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Are you getting towards the end of your pregnancy? Have you heard from a friend or healthcare practitioner about perineal massage but aren’t really sure if it’s right for you? According to research, 40% to 80% of people who give birth vaginally will tear during childbirth. Perineal massage is an excellent way to help prepare…
If you have watched any sports event, the Olympics being one, you may have noticed some of the athletes with red circles in their skin resembling bruises. Those often come from a form of therapy called cupping. The use of cupping has existed in Eastern Medicine for centuries. It is used under the premise that…
April 24-April 30 is National Infertility Awareness Week! Long gone are the days where women were expected to get married and have countless children (in many cultures). Teenagers were often married off after their first menstrual cycle. Series like Bridgerton make light of how society once viewed these arrangements. Bridgerton also broached the subject of…
Pelvic pain is pain felt in the lower abdomen (stomach area), pelvis, or perineum (the area between the rectum and the scrotum or vagina). It has many possible causes. Pelvic pain affects up to 20% of people in the United States, including women and men, more commonly found in women. Pelvic pain is called chronic…
Two-thirds of breastfeeding women experience blocked lactation ducts. 20% of breastfeeding women report problems with mastitis in developed countries. Mastitis is due to an infection (almost always due to bacteria rather than other types of germs) that usually occurs in breastfeeding parents in the first few weeks after giving birth. Bacteria may enter the breast…