The Connection Between Gut Health and Menstrual Pain: What You Need to Know
Gut health plays a pivotal role in overall wellness, and its impact on menstrual pain is an area gaining attention. While menstrual pain is a genuine issue on it’s own, it can sometimes be exacerbated by gut health—who knew?!
Surviving Your Period With A Chronic Illness
Chronic illness baddies know the drill: one good day doesn’t guarantee the next. Sometimes, a good week is followed by two rough ones. It’s a game of living day-to-day, discovering, responding to, and managing all kinds of symptoms that can arise.
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Comprehensive Guide to Menstrual Disorders: Understanding What They Mean
For many, the monthly cycle is just another part of life, but for others, it’s a source of discomfort and confusion. Understanding menstrual disorders is crucial for recognizing when something isn’t quite right and seeking appropriate care.
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Endometriosis and Mental Health: Coping Strategies and Support Resources
Living with endometriosis within a society that primarily prioritizes high levels of production accompanied by an overall disregard for chronic pain, is a difficult journey for many. A recent meta-analysis of studies of people with endometriosis found that more than two-thirds (68 percent) of individuals had mild or psychological stress.
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The Best Supplements for Endometriosis
Supplements with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-proliferative, and immune modulatory effects show benefits for reducing the severity of symptoms and occasionally even the progression of endometriosis.
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Magnesium for Pain and Inflammation Management: A Guide to Easing Period Pain
Magnesium has become the "it girl" of minerals recently and for a good reason. You know that feeling you get after swimming in the ocean? That relaxed, blissful sensation is partly due to the magnesium in seawater, which your body absorbs through your skin.
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Understanding PMS: Symptoms, Causes, and Natural Treatment Options
PMS, or premenstrual syndrome, affects 3 out of 4 menstruators, yet it’s often misunderstood and stigmatized. Have you ever been asked, "Are you PMSing?" or told “Maybe it’s just PMS” when you’re feeling emotional? Because, same. These are dismissive and all too common remarks that belittle a legitimate, and frequent, health condition.
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How Chronic Pain Affects Other Areas of Your Life: Insights, Solutions, and Coping Strategies for Better Living
When I accepted that I’d likely be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life, I began to see how unsustainable my life had been for so long. Yes, I was able to do it all – but that doesn’t mean that I should have had to. I didn’t want to keep living this kind of life – and my body wouldn’t let me. I had to make some changes
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How to Manage Pain and Heal Trauma: A Guide for Relief and Wellness
When chronic pain entered my life, something inside of me knew that I needed a new therapist, someone who understood the connection between trauma and the body. It was at this time that I began to see a somatic practitioner.
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Understanding the Connection Between Trauma and Chronic Pain
In 2016, I got sick and then I stayed sick. First, it was a spike in my anxiety that struck me, making it difficult to get out of bed in the morning. Then it was a UTI, which led to a kidney infection. Then a viral sinus infection that lasted three months. After that, I had the stomach flu accompanied by a herpes outbreak. Six months later, when the string of viruses had finished with me, I was utterly exhausted. I slept for fourteen hours a night and napped throughout the day.
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