When a health care professional utters words like crash, drop, anxiety, imbalance, side effects, suffering and chronic, most people listen up. If these words concern your own health, a cautious first step forward often involves research, consultations and finding a specialist who thoroughly understands what literally hangs in the balance — your future. Referrals can become a lifeline, especially when hormones are the feisty culprit nudging you, sometimes catapulting you and your life completely off balance.
When Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRPN) Becky McClure, founder of Renewed Vitality, unravels disturbing symptoms for patients, she’s often in front of them telling her own story. McClure knows from personal experience how challenging and exhausting hormonal imbalance can be and how this diagnosis affects all aspects of life. When she found a solution, McClure believed so strongly in rescuing other women from this sentence that she eagerly changed career paths so she could transform women as she had been transformed.
Pellet Therapy
“Pellets gave me my life back,” explains McClure. “My story sells this business.” She had a hysterectomy at age 36 and jumped off the diving board into menopause early. “I worked in the traditional world, had a family and career, and was offered the same limited medications all women were offered at the time. I suffered anxiety, hot flashes and more for two and a half years. I felt like I couldn’t work and have a family at the same time.”
Transdermal Benefits
Just when the deep water of menopause threatened to overwhelm her, a trusted mentor, Dr. William West, threw her a life jacket called pellets. This hormone replacement is transdermal: placed under the skin. A patient’s liver is minimally impacted, there is low risk of clotting and few side effects. “These small estrogen dissolvable implants improve sleep and cognition, eliminate hot flashes, night sweats, decrease moodiness and irritability, plus increase vaginal moisture, encourage bone growth and lower cholesterol,” reveals McClure. “I have used pellets for more than 20 years. I changed my career and how I lived my life,” she adds.
McClure’s staff, including her husband, Christopher, believe in pellets and recognize their benefits. “Many women don’t want to use synthetics. Pellets are better for our brain, heart, and they lower our risk of colon cancer. Perimenopause and menopause are treatable,” McClure emphasizes. “We want to change the myths about menopause.
We help women understand their own bodies. At Renewed Vitality, you’ll get an education. Patients always have a choice,” she adds.
Hormone Replacement for Men
Surprisingly, McClure has also seen a vast increase in men seeking help for hormonal imbalances as well. “Our male population has grown immensely,” she confirms, knowing well that men form a brotherhood and share positive experiences so others can benefit as well.
Christopher McClure agrees. “Becky and staff are the pioneers for treating men and women with symptoms in our area. We will educate and assist in educating patients on HRT (hormone replacement therapy).” Renewed Vitality is located at 560 Van Reed Rd., Ste. 101 in Wyomissing and can be reached at 484.516.2937. Visit online at renewedvitality4you.com.
Bioenergetic Testing
Another sophisticated resource is Core Health Chiropractic. Dr. Sarah Balthaser, who earned her master’s degree in public health, is part of the team with her husband, Jason. Their services begin with a thorough, whole-person review. Their goal is to “bring the body back into balance,” and they do so through bioenergetic testing alongside chiropractic care.
Unfamiliar with Bioenergetic testing? It’s a fascinating trend with in-depth explanations that involve physics, energy and your overall health. According to betterbrainandbody.com, Bioenergetic testing is a holistic and non-invasive scan that assesses a person’s health and well-being by measuring their body’s energy or “energetic signature.” At Core Health, this scan helps detect imbalances, which can affect many components of a person’s overall health and well-being. When this “fingerprint of your energy” is revealed, that’s when Core Health gets down to business.
HOME TEST KITS
You can order a convenient home test kit, then receive a detailed report to help you improve overall health. “We have had success with utilizing this noninvasive test to get to the root cause of symptoms that may go unidentified when supporting hormones and overall health with everyone from small kids to those in perimenopause,” says Balthaser. “A huge asset to this style of testing is not only can we identify imbalances and sensitivities in food, toxins, hormones and nutritional deficiencies, but it also gives us a clear picture as to what supplements can support our body to create changes in symptoms.”
Core Health Chiropractic is at 1057 Van Reed Rd., Reading, and can be reached at 610.750.9131 or online at corehealthberks.com.
