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Inspired Health Team

Functional Medicine + Naturopathic Medicine + Acupuncture

This is customized Integrative healthcare – designed to get to the upstream root cause.

Creating lasting strategies for optimal health, and the reversal of chronic disease.

We hope to teach and inspire you along the way.

Inspired Health - Integrative + Functional Medicine Center Team

Dr. Meaghan Dishman

CEO / Doctor

Functional Medicine Naturopathic Doctor
Licensed Acupuncturist

Specialties

Fertility / Infertility
Hormone Health: Adrenal, Thyroid, Sex Hormones
Gut / Digestive Health: IBS, IBD, SIBO
Autoimmune
Energy, Mood, Sleep Optimization
Lifestyle Counseling / Nutrition

Dr Wendy Weintrob ND LAC

Dr. Wendy Weintrob

CEO / Doctor

Functional Medicine Naturopathic Doctor
Licensed Acupuncturist

Specialties

Sleep and Energy optimization
Hormone Health: Adrenal, Thyroid, Sex Hormones
Gut / Digestive Health: IBS, IBD, SIBO
Autoimmune
Lifestyle Counseling / Nutrition

Inspired Health - Integrative + Functional Medicine Center Michelle Hirschy Baker FNP

Michelle Hirschy-Baker

Family Nurse Practitioner

Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner

Specialties

Annual Exams
Autoimmune
Gut / Digestive Health: IBS, IBD, SIBO
Hormone Health: Adrenal, Thyroid, Sex Hormones
Detoxification, mood and sleep issues
Lifestyle Counseling / Nutrition

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🙋‍♀️Not only does @michelles_braveandheal

🙋‍♀️Not only does @michelles_braveandhealthy warm personality light up a room and leave her patients at ease, her expertise is invaluable in setting them on the path to #InspiredHealth 🌿⁠
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Michelle Hirschy-Baker is a native Oregonian and Family Nurse Practitioner who has enjoyed bringing her passion for medicine to patients for more than 15 years. Before coming to Inspired Health, she began integrating functional medicine while practicing at a primary care clinic in Redmond.⁠
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Today, she uses functional medicine and integrated approaches to helping people live better lives through increased energy, better sleep, and healthy digestion. She believes that true health comes from finding the root causes of illness, and partners with patients to develop individual treatment plans that use both traditional and functional medicine✨⁠
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Annual Physical Exams + Well-Woman Exams⁠
Autoimmune⁠
Gut / Digestive Health: IBS, IBD, SIBO⁠
Hormone Health: Adrenal, Thyroid, Sex Hormones⁠
Detoxification, Mood and Sleep issues⁠
Lifestyle Counseling / Nutrition⁠
Chronic Disease Care: Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia⁠
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🌿Her other passions include outdoor photography, mountain biking, hiking and camping. She enjoys all these activities while spending time with her husband and two dogs.⁠
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Would you love to work with Michelle? Check out the link in our bio to schedule an appointment. ⁠

✨We mention hormone health a lot because it's re

✨We mention hormone health a lot because it's really just that important! ✨⁠
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👉The endocrine system is made up of glands that make hormones. It consists of the, hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and pineal glands, and the ovaries and testes. Together, they're responsible for metabolism, growth and development, emotions and mood, fertility and sexual function, sleep, and blood pressure.⁠
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👉One way to optimize hormone health is by eating a variety of foods rich in vitamins B5 and B6 like: ⁠
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avocados⁠
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bananas ⁠
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As if you needed another reason to make that slice of avocado toast 🙃 Are your hormones out of balance? Click the link in our bio to learn more about hormone heath. ⁠

🌿Are you taking a multivitamin? Hopefully! Ever

Wishing you all a weekend of rest and ease 🌱 In

Wishing you all a weekend of rest and ease 🌱 In case you need it, this is your gentle reminder to take some time to slow down, tune in, and just be ✨ ⁠
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📷: @realfunwow

🙋Many of you responded that our last post about

🙋Many of you responded that our last post about #Endometriosis was helpful, so we thought we'd add a part two with some Inspired tips for managing symptoms. 👉Getting to the root cause is important -- and we can help you with that (click the link in our bio to learn more!) -- but in the meantime, you may catch some relief with these at home tips for comfort: ⁠
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✨Acupuncture is known to relieve stress, help balance hormones and manage pain from endometriosis by increasing blood flow and reducing inflammation. ⁠
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✨Heat is your friend! Try a hot water bottle for at least 20 minutes as needed, or up the ante with a castor oil pack. To use, place a clean, soft cloth with castor oil onto your stomach and cover with plastic. Place a heating pad over the plastic and enjoy for 30-60 minutes. Do this daily for 3 days leading up to your cycle.⁠
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✨Sitz Baths: Sit in very warm water (try adding epsom salt for extra relief) for 3 minutes then move to a cold water basin for 1 minute. Go back and forth for a total of 3 times. Try to do this a couple times/day for the few days leading up to your period. ⁠
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👉Check out our last post if you missed it, and save this to refer to when you're having a flare up!

🌼There's been a lot more talk about #endo latel

🌼There's been a lot more talk about #endo lately – and we're so glad there is! What do you know about it?

👉Endometriosis is a painful condition that affects as many as 1 in 10 women in the US.

👉Symptoms include pain with periods, during intercourse, while having a bowel movement or urinating, heavy periods, difficulty getting pregnant, bloating, diarrhea, nausea and fatigue – especially around the time of your cycle.

👉There are several ways endometriosis forms. During menstruation, menstrual blood containing cells from the lining of your uterus may flush into the fallopian tubes and into the pelvis where they implant/grow. Hormones or the immune system may cause a change in the cells lining the abdomen to become more like the cells lining the uterus. Also, cells from the uterus lining (endometrial cells) may become implanted in the abdomen after a surgery involving the uterus such as a hysterectomy or C-section.

🌼So, why do some women have endometriosis and others do not?

👉The answer lies in the immune system and hormone levels. Science has shown that women who have too much estrogen will have a decreased immune response to the endometrial cells being outside the uterus. The normally protective immune cells of the body will not clean the endometrial cells up before they have a chance to grow. Women with endo are also found to have higher levels of inflammatory cells normally meant to fight invaders. As a result of chronic inflammation, the immune system can become overactive and begin to create cells that attack the healthy tissue in the abdomen. This is what causes pain associated with endometriosis.

🌼What can you do?

👉While #endo is not yet classified as an autoimmune disease, the inflammatory nature of it triggers an imbalance in the immune system. Getting to the root cause of the inflammation is key to treatment.

👉It is important to evaluate hormone levels and look for imbalances such as estrogen dominance, look at gut health is vital as we know that this alone is a launching point for autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, and as always, stress management is important.

🌼Reach out if you have questions or think we can help!

Doing everything "right" and still struggling to o

Doing everything "right" and still struggling to obtain your ideal weight? It might be hormones 🤯⁠
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Let's break it down:⁠
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👉Our endocrine system is a series of glands throughout the body that are responsible for producing hormones that are responsible for respiration, metabolism, reproduction, movement, sexual development and growth. ⁠
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👉Cortisol is gives us a clear mind, energy and adaptability during times of stress. However, it is not meant to be a constant source to get us through every day. When stress is continuous and cortisol is pumping out constantly, it can begin to have negative effects on our body. Elevated cortisol shuts down digestion and slows your metabolism- after all, would you be thinking about digestion, elimination and procreation if a bear is chasing you? Because of cortisol’s functions, prolonged stress and high levels of this hormone cause elevated blood sugar, storage of belly fat, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and loss of muscle. ⁠
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👉When sex hormones estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are imbalanced, weight gain is often a side effect. When we have increasing levels of fat storage in our bodies, the fat cells can actually contribute to producing more hormone imbalance- a double whammy of weight loss sabotage! We have to consider outside factors that affect our sex hormones, especially environmental toxins. These toxins function as endocrine disruptors meaning they disrupt the functions of our hormones and impede our natural systems. Excess cortisol also steals from normal hormone production because again, survival is priority! ⁠
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👉So what can you do to support your endocrine system and level out hormones to promote weight loss? Three easy suggestions: ⁠
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🧘‍♂️Meditate or practice breathwork to manage stress⁠
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🍠Increase fiber in your diet, which helps eliminate toxins and extra estrogen from your body. ⁠
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❌Avoid endocrine disruptors! It's easy to look these up online; some of the most commons ones include BPA, Triclosan, Glyphosate and Phthalates. ⁠
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Check out the link in our bio👆 for more about the connection between weight loss and hormones!

Today is #EarthDay 🌍and we can't help but notic

Today is #EarthDay 🌍and we can't help but notice the parallels between the way conservation efforts should be approached and the 6 Principles of Naturopathic medicine. Ponder these and consider how *everything is connected*: ⁠
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✨The healing power of nature — vis medicatrix naturae⁠
The body has the inherent ability to establish, maintain, and restore health. The healing process is ordered and intelligent; nature heals through the response of the life force. The physician’s role is to facilitate and augment this process, to identify and remove obstacles to health and recovery, and to support the creation of a healthy internal and external environment.⁠
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✨Identify and treat the cause — tolle causam⁠
Illness does not occur without cause. Underlying causes of disease must be discovered and removed or treated before a person can recover completely from illness. ⁠
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✨First do no harm — primum no nocere⁠
The process of healing includes the generation of symptoms, which are, in fact, expressions of the life force attempting to heal itself. Therapeutic actions should be complementary to and synergistic with this healing process. The physician’s actions can support or antagonize the actions of vis medicatrix naturae; therefore, methods designed to suppress symptoms without removing underlying causes are considered harmful and are avoided or minimized.⁠
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✨Treat the whole person — in perturbato animo sicut in corpore sanitas esse non potest⁠
Health and disease are conditions of the whole organism, involving a complex interaction of physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, and social factors. The physician must treat the whole person by taking all of these factors into account. ⁠
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✨The physician as teacher — docere⁠
A cooperative doctor–patient relationship has inherent therapeutic value. The physician’s major role is to educate and encourage the patient to take responsibility for his or her own health. The physician is a catalyst for healthful change, empowering and motivating the patient to assume responsibility. ⁠
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✨Curious about acupuncture?✨⁠ ⁠ With more

✨Curious about acupuncture?✨⁠
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With more than 30 years of combined experience, @drwendynd and @dr.meaghandishman synthesize thousands of years of ancient healing wisdom and insight 🌌 with the best of modern medicine. ⁠
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The Inspired Health approach is steeped in an understanding of the foundation of Classical Chinese Medicine, where all of nature exists in a state of ⚖️ balance. When the normal flow of energy (Qi) and blood is moving, there is an absence of dis-ease ✨ ⁠
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👉Acupuncture moves the Qi and Blood – to increase energy and circulation, relax your nervous system, decrease inflammation, and stimulate a healthy immune response.⁠
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👉Some of the common symptoms and conditions our patients use Acupuncture for: ⁠
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Anxiety / Depression⁠
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Autoimmune disease⁠
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Chronic pain: Low Back Pain, Neck Pain, Upper Back Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain⁠
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Chronic stress⁠
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Energy / Fatigue⁠
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Gut health (GI disorders)⁠
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Hormone imbalance: Menopause, Peri-menopause, ⁠
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Menstrual Cramps, Low Testosterone⁠
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Infertility / Fertility⁠
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Insomnia⁠
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Motor Vehicle Accident Injury + Pain⁠
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Skin Conditions: Eczema, Psoriasis, Acne⁠
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Weight Gain⁠
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Wellness / Preventive care

🌿Click the link in our bio to learn more!

☀️Our practitioners approach Adrenal Dysfuncti

☀️Our practitioners approach Adrenal Dysfunction and its associated symptoms through an analysis of the “Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis,” or HPA Axis for short. ⁠
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👉This critical pathway connects the Brain (Hypothalamus + Pituitary) and the body’s Adrenal glands and regulates how the body responds to stress. When the HPA-Axis is out of balance the brain can overstimulate the adrenal glands, causing an excess production of the stress hormone cortisol. Not only can there be excess production of cortisol, but there can also be a deficiency of cortisol. Both excess and deficient cortisol can lead to fatigue.⁠
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👉So, what can you do to optimize your adrenal health? Focus on obtaining: ⁠
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🥦A healthy, nutrient-rich whole-foods based diet⁠
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😴Adequate sleep⁠
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🏃‍♀️Daily movement and exercise⁠
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🧘‍♂️Mindfulness, meditation and relaxation ⁠
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🌿Incorporating nutraceuticals and adaptogens like L-theanine, B12, Ashagawanda and Cordyceps (with guidance of course!)⁠
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👉Read more about Adrenal health at the link in our bio! ⁠
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As the week closes with so much heaviness in the n

As the week closes with so much heaviness in the news cycle, we want to remind you to be gentle with yourselves and each other 💕⁠
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Our wish for all beings is peace, safety, joy, and good health ✨ We stand unequivocally with the Black community and all marginalized people during this period of unrest, and always. ⁠We stand with those affected by gun violence and their families and communities.
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🌼Your house is probably not the only thing that

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