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Endometriosis and Acupuncture: Natural Healing
By Jaimi Jansen | | Acupuncture, Wellness
Endometriosis is a gynaecological condition that affects about 10% of women of reproductive age (“Endometriosis,” 2021). Women who suffer from endometriosis can have a range of intrusive symptoms including pelvic pain, pain during intercourse, and painful periods. Endometriosis has no known cure and its treatment revolves around symptom management. Acupuncture ...
5 Advantages of Therapeutic Exercise
By Jaimi Jansen | | Functional Exercises, Personal Training, Tips & Training
While exercise is part of a healthy lifestyle and preventive for chronic illnesses, it can also be therapeutic. Exercise can help a person heal, regain lost physical functions, and strengthen current body functions. Therapeutic exercise can help those with osteoarthritis, breathing problems, metabolic disorders, vascular disorders, limited range of motion, ...
An Expert-Recommended Probiotic Foods List
By Jaimi Jansen | | Nutrition
A healthy gut is a vital factor that defines healthy wellbeing. There are groups of good and bad bacteria living inside the intestine, fighting against each other to control your health. It creates a microbiome that is regulated by both of them. A balance is a must to keep the ...
The Benefits of Being Grateful
By Jaimi Jansen | | Wellness
Thanksgiving can be a very exciting time. It is a time for friends, family, and lots of food. Whether excited for a Thanksgiving get-together or for getting a day off work, this holiday highlights an important concept — being grateful. While this one day is dedicated to being thankful, there ...
The Unique Interplay Behind Food Cravings
By Jaimi Jansen | | Nutrition, Wellness
Food cravings have been experienced by most everyone and are fairly common. There are cases, however, in which intense food cravings are unwanted and become intrusive. Giving in to cravings from time to time is no big deal, but when these become uncontrollable, it can lead to overeating and excess ...
The Truth Behind Bone Broth for Sports Recovery
By Jaimi Jansen | | Nutrition, Wellness
Also known as “stock,” bone broth has been garnering attention due to claims that consuming it enhances the body’s ability to build collagen. Collagen is a key protein in connective tissue, and is part of bones, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels, and the inner and outer linings of most tissues. Specific ...
Clarke’s Journey Part 4: Personal Training for a Life of Wellness
By Jaimi Jansen | | Functional Exercises, Nutrition, Personal Training, Tips & Training, Wellness, Workplace Wellness
Clarke's back, and he's trying personal training! Here at CORE, our number one priority is enabling people to reach their optimal health through our community of integrative wellness. Clarke's journey, which began with a foot injury, has resulted in an overall well-being overhaul with a multi-service approach! Arguably, the rolled ...
Revealing the Benefits of Exercise on Brain Function
By Jaimi Jansen | | Personal Training, Tips & Training
The positive effects between exercise and brain function are well-documented, but what exactly about the brain does it affect? Does exercise make us smarter? If so, what type of exercise and how much of it? These are the types of questions that come up when the connection between physical activity ...
Learn to Use the Thera Cane with Juan!
By Jaimi Jansen | | Functional Exercises, Personal Training, Tips & Training, Wellness
🤩Once you see a Thera Cane and pick one up, it's hard to resist holding on to...and that's before you even know how to use it! 🥰A simple self-massage device can go a long way towards working with your muscular knots, stiffness, and general woes of your hard-to-reach areas. The ...
Beau Knows: Circadian Rhythm
By Jaimi Jansen | | Healing, Wellness
Sleep is one of the most important basic functions of the body. It is so essential that our society is scheduled around fairly normal sleep patterns (do stuff during the day and sleep at night). In order to get the most out of our lives, we as humans, each with ...
Air Oasis: How Wildfire Smoke Can Affect Your Health
By Jaimi Jansen | | Wellness
Inhaling wildfire smoke can cause chest pain, fatigue, and other short- and long-term health problems. But with the right approach, you can protect your health against wildfire smoke. California wildfire season is underway. It shows no signs of slowing down any time soon, either. Wildfires have consumed about 2 million ...
The Epidemic of Childhood Obesity
By Jaimi Jansen | | Uncategorized, Wellness
Childhood obesity has been rising in the United States and in developed countries throughout the world for many years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2017 to 2018, the prevalence of obesity was 19.3% in children. Sanyaolu et. al. (2019) highlight that these are epidemic ...