We're going to discuss the top and doctor approved essential oils and aromatherapy for headaches, myofascial pain, muscle pain, muscle spasms, muscle tension, and fibromyalgia!

Aromatherapy refers to the therapeutic use of essential oils through topical application or inhalation (not ingestion!!). The current evidence for utilizing aromatherapy to manage pain is growing (Lakhan et al. 2016).

I’ve been hearing so much venting from my colleagues, patients, and friends that this constant stress and anxiety has us in a bind - creating new symptoms of insomnia, palpitations, anger, overeating, a constant buzzing/shaking feeling, constipation, abdominal bloating or even abdominal pain, and chronic fatigue.

Carissa Stanton, MD is a pediatrician who provides holistic care for children to make them more well, not just less sick. She cares for the whole child by integrating nutrition, functional and general pediatric medicine. She has a bachelors of science degree in dietetics and a medical doctorate degree. She completed a residency and board certification in General Pediatrics.

How To Get Better Sleep To Cure Pain & Increase Energy? So we left off from episode #20 where we discussed how sleep can worsen pain and vice versa, as well as the importance of sleep to ward off and prevent pain. We talked about how sleep and stress are the #1 triggers of pain. But what I may have failed to mention is that stress may be the #1 trigger of sleepless nights! That’s why it’s so important to focus on stress, anxiety, and our mental health in order to achieve the deep and healthy sleep we need to stay healthy.

Using Companion Archetypes to Heal Chronic Pain and Illness. Over the past 20 years Stephanie McGuirk, Doctor of Acupuncture has studied in the U.S as well as China, grown a thriving private practice worked as the staff acupuncturist at Kansas University Hospital’s Integrative health department. Stephanie has helped thousands of people heal their stressed nervous systems’, improve their performance and experience higher levels of life satisfaction. Her book, TOTEM Companions, Mastering the Archetypes and the five elements within you is available through Amazon books.

Hi everyone, welcome to HIP’s Health Is PowHer episode #20! How to treat sleep and pain issues! I’m your host Dr. Anna, MD and we’re going to talk about how sleep affects pain. And how pain affects sleep.

HI Hipsters, welcome to the Health Is PowHer Podcast Episode #19, I’m your host Dr. Anna and I’m super uber excited to talk about fibromyalgia as I have had the most crazy experience dealing with this crazy achey burning muscle and joint pain. In our previous pain episodes, we figured out I developed this immediately after a flu shot likely due to a neuroimmune challenge from my past history with polyglandular autoimmune syndrome. But I had no idea it could be that freaking PAINFUL!

This is your chance to finally learn what you truly need to heal and recover from whatever you’re struggling with. This is your excavation: digging deeper to find out what you truly need to be more aligned and connected with your authentic self so you can live out the life you’ve always wanted.

In this episode I am going to share super huge mama jamba chronic health journey again. One of the most PAINFUL and FEARFUL and LIFE-DRAINING experiences I’ve ever gone through.

As a pain-trained physician, I finally understood how freaking painful PAIN can be. I mean... when my patients say 11/10, I know exactly what they’re talking about now.

Dr. Jessica Jellison at her integrative and functional medicine practice, Jellison Integrative MD in Overland Park, KS

Wondering why summers are so much more fatiguing and nose clogging and physically exhausting in the Midwest than in other drier regions of the United States?

The one thing you should start doing every day.

Research on myofascial release is incredible. It has been used by athletes and physical therapists for years to help with pain, injury and muscle tightness, but studies show even more health benefits than that.

#1 Myth of Hypnosis: No one can be hypnotized without wanting to. There is no such thing as mind control. I know many think of hypnosis as someone getting on stage and being “hypnotized” by a performer. While that is fun to watch, clinical hypnosis is something completely different.

Hi beautiful people, thanks for listening to the HIP: Health Is PowHer Podcast Episode # 13. First off, thank you so much for choosing our podcast/website and being here today. I do want to provide and gift you with as much information and resources as humanly possible to help women all over the world recover and gain back their lives from chronic illness and pain.

Exercise: How much is too much and how much is enough?

Join HIP hosts Dr. Anna Esparham-Evans and Anne Clark, registered nurse and certified personal trainer for a conversation about sustainable exercise that helps and does not hinder health. So often, us women find ourselves on one end of the spectrum. We either feel like we don't work out enough and want to be in better shape, or we are over-exercising and running ourselves into the ground.

Anne Clark, RN, CPN and NASM-CPT discusses her path to becoming a personal trainer and how you can get started with a safe and effective exercise plan. The world of fitness can be hard to navigate and so many people end up with injuries. We want to share some evidence-based strategies to get in awesome shape without being slowed down by injury and pain!

HIP Health Is PowHer Podcast Episode #10: LDN's Evidence for Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis

We learned from Dr. Andi Roths, PharmD in episode 9 that Low Dose Naltrexone or LDN blocks certain opioid receptors (yes we have those in our body and what’s interesting to note is that these natural opioids and opioid receptors are involved in not only pain, but inflammation and the immune system).

HIP Podcast Episode #9 with Dr. Andi Roths, Pharm. D

"More and more studies have come out, several pilot studies for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and for severe inflammatory conditions like Crohn's disease."

Meet one of the very few in the country with a Master's Level Integrative Dietetics certification and sports performance nutritionist taking care of NFL players and high performing athletes: Randy Evans, MS, RD, LDN and husband/love of my life.

Ladies, so many of you - especially if you've had a baby - can relate to this one. Ever sneezed and leaked a little? Or maybe had pain with sex, tampon use, low back pain, constipation, or urinary frequency? Pelvic floor issues are so common and often get ignored! An estimated 12% of women may actually end up with pelvic floor or prolapse surgery in their lifetime. But listen - this is treatable with physical therapy!

Ever wonder why you experience breast pain every month? You could have a condition called cyclic mastalgia. Read more for some natural strategies to help this condition from Dr. Anna!