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Endometriosis:
Finding Natural, Non-Invasive Relief
If you’ve been told your pain is normal, that your test results are “fine,” or that the only answer is hormonal suppression or surgery—you’re not alone. Endometriosis is one of the most misunderstood, underdiagnosed conditions out there. And if you’re here searching for natural, non-invasive treatment options for endometriosis, you’ve come to the right place.
What is Endometriosis?
Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the uterine lining starts growing in places it shouldn’t—usually in the pelvis or abdominal cavity. This tissue still responds to hormonal signals, which means it bleeds and inflames with your cycle, even though it has nowhere to go. Over time, it can cause scarring, adhesions, pain, and sometimes, organ dysfunction.
It’s common—affecting up to 1 in 10 women—and yet it often takes 7–10 years to get a diagnosis.
Why? Because we’ve normalised period pain.
But let’s be clear: debilitating pain is never “just part of being a woman.”
What Causes Endometriosis?
From a Naturopathic perspective, Endometriosis is a complex and multi-layered condition.
Some contributing factors may include:
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Immune dysfunction (autoimmune features are often present)
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High oestrogen levels and poor oestrogen clearance
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Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress
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Trauma or pelvic injury
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Gut and vaginal microbiome imbalances (dysbiosis)
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Genetic predisposition or family history
Emerging research is showing that endometriosis behaves like an autoimmune disease, and that inflammation and microbial imbalances can play a huge role in both the onset and progression of the condition.
Endometriosis Symptoms
Endometriosis can present differently in each person. It’s not just “bad period pain.” In fact, the symptoms can touch every part of your life. You might notice:
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Sharp, stabbing, or cramping pelvic pain
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Pain during or after sex
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Painful bowel movements or urination (especially during your period)
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Bloating and digestive upset
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Fatigue and low mood
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Difficulty conceiving
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Pain radiating to the lower back, thighs, or even shoulders
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Heightened sensitivity to stress or anxiety
Many of women feel dismissed, exhausted, and a little hopeless—like they’ve tried everything and aren’t getting better.
Conventional Treatment Options - why they don't support lasting healing
The standard medical options for endometriosis often include:
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Hormonal contraceptives or hormone-blocking injections
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Laparoscopic surgery to remove endometrial tissue
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Pain relief medications (NSAIDs, opioids)
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Fertility interventions if pregnancy is difficult
These approaches may offer temporary relief—but they rarely address the root causes. And in some cases, they come with side effects that make daily life harder. That’s where a holistic approach can offer something different.
New Insights into Endometriosis:
The Microbiome and Autoimmune Link
Recent studies have uncovered a fascinating connection between the gut and vaginal microbiome and the development of endometriosis. When your microbiome is out of balance (a state called dysbiosis), it can:
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Increase systemic inflammation
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Interfere with hormone detoxification (especially oestrogen)
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Weaken immune surveillance and repair
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Amplify pain signals and nerve sensitivity
In other words, your gut health and immune system may be a contributing factor in endometriosis symptoms. In 25 years of clinical practice, I do know, it's never one thing. Source: Science Daily – Gut Microbiome and Endometriosis
The Vagus Nerve: Could it be the missing link?
What if there’s a powerful, overlooked piece of the puzzle — not in your pelvis, but in your nervous system?
Why the Vagus Nerve Matters in Endometriosis
The vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve in the body. It runs from the brainstem down through the neck, chest, and into the abdomen — connecting to the heart, lungs, digestive tract, ovaries, uterus, and immune system.
In endometriosis, vagus nerve function is often disrupted, which can lead to:
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Increased pain sensitivity
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Poor digestion and bloating
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Chronic inflammation
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Mood instability and anxiety
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Dysregulated immune response
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Hormonal imbalance
When the vagus nerve isn’t functioning well, your body stays in fight-flight mode, making it harder to heal, regulate hormones, or reduce inflammation. The body gets stuck in the Cell Danger Response.
How does FSM Support Endometriosis Relief?
FSM sessions are personalised based on your symptoms, history, and healing goals. Here’s what FSM can help with:
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Reducing pelvic inflammation and cramping
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Releasing adhesions and scar tissue (especially after surgeries like laparoscopy)
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Soothing nerve sensitivity and pain signalling
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Improving vagal tone and nervous system regulation
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Relaxing the abdominal wall and pelvic floor
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Supporting hormone regulation and gut-immune function
Gentle Reset FSM: A better treatment option for Endometriosis?
Gentle Reset FSM Therapy may be particularly well suited to supporting endometriosis because it works at the intersection of inflammation, scar tissue, nervous system dysregulation, immune activation, and hormonal signalling — all central drivers of the condition. By using Frequency Specific Microcurrent Therapy (FSM) to support cellular communication, tissue mobility, and inflammation reduction, this approach can help address adhesions, pelvic pain, and heightened sensitivity without further burdening the body.
When combined with integrative naturopathic and nutritional support, Gentle Reset Therapy also targets systemic contributors such as immune dysregulation, impaired detoxification, and stress physiology, creating conditions that allow the body to move out of chronic defence and into repair. This whole-systems, non-invasive approach is especially valuable in a condition where repeated surgery and symptom suppression often fail to deliver lasting relief.
How does FSM Support Endometriosis Relief?
FSM sessions are personalised based on your symptoms, history, and healing goals. Here’s what FSM can help with:
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Reducing pelvic inflammation and cramping
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Releasing adhesions and scar tissue (especially after surgeries like laparoscopy)
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Soothing nerve sensitivity and pain signalling
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Improving vagal tone and nervous system regulation
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Relaxing the abdominal wall and pelvic floor
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Supporting hormone regulation and gut-immune function
Releasing Adhesions: Why does it matter?
Many women with endometriosis develop adhesions—bands of internal scar tissue that bind organs together. These can result from chronic inflammation or surgical interventions and may cause:
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Ongoing pelvic pain, even post-surgery
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Bowel and bladder dysfunction
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Pain during sex or ovulation
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Restricted movement and abdominal tension
FSM includes specific frequencies that target fibrosis and scar tissue, helping to soften, break down, and release adhesions gently over time. Clients often report feeling a greater sense of internal mobility, reduced tension, and freedom from pain they didn’t realise was caused by these internal restrictions.
Releasing adhesions can also enhance the effectiveness of other systems by improving circulation, lymphatic flow, and organ function.
How does FSM support vagal tone?
FSM also directly supports vagal tone, which plays a key role in managing pain, inflammation, digestion, hormones, and mood.
By working with the vagus nerve, FSM helps restore a sense of safety in the body—shifting you out of Sympathetic Dominance and the Cell Danger Response, and into a calm, restorative Parasympathetic state, the zone where true healing happens: the rest, digest, repair arm of the central nervous system.
When We Support the Vagus Nerve, We Often See:
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Dramatically reduced pelvic pain
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Less intense, more manageable periods
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Relief from bloating, nausea, and digestive upset
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Better bowel function
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Reduced anxiety and emotional overwhelm
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Deeper sleep and more consistent energy
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A greater sense of calm, control, and clarity
Releasing Adhesions: Why does it matter?
Many women with endometriosis develop adhesions—bands of internal scar tissue that bind organs together. These can result from chronic inflammation or surgical interventions and may cause:
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Ongoing pelvic pain, even post-surgery
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Bowel and bladder dysfunction
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Pain during sex or ovulation
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Restricted movement and abdominal tension
FSM includes specific frequencies that target fibrosis and scar tissue, helping to soften, break down, and release adhesions gently over time. Clients often report feeling a greater sense of internal mobility, reduced tension, and freedom from pain they didn’t realise was caused by these internal restrictions.
Releasing adhesions can also enhance the effectiveness of other systems by improving circulation, lymphatic flow, and organ function.
How does FSM support vagal tone?
FSM also directly supports vagal tone, which plays a key role in managing pain, inflammation, digestion, hormones, and mood.
By working with the vagus nerve, FSM helps restore a sense of safety in the body—shifting you out of Sympathetic Dominance and the Cell Danger Response, and into a calm, restorative Parasympathetic state, the zone where true healing happens: the rest, digest, repair arm of the central nervous system.
When We Support the Vagus Nerve, We Often See:
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Dramatically reduced pelvic pain
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Less intense, more manageable periods
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Relief from bloating, nausea, and digestive upset
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Better bowel function
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Reduced anxiety and emotional overwhelm
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Deeper sleep and more consistent energy
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A greater sense of calm, control, and clarity
Reviewing your test results from a health perspective
Medical pathology can be interpreted in two distinct ways. Within a conventional medical framework, results are often viewed through a disease-model lens, focused on diagnosis and pathology. From a naturopathic perspective, the same results are read as indicators of the body’s overall health terrain, offering insight into functional resilience, regulatory capacity, and the resources available for healing and recovery.
Functional Terrain Testing
The body’s internal “terrain” — your overall balance of nutrition, hormones, gut health, minerals, and detoxification capacity — has a huge impact on inflammatory conditions like endometriosis. When the terrain is imbalanced, the body tends to run “hot,” with higher levels of inflammatory messengers, poor hormone clearance, nutrient deficiencies, and a stressed immune system. In endometriosis, this creates the perfect storm: lesions grow, scar tissue forms, pain worsens, and inflammation spreads beyond the pelvis into the whole body.
By assessing and improving the terrain, we can often calm the cycle of chronic illness. I offer a comprehensive testing package that looks at blood chemistry, organic acids (OAT), hormone metabolites (DUTCH), and hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA). Together, these tests give us a detailed map of how your body is functioning — from energy production and detox pathways to hormonal balance and mineral reserves. This allows us to identify the hidden imbalances that drive inflammation and pain, and then design a personalised plan to correct them.
The results can be life-changing. Instead of chasing symptoms or repeating surgeries (that only remove adhesions temporarily, often returning if the underlying terrain doesn’t change), we focus on shifting the whole environment of the body toward metabolic and immune balance and health resiliency.