Period Health 102: Phase 2 – Luteal Phase or “Progesterone Phase”

Period Health 102: Phase 2 – Luteal Phase or “Progesterone Phase”

by Kristen DeAngelis, RD PHASE 2: LUTEAL PHASE or “PROGESTERONE PHASE” In a nutshell: YOU JUST OVULATED + NOW PROGESTERONE IS RELEASING After ovulation, (where the egg was released from the follicle), the follicle now collapses on itself creating the “corpus luteum”...
Period Health 102: Phase 2 – Luteal Phase or “Progesterone Phase”

Period Health 102: Phase 2 – Luteal Phase or “Progesterone Phase”

by Kristen DeAngelis, RD PHASE 2: LUTEAL PHASE or “PROGESTERONE PHASE” In a nutshell: YOU JUST OVULATED + NOW PROGESTERONE IS RELEASING After ovulation, (where the egg was released from the follicle), the follicle now collapses on itself creating the “corpus luteum”...
Period Health 101: Phase 1 – Follicular Phase

Period Health 101: Phase 1 – Follicular Phase

by Kristen DeAngelis, RD, LDN, RYT, CPT,    In Period Health 101, we discussed the basics of why your period is so important to your health, along with what phases happen throughout the month. In this blog, we’re discussing Phase 1, the Follicular Phase.   PHASE...
Stress & Illness: Are they related?

Stress & Illness: Are they related?

by Kristen Smith, DPT   Did you know that over-exposure to stress accounts for 90 PERCENT of all primary care visits in the U.S? And almost ALL illness is stress related?!   Whether it be caused by stress, aggravated by stress, or causes stress…   Too often we might...

Have you lost your cycle? Healing Secondary Hypothalamic Amenorrhea

  SHA – Secondary Hypothalamic Amenorrhea is an extremely common condition in women between the ages of 24-35. Over 7% (almost 1 in 10) will experience at least a 6 month loss of their cycle. Over 35, at least 4% will lose their cycle at some point.  Reasons why...