NW Regen

03/30/2026

A Spring Tune-Up for Your Joints 🌿

Spring is here—and so is the urge to get moving again.
Hiking. Gardening. Long walks. Weekend projects.

But here’s what we see every year 👇
Your intentions ramp up faster than your joints are ready for.

After a slower winter, stiffness, aches, or old injuries tend to surface right when you want to feel your best.

The good news?
This is actually the perfect time to support your joints proactively.

At NW Regen, we use regenerative treatments like PRP and Prolotherapy to help:

✔️ Support tendons + ligaments as activity increases
✔️ Encourage your body’s natural healing response
✔️ Help you return to movement without setbacks

Because your goal isn’t just less pain—
it’s getting back to what you love.

👉 Read more:
Spring Tune-Up for Your Joints

03/22/2026

Living with Sjögren’s? Share your story.

April is Sjögren’s Awareness Month, and we’re inviting members of our community to share their personal experiences. Your story can help raise awareness, build connection, and remind others they are not alone on this journey.

Whether you’re newly diagnosed, managing daily symptoms, or navigating treatment and care, your perspective matters, and it can make a real difference.

NEW THIS YEAR: The Sjögren's Foundatoin is also accepting video submissions!
Share your story in your own voice and words.

You can share as much or as little as you feel comfortable, every story is valid, and every voice counts. Selected stories may be featured on our website, social media, and other Awareness Month materials.

Interested in participating? They'd love to hear from you.

Learn more here: https://info.sjogrens.org/april-awareness

03/22/2026

Next month is Sjögren's Syndrome Awareness Month.

Every day in April the Sjögren's Foundation will be sharing a different patient story to help raise awareness and highlight the realities of living with Sjögren's.

Submit a video or written response for a chance to be featured this April as part of the foundation's Sjögren's Awareness campaign.

Sjögren’s (“SHOW-grins”) is a systemic autoimmune disease that affects the entire body. Along with symptoms of extensive dryness, other serious complications include profound fatigue, chronic pain, major organ involvement, neuropathies, and lymphomas.

03/20/2026

Portland’s allergy season isn’t just about sneezing.
Brain fog. Fatigue. Poor sleep.

Dr. Alicia Hart explains how seasonal histamine reactions can impact your whole nervous system—and what integrative medicine can do to help.

🌿 Learn how to navigate allergy season with your health intact.

👉 Read the article:
https://nwregen.com/articles/navigating-portlands-allergy-season/

03/13/2026

“Environmental allergies are like nature’s glitter; they get everywhere. The more exposure you have, the more likely you are to experience symptoms." ~ Dr. Alicia Hart / Explore Dr. Hart's Top 5 Suggestions to help your body thrive as pollen season kicks into high gear this Spring in Portland!

📖 Read more:
https://nwregen.com/articles/navigating-portlands-allergy-season/

03/12/2026

When symptoms seem unrelated, the root cause may still be connected.

Many patients come to integrative medicine after seeing multiple specialists for different issues — fatigue, chronic pain, digestive concerns, sleep problems, or brain fog.

Dr. Alicia Hart takes a whole-person approach, looking at how the body’s systems interact rather than treating symptoms in isolation.

Integrative medicine focuses on understanding the underlying patterns that may be contributing to health challenges and developing personalized care plans to support long-term wellness.

Learn more about integrative medicine at NW Regen:
https://nwregen.com/services-offered/integrative-medicine/

03/10/2026

Not the snowiest winter… but falls still happen. 🎿

If a ski or snowboard injury is still bothering you weeks later, it may be worth having it evaluated before it becomes a long-term issue.

Our latest article explains what to watch for and how regenerative therapy can help!

👉 https://nwregen.com/articles/got-hurt-skiing-or-snowboarding/

❤️💛💚💙💜

02/20/2026

What can Vikings teach us about trauma recovery?

More than you might think.

The Norse practice of Draumbinding — “binding up bad dreams” — was an ancient way of calming the nervous system after overwhelming events.

Long before modern neuroscience, they understood something powerful:
Trauma lives in the body.
And healing begins by restoring a sense of safety.

In our latest article, we explore how this Viking wisdom aligns with what we now know about nervous system regulation — and why calming the body must come before processing the story.

⚔️ Read more here:
“Draumbinding: The Viking Way to Calm the Nervous System After Trauma” from NW Regen.

https://nwregen.com/articles/calming-the-nervous-system-after-trauma/

02/19/2026

Let's talk about how trauma can alter a person's nervous system... and what we can do about it.

Post-traumatic stress is not a disorder but a physical injury that CAN be treated in a simple 15 minute procedure. Listen in on this conversation from KATU 2 ABC in Portland, featuring our own Dr. Wood.

Learn about treating PTSD/PTSI with Stellate Ganglion Block: (the Dual-sympathetic Reset)
These two joined us to share how the procedure works, and a little about their recent trip to Armenia to help trauma survivors.

* Naturopathic & Chiropractic Physician Ryan Wood, ND, DC, and

* Jamie Mustard, co-author of "The Invisible Machine: The Startling Truth About Trauma and the Scientific Breakthrough That Can Transform Your Life"

https://katu.com/amnw/am-northwest-lifestyle-health/treating-ptsdptsi-with-stellate-ganglion-block

02/13/2026

This mornings interview on KATU News.

Post-traumatic stress is not a disorder but a physical injury that can be treated in a simple 15 minute procedure. Jamie Mustard, co-author of "The Invisible Ma

02/12/2026

What Is a Stellate Ganglion Block? Find out from Dr. Ryan Wood who is recognized as a leading authority in nerve-directed and autonomic regulation therapies. He has performed nearly 3,000 Stellate Ganglion Blocks (DSR-SGB) for trauma, dysautonomia, and post-COVID syndromes, and continues to pioneer new ultrasound-guided approaches to perineural hydrodissection and regional nerve blocks.

02/10/2026

We're Hiring! Full-Time Medical Assistant
Specialty Integrative & Regenerative Medicine Clinic in Portland, Oregon
Schedule: Mon–Thur | 32–40 hours/week

About NW Regen: We’re a small, specialty medical clinic focused on regenerative orthopedics, injection therapies, mental health, and integrative medicine. Compassion, humor, patience, and emotional intelligence are just as important here as technical skills.

We’re intentionally not a cold, sterile, high-volume medical facility.
We are warm, inclusive, supportive, and deeply patient-centered.
Our patients often come to us after long healthcare journeys.
They may carry significant physical and emotional trauma.

Our ideal candidate is:
• Personable, kind, and people-oriented
• Self-motivated with excellent self-management
• and physician time-management skills
• Calm, grounded, and capable of supporting patients with trauma histories
• Detail-oriented and proud of their work
• Flexible and willing to pitch in wherever needed
• Professional, discreet, and deeply respectful of patient confidentiality
• Someone with a sense of humor who values teamwork and human connection

Learn more here: https://nwregen.com/adhd/were-hiring/