4 Ways to begin to MASTER your Menstrual Cycle
Consider that one of the MAIN reasons youโre ๐๐๐๐ in the ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ is because those who came before you had a ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐บ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ โฃ๏ธโฃ
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(๐๐ฏ๐ฅ NO…๐โ๐ฎ NOT ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต.)โฃ
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When I first started chiropractic care, my cycles were a ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃโฃ
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๐๐ง๐ข๐๐-๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ง every cycle (one episode so bad that put me in the hospital), ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐บ flow, debilitating low back pain, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด that left me feeling ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ (ask my fiancรฉ). โฃ
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I had accepted that this was how it was going to be the rest of my life. โฃ
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The doctors told me that birth control should help…but after 5 years it just kept getting worse. โฃ
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And one day after about 3 months of regular chiropractic care, I noticed something profound…โฃ
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No more low back pain (and this dude didnโt even touch my low back!), no more PMS, I felt more emotionally sound, easier flow, and I started shedding weight without even trying. โฃ
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In that moment I decided that birth control was no longer for me. I felt innately connected and called to start finding other solutions to my challenges. โฃ
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Itโs been a journey, and Iโm still on it. Itโs not a quick fix and it takes a fierce commitment to yourself (and future generations if you choose to have kids).โฃ
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I share these basic strategies with you - as a woman who might be struggling, frustrated, and not sure where to start…โฃ
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1. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก. Most conventional tampons and pads contain bleach which can disrupt not only your natural hormonal rhythms, but also disrupt the pH balance of your vagina, leading to a host of symptoms such as PMS, intense cramps, excess bleeding, and more. ๐๐ฝ My go products are theย @thedivacupย andย @modibodiย menstrual underwear. โฃ
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2. ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐. Consider that taking synthetic hormones will impact your physiology (and thereโs no avoiding it - ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ/๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด, ๐๐๐, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ). Donโt be afraid to have this conversation with your healthcare provider. You deserve to know how medications impact you and your physiology long-term. (Check out my Instagram stories๐๐ฝ for more books๐ on this topic).โฃ
3. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐, ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐. There are SO many foods out there that can help regulate and balance your hormones naturally (foods like avocados, nuts, seeds, beans, organic eggs, green leafy veggies, and grass-fed meat all contain essential vitamins and minerals your body needs to create and regulate your womanly hormones). Excess, refined sugar will only create more ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and mess with your beautiful flow. โฃ
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4. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค๐๐. When youโre out of alignment, this can cause STRESS in your nerve system, which leads to internal imbalances that go beyond skin deep - pelvic/low back pain, irregular flow, anxiety, hormonal imbalance, sciatica, indigestion, and more. When the system that runs your LIFE is functioning well, your body can begin to heal better form the inside out. โฃ