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Gynecology care for Maui — menopause, hormones & well-woman care from a Menopause Society Certified team. Wailea + telehealth in HI & IL. 🌺

The mission of Wahine Health is to strengthen the care of women by building ongoing relationships focused on direct communication and understanding.

09/08/2026

You woke up and your shoulder wouldn't lift past your ear. No injury, no fall, normal X-ray — and a vague suggestion that this is just what your forties feel like.

It may not be. For a lot of women, it's what falling estradiol feels like.

There's a name for it now: the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause. More than 70% of women experience musculoskeletal symptoms across the transition, and about a quarter are genuinely limited by them — joint pain, stiffness, muscle loss, accelerated bone loss, frozen shoulder.

Estrogen isn't only a reproductive hormone. It regulates inflammation, supports collagen in tendons and joint capsules, protects muscle, and protects bone.

One caveat worth naming: frozen shoulder is also strongly associated with diabetes and thyroid disease. Which is exactly why it deserves a real workup.

And please don't let 65 be the default for your first bone density scan — that's when it's routinely covered, not a biological deadline.

Read the full article → https://wahinehealth.com/gynecology-blog/frozen-shoulder-menopause/

Education, not medical advice.

08/29/2026

The appointment nobody books.

Not the pap. Not the mammogram. The one where you say, out loud, "my s*x drive disappeared."

One in three midlife women could book it. Almost nobody does — because it feels like a confession instead of what it actually is: a symptom with a workup.

So here's the workup, free, in 8 slides. The brain chemistry of wanting. Why testosterone is a women's hormone. Why painful s*x is the single most fixable thing on this list. And an in-office and pharmacy menu you've probably never heard of.

What we casually call "libido" is really three systems — desire (brain), comfort (tissue), and arousal (blood flow and pelvic floor muscle). They fail separately, and they respond to treatment separately. A plan that only looks at one misses the other two.

This is a workup, not a resignation. Read the full article: https://wahinehealth.com/gynecology-blog/low-libido-menopause-what-actually-helps/ — or book the conversation at https://wahinehealth.com/book/. Nobody flinches here.

08/26/2026

Menopause isn't an ending. It's your longevity pivot. 🌺

For decades, women were told to just "get through" the transition. The science says something different: the years around menopause are a window — a chance to protect the things that determine how you feel at 60, 70, and beyond.

🧠 Brain health
🦴 Bone density
❤️ Cardiovascular health
💪 Muscle & metabolism

Estrogen touches all of them. That's why modern menopause care isn't just about symptom relief — it's preventive medicine for the decades ahead.

You don't have to navigate this window alone. Come talk to us about where you are and what protection looks like for you.

📍 Wahine Health · Wailea, Maui
🔗 Book with our team: https://wahinemaui.com/Ann

This post is education, not medical advice. Hormone therapy isn't right for everyone — an individualized evaluation comes first.

08/22/2026

Some conditions don't resolve. They get managed — day by day, with whatever helps.

For patients living with chronic pain, cancer treatment, seizures, PTSD, or other qualifying conditions, medical cannabis is one option Hawaiʻi law makes available through a physician- and APRN-supervised process. It's not a prescription. It's a certification: a clinical evaluation, an honest conversation about benefits and risks, and — if it's appropriate for you — a submission to the State registry.

We now offer Hawaiʻi 329 card certification at Wahine Health with Ann Craddock, MSN, APRN, WHNP-C, FNP-C. Private, unhurried, in our Wailea office. Hawaiʻi residents 21 and older.

Swipe for what the certification actually is, who qualifies, how the process works, and exactly what it costs — no add-on fees, ever.

Full details and how to begin: https://wahinehealth.com/medical-cannabis-certification/

Patient education, not medical advice. Certification is a clinical decision made after evaluation and is never guaranteed.

08/21/2026

If a clinic only offers pellets, ask why.

Once a testosterone pellet is implanted, it cannot be adjusted and it cannot be removed. Pellets frequently push levels well above the normal female range — and if side effects show up, there's no way to turn the dose down. You wait it out.

Hormone therapy should be able to respond to how you actually feel. So it's a fair question to ask out loud: "If this dose doesn't suit me, how do we adjust it?" Listen carefully to the answer.

At Wahine Health we offer testosterone as a cream, a gel, an injection, or a troche — the route is chosen with you, and every one of them can be adjusted.

Read the full post:
https://wahinehealth.com/gynecology-blog/testosterone-for-women/

Patient education, not medical advice.

08/20/2026

You brought it up at your appointment. Desire that used to show up on its own doesn't show up at all — and your drive, at work and at the gym and at home, feels like it's running on a dimmer switch.

And you heard one of two things: "your labs are normal," or "we don't really do that here."

Here's what you deserve to know: testosterone isn't a men's hormone that women borrow. Your ovaries and adrenal glands make it, and for much of adult life you have more circulating testosterone than estradiol. Levels decline gradually through the 40s and beyond — and treating that decline, in the right patient, is real medicine.

So why is it so hard to find a doctor who will prescribe it? The honest answer is a training gap: there's no FDA-approved testosterone product for women in the US, so prescribing it well means off-label dosing, careful titration, and follow-up labs. Most physicians were never taught it — so they either don't offer it, or offer one delivery method to everyone.

Read the full post here:
https://wahinehealth.com/gynecology-blog/testosterone-for-women/

Both of our providers see patients for hormone therapy — in office and by telehealth — and we usually have appointments open this month.

Patient education, not medical advice. Whether testosterone is right for you is an individualized decision made with a clinician who knows your history.

08/17/2026

The team that listens. 🌺

Dr. G — DO, FACOG, MSCP, Menopause Society certified — and Ann, APRN. Gynecology, menopause and hormone care for Maui, in Wailea or by telehealth across Hawaiʻi and Illinois.

Women in perimenopause are some of the most dismissed patients in medicine. Here, you'll be heard, and you'll leave with a real plan.

New patients welcome — book at wahinehealth.com

08/16/2026

"Your labs are normal" is not a treatment plan.

If you've been told everything looks fine but you still don't feel like yourself, that is exactly what we're here for. We look deeper — your symptoms, your history, the right labs — and build a plan that fits your actual life.

In Wailea, or by telehealth across Hawaiʻi and Illinois. Book a visit at wahinehealth.com

Educational content, not medical advice.

08/15/2026

Introducing The 3am Series — for everything you google at 3am.

Night sweats. A racing heart. Wide awake at 3:12 wondering if this is "just stress." Every week we answer one of the questions midlife wakes you up to ask — with evidence, not vibes.

Follow along, and bring us the question you've been sitting on: wahinehealth.com

Educational content, not medical advice.

08/14/2026

Started estradiol and watched the scale creep up a few pounds? Take a breath — that number is measuring mass, not fat.

During the menopause transition, low estrogen is associated with tissue changes throughout the body — skin, muscle, joints, and the genitourinary tract can all become drier and less resilient. When estradiol is restored, some of those tissues may rehydrate and rebuild. Muscles may hold more water and stored fuel. Skin and connective tissue may plump back up. That recovery has weight.

Meanwhile, research links estradiol to a healthier pattern of fat distribution — less of the visceral fat that tends to accumulate around the middle after menopause. So the scale can rise a little while body composition is actually improving.

Two honest caveats: estradiol can cause temporary water retention, breast tenderness, or bloating — especially around dose changes — and those usually settle. And a lower weight isn't automatically a healthier one; frailty weighs less than strength.

The better question isn't "am I gaining weight?" It's "what kind of tissue am I gaining?" That's exactly what a body composition assessment and a real hormone conversation can answer. If the scale has you second-guessing your therapy, don't quit it in silence — book a visit with our team: https://wahinemaui.com/Ann. It's treatable, trackable, and worth a real conversation. 🌺 — Dr. G

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34 Wailea Gateway Place A203
Kihei, HI
96753

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Tuesday	8:30am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	11am - 3pm
Friday	9am - 1pm

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