Cortisone Injections: A Safe and Effective Treatment for Many Common Diagnoses
As a naturopath, I always look for the most natural options for treatment. Sometimes this is looking at overall diet and lifestyle changes that can modify inflammation in the body. Sometimes this is looking at regenerative injections like prolotherapy or platelet-rich plasma. And other times, corticosteroids are the best option.
Iron Infusions: A Safe Tool for Many When Iron Pills Aren't Cutting It
The dust has settled.
August is calling me in...
I can do hard things. These hard things don’t make me look pretty. I revert to old immobilizing anxiety patterns. My mouth breaks out with mouth sores. The lack of sleep from rumination adds to the cascade of tiny steps backwards I have been taking most days. BUT. I can get through it. I’m not rushing moving through it either. I’m savoring every lesson. Feeling through every day and emotion. Allowing the lessons to sink in deeper than ever before. I’m humbled by the bravery my old and new friends have shown me in staying with me through it all. There is so much to keep me going, especially on the hard days.
May I see you out?
I can’t remember the last time I was this busy! While I tend to do my best work when I am overburdened and scheduled to the max, I can’t help but ask myself if I’m running from something or trying too hard. I have to say that all of these things have flowed so naturally and easily that I didn’t really question them until my mentor pointed out how attractive it is for the world to bring so many things to me… rather than allow the world to unfold for me.
Tripping into Clinical Internship...
Last week was rough finding time for all of my passion projects… as in I didn’t find as much as I needed. I officially started as a fourth-year naturopathic medical student, which means I began my internship. Unlike medical doctors who get four years of medical training and then multiple years of residency (the first of which is known as their internship year), we get three years of medical training and then a year of internship, all within the context of our four-year doctorate level of education.
The intern year for naturopaths is where we get to see patients and work under licensed naturopathic doctors and learn through hands-on experience. It’s also known as our clinical year, which is meant to prepare us for working as independent, licensed naturopathic doctors within a year and a half’s time.
WILY... May is Here!
