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Acupuncture
How to Set Yourself Up for Success when Recovering from Injury
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a seasoned athlete, someone who lifts heavy weights, or someone who (read more)
3 New Reasons to Exercise (that have little to do with losing weight)
We often hear that exercise is useful for weight loss. One can hardly log on to social (read more)
Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
Acupuncture treats more than pain. Why it’s an exciting whole body healer and common symptoms it treats.
By Kileen Swenson Lac Acupuncture therapy is a component of traditional Chinese medicine that uses hair thin (read more)
Extraordinary Vessel – Du Mai
In addition to the 12 main acupuncture meridians that flow along the surface of the body, practitioners (read more)
Potent Organs in Spring Time
Spring is generally regarded as a happy season, especially for those that live in areas (like Oregon) (read more)
Spring Cleansing and Clearing
Springtime has a natural feeling of rejuvenation and rebirth. The days get visibly longer, little green buds (read more)
Acupuncture Treatments for Heart Health
5 Steps to a Healthy Heart with Acupuncture Heart disease includes conditions affecting the heart, such as (read more)
Know Your Heart
An Overview of Hearth Disease By Richard N. Fogoros, MD | Medically reviewed by a board-certified physician (read more)
ACUPUNCTURE IS EXCELLENT FOR PAIN
Acupuncture is widely known for its effectiveness in the treatment of pain. Its unique role in reducing (read more)
Integrated Views of Menopause
Join Courtney Connell this Friday, November 9, at 4:30pm here at Well Balanced, as he lectures on (read more)
Event: Menopause relief through Acupuncture, Herbs and Nutrition
75% of women suffer from some form of menopause symptoms due to hormonal changes. Women do not (read more)
Acupuncture reduces hot flashes, night sweats in menopause
Acupuncture treatments may reduce the frequency of symptoms during menopause. This was the conclusion of a study (read more)
Acupuncture and pain control study
Study Supports Acupuncture Effects in Pain Control By: International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) The scientific validity of (read more)
Acupuncture effective for TMJ
Patients suffering TMJ (temporomandibular joint disorder) can find relief from acupuncture. Research conducted at the Ribeirao Preto (read more)
Anxiety
How to Know When To Get Help
In recent years, a groundswell of information and advice for maintaining mental health has occurred. Many therapists (read more)
3 New Reasons to Exercise (that have little to do with losing weight)
We often hear that exercise is useful for weight loss. One can hardly log on to social (read more)
Finding Room To Breathe
With deadlines looming, appointments and meetings piling up, and life feeling hectic, it can be hard to (read more)
Anxiety – Cultivating a Practice of Self-Kindness
It’s about that time of year – the Halloween costumes are back in the closet, the pumpkins (read more)
Worried Sick
A short documentary about living with anxiety Director: Roderick Kergozou de la Boessiere
Back Pain
A Closer Look at What Causes Low Back Pain
Our Western approach to health and healing often addresses the body as a sum of individual parts. (read more)
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
It’s no secret that strength training is a popular pastime right now but maybe you wonder what (read more)
What Healing Looks Like
What does healing look like? When an injury occurs or pain rears its head, often the most (read more)
Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
Acupuncture treats more than pain. Why it’s an exciting whole body healer and common symptoms it treats.
By Kileen Swenson Lac Acupuncture therapy is a component of traditional Chinese medicine that uses hair thin (read more)
Untangle
Dr. Ron Siegel – Transforming Chronic Pain-PODCAST Dr. Ron Siegel is a psychologist, author and has been (read more)
Physical Therapy Mobilization over Chiropractic Adjustment. Here’s why!
A typical chiropractor will perform adjustments for perceived spine subluxations. Although subluxations cannot be seen on X-ray, (read more)
Extraordinary Vessel – Du Mai
In addition to the 12 main acupuncture meridians that flow along the surface of the body, practitioners (read more)
Let’s talk about breathing
How Your Breathing Relates to Your Movement Written by Brett Jones Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Breathing We (read more)
Why use SFMA?
Why the SFMA (And Why First Impressions Should Not Be Your Diagnosis) Written by Michele Desser Wednesday, (read more)
Don’t feed the dysfunction, fix it.
Pain, Dysfunction and Load Likely one of Gray’s most famous lines is: “Don’t add strength to dysfunction.” (read more)
Movement, the Lost Art
Are Humans “Born to Move”? What can we learn from the Hadza hunter gatherers of Tanzania? Posted (read more)
Why Are You Having Back Pain?
Written by FMS Thursday, July 19, 2018 FMS If someone tells you they have a bad low back, they (read more)
Back pain: common causes and natural remedies
Back pain is one of the most common physical ailments in the United States. In fact, 80% (read more)
Balance
How to Set Yourself Up for Success when Recovering from Injury
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a seasoned athlete, someone who lifts heavy weights, or someone who (read more)
Finding Room To Breathe
With deadlines looming, appointments and meetings piling up, and life feeling hectic, it can be hard to (read more)
5 Keys for Emotional Balance
Emotional balance (or regulation) is the cultivated skill of recognizing and navigating feelings and their effects without (read more)
Finding Balance in 2024
Welcome to 2024! If your holidays were hectic or eventful, it may feel like we’ve tumbled head-first (read more)
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
It’s no secret that strength training is a popular pastime right now but maybe you wonder what (read more)
Anxiety – Cultivating a Practice of Self-Kindness
It’s about that time of year – the Halloween costumes are back in the closet, the pumpkins (read more)
Body Image
3 New Reasons to Exercise (that have little to do with losing weight)
We often hear that exercise is useful for weight loss. One can hardly log on to social (read more)
Finding Balance in 2024
Welcome to 2024! If your holidays were hectic or eventful, it may feel like we’ve tumbled head-first (read more)
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
It’s no secret that strength training is a popular pastime right now but maybe you wonder what (read more)
Brain Health
What Healing Looks Like
What does healing look like? When an injury occurs or pain rears its head, often the most (read more)
Breathing
Room To Breathe More
Self-love and self-kindness can help create a spacious, generous feeling in life – and room to breathe (read more)
Finding Room To Breathe
With deadlines looming, appointments and meetings piling up, and life feeling hectic, it can be hard to (read more)
Anxiety – Cultivating a Practice of Self-Kindness
It’s about that time of year – the Halloween costumes are back in the closet, the pumpkins (read more)
Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
Mysterious neck pain? Your breathing may be the problem
What’s the deal with chronic neck tension? Do you have chronic neck tightness, for seemingly no reason? (read more)
Breathing: How Not to Die, and Feel Great Doing It.
Breathing Benefits in Physical Therapy All good gardeners know, pick the low hanging fruit first. In the (read more)
Temporary fix, or Long Term Results?
The Foot Collective: “Health: It’s not about temporary quick fixes…. It’s about developing long term sustainable behaviors” (read more)
How we use Crocodile breathing
Take A Deep Breath Written by Brett Jones Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Breathing We have talked (read more)
Let’s talk about breathing
How Your Breathing Relates to Your Movement Written by Brett Jones Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Breathing We (read more)
Breathing for Stress Reduction
Breathing with your belly Diaphragmatic breathing is a type of a breathing exercise that helps strengthen your (read more)
Chakras
Finding Room To Breathe
With deadlines looming, appointments and meetings piling up, and life feeling hectic, it can be hard to (read more)
Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
Depression
How to Know When To Get Help
In recent years, a groundswell of information and advice for maintaining mental health has occurred. Many therapists (read more)
3 New Reasons to Exercise (that have little to do with losing weight)
We often hear that exercise is useful for weight loss. One can hardly log on to social (read more)
Find that Spring in Your Step
Have you lost the spring in your step? After a somewhat harsh winter, the trees, the flowers, (read more)
Diet & Detox
Understanding 3 Unfamiliar Digestive Issues (What’s in my gut? Part 2)
For starters Digestive issues can be complex, and diagnosing such issues can be time-consuming, to say the (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Eating for optimal health: The Weston A. Price Way By Kileen Swenson Lac, MAOM Understanding the connection (read more)
Digestive Health
How do Polyphenols help Leaky Gut syndrome?
I was five years old, and I wanted to know “Why do adults tell me to eat (read more)
Understanding 3 Unfamiliar Digestive Issues (What’s in my gut? Part 2)
For starters Digestive issues can be complex, and diagnosing such issues can be time-consuming, to say the (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Eating for optimal health: The Weston A. Price Way By Kileen Swenson Lac, MAOM Understanding the connection (read more)
Emotional Well-Being
How to Know When To Get Help
In recent years, a groundswell of information and advice for maintaining mental health has occurred. Many therapists (read more)
Find that Spring in Your Step
Have you lost the spring in your step? After a somewhat harsh winter, the trees, the flowers, (read more)
Room To Breathe More
Self-love and self-kindness can help create a spacious, generous feeling in life – and room to breathe (read more)
5 Keys for Emotional Balance
Emotional balance (or regulation) is the cultivated skill of recognizing and navigating feelings and their effects without (read more)
What Healing Looks Like
What does healing look like? When an injury occurs or pain rears its head, often the most (read more)
Energy Medicine
Finding Room To Breathe
With deadlines looming, appointments and meetings piling up, and life feeling hectic, it can be hard to (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Eating for optimal health: The Weston A. Price Way By Kileen Swenson Lac, MAOM Understanding the connection (read more)
Fatigue
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Eating for optimal health: The Weston A. Price Way By Kileen Swenson Lac, MAOM Understanding the connection (read more)
Fertility
Prevent caesarean birth with Acupuncture and Physical Therapy
An astounding 33% of pregnant women will undergo the highest surgical procedure in hospitals, with a caesarean (read more)
Functional Medicine
How do Polyphenols help Leaky Gut syndrome?
I was five years old, and I wanted to know “Why do adults tell me to eat (read more)
Understanding 3 Unfamiliar Digestive Issues (What’s in my gut? Part 2)
For starters Digestive issues can be complex, and diagnosing such issues can be time-consuming, to say the (read more)
Extraordinary Vessel – Du Mai
In addition to the 12 main acupuncture meridians that flow along the surface of the body, practitioners (read more)
Seasonal Blues
Seasonal Affective Disorder Overview Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes (read more)
Potent Organs in Spring Time
Spring is generally regarded as a happy season, especially for those that live in areas (like Oregon) (read more)
Let’s talk about breathing
How Your Breathing Relates to Your Movement Written by Brett Jones Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Breathing We (read more)
Acupuncture Treatments for Heart Health
5 Steps to a Healthy Heart with Acupuncture Heart disease includes conditions affecting the heart, such as (read more)
Know Your Heart
An Overview of Hearth Disease By Richard N. Fogoros, MD | Medically reviewed by a board-certified physician (read more)
Move Your way into Summer
Diversify Your Spring Training in the Great Outdoors with FMS Written by Kyle Barrow Monday, March 25, (read more)
Integrated Views of Menopause
Join Courtney Connell this Friday, November 9, at 4:30pm here at Well Balanced, as he lectures on (read more)
Event: Menopause relief through Acupuncture, Herbs and Nutrition
75% of women suffer from some form of menopause symptoms due to hormonal changes. Women do not (read more)
Acupuncture reduces hot flashes, night sweats in menopause
Acupuncture treatments may reduce the frequency of symptoms during menopause. This was the conclusion of a study (read more)
How to prevent and heal autoimmune disease
Inflammation is a “hot” topic in medicine. It appears connected to almost every known chronic disease — (read more)
Grief
Room To Breathe More
Self-love and self-kindness can help create a spacious, generous feeling in life – and room to breathe (read more)
Growing Older
It’s Not Too Late To Start (Moving)
We’ve all heard the jokes about how inevitable random injuries and weight gain are after a certain (read more)
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
It’s no secret that strength training is a popular pastime right now but maybe you wonder what (read more)
What Healing Looks Like
What does healing look like? When an injury occurs or pain rears its head, often the most (read more)
Healing
Unlock the Power of Chiropractic & Strength Training to Escape Pain and Live pain free
Understanding the benefits of chiropractic and strength training Chronic pain, whether it be in the back, neck, (read more)
A Closer Look at What Causes Low Back Pain
Our Western approach to health and healing often addresses the body as a sum of individual parts. (read more)
Is Pain a Side Effect of Menopause?
Most of us remember the cringyness and embarrassment of health classes in middle school, where teachers did (read more)
Find that Spring in Your Step
Have you lost the spring in your step? After a somewhat harsh winter, the trees, the flowers, (read more)
Room To Breathe More
Self-love and self-kindness can help create a spacious, generous feeling in life – and room to breathe (read more)
Finding Room To Breathe
With deadlines looming, appointments and meetings piling up, and life feeling hectic, it can be hard to (read more)
5 Keys for Emotional Balance
Emotional balance (or regulation) is the cultivated skill of recognizing and navigating feelings and their effects without (read more)
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
It’s no secret that strength training is a popular pastime right now but maybe you wonder what (read more)
What Healing Looks Like
What does healing look like? When an injury occurs or pain rears its head, often the most (read more)
Anxiety – Cultivating a Practice of Self-Kindness
It’s about that time of year – the Halloween costumes are back in the closet, the pumpkins (read more)
Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
Pain – moving away from it
How to integrate new movement patterns into a busy life You know the feeling, that sinking sense (read more)
Do you get shoulder pain in the bench press?
Do you get pain on the front of your shoulder during the bench press? You’re not alone. (read more)
Mysterious neck pain? Your breathing may be the problem
What’s the deal with chronic neck tension? Do you have chronic neck tightness, for seemingly no reason? (read more)
How do Polyphenols help Leaky Gut syndrome?
I was five years old, and I wanted to know “Why do adults tell me to eat (read more)
Understanding 3 Unfamiliar Digestive Issues (What’s in my gut? Part 2)
For starters Digestive issues can be complex, and diagnosing such issues can be time-consuming, to say the (read more)
Understanding 4 Common Digestive Issues (What’s in my gut? Part 1)
Common Digestive Issues Gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, and brain fog got you down? The following four (read more)
Is it possible to dissolve scar tissue naturally?
While you’re probably not going to get rid of scar tissue completely, “fibrinolytic enzymes serrapeptase and nattokinase (read more)
Feeling Anxious? How to reduce anxiety with breath & posture
Feeling Anxious? You’re not alone. But did you know anxiety, breathing, and posture are all related? Which (read more)
What’s your favorite position? Positions for amazing sleep!
Still waking up sore? There are three main things I think about, when considering morning soreness. what (read more)
Learn to balance your hormones with our unique approach
Hormone Imbalance Feeling a little… or a lot off? Tired with brain fog, night sweats and lower (read more)
Tired of waking up in pain?
Why do we wake up sore in the morning? So you’ve just started your day and you’re (read more)
Get to know Dr. Aaron Barnard DPT
What are you known for professionally? I am known most for incorporating corrective physical therapy with good (read more)
Acupuncture and dietary advice for peripheral neuropathy
What’s the damage? Do you have hand and/or foot pain, numbness, pain with walking on cold hard (read more)
How to prevent, shorten and inhibit common viruses: A Chinese medicine practitioner opinion
Chinese herbal medicine has saved me many a time from pesky colds and more serious flus over (read more)
Molecular Hydrogen, The Best Antioxidant You’ve Probably Never Heard Of!
Molecular hydrogen is easily in my top 3 favorite supplements ever. Because it’s small, butmighty! Kind of (read more)
Meet Alex Boettcher: A talented fitness coach with a unique style
What are you known for and what do you do professionally? I’ve been a fitness coach for (read more)
From forest bathing to walking barefoot: How to ground your Qi
What is forest bathing? Forest bathing is a term ” that emerged in Japan in the 1980s (read more)
Postural Restoration: One of the best types of physical therapy
What is postural restoration anyway? When I tell people I study from the Postural Restoration Institute® (PRI), (read more)
Beautiful, medicinal, mystical: Healing herbs to grow in your garden
It’s easy, grow your own! Nothing beats the feeling of growing your very own herbs and being (read more)
MEET BRIDGET FRANEK LEMAY, LMT
What are you known for and what do you do professionally? Honestly, I am still probably most (read more)
A Walk In Nature: The Best Way To Improve Your Health
With Summer Comes… As summer approaches more and more of us are getting outside, soaking up the (read more)
The Best Herbs For Stress And Anxiety
Seeking spice Herbs and spices were some of the earliest substances traded on a global scale. Christopher (read more)
The FAQ’s of Chinese Herbal Medicine
First, The fundamentals of Chinese medicine If I told you that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is thousands (read more)
Treasure hunting for reishi and making medicine
The Hunt In my hunt for the highly sought after oregon reishi a.k.a western varnished conk, I (read more)
Dr. Mariel’s Go To Supplements
The Continual Search We are always looking for the next supplement or bio hack that will bring (read more)
The FAQ’s Of Acupuncture
Does acupuncture really work for pain? Did you know that some of the substances released during acupuncture (read more)
Here’s How To Sleep Better At Night And Wake Rested
What is the best time to exercise to improve sleep? Studies show that getting your blood moving (read more)
Discover the top 5 local places for grass fed and pasture raised meats
The Story A couple of years ago I moved back to Eugene, Oregon after being gone for (read more)
Are you hot enough? How to live longer with a Sauna
Introducing Heat When I heard about the life promoting health benefits of heat exposure, I did what (read more)
Protein And Recovery: A Quick Guide
What is it actually? Proteins are complex macronutrients made up of up to 20 different amino acids (read more)
Superfoods For Complete Nutrition: Liver And Other Organ Meats
Leader Of The Pack Imagine you are a wolf, a higher ranking wolf in the pack. If (read more)
Getting excited about CBD lotions, potions and more
Have you tried topical CBD yet? How about during a massage? You’ll be excited to know that (read more)
Allergy Sneason Is Upon Us: How to survive the pollen
In bloom Its that time of year where the days get longer and the sun shines again (read more)
I have a Drinking Problem: How to Hydrate like a Professional
Water and Math: Whats the SUM? You are 60% water. When I first heard this, I thought (read more)
Want a sure fire way to increase muscle mass? Read on about Blood Flow Restriction Therapy
Blood Flow restriction training, what is it? Blood flow restriction training (BFRT) is a modality that is (read more)
How to heal: A comparison between Functional Medicine and Chinese Medicine
First of all, what is functional medicine? Functional medicine is a health oriented, collaborative patient centered model. (read more)
Does ancient medicine hold the secret to better lung health?
TCM and the lungs Within the system of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the lungs are considered one (read more)
Acupuncture treats more than pain. Why it’s an exciting whole body healer and common symptoms it treats.
By Kileen Swenson Lac Acupuncture therapy is a component of traditional Chinese medicine that uses hair thin (read more)
Balancing Thyroid Hormones Naturally
An educational article about balancing thyroid hormones naturally from The Institute for Functional Medicine “The thyroid is (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Eating for optimal health: The Weston A. Price Way By Kileen Swenson Lac, MAOM Understanding the connection (read more)
Prevent caesarean birth with Acupuncture and Physical Therapy
An astounding 33% of pregnant women will undergo the highest surgical procedure in hospitals, with a caesarean (read more)
Worried Sick
A short documentary about living with anxiety Director: Roderick Kergozou de la Boessiere
Clinic procedures for COVID-19
Well Balanced will be reopening on June 1st 2020. Thanks to everyone in our community, Lane County (read more)
Extraordinary Vessel – Du Mai
In addition to the 12 main acupuncture meridians that flow along the surface of the body, practitioners (read more)
OPEN HOUSE
Join us for our Open House, May 17th, 5:30-7:00pm here at Well Balanced! All of our staff (read more)
Temporary fix, or Long Term Results?
The Foot Collective: “Health: It’s not about temporary quick fixes…. It’s about developing long term sustainable behaviors” (read more)
A House Divided Cannot Stand – Boosting Strength Efficiency
The Key to Efficient Strength—Give and Take By Brett Jones Director of Education | StrongFirst Posted on (read more)
Strength Goes Far Beyond What You Can Lift
What Is Your Strength’s Purpose? By Sven Rieger SFG II, SFL Posted on March 26, 2019. 21 (read more)
The Winter Blues and Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is one of a number of alternative or complementary therapies finding its way into mainstream (read more)
Seasonal Blues
Seasonal Affective Disorder Overview Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes (read more)
Potent Organs in Spring Time
Spring is generally regarded as a happy season, especially for those that live in areas (like Oregon) (read more)
Spring Cleansing and Clearing
Springtime has a natural feeling of rejuvenation and rebirth. The days get visibly longer, little green buds (read more)
How we use Crocodile breathing
Take A Deep Breath Written by Brett Jones Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Breathing We have talked (read more)
Let’s talk about breathing
How Your Breathing Relates to Your Movement Written by Brett Jones Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Breathing We (read more)
Acupuncture Treatments for Heart Health
5 Steps to a Healthy Heart with Acupuncture Heart disease includes conditions affecting the heart, such as (read more)
Know Your Heart
An Overview of Hearth Disease By Richard N. Fogoros, MD | Medically reviewed by a board-certified physician (read more)
Moving efficiently
The Fundamental Philosophy of FMS Written by Lee Burton Thursday, November 13, 2014 FMS Have you ever (read more)
Don’t feed the dysfunction, fix it.
Pain, Dysfunction and Load Likely one of Gray’s most famous lines is: “Don’t add strength to dysfunction.” (read more)
Older Adults and Fall Prevention, How Improving Strength Can Help
by Jeffrey A. Alexander Other June 2017 Vol 2, Issue 4 This article reviews common risk factors (read more)
The BUFF-CUP-STRETCH Recovery Combo
As more active people seek complimentary therapeutic tools for muscle recovery, such as percussion massagers and foam (read more)
BuffEnuff for Massage Therapy and Pain Relief
HEALING RECOVERY BENEFITS OF PERCUSSIVE MASSAGE THERAPY SHOWN IN THERMOGRAPY STUDY Posted by April Neill on November (read more)
Move Your way into Summer
Diversify Your Spring Training in the Great Outdoors with FMS Written by Kyle Barrow Monday, March 25, (read more)
Movement, the Lost Art
Are Humans “Born to Move”? What can we learn from the Hadza hunter gatherers of Tanzania? Posted (read more)
Acupuncture treatments for Digestion with Dr. Courtney Connell
Digestive disorders can be simple like flatulence or gas, or they can be much more serious, such (read more)
The Digestion and Whole Body Health with Acupuncture and TCM
Digestion is a complex task performed by the body. Acupuncture can help simplify. It begins in the mouth (read more)
How a Chiropractic Adjustments Affects Your Health
By Stepy Kamei A misalignment in the spinal column may sound like a serious issue, but many (read more)
Breathing for Stress Reduction
Breathing with your belly Diaphragmatic breathing is a type of a breathing exercise that helps strengthen your (read more)
Functional Fitness: Move with purpose.
Functional fitness exercises train your muscles to help you do everyday activities safely and efficiently. Find out (read more)
ACUPUNCTURE IS EXCELLENT FOR PAIN
Acupuncture is widely known for its effectiveness in the treatment of pain. Its unique role in reducing (read more)
Why Are You Having Back Pain?
Written by FMS Thursday, July 19, 2018 FMS If someone tells you they have a bad low back, they (read more)
Acupuncture and Sleep
LAST UPDATED ON JUNE 26, 2017 Perhaps as old as three millennia, acupuncture is an ancient Chinese (read more)
Integrated Views of Menopause
Join Courtney Connell this Friday, November 9, at 4:30pm here at Well Balanced, as he lectures on (read more)
Event: Menopause relief through Acupuncture, Herbs and Nutrition
75% of women suffer from some form of menopause symptoms due to hormonal changes. Women do not (read more)
Acupuncture reduces hot flashes, night sweats in menopause
Acupuncture treatments may reduce the frequency of symptoms during menopause. This was the conclusion of a study (read more)
Heart Health
3 New Reasons to Exercise (that have little to do with losing weight)
We often hear that exercise is useful for weight loss. One can hardly log on to social (read more)
Finding Room To Breathe
With deadlines looming, appointments and meetings piling up, and life feeling hectic, it can be hard to (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Eating for optimal health: The Weston A. Price Way By Kileen Swenson Lac, MAOM Understanding the connection (read more)
Herbs
How do Polyphenols help Leaky Gut syndrome?
I was five years old, and I wanted to know “Why do adults tell me to eat (read more)
Hormones
Balancing Thyroid Hormones Naturally
An educational article about balancing thyroid hormones naturally from The Institute for Functional Medicine “The thyroid is (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Eating for optimal health: The Weston A. Price Way By Kileen Swenson Lac, MAOM Understanding the connection (read more)
Inflammation
Finding Balance in 2024
Welcome to 2024! If your holidays were hectic or eventful, it may feel like we’ve tumbled head-first (read more)
Understanding 3 Unfamiliar Digestive Issues (What’s in my gut? Part 2)
For starters Digestive issues can be complex, and diagnosing such issues can be time-consuming, to say the (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Eating for optimal health: The Weston A. Price Way By Kileen Swenson Lac, MAOM Understanding the connection (read more)
Lifestyle
5 Keys for Emotional Balance
Emotional balance (or regulation) is the cultivated skill of recognizing and navigating feelings and their effects without (read more)
Finding Balance in 2024
Welcome to 2024! If your holidays were hectic or eventful, it may feel like we’ve tumbled head-first (read more)
Pain – moving away from it
How to integrate new movement patterns into a busy life You know the feeling, that sinking sense (read more)
Light
Find that Spring in Your Step
Have you lost the spring in your step? After a somewhat harsh winter, the trees, the flowers, (read more)
Massage
Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
The Winter Blues and Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is one of a number of alternative or complementary therapies finding its way into mainstream (read more)
Seasonal Blues
Seasonal Affective Disorder Overview Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes (read more)
The BUFF-CUP-STRETCH Recovery Combo
As more active people seek complimentary therapeutic tools for muscle recovery, such as percussion massagers and foam (read more)
Menopause
Is Pain a Side Effect of Menopause?
Most of us remember the cringyness and embarrassment of health classes in middle school, where teachers did (read more)
Mobility
3 New Reasons to Exercise (that have little to do with losing weight)
We often hear that exercise is useful for weight loss. One can hardly log on to social (read more)
Finding Balance in 2024
Welcome to 2024! If your holidays were hectic or eventful, it may feel like we’ve tumbled head-first (read more)
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
It’s no secret that strength training is a popular pastime right now but maybe you wonder what (read more)
Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
Hi there!
My name is Rebekah. I recently joined the team at Well Balanced Center for Integrated Care as (read more)
Physical Therapy Mobilization over Chiropractic Adjustment. Here’s why!
A typical chiropractor will perform adjustments for perceived spine subluxations. Although subluxations cannot be seen on X-ray, (read more)
Motherhood
Prevent caesarean birth with Acupuncture and Physical Therapy
An astounding 33% of pregnant women will undergo the highest surgical procedure in hospitals, with a caesarean (read more)
Movement
It’s Not Too Late To Start (Moving)
We’ve all heard the jokes about how inevitable random injuries and weight gain are after a certain (read more)
How to Set Yourself Up for Success when Recovering from Injury
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a seasoned athlete, someone who lifts heavy weights, or someone who (read more)
3 New Reasons to Exercise (that have little to do with losing weight)
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Finding Balance in 2024
Welcome to 2024! If your holidays were hectic or eventful, it may feel like we’ve tumbled head-first (read more)
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
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What Healing Looks Like
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Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
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Pain – moving away from it
How to integrate new movement patterns into a busy life You know the feeling, that sinking sense (read more)
Breathing: How Not to Die, and Feel Great Doing It.
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Natural Remedies
Balancing Thyroid Hormones Naturally
An educational article about balancing thyroid hormones naturally from The Institute for Functional Medicine “The thyroid is (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
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Temporary fix, or Long Term Results?
The Foot Collective: “Health: It’s not about temporary quick fixes…. It’s about developing long term sustainable behaviors” (read more)
Seasonal Blues
Seasonal Affective Disorder Overview Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that comes and goes (read more)
Potent Organs in Spring Time
Spring is generally regarded as a happy season, especially for those that live in areas (like Oregon) (read more)
Spring Cleansing and Clearing
Springtime has a natural feeling of rejuvenation and rebirth. The days get visibly longer, little green buds (read more)
Know Your Heart
An Overview of Hearth Disease By Richard N. Fogoros, MD | Medically reviewed by a board-certified physician (read more)
Breathing for Stress Reduction
Breathing with your belly Diaphragmatic breathing is a type of a breathing exercise that helps strengthen your (read more)
The path into health and healing: An interview with Zoe Fallian
The Path into health and healing can be a straight, clear line, but often it isn’t. Many (read more)
Back pain: common causes and natural remedies
Back pain is one of the most common physical ailments in the United States. In fact, 80% (read more)
Surviving the Northwest during winter
Tips to increase your energy level There are so many great reasons to live in the Northwest: (read more)
Nutrition
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
It’s no secret that strength training is a popular pastime right now but maybe you wonder what (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Eating for optimal health: The Weston A. Price Way By Kileen Swenson Lac, MAOM Understanding the connection (read more)
Pain
How to Set Yourself Up for Success when Recovering from Injury
Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a seasoned athlete, someone who lifts heavy weights, or someone who (read more)
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
It’s no secret that strength training is a popular pastime right now but maybe you wonder what (read more)
What Healing Looks Like
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Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
Hi there!
My name is Rebekah. I recently joined the team at Well Balanced Center for Integrated Care as (read more)
Pain – moving away from it
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Breathing: How Not to Die, and Feel Great Doing It.
Breathing Benefits in Physical Therapy All good gardeners know, pick the low hanging fruit first. In the (read more)
Acupuncture treats more than pain. Why it’s an exciting whole body healer and common symptoms it treats.
By Kileen Swenson Lac Acupuncture therapy is a component of traditional Chinese medicine that uses hair thin (read more)
Untangle
Dr. Ron Siegel – Transforming Chronic Pain-PODCAST Dr. Ron Siegel is a psychologist, author and has been (read more)
Pelvic Health
Prevent caesarean birth with Acupuncture and Physical Therapy
An astounding 33% of pregnant women will undergo the highest surgical procedure in hospitals, with a caesarean (read more)
Physical Therapy
Breathing: How Not to Die, and Feel Great Doing It.
Breathing Benefits in Physical Therapy All good gardeners know, pick the low hanging fruit first. In the (read more)
Physical Therapy Mobilization over Chiropractic Adjustment. Here’s why!
A typical chiropractor will perform adjustments for perceived spine subluxations. Although subluxations cannot be seen on X-ray, (read more)
Pregnancy
Prevent caesarean birth with Acupuncture and Physical Therapy
An astounding 33% of pregnant women will undergo the highest surgical procedure in hospitals, with a caesarean (read more)
Preventative Medicine
Find that Spring in Your Step
Have you lost the spring in your step? After a somewhat harsh winter, the trees, the flowers, (read more)
Understanding 3 Unfamiliar Digestive Issues (What’s in my gut? Part 2)
For starters Digestive issues can be complex, and diagnosing such issues can be time-consuming, to say the (read more)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet
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Relationships
Room To Breathe More
Self-love and self-kindness can help create a spacious, generous feeling in life – and room to breathe (read more)
Self-Healing
Room To Breathe More
Self-love and self-kindness can help create a spacious, generous feeling in life – and room to breathe (read more)
Self-Love
How to Know When To Get Help
In recent years, a groundswell of information and advice for maintaining mental health has occurred. Many therapists (read more)
Find that Spring in Your Step
Have you lost the spring in your step? After a somewhat harsh winter, the trees, the flowers, (read more)
Room To Breathe More
Self-love and self-kindness can help create a spacious, generous feeling in life – and room to breathe (read more)
Sleep
Breathing: How Not to Die, and Feel Great Doing It.
Breathing Benefits in Physical Therapy All good gardeners know, pick the low hanging fruit first. In the (read more)
Strength
It’s Not Too Late To Start (Moving)
We’ve all heard the jokes about how inevitable random injuries and weight gain are after a certain (read more)
Strength Training for Long-term Wellness
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Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
Hi there!
My name is Rebekah. I recently joined the team at Well Balanced Center for Integrated Care as (read more)
Do you get shoulder pain in the bench press?
Do you get pain on the front of your shoulder during the bench press? You’re not alone. (read more)
Physical Therapy Mobilization over Chiropractic Adjustment. Here’s why!
A typical chiropractor will perform adjustments for perceived spine subluxations. Although subluxations cannot be seen on X-ray, (read more)
How we use Crocodile breathing
Take A Deep Breath Written by Brett Jones Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Breathing We have talked (read more)
Let’s talk about breathing
How Your Breathing Relates to Your Movement Written by Brett Jones Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Breathing We (read more)
Moving efficiently
The Fundamental Philosophy of FMS Written by Lee Burton Thursday, November 13, 2014 FMS Have you ever (read more)
Why use SFMA?
Why the SFMA (And Why First Impressions Should Not Be Your Diagnosis) Written by Michele Desser Wednesday, (read more)
Don’t feed the dysfunction, fix it.
Pain, Dysfunction and Load Likely one of Gray’s most famous lines is: “Don’t add strength to dysfunction.” (read more)
Older Adults and Fall Prevention, How Improving Strength Can Help
by Jeffrey A. Alexander Other June 2017 Vol 2, Issue 4 This article reviews common risk factors (read more)
The BUFF-CUP-STRETCH Recovery Combo
As more active people seek complimentary therapeutic tools for muscle recovery, such as percussion massagers and foam (read more)
BuffEnuff for Massage Therapy and Pain Relief
HEALING RECOVERY BENEFITS OF PERCUSSIVE MASSAGE THERAPY SHOWN IN THERMOGRAPY STUDY Posted by April Neill on November (read more)
Move Your way into Summer
Diversify Your Spring Training in the Great Outdoors with FMS Written by Kyle Barrow Monday, March 25, (read more)
Movement, the Lost Art
Are Humans “Born to Move”? What can we learn from the Hadza hunter gatherers of Tanzania? Posted (read more)
Breathing for Stress Reduction
Breathing with your belly Diaphragmatic breathing is a type of a breathing exercise that helps strengthen your (read more)
Why Are You Having Back Pain?
Written by FMS Thursday, July 19, 2018 FMS If someone tells you they have a bad low back, they (read more)
Stress
Room To Breathe More
Self-love and self-kindness can help create a spacious, generous feeling in life – and room to breathe (read more)
Low Back Pain – An Integrated Approach for Restoring Hope
This is how low back pain starts. You rearranged the furniture. You moved to a new city. (read more)
Breathing: How Not to Die, and Feel Great Doing It.
Breathing Benefits in Physical Therapy All good gardeners know, pick the low hanging fruit first. In the (read more)
Worried Sick
A short documentary about living with anxiety Director: Roderick Kergozou de la Boessiere
Supplements
How do Polyphenols help Leaky Gut syndrome?
I was five years old, and I wanted to know “Why do adults tell me to eat (read more)
Women's Health
Is Pain a Side Effect of Menopause?
Most of us remember the cringyness and embarrassment of health classes in middle school, where teachers did (read more)
Acupuncture treats more than pain. Why it’s an exciting whole body healer and common symptoms it treats.
By Kileen Swenson Lac Acupuncture therapy is a component of traditional Chinese medicine that uses hair thin (read more)
Prevent caesarean birth with Acupuncture and Physical Therapy
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