At-Home Shockwave Therapy for ED - Is It Effective? A Review of The Phoenix

At-Home Shockwave Therapy for ED - Is It Effective?  A Review of The Phoenix

Research shows that 40 percent of men in their forties have reported some changes in erectile function - and the incidence and the decline in quality of erections increases with age. Because it’s such a widespread challenge, erectile dysfunction (ED) treatments are proliferating at an accelerated rate. Men are being barraged with solutions, from pills to penis pumps, to address ED, some more evidence-based than others.

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Evidence-Based Tips to Weight Loss - Hacks You May Not Have Considered

Evidence-Based Tips to Weight Loss - Hacks You May Not Have Considered

I recently listened to a Huberman Lab podcast that discussed weight loss concepts that you don’t typically hear about. Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, reviews a number of unique, evidence-based hacks for weight loss. Because we are all inundated with information about the “best” ways to lose weight - keto, intermittent fasting, pills, exercise regimes, etc.

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Weight Gain During Menopause Part Two - What Can Be Done?

Weight Gain During Menopause Part Two - What Can Be Done?

In part one of this series about menopausal weight gain, we discussed the reasons why women tend to put on weight during perimenopause and menopause. Now let’s discuss what to do about it. Many of the variables that impact weight gain during this phase of life can be modified by focusing on what you eat, how you move your body and determining if medications and/or hormone therapy might be right for you.

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Weight Gain in Menopause - WTF?

Weight Gain in Menopause - WTF?

According to Menopause.org, “...there is no scientific evidence that menopause or hormone therapy is responsible for midlife weight gain….Age and lifestyle are the main culprits.” WTF? If you ask any woman in America aged 48-52 - they might just disagree. In fact the majority of my patients are experiencing an unexplainable 10–25 pound weight gain around the age of perimenopause (40-51 on average) and menopause (52+ on average) - despite an increasingly strict focus on diet and exercise.

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Body Composition Analysis - What It Is and Why It’s Important

Body Composition Analysis - What It Is and Why It’s Important

Unlike your bathroom scale, body composition analysis can tell you what percentage of your total body weight comes from fat, muscle, and bone - providing a much more accurate measurement of your overall health and fitness levels. You may have heard of BMI - which measures your weight against your height. But this can be very deceiving - for instance, people with more muscle mass can show up in the “obese” category on the BMI scale.

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Cold Exposure Therapy - Benefits for Weight Loss, Mood and Performance

Cold Exposure Therapy - Benefits for Weight Loss, Mood and Performance

Cold exposure therapy is a brief to extended exposure to cold temperatures via different forms including cold showers, ice baths, cold plunges, etc. There are many well-documented benefits to cold-exposure therapy including a boosted immune system, enhanced mental clarity, anti-depressive benefits, building mental toughness, improved metabolism and metabolic detox.

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Weight Loss Blog #2: Weight Loss Medication Overview - A Review of Rising Medication Stars Including Ozempic, Saxenda, Wegovy and Contrave

Weight Loss Blog #2: Weight Loss Medication Overview - A Review of Rising Medication Stars Including Ozempic, Saxenda, Wegovy and Contrave

As we discussed in our first blog of this series, losing weight and keeping it off can be challenging. Ideally, we like to start by focusing our patients on lifestyle changes - specifically diet and exercise. And while there is no one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition, in our experience, a plant or whole foods-heavy diet with at least some consciousness around carbohydrates and varying degrees of intermittent fasting can be the most effective for weight loss.

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Weight Loss Blog #1: Biology’s a B*tch: The Hard Truths About Weight Loss

Weight Loss Blog #1: Biology’s a B*tch: The Hard Truths About Weight Loss

According to a 2018 CDC report, 56% of women and 42% of men in the U.S. tried to lose weight within the previous 12 months. And research suggests that approximately 80% of people who shed a significant portion of their body fat will not maintain that degree of weight loss for 12 months - and most dieters regain, on average, more than half of what they lose within two years.

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Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy - Benefits for Urinary Incontinence and Beyond

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy - Benefits for Urinary Incontinence and Beyond

Pelvic floor physical therapy is a treatment applied to the pelvic floor muscles. This is a subspecialty of a physical therapist and most pelvic floor PTs have special training allowing them to work on the pelvic floor. The pelvic floor, a group of muscles running from the pubic bone to the tailbone, serves a number of purposes including supporting the pelvic organs, controlling the bladder and bowels, and allowing for healthy sexual arousal and orgasm.

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Kegel Exercises 101 - All About The Kegel

Kegel Exercises 101 - All About The Kegel

Many women - and men - may have heard about Kegel exercises. But so many of our patients wonder what exactly they are and how, precisely, to do them. Kegels can be an excellent exercise to help improve your urinary health as well as your sex life - so learning about what they are and how best to perform them can really contribute to your wellbeing.

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Peyronie’s Disease - What You Need To Know

Peyronie’s Disease - What You Need To Know

Multiple causal factors may contribute to Erectile Dysfunction (ED). Peyronie’s disease, or Peyronie disease, is also a common affliction, affecting up to 23% of the worldwide male population between the ages of 40 and 70 years.* In many cases, Peyronie’s disease leads to ED.

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Premature Ejaculation - Overview & Treatment Options

Premature Ejaculation - Overview & Treatment Options

Premature ejaculation (PE), which is also known as early or rapid ejaculation, is defined according to three essential criteria: (1) loss of control; (2) brief ejaculatory latency (reaching ejaculation in two minutes or less); and (3) psychological distress in the patient and/or partner. PE is a fairly common issue in men, with the Mayo Clinic stating that as many as one third of men report that they experience this problem at some time in their lives.

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Finding The Right Menopause Treatments For Your Symptoms

Finding The Right Menopause Treatments For Your Symptoms

I can’t tell you how many women come to me with stories of being discounted by their OB GYNs or primary care practitioners. Many women’s primary providers (OB GYNs and family medicine) are failing women suffering through menopause - telling them “this is normal and it will pass” or offering them inadequate treatments like antidepressants. And so many women feel like they are losing control over their bodies and wellbeing.

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Menopause Study And Lack Of Education

Menopause Study And Lack Of Education

If you have struggled finding the help you need to address menopausal symptoms, you are not alone. Despite the discomfort women experience during menopause, and treatment options that can improve one’s quality of life and perhaps prevent several chronic diseases, very few women are successfully treated. Today, American women can spend a third or more of their lives struggling with menopausal symptoms and related conditions, many without a clear understanding of what to expect, how to respond and what treatment is possible.

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Watch Out For The First Signs Of Early Menopause Symptoms

Watch Out For The First Signs Of Early Menopause Symptoms

According to an article in AARP, nearly 6,000 women reach menopause every day in America. The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) reports that approximately 75 percent of women experience some kind of menopausal distress. And sadly, for close to 20 percent of these women, night sweats and hot flashes are severe enough to interfere with nearly every significant aspect of their lives: work, relationships and sleep.

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Treating ED with Shockwave (GAINSWave) Therapy: Technology Matters

Treating ED with Shockwave (GAINSWave) Therapy: Technology Matters

Shockwave therapy has been employed in the medical field since the 1980s - used to treat everything from breaking up kidney stones to addressing conditions like joint pain, bursitis, and tendinitis. More recently, physicians and scientists have had encouraging results using this kind of therapy to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). Since shockwave therapy - popularized by marketing company GAINSWave - became popular in the U.S. several years ago,

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Hair Loss - Causes & Treatments

Hair Loss - Causes & Treatments

According to the American Hair Loss Association, By the age of thirty-five, almost 60% of American men will experience some degree of hair loss, and by the age of fifty, approximately 85% of men have significantly thinning hair. And, mistakenly thought to be a strictly male disease, women actually make up 40% of American hair loss sufferers.

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