How Regenerative Medicine + Reiki healing + and TLC has helped patients at the Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine /Pain Clinic.
Sylvie return to her daily life activities and prevent unnecessary surgery in only 10 days of treatment!
Sylvie had experienced a painful and debilitating case of herniated lumbar disc that left her crying in pain and unable to sit or bend ...
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Arthritis is defined as painful inflammation and degeneration of one or more joints. Symptoms include pain, swelling, reduced range of motion and stiffness.
One of the most common reasons why patients seek help from their doctor is for back or knee pain. In the United States, 23% of all adults, or more than 54 million people, have arthritis. It is a leading cause of work disability, with annual costs for medical care and lost earnings of $303.5 billion (4). The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis. Other forms include ...
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By Dr. Maggie Ney
These are my 8 Tips to help you stop menopause weight gain. Estrogen deficiency, the state we find ourselves in once we are in menopause, is associated with insulin resistance and mid center weight gain. Even without changing our exercise routine or diet, women face an increased risk of weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease, just by going through the normal stages of aging. For us women, it can feel that we have lost all control ...
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I was 32 years old and in my first job after my Pain Fellowship. I was pregnant for the first time and didn’t have any pregnant friends to learn the ropes from – so it was all learning from books for me. I remembered that some people develop a type of high blood sugar during their pregnancy called Gestational Diabetes. From my rusty OB/Gyn textbook learning back in medical school, I thought ...
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By Danél Lombard, MPT, MA, E-RYT
Have you ever had an unexplainable ache or pain that just wouldn’t budge? You went to the doctor, physical therapist, or chiropractor, and they explained to you precisely why you were having this pain from a structural viewpoint. They also explained to you exactly how and why it would get better with their treatments. And it all made perfect sense. Except, it didn’t work. Relief would be short term or non-existent. You experienced frustration, ...
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See Dr. Ney’s interview with GOOP on safe lubricants and how vaginal dryness can affect libido
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After watching an episode of Netflix’s Grace and Frankie—starring (respectively) Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin—in which Frankie develops her own homemade lube (the primary ingredient being yams), we got to thinking. Seriously, though. We’d never considered what went into lube, and that it’s actually super toxic (the most popular options contain parabens, for one), and that we are ...
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The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 280,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed this year. This is an alarming statistic but important to highlight. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and is the second leading cancer killer in women. We have succeeded about getting the word out about the importance of screening tests, like mammograms, ultrasounds, and SonoCine, a newer breast cancer screening tool. But these screening tests help with detection of ...
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The purpose of breast cancer screening is to detect cancer prior to any physical symptoms. Earlier detection of cancer means a better chance for successful treatment.
The decision on when to begin breast cancer screening is based on your personal breast cancer risk profile. For women of average risk, there are several professional recommendations that may be followed:
The Mayo Clinic supports screening with mammograms every 1-2 years from age 40-50, with annual mammograms for women age >50.
The American Cancer Society recommends women ...
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Racism is finally being recognized as a public health emergency. Racism has a direct impact on public health. We know that racism affects mental health, causes psychological distress, increases stress levels, increases anger and feelings of rage, exacerbates chronic diseases, increases inflammation, increases maternal and infant mortality rates, and reduces overall health outcomes and life expectancy. We know that 7.6 percent of black women have heart disease, compared to 5.8 percent of white women. Black women have a 1 ...
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Many of my patients with an autoimmune disease have asked if it puts them at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 or developing more serious complications if they were to get COVID-19. Other patients worry if their autoimmune disease puts them in the immunocompromised category of individuals that need to take extra precautions. Not all individuals with an autoimmune disease are immunocompromised, however, certain medications used to treat some autoimmune diseases can be immunosuppressive.
There are several medical terms ...
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As a skeptic and a veterinarian trained in western medicine, I was very hesitant to try a holistic doctor. My 6 year old daughter had been to 2 Kaiser pediatricians …
