What if one of the biggest reasons your patients are not improving has less to do with the protocol itself… and more to do with whether oxygen, nutrients, and support can actually reach the tissue?
In this episode, I'm unpacking why microcirculation deserves far more attention in clinical practice. These tiny vessels, the arterioles, capillaries, and venules, are where the bloodstream meets the cell. This is where oxygen and nutrients are delivered, waste is carried away, and healing begins. And if that system is compromised, progress can stall.
We talk about why microcirculation may belong right alongside digestion, blood sugar balance, liver support, and the other core areas we tend to think about first. I walk through the patient patterns that should raise a red flag, including diabetes, hypertension, chronic stress, smoking history, sedentary habits, visual changes, cold hands and feet, edema, heavy legs, slow wound healing, and fatigue with exertion.
I'm also sharing Kerry Bone's simple 5-point food strategy for supporting microcirculation:Â beets, berries, dark chocolate, raw garlic, and green tea.
And we touch on a few targeted herbs that may offer additional support, including Gotu Kola, Bilberry, Hawthorne, Ginkgo, and Cyruta.
If you've had patients who are doing many of the right things and still not progressing the way you'd expect, this episode may shift how you think about what needs support first.
Also, this is the final episode being released on traditional podcast platforms. Starting next week, new episodes will be shared on YouTube. Same content, same teaching, just in a new place.
Resources:
Listen to my brand-new microcirculation training inside Clinical Academy where you'll find my full microcirculation framework, herbal and nutritional protocols, and intake assessment tools
Just getting started or feeling overwhelmed with where to start with a new patient? Grab this free guide, The Five Clinical Non-Negotiables, which covers the first five things I address with every single patient before we do anything else.
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