Self Care, 2017, Acupuncture, New Year Resolutions, Goals
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Self Care in the New year

Self Care, 2017, Acupuncture, New Year Resolutions, Goals

As 2016 comes to a close, we look forward to a clean slate and new potentials

 

Many people enjoy keeping with the tradition of making New Year Resolutions. These yearly resolutions are wonderful because they allow us to be mindful of the gifts of both time and self-agency. The transition encourages us to re-assess our lives, be grateful for what we have, and then attempt to improve upon our shortcomings to better ourselves.

 

Unfortunately, many get into the new year almost expecting to fail at their goals. Fortunately, acupuncture is on your side when it comes to self-care in 2017! There are several ways acupuncture supports your new year goals no matter what they might be. For example, the most common new year resolutions are some variations of losing weight or getting fit, eating healthier, decreasing stress or increasing mindfulness, and quitting smoking. Acupuncture can help support all of these goals and more.

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5 ways to Improve Sleep Naturally

5 ways to Improve Sleep Naturally

Here are 5 ways to improve sleep naturally. Learn to decrease insomnia, improve energy, and feel better every day. Remember it is important to identify the cause of why you may be having interrupted or poor sleep by speaking with a physician.

Stress Management

Recognizing stress and your response to stress is an important step to improve sleep naturally. Excess stress due to work, school, financial, or even health-related stress can increase your cortisol levels. Increased cortisol levels can negatively affect the quality and consistency of sleep. Over time this can affect blood sugar elevation and weight gain. Mind body medicine techniques, acupuncture, and massage are great ways to help deal with stress.

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Lose Weight Naturally

Lose Weight Naturally with the Rebel Med NW Program

Losing weight is a side effect of feeling healthy and having increased energy.  At Rebel Med Northwest in Ballard, our physicians take a holistic medical assessment to determine where you are with your health. We then support your goals for losing weight, maximizing your body’s ability to handle stress, improving sleep, and encouraging a functional digestive system all to facilitate natural and sustained weight-loss.  We make it as easy as possible for you to keep your body moving and feeling well with a customized weight loss plan that fits your schedule and other needs.

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Natural Anxiety Treatment
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Natural Anxiety Treatment in Seattle

Natural Anxiety Treatment in Ballard, Seattle

Naturopathic Physicians are uniquely capable of supporting patients with natural anxiety treatment methods as primary care physicians. Utilizing the same methods for assessing anxiety, providing appropriate referrals to counselors, but also integrating several areas of medicine to treat a patient holistically from the beginning.

At Rebel Med Northwest, licensed Naturopathic Physicians counsel patients about understanding their anxiety triggers. We help patients re-establish the mind body connection and create an environment for a patient to recover from periods of anxiety, or acute stressors to the nervous system. This allows the person to recover from the negative consequences that chronic or traumatic stress has on the body over time including digestive deregulation, weight gain, headaches, fatigue, and much more.

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Natural Low Back Pain treatment in Ballard chiropractic
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Chiropractic Alternative

Chiropractic vs Naturopathic Manipulation

Trigger Point Injection being performed as a treatment prior to a spinal manipulation treatment

Naturopathic Physicians can mobilize the spine using naturopathic manipulations similar to chiropractic techniques.  Dr. Andrew Simon, & Dr. Kathy Severson at Rebel Med NW in Ballard provide a wide range of treatment options including, manual manipulation, therapeutic stretching, activator technique, drop table techniques, pelvic blocking, active release techniques and more.  A difference in philosophy guides naturopathic physicians who aim to resolve the root cause of the structural imbalance, and to minimize the force and frequency of spinal manipulations. A Naturopathic Physician has the unique integration of care for patients because we are able to order imaging, prescribe medications, and perform manipulations on the spine.

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Rebel Med NW Ballard Seattle Functional Medicine Integrative concierge medicine
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Ballard Integrative Medical Clinic

Welcome to Rebel Med NW located in Ballard, Seattle, WA

Ballard’s Functional Medicine & Integrative Medical Clinic in Seattle

Rebel Med NW Ballard Seattle Functional MedicineWelcome to Rebel Med NW, a Ballard functional medicine & integrative medical clinic providing the surrounding communities of Crown Hill, Fremont, Greenlake, Magnolia and the Greater Seattle area with services to improve health and wellness naturally through our various modalities including: Naturopathic Medicine, Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine, Physical Medicine, Biofeedback and more!

Our award winning Seattle Top Doctors provide health modalities that hit multiple areas of performance, wellness, and overall medical care including, spinal manipulation, therapeutic and postural exercise, healthy diet & nutrition, and fostering an improved awareness of what it means to be fit and well.

Make sure to follow us for latest updates, events, and offerings on our social media channels: facebook, twitter, or instagram!

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Incorporating High Intensity Intervals Into Your Workout with a 7-Minute Exercise

7 Minute Exercise – HIIT Exercise

Are you a time-conscious adult? Setting exercise goals take less time than you think: A basic workout can be done in a 7-minute exercise using your own body weight as resistance. This is a great way to practice high-intensity interval training also known as HIIT.

Research from the American College of Sports Medicine supports high-intensity circuit training using one’s own body weight in a routine that takes only 7 minutes. Depending on how much time you have, you can perform this routine once in the morning and 2-3 times later in the day, getting a great workout with great health benefits in less than 30 minutes.

Follow along at home using this YouTube video or using the 7 Minute exercise Workout app available for your iPhone or Android.

Benefits of short-duration high-intensity interval training (HIIT)

  • Promotes strength in all major muscle groups
  • Balances strength throughout the body
  • Can be modified to increase intensity, endurance or duration
  • Improves insulin sensitivity for blood-sugar regulation to help Lose Weight Naturally
  • Increases circulation and cardiovascular benefits to lower hypertension naturally
  • Supports overall mood and energy
  • Eliminates the need for equipment or facilities (your body weight is the equipment)
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