Laurie Steelsmith, ND, LAc, is a naturopathic physician, acupuncturist, certified Iyengar yoga teacher and passionate spokesperson for educating and empowering women to transform their lives with better health through natural medicines and practices that work with, rather than against, the body’s own healing processes. She is coauthor of three books—the best-selling Natural Choices for Women’s Health, the critically acclaimed Great Sex, Naturally and her latest, Growing Younger Every Day. A leading advocate for natural medicine, Dr. Steelsmith is the medical director of Steelsmith Natural Health Center in Honolulu, where she has a busy private practice, and is an associate clinical professor at Bastyr University, America’s leading center for the study of natural medicine. DrSteelsmith.com
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If nothing seems to relieve your pain, your body’s fascia may hold the solution. Naturopathic physician Laurie Steelsmith, ND, joins Sarah Hiner to explain.
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Cheryl’s soft tissue and joint pain kept her from using her hands for anything but the most vital tasks. Here, the diet and home changes that resolved it completely.
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) can be the root cause of excessive gas and alternating constipation and diarrhea. The diet and more to get your insides healthy.
Occasional discomfort in hand joints progressed so that daily tasks—typing, cooking, carrying groceries—were painful. Here’s the way to relief.
Chamomile is more than a nice drink at bedtime. It strengthens immunity, eases PMS, relieves eczema, lowers anxiety, boosts oral health and more.
Fascia, which connects muscles, organs and bones, affects chronic pain, posture and movement. Here, the best exercises and therapies for fascial health.
How to rebuild your body’s systems after you have healed from coronavirus
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There are no proven treatments for COVID-19, but natural approaches help patients ease symptoms and support a healthy immune response for a faster recovery.
Music can affect your brain and body. What you should listen to (and avoid) to promote wellness, help you focus, improve performance, make you happier.
Is chiropractic care right for you, or is there a better approach to healing musculoskeletal pain? And what should you do when an injury happens?
Yoga sparks change from the inside out. Those I recommend it to find that they eat, sleep and work better, exercise more, and love deeper. You can too.
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From happy and involved to persistent sadness and pain, the cause (and cure) of this deep depression was rooted in the patient’s move to her new home.
