My Panchakarma Experience: A 21 Day Ayurvedic Cleanse at Mitra Hermitage

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My Panchakarma Experience: A 21 Day Ayurvedic Cleanse at Mitra Hermitage

In the summer of last year, I started to experience headaches, anxiety, and fatigue unlike anything I’d experienced before. Most days I woke up feeling exhausted even after sleeping for 8-9 hours. I could not focus, I had low energy and motivation, and I felt stressed and confused. I was not myself. I’d go through moments of extreme anxiety and brain fog that left me with little desire to live. It was painful.

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Your Hips Don’t Lie: Is Surgery for FAI Worth It?

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Do you ever feel a pinch in your hip when you sit down for an extended period of time? Is it difficult for you to lift your knee towards your chest past 90 degrees? Do you ever feel clicking in your hip when you bend down for a squat? If any of these painful feelings resonate with you, there’s a chance you may have femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), medical lingo for hip impingement. 

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Torn about your meniscus? My experience with knee surgery

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Torn about your meniscus? My experience with knee surgery

During the winter of my junior year in high school, we were finishing up conditioning drills on a cold evening at my soccer practice, and I noticed something was off. My left knee was clicking, and it really hurt this time. At this point, my life revolved around soccer, and I played year-round in hopes of getting recruited onto a D-I college squad. The clicking in my knee was a sign that those chances had just lowered dramatically. 

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Why I started this blog

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About 8 months ago, I jumped off a metaphorical cliff. I decided to leave a tech job and pursue a career helping people get their health on track. While I’m still figuring out exactly what I want to do in the health and wellness world, I’ve realized that I truly enjoy working with people to improve their health and recover from injuries.   

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