As you head into your 50’s, your mind seems to be stuck in your 30’s, generating frustration about the realities of aging bodies and aches and pains that seem to come out of nowhere. You likely set your goals for activity based on what activities you like and enjoy. You might feel like that has to change, but it doesn’t mean you have to stop what you enjoy. Conditioning an aging body requires nutrients and awareness of the weak areas in your body. These may be places you

Any health issue you have can be affected by changes in your hormones. This is especially true for females who have migraines that get worse when they ovulate or before, during, or after their period. Migraines can have many causes. I often tell my patients: you usually have more than one problem and they are all combining. I also tell my female patients that hormones and periods complicate healing. Usually, my male patients progress in a straight forward manner and my

Most people are trying to force their body to heal while ignoring the signs that it’s exhausted. Like everything, your body needs energy to function. If you’re feeling sick or worn down, you need to give your body enough energy to start and complete healing processes. Energy is vital for your body to stay healthy and prevent injury. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this energy is called Qi (chi). It’s the force in charge of movement, communication, and life through your b

A lot of women don’t know whether they’re in perimenopause. This happens for the following reasons: They are very young and their doctor is saying it’s too soon They have had a hysterectomy They have an IUD or continuous birth control so that there is no period. As the body ages, the egg may not produce a good corpus luteum, which produces progesterone. The ovaries tend to switch back and forth, ovulating from one and then the other, so there may be a period where sympt