Recent Wellness Articles
Beautiful Michigan summers mean many things—among them, shorts. Does the idea make you cringe, due to spider or varicose veins? Venous insufficiency affects more than 30 million Americans, women significantly more often. The good news: Solutions are available!...
Clean beauty is not mean beauty. Although there may be some who judge others, I believe in educating and empowering others in their beauty and product choices, rather than judging. What Is Clean Beauty? Clean beauty means there are no known toxins in the formula....
I've frequently talked about the Perfect Storm of midlife and menopause, which are the years leading up to your final period. During these years, the stage is set for the rest of your life. Your future health is determined, including the age you are likely to...
Do you cross your legs when you sneeze? Have you ever laughed so hard, tears ran down your legs? Let’s talk about your pelvic floor. What? A pelvic floor? What is that? Do I have one? As a pelvic floor physical therapist, these are questions I experience regularly....
Meditation is a skill to calm your mind and realize the abundant source of energy within you. It is a practice of yoga that gives you a deep form of rest—like sleep, but not exactly sleep. Meditation is not concentration: It is de-concentration. It is letting go. Rest...
On March 21, 2018, a group of women gathered in Spectrum Health's Cardiovascular Simulation Center to learn how Spectrum has been making strides in treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the most common inherited cardiovascular disease. The women are part of Ladies...
Most of us sit frequently during the day. Some of us even have jobs where we have to sit nearly the entire day, pounding away at a computer, hour after hour. According to new research, people who sit for long periods are at greater risk of early mortality. Even if you...
After spending decades with men blaming our bad moods on PMS, we hate to point fingers at hormones, but ... "Hormones do play a large role in sex drive," said Nisha McKenzie, PA-C, IF, CSC, Grand Rapids OB/GYN and Director of the Center for Women's Sexual Health....
Reports abound that this generation of adolescents is experiencing anxiety and depression at unprecedented rates. What gives? "With kids, what's really hard right now is social media," said Heather Lacy, LMSW, at Forest View Hospital in Grand Rapids. Kids...
Women of West Michigan, you asked ... and the Center for Women's Sexual Health has answered! Sex Educators Heather Alberda BA, CSE; Sara Apol MPH; Justine Braford, LMSW; and Nisha McKenzie PA-C, IF, CSC, will lead monthly seminars and quarterly workshops designed to...