Integrative Health
What is Integrative Health Integrative Health (otherwise known as Integrative Medicine) is a form of medicine that views the body as a complex web of interconnected systems and uses the analysis of all potential factors to determine the cause of an individual’s condition. These factors are comprised of physical, mental, social, and environmental factors. How does Integrative Health/Medicine differ from Traditional Medicine? Traditional medicine has a more specialized focus on the human body...
Habits to Improve Your Mental Health
Mental Health is a term used to describe our psychological well-being as humans. Maintaining good mental health is crucial to having good quality of life as it directly impacts how we both perceive and react to the world around us. Here are some of the best habits to improve your mental health. Habits to Improve Your Mental Health Get a Good Baseline A good baseline includes providing your body with the essentials to ensure that it is running optimally. This includes good sleep, a balanced...
BHRT
As we age, our hormone production begins to naturally decline. While it is a natural part of aging it can come along with some unpleasant symptoms such as hot flashes, decreased libido, insomnia, irritability, and depression. Luckily, with our advanced medicine, we have methods to treat this decreased production. One such method is BHRT. What is BHRT? BHRT (which stands for Bioidentical Replacement Hormone Therapy) is the process of using synthetic hormones to supplement the body when it...
Personalized Medicine Examples
Throughout the last century, standardization has helped to improve the modern world tremendously. Standardized sizing for tools, school learning standards, and standards in medicinal practice are just a few examples of the ways that have a unified approach has helped us move into the modern era. However, with medicine specifically, we are beginning to find that a “one-size-fits-all” approach is not always the best approach to treating patients. This is why personalized medicine has become more...
Functional Medicine vs Integrative Medicine
If you’ve spent some time looking into healthcare and medicine, you will know that there a wide variety of different approaches to medicine. Trying to understand the (sometimes minor) differences between all these approaches can be rather tricky. One example of this is functional medicine versus integrative medicine. So, lets break down the differences. Functional Medicine Functional medicine is the practice of using a variety of personalized, biology-based methods to identify and...
What’s New – Aesthetics!
I am super excited to share with everyone that Aesthetics is up and running! We are working hard to add a new page on the website explaining all of the details! We are offering Dysport (a product similar to botox), Microneedling (from Cosmopen), and we are offering stem cell therapy from EZPRF! The stem cell technology can be used for the all-natural Vampire Facelift ( a plasma-rich fibrin facial treatment) as well as for injections into joint spaces for arthritic aches and pains (this helps...
Patient Portal Helpful Hints
1) Remember that it is much easier for me to respond to questions when they are directed through the portal. I am seeing patients throughout the day and I cannot always pick up the phone when you call. 2) All aftercare summaries either from a telemedicine appointment or an in-person appointment will be reviewable in two sections of the portal. They can be found in the secure messages tab as well as the Visit Summary tab. 3) All lab orders will be faxed to the lab you have specified and...
5 Tips to Achieve Wellness for life
Wellness is defined by Merriam-Webster as “the quality or state of being in good health”. Good health is a quality that is important to the way we work, the way we play, and most importantly, the way we live. Wellness is the key to living a happy life and should be a priority for anyone wishing to live happily and healthily for the rest of their years. Here are 5 tips to help you achieve wellness for life. Diet + Nutrition A proper diet and quality nutrition are key to living a life of...
The Best Supplements for Increasing Testosterone Naturally
Supplements are a great option for those looking to improve their overall health. Many supplements can have positive health effects on the body, including improving testosterone production. Here is a list of supplements that have been shown to help with the natural production of testosterone. Tribulus Terrestris A fruit-producing Mediterranean plant that is often taken to help increase athletic performance and can help with a variety of other health issues. Studies have shown that it can...