How exactly does acupuncture work? There’s a complex series of physiological events that occur when you’re resting on a treatment table with thin needles stuck in your body. Acupuncture is not magic. Research is demystified the biophysical effects of acupuncture and demonstrating that it acts on several systems including your central nervous system and endocrine system. Acupuncture elicits an anti-inflammatory response, triggers the release of hormones, neurotransmitters and complex cellular communication throughout your body.
Stress and fertility are strongly interconnected. If you are about to start IVF you may fluctuate between excitement, optimism and anxiety about the outcome of treatment. In the end your question remains, “Will it work? Will I become pregnant?” It’s so easy to let blood tests, numerous ultrasounds and the egg retrieval process dictate your stress level.
What is the connection between stress and fertility? Can being stressed actually harm your chances of conception? Integrative therapies such as acupuncture, yoga, nutrition and psychotherapy can help to lower your stress response.
It’s no secret that most women have a love-hate relationship with their body. On the best days, you love your body for being healthy and strong. You think you look damn good in your skinny jeans. And on our worst—well, let’s just say that having a “bad” body image day can really interfere with your mojo.
Feeling anxious is so much part of our daily lives that we almost forget how limiting it can be. Let’s face it, we live in stressful times!
We spend most of our days racing from one thing to another, constantly thinking about the next to-do or focusing on what we didn’t do right in the past. Our daily demands have us multi-tasking family, work, and personal priorities that leave us feeling like there is never enough time in the day to get it all done. We worry about making ends meet. We keep our phones close by so we don’t miss a thing and we feel the need to respond immediately. Never mind the things we don’t know how to fix but we worry about anyway – political turmoil, global warming, economic concerns, etc.
