Struggling with Menopause or Perimenopause? Learn How Chiropractic Care Can Help
How many times did we hear our mothers and grandmothers refer to “The Change of Life”? That ominous and mysterious phrase was, for many generations, often all that was said about the time in a woman’s life before, during, and after menopause.
Thankfully, times are changing and dialogue about the menopausal transition is opening up. Women are comparing notes and sharing their experiences during the process defined as perimenopause, menopause, and post menopause.
Whether it’s commiserating with girlfriends over hot flashes, sleepless nights, or feelings of anxiousness and irritability, many women are speaking up. They are also more likely than previous generations to discuss these complaints with their trusted medical providers.
Considering it can take years to transition through, “the change,” women have every reason to seek treatment and relief for the symptoms of menopause. And the team at Turning Point Wellness Center is here to say, “we hear you, we understand, and we can help.”
Our team of female physicians will listen, talk through your symptoms and concerns, and develop a treatment plan customized especially for you.
Natural Relief for Menopause Symptoms
At Turning Point Wellness Center in Waterloo and Red Bud, IL, we employ holistic treatments to address both the physical side effects of menopause – such as weight gain and frozen shoulder – and mental symptoms – like anxiety and lack of focus.
These issues are more than an annoyance, they can be debilitating to women who find themselves constantly in pain, struggling to get quality rest, unable to complete tasks due to brain fog and memory loss, and generally left feeling like they no longer recognize themselves.
The effects of menopause can encompass a decade or more of a woman’s life making it even more important to find effective, all-natural relief.
While, there is no way to speed up the process or completely eliminate the side effects, there are ways to ease a woman through the journey.
From age-old practices like chiropractic adjustments and acupuncture to new technology such as red light therapy, Turning Point Wellness Center will help you through “the change”.
Recognizing Menopause Signs and Symptoms
While there’s no quick and easy way to diagnose the stages of menopause, however, if you are a female between the ages of 35 - 55 and are experiencing the following symptoms, you are most likely transitioning through your menopausal journey.
Chiropractic Care to Ease Menopause Symptoms
Turning Point Wellness Center offers services that help ease women through the changes that accompany perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause. Your chiropractic physician will help you determine which of the following treatments, or which combination of treatments, will most effectively address your specific needs.
Adjustments
The physicians at Turning Point recommend regular chiropractic adjustments at every stage in life to keep the body functioning at the optimal level. Chiropractic adjustments work to reduce inflammation, strengthen the immune system, relieve muscle tension, and increase energy levels.
Due to changing hormone levels during the stages of menopause, women experience a decrease in estrogen and loss of collagen which can lead to joint pain, inflammation, and weakened tendons and muscles. Chiropractic adjustments address all these issues and more.
In addition, proper spinal alignment alleviates headaches, improves digestion, boosts immunity, and promotes sleep.
There are truly a multitude of benefits to reap from chiropractic adjustments, and not just when you are experiencing pain. Routine chiropractic care helps keep the body functioning properly and feeling great!
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient technique which began thousands of years ago. It’s proven benefits have helped the practice stand the test of time and even gain popularity.
Acupuncture is performed by a trained professional. Tiny needles are placed throughout the body on different acupuncture points that transfer energy and restore balance within the body. The process is painless and actually, quite relaxing.
Acupuncture has been proven to treat a vast range of conditions including many associated with the menopausal transition. Try acupuncture to soothe headaches, ease anxiety, promote sleep, clear your mind, lower pain, lose weight, and restore gut health.
Red Light Therapy
One of our newest and most exciting services, red light therapy has proven itself to be very beneficial to women experiencing the symptoms of menopause.
Red light therapy is known to support natural cellular regeneration, help the body heal faster, and improve overall wellness.
From erasing acne and wrinkles to boosting mood, clearing brain fog, improving sleep, and even encouraging hair growth, our red light therapy bed is a revolutionary device!
You will reap all these benefits–and more–in just 8-15 minutes/2-3 sessions per week of medical grade red light therapy.
Massage Therapy
Feeling achy, stiff, and stressed? Try massage therapy.
Massage is often used as self-care, as a way to pamper and “treat” the body. While we fully support a relaxing massage for rejuvenation, we want you to know that there are many more benefits to the practice.
That’s right, massage therapy is more than simple self-care.
Massage therapy is one of the most effective, safe, and natural ways to treat a range of physical and mental ailments. Whether you are coping with nerve or muscle pain, headaches, anxiety, digestive disorders, trouble sleeping, massage therapy may bring you relief.
Supplements
Keeping your body fortified with the proper vitamins and nutrients is a vital part of health and wellness.
Eating foods rich in fiber, protein, and vitamins like leafy vegetables, beans, and lean meats is a great way to keep your digestive system working, boost immunity, and stay heart healthy, among other benefits. However, sometimes diet alone cannot account for all the nutrients the body needs.
This is especially true when the body is going through monumental changes like those experienced during menopause. Metabolism is slowing down, nutrients are not as easily absorbed, diet may not be enough to fortify your body.
That’s where dietary supplements come in. Taking a multivitamin or supplement designed to target specific needs–gut health, hair loss, bone density, and the like, are easy ways to ensure that you are feeding your body exactly what it needs to function.
Some supplements we are recommending to help our menopausal patients include Rhubestryn to regulate hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings, Balance to reduce headaches, mood swings, bloating and promote regular cycles, Hormone Foundation for healthy estrogen balance, and Orthomolecular Pro-Gest cream for mood swings, hot flashes, and irregular periods.
Turn to Chiropractic Care for Menopause Support
Dealing with symptoms of menopause can be a pain in, well, everything! But there are actions you can take to go through this time in your life with less stress and headaches (literally).
Turning Point Wellness Center’s caring and compassionate staff are here to guide patients through all the phases of life with health and vitality, including the stages of menopause. Don’t let these changes rob you of your physical and mental health, reach out and let us design a plan to tackle the unpleasant side effects of menopause.
Call us at 618-939-5585 or 618-282-3900 to schedule a consultation.