Your Body Has The Ability To Heal & Repair

The body works as an integrated system so our ability to combine the latest in diagnostics, conventional medical treatment and evidence based alternative and complementary therapies creates a synergistic effect leading to more choices and better results. Integrative health care is designed to empower the patients with knowledge and information to initiate personal responsibility to not only maintain health but to improve it. With the right balance of nature and nurture the body has the ability to heal and repair its self. Working with an Integrative Health Specialist provides patients with not only greater insight of potential health risks and how to prevent and reverse them but also provides a wider spectrum of personalized healthcare options to support the vital system of the body to heal and repair.

UNDERLYING CAUSES OF DIS-EASE

Integrative Medicine seeks to understand underlying causes of disease. A disease does not develop over-night. Disease is progressive. There are three main stages of disease.

1. Subtle: In the subtle stage of disease one might complain of a little fatigue, loss of focus or gaining weight even with adequate diet and exercise. This is a stage where the disease process cannot be detected by conventional diagnostic tests such as labs, X-Rays and others. This stage of disease can be effectively managed by lifestyle modifications.

2. Emerging: In emerging states of disease complaints such as seasonal allergies, forgetfulness, aches and pains, high blood pressure, or elevated or diminished blood results start to show up. This is the stage where the disease may or may not be detected through diagnostic tests although the progression can become the stage where chronic and life threatening diseases start to become more evident. This stage of disease can be effectively managed by lifestyle modifications, evidence based alternative and complementary medicine and medication.

3. Gross: Gross stages of disease consist of heart disease, Alzheimer's, incontinence, lack of mobility, neuropathy, kidney disease, sleep apnea and many others. Diagnostic tests are able to detect and confirm the gross stage of disease. This stage of disease can benefit from lifestyle modifications but often requires invasive procedures, multiple medications, hospitalization and long term-care.