Category: Therapy
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Water Walking the Kneipp Way
When you hear the term water walking, the first image that pops into your head may be of middle-aged to elderly folks moving in a pool. However, water walking, more commonly utilized in Europe, is a hydrotherapy (water therapy) practice developed by Father Sebastian Kneipp. He healed himself with cold water therapies, and he spent…
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Essential Aromatherapy
According to Grand View Research, the essential oil market was valued at nearly 22 billion globally, and it’s anticipated to grow at a rate of almost 8% from 2023 to 2030. Essential oils were first documented by the Egyptians as early as 4500 BC. China and India’s records of using essential oils medicinally date to…
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Hormone Balancing with Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient healing art originating from China. It involves using thin needles inserted into the skin to help optimize the flow of energy or qi (pronounced “chee”) through the body. They do this by optimizing the meridians, or energy channels, in the body by helping improve energy flow. Needles can help support your…
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Fascial Work to the Rescue!
Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation (IASTM) is becoming more popular, especially with athletes. Despite being new on the scene (the first research paper wasn’t published until 1997), this technique has roots going back millenia. In ancient Greek and Roman times, a strigil, a small metallic instrument, was used for cleaning the body and working on…
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Neuro Therapy for Your Brain
The ability of the human brain to adapt and change from babyhood to adulthood is amazing but sometimes it needs a little help. Infants are born with all the neurons they need for their lifetime, and by age five, 90% of their brain is developed. After age five, the neurons continue making connections for increased…
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Mentalization-Based Therapy
The concept of mentalization-based therapy (MBT) emerged in France some time during the 1960s. However, it was not until recently that clinical applications emerged. MBT focuses on helping people understand their own thoughts and feelings as well as predict the behavior of others. Clinical treatment has seen MBT used by foster families to create strong…
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Intravenous Therapy For Nutrition and Hydration
Most of us have heard before that you are what you eat. In some cases, people aren’t able to eat foods in adequate amounts or even at all due to injury or disease. For instance, damage caused to the intestinal tract via Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis can severely impair the gut’s ability to absorb nutrients.…
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Connective Support
Looking for a supplement to support your muscles while working out, to support healthy aging, and help prevent joint pain? Collagen may just be the answer! Collagen is the most abundant protein in humans. There are twenty-eight types of collagen, but type I makes up over 90% of the collagen in the body. This remarkable…
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Mechanical Detoxing With Skin Brushing
Skin brushing is an age-old practice used to support whole body health through the skin. It supports the outer skin by helping remove dead skin cells and increase local circulation. This encourages lymph, a clear fluid, to move. Underneath the skin is an extensive network of small lymph vessels that moves fluid and immune cells…
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Say Bye to Sadness with EMDR
Dr. Francine Shapiro, the originator and developer of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), calls it a “chance” discovery. In 1987 she took a walk in the park and noticed as her eyes moved spontaneously back and forth, her negative thoughts were not as disturbing as they had been before. Such a thing happened without…