Women's Health, Yoga, Expecting and New Moms, Physical Therapy
Jade Admin
What to Know Before 'Flattening the Mummy Tummy'

The recent article by NPR, Flattening The 'Mummy Tummy' With 1 Exercise, 10 Minutes A Day,  starts off with a sensational, grabbing title. A click bait title that we wouldn't expect from a trusted news source like NPR. But it certainly got your attention, especially if you recently had a baby and now are feeling a little weak around the core. And since this is NPR this should be safer than something random you pull off the internet, right? Well, yes and no.

What to Know Before 'Flattening the Mummy Tummy'
Acupuncture, Yoga
Jade Admin
Yoga for Addiction Recovery, Part 1

With addiction, deep fractures are drawn between our mind and our body, our needs and our habits, our emotions and our actions, and in the relationships that we have to ourselves and to others. Yoga, on the other hand, is connection.

Yoga for Addiction Recovery, Part 1
Acupuncture, Physical Therapy, Yoga, Women's Health, Expecting and New Moms
Jade Admin
Stress Awareness Month

It's a great time to pay attention to how stress is affecting you. Common stressors include work, family, money, children, illness and more. Stress can impact both your body and your mind causing symptoms such as muscular pain, irritability, fatigue, and headaches. Here's how we can help...

Stress Awareness Month
Expecting and New Moms, Physical Therapy, Prenatal, Women's Health
Jade Admin
Recovering from your C-Section

According to CDC data, 32% of women delivering a baby did so via C-section in 2015. Some of these are elective (planned) & others unplanned or emergent. If you are one of the 32%, what can you expect following a C-section? 

Recovering from your C-Section
Kimberly Buonaiuto
Understanding Your Health Insurance

Do you feel like your insurance coverage gets more confusing each year? That’s probably because it does! It seems like each year there is another rule or exception to your plan but the cost keeps going up. Here at Jade, we are often asked, “how much will this cost?” The answer isn’t as easy at it seems.

Understanding Your Health Insurance

Newsletters

National Breastfeeding Week Starts Today

Are you expecting a little one? Are you a new mom already? If so this information is for you! Today marks the start of National Breastfeeding Week, and in celebration of all that mother’s give us as children we are putting together some information on post partum support groups for lactating mommas. We also want to touch base on the ever so stressful words “low milk supply,” and give you moms some information on how we can help. The perils of a new mom are extensive enough without having to worry about feeding your little.

Low milk supply can be extremely frustrating to deal with. Luckily most OBGYN physicians now know that this problem can be treated naturally with supplements, herbal formulations, increasing fluid intake, and a course of acupuncture or acupressure if needed. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), insufficient milk production is said to be the result of disharmony of Qi within the body, more specifically the spleen and liver. Acupuncture works to open up the flow of Qi, which in turn reduces pain and inflammation, as well as working to increase the flow of fluids to the area through prolactin stimulation. A qualified practitioner of TCM, like our own John Charlebois, will be able to select the appropriate treatment plan for you.

Looking for a support group to talk about your breastfeeding experience instead of a one on one treatment with a practitioner?  Check out these local area groups that offer family support and resources.

breastfeeding-iconBirth Roots 101 State St, Portland, ME 04102 www.ourbirthroots.org 

La Leche League Bridgton – Beth 693-4793 email: kmbrown@pivot.net Brunswick – Colette 833-2863 email: cgatchell@gwi.net Kennebunk – Gwen 967-0398 email: gvesenka@yahoo.com Portland – Ashley 773-6985 email: alasbury@gmail.com

http://www.lllusa.org/MENH/Maine

Lactation Connection at Mercy, The Birthplace at Mercy Hospital 175 Fore River Pkwy, Portland, 553-6340 http://www.mercyhospital.org/content/lactationconnection.htm

Breastfeeding Forum at Maine Medical Center 22 Bramhall St., Portland, ME 04102 http://www.mmcfamilybirth.org/en-us/Childbirth-Education/Pages/AdjustingtoPostpartum.aspx#bs

The Breastfeeding Center of Maine 101 State Street, Portland, ME 04101 207-775-MILK (6455)

Mom to Mom of Maine

http://momtomomofme.org/

If you have specific questions for John and his treatment of low milk supply or any other post partum related issues, you can schedule a free 30 minute consultation by calling our office at (207) 773-5778.