{"id":802,"date":"2014-03-19T17:59:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T21:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/?p=802"},"modified":"2014-03-19T17:59:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T21:59:57","slug":"infertility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/2014\/03\/19\/infertility\/","title":{"rendered":"Infertility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Infertility is on the rise.\u00a0 There can be a number of reasons\u00a0<\/span>why\u00a0a couple cannot conceive.\u00a0 Modern technology has given doctors the ability to enhance and augment many parts of the conception process, but the price tag is high.\u00a0 I am going to provide an osteopathic perspective on some things that can be done BEFORE other procedures to make both of the couples bodies function better. \u00a0It may allow you to conceive naturally, or to get better results out of fertility treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hormones are one of the first things I check in patients with the complaint of infertility.\u00a0 The sex hormones should be in balance if you want to conceive easily.\u00a0 There are many things that can throw them off. Stress (generic or specific) can make conception impossible.\u00a0 We are not designed to make children when running away from a saber toothed cat or during times of no food.\u00a0 You body sees all stress as the same, so a few rough months at the office are the same to your body as a drought or bad harvest.\u00a0 Blood and saliva tests cane be done to access hormone levels and also to adjust medications, if necessary, to maintain optimal levels.\u00a0 Bioidenticals are the best method to restore the balance.<\/p>\n

Once your hormones are correct (which many doctors can do), osteopathic visceral manipulation can take you the rest of the way in most cases.\u00a0 All of the sex organs (both male and female) are part of the viscera (meaning that they are not part of the bony skeleton, but part of the organs).\u00a0 We believe that all organs have a subtle motion, and, if this motion is not working properly, then what we term dysfunction is the result.\u00a0 Dysfunction is just altered motion.<\/p>\n

Let’s put this altered motion into context with the female system (although the male system has different parts, the concept is the same) :<\/p>\n

If the ovaries are not moving well, they have altered hormone output, they can develop eggs that mature, but don’t detach properly (ovarian cysts), and, they can make having a baby challenging, if not impossible.\u00a0 In some ways they completely rule the show.<\/p>\n

After the egg leaves the ovary, it travels down the fallopian tubes to the uterus for implantation. \u00a0In the Fallopian tubes, there are little hairs called fimbria. They act like an escalator to carry the egg to the uterus (for implantation).\u00a0 If the fimbria don’t move well, either by being slow, or by being stuck altogether, then fertilization can occur, but implantation cannot. \u00a0The fertilized egg does not complete its journey.<\/p>\n

In the uterus, there is a rocking motion (it is a midline organ, and all midline organs rock back and forth).\u00a0 If it is inhibited in its motion, then implantation can be difficult, and, placental problems, including miscarriage can occur.<\/p>\n

Osteopathic treatment by someone who is trained in visceral manipulation can alleviate these and many more symptoms that can help pregnancy to occur. When I learned how to perform these treatments I treated three female friends who all thought they could not get pregnant (as in they had been having unprotected sex with their partners for years with no children).\u00a0 All three were pregnant one month after treatment (and I now warn my female patients who receive this treatment to be extra careful if they don’t want a child).\u00a0 It can be a powerful aid toward pregnancy.<\/p>\n

There is much more that could be written about this subject. \u00a0Osteopathic manipulation does not cure every problem, but it may help yours. \u00a0If you have any questions about your specific circumstances, please call the office and schedule an appointment.\u00a0 I would be happy to work with you and your partner to help you conceive.<\/p>\n

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Infertility is on the rise.\u00a0 There can be a number of reasons\u00a0why\u00a0a couple cannot conceive.\u00a0 Modern technology has given doctors the ability to enhance and augment many parts of the conception process, but the price tag is high.\u00a0 I am going to provide an osteopathic perspective on some things that can be done BEFORE other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":803,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions\/803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathicvision.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}