What are the FACTS on childhood obesity? Childhood obesity more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years Age 6-11 years: obesity increased from 7% in 1980 to 18% in 2012 Age 12-19 years: obesity increased from 5% in 1980 to 21% in 2012 In 2012, more than 1/3 ofRead more
Happy Fall! 🍂 Fall means it’s time for school routines, pumpkins, crockpot meals, and…Fall sports seasons! Maybe your family is getting back into sports after an extended break during the pandemic or you’re trying out a sport for the first time! Either way, it is important to discuss children’s wellness and injury prevention to keep upRead more
Have you had your 5 year old told that he or she needs to be playing soccer year round starting NOW if they want to get a college scholarship someday? Perhaps, that seems funny and slightly exaggerated- however- this is becoming a real issue for today’s generation of kids. From a physical therapy perspective andRead more
In the U.S. between 2002 and 2015, there was a 4.8% increase per year of type 2 diabetes for youths under 20 years of age. Sadly, these rates are only going to be increasing if we as parents and as a society don’t make an effort to reverse the obesity epidemic. How does being anRead more
As Catholics, how do we approach sexuality? Natural Family Planning (NFP) is not Catholic contraception or Roman roulette. NFP respects the power of fertility and couples choose to abstain during a time of fertility if wanting to avoid pregnancy using the best medical science at hand. Contraception is an intentional act to destroy the powerRead more
PCOS stands for Polycystic Ovarian syndrome and affects between 5-10% of women of reproductive age. The criteria for diagnosis has some variations but the most commonly used one involves the presence of irregular or absent menstrual periods in combination with excess androgens (male hormones) or evidence of them (male type facial/body hair) and possibly polycysticRead more
Recently, a young woman told me she wanted control over her body and had an IUD implanted by another physician. My thought was that now the IUD had control over her fertility, not her. Despite giving her information that the IUD is an abortifacient and that with charting she would be educated and therefore inRead more
◻️ What are glucose and insulin? ◻️ How do glucose and insulin impact fertility? ◻️ How do we diagnose problems in glucose and insulin metabolism? ◻️ How do we treat these problems? During this webinar, Dr. Mary Davenport discusses how our blood sugar and insulin levels play an integral part when trying to conceive. GetRead more
Infertility is a sign of an underlying disease and not a diagnosis in itself. With restorative reproductive approaches such as NaProTechnology, underlying diseases are targeted and then corrected to restore optimal health. Healthy parents are more likely to conceive and have healthy pregnancies and children. Targeting the underlying disease also applies to general health asRead more
Infertility is a sign of an underlying disease and not a diagnosis in itself. With restorative reproductive approaches such as NaProTechnology, underlying diseases are targeted and then corrected to restore optimal health. Healthy parents are more likely to conceive and have healthy pregnancies and children. Targeting the underlying disease also applies to general health asRead more
