Time does not equal quality, but do you feel heard? Are they listening?
Options –
Does your doctor have a one-solution approach?
Is it always a prescription or a surgery option?
Integration –
When you have multiple specialists, who wraps it together?
Who explains the big picture of your treatment options and alternatives?
Who is your advocate in the health industry?
Who practices this kind of medicine?
It’s rare these days to find the kind of personal care you’re seeking, someone who will be there year in and year out for all your health care needs. A doctor who really listens and doesn’t think you’re making it up, or tells you, “There’s nothing wrong with you.” or “I’m sorry there’s nothing more I can do.”
Natuopathic physicians listen, they are educated in so many modalities of treatment, that if they can’t do it, they know who can. They can integrate all your healthcare needs and help you see the big picture. Naturopathic physicians help you by empowering you to take charge of your health, educating you on the nature of your imbalanced states and how to find Optimal Health again!
· Common colds · chronic disease · digestive issues · physical medicine · women’s health · infants and children · detoxification · hormonal imbalances · blood testing·
*Able to prescribe medication and refer out for imaging and specialty testing*
Our world is becoming more toxic everyday. With the advent of pesticides, petroleum products, heavy metals and chemicals we are exposed to toxins our bodies can’t easily metabolize or excrete. Instead our bodies store those into our fat cells for protection. As a result more people are becoming increasingly sick from exposure. Multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), cancers, autoimmune disease, and things as common as seasonal or animal allergies are all secondary to our under responsive overloaded bodies. Our bodies neurological, immune and endocrine function are what is primarily affected.
The ability to detoxify our bodies is increasingly becoming a critical part of maintaining our health in this world, and no surprise it takes a bit of work from you to keep your body’s channels clear. If our detoxification pathways are overloaded, then toxic metabolites accumulate, causing us to have increased sensitivity to our environment and poorer functioning of our body systems. The liver, kidneys, colon, lungs and skin are our organs of elimination. These are what we nurture when we do a detox program.
The Program
The goal of a detox is to optimize the excretion pathways while minimizing new exposures and ingestion of toxins. You can’t control the air you breathe, but you can control the food you eat and improve the way you eliminate! This gives your body the best chance in this short period of time to eliminate as many toxins stored as possible!
The basics:
Food – to minimize toxins in and maximize toxins out
Exercise – to promote lung function
Sweating – to promote skin function
Herbs – to promote liver function
Fiber – to promote colon function
Water – to promote kidney function
How do you know this is right for you?
A detox program can benefit anyone living in this toxic world. A yearly detoxification protocol is beneficial for anyone, and something I recommend for many of my ailing patients.
Heavy Metal Testing is also available for those who think they have had exposure in their past or recent past. Additional chelation protocols can be added to the detox to help bind and eliminate new and newly mobilized heavy metals in the body.
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is an effective form of treatment for a wide range of illnesses. The goal of the treatment is to help resolve the underlying trapped forces that govern the pattern of disease and the fragmentation between mind and body. This is achieved by reducing tension and stress in the meningeal membrane and its facial connections. Craniosacral is a safe and creative way to treat headaches, TMJ pain, ear infections, strokes, physical tension, chronic pain, muscle tightness and muscle spasms. CST greatly relies on the body’s inherent ability to heal itself.
The body’s craniosacral system is comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. By delicately manipulating the bones of the face, head, vertebra and membranes beneath the skull, cerebrospinal fluid is allowed to move more freely. This allows for the body’s energy fields to be rebalanced.
A typical CST session runs about one hour. Clients are fully clothed, and laying down on a massage table. The therapist lightly places hands on the clients body ‘with thinking fingers’. Clients often report a deep sense of relaxation during this therapy.
For more information call to schedule an appointment, visit the wikipedia entry, or check out this great video below.
