appear on the uterus. Some are so small they are invisible to the naked eye; women with fibroids this small rarely experience symptoms or even know they have them. In other cases, however, fibroids can grow quite large and grow in clusters. Although they are almost always non-cancerous, these growths can cause a host of problems, including pain and bleeding.
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