Natural Alternatives Center for Wellness

   WE'RE MOVING ON UP! THE NATURAL ALTERNATIVES CENTER FOR WELLNESS BLOG  HAS MOVED!!!!!!! During the redesign of the Natural Alternatives Website, our blog has been moved to. . .  Natural Alternatives Center for Wellness Blog And if you haven't already, check out the new look of our website! See you on the treatment table. . . Warmly, Dr Stephanie 

Why Acupuncture for Endometriosis? Dr Stephanie Lipnicki, DACM, LAc  I can remember when I was attending Acupuncture school having the notion that I wanted to specialize in treating Gynecological disorders and fertility. When I left PCOM (the school I attended) and started converting my Massage Therapy practice over to Acupuncture, I felt that in the small town where I practice (Allentown NJ not PA), I needed to be able to help bring balance to everyone's lives.  So why then did I decide to specialize in endometriosis? After a major health crisis in 2017 (and no I have not written that whole story yet) and trying to recover from that (which I still feel like I am doing), I had to use my experience to help prevent others from experiencing the same pain I went through, and I wanted to be able to guide others with endometriosis on their path to finding tools to manage the disease.  Many #endowarriors (the catchy term that describes one who experiences the non-bliss that is ...

Morning coffee thoughts Can we help people without playing the blame game? Dr Stephanie H. Lipnicki, DACM, LAc I often read through social media posts to see what others with endometriosis battle with. My battles as an endowarrior are not necessarily the same as someone else’s battles. After reading a post today that indicated we’re responsible for our illness - I got triggered. Now the post wasn’t specific to endometriosis, but it said “you contributed to your sickness, so you need to contribute to your healing.” I’ve had endometriosis since I was 12. It took me 16 YEARS to get a Dr to listen to me and stop saying it was ‘painful periods’, and by the time I got someone to listen it was Stage IV endo. And believe me when I would sit there vomiting from the pain - as someone who went to Catholic School - the repeated question was what did I do wrong to deserve this. For a LONG time I felt something I did wrong got me where I was. I was 12 wh...

 Happy New Year!  Welcome to the 2021 REVOLUTION  Dr Stephanie H. Lipnicki, DACM, LAc I was recently reading a blog from Amy Pence Brown ( Amy's Blog ) about why New Year's Resolutions are so challenging. And let's face it they are. How many people sign up for gym memberships in January only to stop going shortly thereafter?  In Amy's article she talks about evolving instead of resolving to make changes and having it be a New Year's Revolution. I love this idea for a number of reasons! Let's take the word revolution. According to the  Merriam Webster definition , revolution is defined as "a sudden, radical, or complete change. . . a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something. . ." as well as "the time taken by a celestial body to make a complete round in its orbit." How fitting that we think of the New Year - whether you think of it as the annual new year, the lunar new year, or your birt...