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Functional Medicine vs. Functional Nutrition: Understanding the Difference

Functional Medicine vs. Functional Nutrition: Understanding the Difference

What is functional medicine? Functional medicine is a systems biology based approach that looks for the root causes of diseases and symptoms.  Functional medicine aims to optimize functioning of the body’s cells, systems, and the environmental systems where the person...
Ectopic Pregnancy: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, & Recovery

Ectopic Pregnancy: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, & Recovery

All women’s health and wellness professionals who are working with women with pelvic pain must be knowledgeable about the risk of this common pregnancy complication. What is ectopic pregnancy?An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants outside of...
Best Probiotics for Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain

Best Probiotics for Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain

It can be hard to determine the best probiotics for endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain. The “best probiotic” can be challenging to choose from among the many options.  It’s even more difficult to determine which probiotics are best for...
Gluten and Endometriosis

Gluten and Endometriosis

Gluten and Endometriosis Is there a link between gluten and endometriosis?  Should women avoid gluten to lower their risk of endometriosis or to help to resolve the symptoms of endometriosis? Let’s look at the research… First, it’s important to consider that...
How to Find “Endo Belly” Relief

How to Find “Endo Belly” Relief

One of the most frustrating challenges that our clients with endometriosis face is how to relieve the chronic bloating known as “Endo Belly.” Over the years, my practice has seen thousands of women struggling with this, and we have developed an integrative protocol...
The Role of Rehabilitation Medicine in Chronic Pelvic Pain

The Role of Rehabilitation Medicine in Chronic Pelvic Pain

It was my honor to interview Dr. Allyson Shrikhande, MD, founder of Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine about the role of rehabilitation medicine in chronic pelvic pain. Rehabilitation medicine includes the tools of pain and nervous system modulation medications, specific...