Up until this point, you’ve had an irregular menstrual cycle, you continue to experience acne and excessive hair growth, and struggle with losing weight despite maintaining a healthy diet and movement routine. You were put on the birth control pill as a young adult to help “regulate” your hormones and things got a lot better. […]
The digestive system is connected to every other system in the body. When we are working on optimizing our digestion, this means more than just keeping our gut happy. Digestive health is inherently linked to our overall health and hormone balance, estrogen in particular. Our gut microbes and the estrobolome Our gut microbiome, the collection […]
Vitamin D, often called the “sunshine vitamin” has a lot more to do with our health than just improving our mood on sunny summer days. It is actually an incredibly important nutrient with impacts on just about every cell in our bodies. Actions of Vitamin D While we think of vitamin D as a vitamin, […]
Pregnancy is one of the most significant events in a woman’s life, and as an expert in women’s health it is one that I spend a lot of time talking about. And one major issue I see, is how few women are tested for this common – and preventable- cause of miscarriage. Lack of Lab […]
In my practice I focus on women’s health and hormone balance. So you would imagine that I spend most of my day talking about the lady garden. But women’s health is so much more complicated than that. Our hormones influence everything that happens in our bodies. From how much energy we make, to our moods, […]
PCOS, or polycystic ovarian syndrome, is the most common hormone imbalance impacting women and teenage girls. Polycystic ovarian syndrome, meaning “multiple ovarian cysts” can start during puberty and can persist for years. For some women it starts later – but for all women and teenage girls, it is an incredibly frustrating, and sometimes painful condition. […]
Endometriosis impacts around 1 in 10 women of menstruating age and one-third to one-half of those women will struggle with infertility – about twice the rate of infertility of the general population. If you know you have endometriosis, or suspect it (painful periods, painful intercourse and pain when having a bowel movement are key signs), […]
If you suffer from hormonal acne, you are not alone. Up to 23% of adult women experience acne! Now there are many different factors that affect acne. Inflammation is very important. Gut health is important. Anti-oxidant status is supremely important! But hormones make all the difference for women. Below are the 7 steps I use with patients to resolve their […]
Hopeless, bent over in pain with a heat pack across your stomach and wondering if you should give in and take an Advil, or worse questioning how many Advil are safe to take before you get a stomach ulcer? You do not need to settle for suffering – there is a LOT that we […]
By Shannon Stoby, PT, MScPT Hi Mom. I know you read all of my blogs, so here’s one for you. I write this, not as a parent, but as a grown child. My mom sacrificed a lot of her life for us. She always cared for us and put the family first. As parents go, […]
