10 Natural Tips to Detox Your Body in 2016
Heart Spring Health’s Portland naturopaths can collaborate to help you design a detox program that is the best fit for you, your goals, and your lifestyle.
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Understanding the Science of Massage: Physiological Effects
Our expert Portland massage therapists outline many of the physiological effects of this healing modality. Read on to learn about the many benefits of massage.
Top 5 Questions about Massage Therapy
There’s no denying that massage feels great. But have you ever stopped to wonder why? If so, you’re not alone. Our clients are naturally curious; they question how an hour under a talented Licensed Massage Therapist’s touch can provide such profound healing. To satiate your inquisitiveness, we’re examining the “science” of massage through five common…
Holistic Pelvic Care: A Guide To Women’s Health
Holistic Pelvic CareTM (HPC) is a modality designed to care for the female pelvis. It combines internal pelvic floor massage with breathwork and visualization to increase circulation and release tension in the organs and connective tissue of the pelvis. The manual techniques used in HPC are derived from physical therapy: gentle myofascial release and trigger…
7 Nights to Better Sleep
How to use relaxation, natural remedies and other tools to get to sleep faster and sleep more soundly.
Solutions for Allergy Symptoms
The World Allergy Association has named April 13-19 as World Allergy Week. Chances are, you don’t exactly want to celebrate your allergies, but this designation helps raise awareness of the widespread impact of allergy, and draw together collaborative clinical efforts and attention to decrease the suffering of the millions of people affected by allergy and the related conditions of…
Delicious and Easy Sauerkraut Recipe — With a twist!
With the warm, sunny weather approaching us, it’s the perfect time to achieve our health goals. Treat yourself to a fantastic fun-filled and health-filled summer. Whether you want to maintain good health or achieve a new health goal (including weight loss, decreasing your pain levels, or improving your energy), one simple piece of kitchen advice…
Neuropathy and Pain: Do I have it? What can I do about it?
May is National Neuropathy Awareness Month! Today we’ll explore what neuropathy is, why it happens, how to know if it’s happening to you, and what you can do about it. Let’s get started! There you are, working at the keyboard like always, minding your own business, when suddenly your hand starts to feel funny. Maybe…
Monthly Suffering – Normal, but Healthy?
A lot of women suffer needlessly. Up to 90% of women report painful periods. That’s a lot of us women, the vast majority of us even.
Month in, month out. Take more Tylenol, strap on the hot pack and wait it out, curled up in bed on a Netflix binge. Really? I wouldn’t want to be down for the count on a PMS anti-vacation every month, and neither should you.
And painful cramps isn’t all I’m talking about. I’m also talking about periods so heavy you don’t want to leave the house, periods that seem to come to soon, or not frequent enough. The first step in achieving regular, easy-breezy periods is doing a little of what I call hormone wrangling. It’s true. Those hormones are unruly, and need some gentle-yet-stern guidance.