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Functional Medicine Helps Women with Endometriosis Thrive
Endometriosis Awareness Month in March serves as a crucial time to shed light on a condition that impacts an estimated 89 million women and girls globally. Endometriosis is often shrouded in mystery and misconception, despite its prevalence. At NW Regen, we want to do...
What is Menopausal Hormone Therapy, and is it Right For You?
Understanding Perimenopause and Menopause Menopause is a natural biological process that marks the end of a woman's menstrual cycle. It's diagnosed after 12 months without a menstrual period and typically occurs in women in their 40s or 50s. Perimenopause refers to...
More Than Just Headaches: Living with and Treating Occipital Neuralgia
Understanding the Pain Occipital Neuralgia — a condition in which the occipital nerves, the nerves that run through the back of the scalp, are injured, inflamed, or entrapped. This causes headaches that feel like severe piercing, throbbing, or shock-like pain in the...
What Are Migraine Injections and How Do They Work?
Migraines are a debilitating neurological condition that causes severe headaches and other symptoms like nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, and fatigue. Over 37 million Americans suffer from migraines, and that number is disproportionately represented by women....
Shifting the Paradigm of Chronic Lower Back Pain Treatment
Lower back pain is a common ailment affecting approximately 80% of the population at some point in their lifetime, as reported by the National Institutes of Health. This reality can create a frustrating journey for many...
Soothing the Spine: Addressing Lower Back Pain with Innovative Treatments
Every day, countless individuals strive to find relief from chronic ailments and inflammatory conditions. This pursuit often leads them to a common prescription — corticosteroids. Corticosteroids, or simply “steroids,” are powerful drugs widely used in medicine to...
Adipose Treatments Reported More Effective than PRP
DataBiologics recently released its second annual “Regenerative Orthopedic Patient Outcomes Report.” The report highlights the outcomes of various orthobiologic treatments from members of the Databiologic database registry. And this year’s findings are particularly...
PRP Study Demonstrates Injections Hold Improvements Two Years Later
Knee osteoarthritis is the most common articular disease. In fact, osteoarthritis, in general, is a major public health concern not just here in the United States, but worldwide. As such, finding the most effective and safest treatment option available is of the...
Common Joint Pain Treatment May Do More Harm than Good
PRP … a Better Alternative How often have you heard a family member or friend complain about pain in their knee or another joint? They then go to the doctor, desperate for the relief found in what they believe is the “cure-all”—a cortisone shot into the joint. And...