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What’s the Link? Does Gut Health Contribute to Anxiety?

Dr. Alexandra Shustina September 3, 2024 No Comments

Understanding Gut Health and the Connection to Mental Health The digestive tract is a complex system of organs that function to break down food, absorb nutrients, and eliminate waste from…

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Solving 5 Common Digestive Issues in Women

Dr. Alexandra Shustina August 20, 2024 No Comments

What is Gut Health? Gut health is central to complete health and wellbeing. It incorporates the actual functioning of the digestive system, its motility (movement), ability to effectively absorb nutrients,…

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Functional Medicine: A Holistic Approach to Healing Your Gut

Dr. Alexandra Shustina August 9, 2024 No Comments

Understanding Gut Health What is Gut Health? Gut health refers to a well-functioning digestive system which is properly balanced in its inner workings. It allows for the proper digestion of…

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Top Ways to Boost Your Gut Health for a Happier You

Dr. Alexandra Shustina August 8, 2024 No Comments

What is a Healthy Gut Microbiome? The microbiome is the complex system of “bugs” which live inside and outside of our bodies. Most of these organisms are in the large…

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A Guide on Utilizing Breathwork Therapy for Coping with Crohn’s Disease

Akiva Rivera April 16, 2024 No Comments

Crohn’s disease is a lasting ailment affecting the digestive system impacting an individuals daily life significantly. While traditional treatments concentrate on symptom management there is a growing interest in therapies…

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Tasty Foods To Heal Your Gut

Dr. Alexandra Shustina February 27, 2023 No Comments

By Dr. Alexandra Shustina, DO In today’s times, food for many people has become the root of many diseases. The Standard American Diet (SAD) is inflammatory, nutritionally poor, and toxic.…

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Visceral Manipulation

Dr. Alexandra Shustina June 2, 2019 No Comments

By Dr. Alexandra Shustina, DO Visceral manipulation (VM) is a type of Osteopthic Manipulative Therapy (OMT) targeting the internal organs of the body. It is a gentle manual therapy to…

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Taming the Irritable Bowel

Dr. Alexandra Shustina April 25, 2019 No Comments

The root cause of IBS By Dr. Alexandra Shustina, DO Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS is somewhat of a mystery in western medicine. Many have gone to doctors with symptoms…

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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease ( GERD)

Dr. Alexandra Shustina April 18, 2019 No Comments

Put out the fire! By Dr. Alexandra Shustina, DO The feeling the chest is on fire after eating can be from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or GERD. This is affecting more…

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Doctor’s Top 10 health Solutions

Dr. Alexandra Shustina April 18, 2019 No Comments

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