"The key to quick results with chiropractic is in finding the right chirporactor, one whose style and technique best matches the specific needs of the individual patient"

WOMEN'S HEALTH

In today's world, most women have to be a "superwoman." It is expected that women must play the varied roles of wife, lover, mother, wage-earner, chauffeur, care-giver, teacher, philanthropist and volunteer - not to mention chief cook and bottle-washer! Pressures on women are enormous and women's lifestyles are energy-sapping. Over 80% of women visiting their doctor's today put chronic tiredness at the top of the list of their health problems. This is definitely interfering with women's ability to enjoy life to the fullest.

Most of a woman's barriers to enjoying good health and living life to the fullest are physical - stemming from an unhealthy lifestyle, poor nutrition, stress and burnout, or the side effects of prescription drugs. Good nutrition and healing herbs can make a tremendous positive impact.

Herbal and Nutritional Programs for Women's Health

Herbal and nutritional supplements have been traditionally used in treating and enhancing women's health for a long time. Premenstrual syndrome, menopause, infetility, and other difficulties can respond favorably to natural medicine.

At least one-third of Americans use alternative medicines to heal and maintain health - 75% of those consumers are women. Today, women are demanding their health practitioners have a willingness to explore the use of more natural remedies and practices in addition to conventional therapies in their approach to female health. The result has become a bridge between the two schools of thought commonly known as integrated medicine which requires women to become proactive in their role as patient and provides a safe, effective approach to maintaining and healing their bodies.

There is a range of women's health concerns including menstrual difficulties, menopause, hot flashes, endometriosis, infertility, osteoporosis, and others.

Dis-ease is a symptom of one or more body systems in distress. When you nourish and balance the systems, you give your body what it requires to resist, repair and overcome dis-ease, and to achieve optimal health. As living foods, many herbal remedies have the ability to support good blood chemistry, balance energetic frequencies in the body, help cleanse and detoxify, and more. Unlike most nutritional supplements on the market today, the Standard Process nutritional and herbal supplements have not been altered or fractioned. They have not been extracted from their original composition. These herbs are never fumigated, irradiated, genetically engineered or exposed to pesticides and industrial poisons. The integrity and life force of these plant is maintained. They are living foods that work, just as nature intended!

To the left is a listing of Standard Process products that women can use to help a wide variety of health issues.

If you are a woman, and concerned about prevention, or would like to get an opinion, or second opinion, on an existing health condition, come to Gerhardt Chiropractic and meet with Dr. Dan - he will listen closely to what you have to say. If necessary, Dr.Dan may perform an examination, and only after determining that your condition may be helped with chiropractic or nutritional therapy will he initiate care.