SPECIALTY TRAINING

At RedBird Nest Acupuncture, Dr. Rodriguez has spent years in continuing education courses learning these Traditional Chinese Medical protocols, including a post-graduate Advanced Training in Chinese Medical Gynecology certificate program with Blue Poppy Herbs (Colorado) for treating the following women’s health and gynecology conditions:

• Unexplained Infertility
• Advanced Maternal Age
• Irregular Menstrual Cycles
• Luteal Phase Defect
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Recurrent Miscarriages
• Uterine Fibroids
• Endometriosis
• Pregnancy-Related Conditions
• Postpartum Fatigue & Care

In addition to this advanced training, Dr. Rodriguez worked as a medical lab technician and “embryologist-in-training” at a well-known fertility clinic in New Jersey before embarking on a path in alternative medicine. She spent several years on the fertility team of reproductive endocrinologists, nurses, and supportive staff, preparing and serving women as they navigated this delicate and intense journey of advanced fertility treatments (IVF, IUIs, ICI, donor eggs, etc.). She continues to feel passionate about women being supported through the process of family planning and the ups and downs of the journey to motherhood, now with a full scope of therapies within Traditional Chinese Medicine.

WOMENS HEALTH SPECTRUM

Traditional Chinese Medicine for women’s health conditions is generally practiced combining acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.  Dr. Rodriguez has experience treating women across the spectrum of womb-care, starting with menarche (the onset of the menstrual cycle in adolescent girls) helping to regulate the cycle, supporting women in fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum, and also during menopause.

We commonly treat these conditions for women’s health:

• irregular menses
• painful menses
• heavy menses
• PMS (premenstrual syndrome)
• PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder)
• Infertility
• Pregnancy Support
• Labor Support
• Postpartum Fatigue
• Menopausal Symptoms

MENOPAUSE SUPPORT

Traditional Chinese Medicine can support women through the “change of life” as you enter what many cultures consider a sacred time when a woman becomes a crone, sage or wise woman.  

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the ancient texts mention women no longer menstruating as a time for the blood to now nourish more the mind, adding to the wisdom of women during menopause.

Menopause is commonly treated with acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, nutritional counseling (food as medicine) and lifestyle changes.  The menopausal symptoms we commonly treating are:

• hot flashes
• irritability
• mood swings
• fatigue
• night sweats
• insomnia
• joint aches 
• low back pain

MENTORED BY MY MATRIARCHY

“Growing up in a family matriarchy with my mother, grandmother, and 7 maternal aunties, I was immersed in women’s health at a very young age. The women in my family discussed all of their reproductive issues to each other and supported and celebrated their journeys having babies and child-rearing. They also discussed the emotional rollercoasters of menstrual problems and miscarriages. So, it has been a natural progression of my TCM training to specialize in women’s health and witness the incredible power of this medicine to truly help women in womb-care. It makes my heart sing!” -Dr. Rodriguez