Waiting is an uncomfortable task—whether waiting for time to pass, waiting for a special event, waiting for water to boil. It’s even more difficult when waiting to see a medical professional.
If you happen to be going in to a clinic for a check-up, it will probably be uncomfortable. If you’re waiting for a treatment at the hospital, that may be unpleasant. And it goes without saying, if you’re waiting for test results, that situation could definitely involve tension.
As it turns out, the place where everyone checks in and passes time until their name is called can be a big contributor …
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How infertility is categorized in Western Medicine and prevalence of infertility in the US
Male vs Female unknown infertility, prevalence and causes
When individuals seek acupuncture and/or Chinese medicine and how that can work with Western Medicine
A case study of a patient with unknown cause of Infertility
Infertility based on Western medicine:
To look at it from an age standpoint; if you're a female under 35 years old, you would be considered “having infertility problems” if you’ve been actively trying for a year and have not conceived. If you're over 35 years old it would be, actively trying for six months and …
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How stress impacts infertility
What does acupuncture do for infertility
A study looking at infertility treatment success rate in individuals with high stress levels
How acupuncture affects individuals with high stress levels after treatment
Stress is huge, when it comes to fertility for several reasons. Cortisol production gets increased which can throw off your other hormones. Stress alone, your body is just going to be hyper stimulated, and in my opinion sometimes that hyper stimulation of the nervous system is shown in studies, is what can keep the blood flow from going to the uterus. There are actually studies showing that, that …
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How Chinese medicine uses pulse, tongue and whites of one's eyes to determine a diagnosis
How Chinese medicine treats the entire body and not just one issue at a time
When we talk about your diagnosis, we'll start by looking at your tongue and looking at your pulse. We aren't really looking at your pulse for Count as much as the Quality of the
pulse. There are 30 different “Qualities” and they all mean something different. There are three organs [we are reading] on each wrist. When we are feeling your pulse, we're putting three fingers down [on your wrist], not …
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How Traditional Chinese Medicine views fertility problems
How Chinese medicine looks at imbalances in specific organs like kidney, spleen, liver and how they impact infertility
How an acupuncturist will remove blockages to assist fertility
Advantage of Chinese medicine when dealing with infertility
How does Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) view infertility or any kind of fertility problems in male or females? The theory of Chinese medicine is that you have meridians or pathways in your body, and when these pathways become blocked, or stagnant, or stuck, you're not happy, you're not healthy, you're not fine. Diseases can manifest, things can happen. Also, it's …
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Jen Winer explains what all is offered within Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Part of Chinese medicine, obviously like we said is acupuncture. We also offer Chinese herbals, I have a master's in science of oriental medicine, which means I took not only the Acupuncture Courses, but also the Herbal Courses, to support that. Sometimes you can just take the Acupuncture Course, sometimes you can go as far as the Master's Degree, four years of training, and acupuncture, herbs, and other modalities. We also have cupping available. We have “Gua Sha” available, which is a form of getting toxins out …
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How can acupuncture help with weight management for infertility
Can I talk about weight management here for a little bit? A lot of times people are concerned with fertility, infertility, and maybe being overweight. Is that something acupuncture can help with?
Acupuncture can definitely help with the cravings, the stress, the cortisol, which can often cause emotional eating. Also, there's something called Candida, which is yeast that is in your guts, and oftentimes if someone's taken any antibiotic in the past, which we all have, and we never knew to take probiotics with it, this yeast can overgrow. Whenever we …
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How acupuncture supports pregnancy
What we do during a pregnancy as far as Support; we keep the patient on once a week until week 12. During that time, they're still pretty nervous [due to the] possibility of miscarriage. From the studies I've read; the chances of having anything happen past week 12 are pretty low, and so we get them to that week 12; they feel really confident and more secure.
Then, it's often every three weeks for the patient to visit [for acupuncture], just to help with any symptoms of pregnancy like hot flashes, or sleeping, chronic urination, or …
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How soon you should seek acupuncture treatment for infertility
How infertility acupuncture protocol may vary depending on your particular situation
How acupuncture can help with the cost of infertility treatment
How acupuncture supports you throughout pregnancy
How quickly do you recommend people come see you Jen?
As soon as possible; honestly, the sooner the better. Because acupuncture is kind of a slower medicine. It's not like taking for example an ibuprofen, and in 15 minutes you're getting pain relief. It's a very cumulative effect, so each time you get a treatment, we're getting the body better and better and better.
Now, fertility is a …
Dr. Dennis Woggon:
"Digital motion x-ray is an x-ray machine that takes 30 x-rays in one second, but it's about one-one thousandth of the normal radiation, very minimal amount of radiation. But with that we’re able to see the entire spine through motion. If you take a regular x-ray, that's a static x-ray, it's in one position. But as I start to move I can see the flexibility of that. We can actually see ligament instability or ligament laxity in the neck, and the back, and the lower back as well. You can't really see ligaments on the x-ray, but I can …
How many of you have heard the acronyms, “RICE,” or “PRICE,” regarding treatment of an injury? These historical acronyms stand for, (Protect), Rest, Ice, Compress, and Elevate, and have been the initial treatment recommendations for years for acute (~less than 48 hours) injuries to muscles and other body tissues. Examples of injuries treated with this method include ankle, or other, sprains, muscle pulls/strains, and minor bone damage.
Recently the British Journal of Sports Medicine suggested in a blog post a new acronym that is a little more encompassing and takes an active treatment approach when it comes to acute rehab of …
Doug Merz, PT: Many people wonder: What is a tendonitis? Where does it come from? Who gets it? Etcetera. To start off with the anatomy of it, a tendon is a thick cord of soft tissue that attaches one muscle to a bone, and it is not a contractile of tissue, which means it doesn't shorten like the muscle does when it contracts. It is the attachment that allows movement between our limbs and the various joints. This thick cord oftentimes becomes inflamed or irritated for several reasons, most of which is repetitive movements or a sudden injury and over-stretch or …