Treatments

Botanical Medicine

Medicinal plants have a long history as powerful treatments for many diseases. As part of your treatment protocol, a custom blend tincture or tea may be prepared, or professional-grade herbal extracts recommended, based on your unique presentation. Naturopathic physicians are the only health care provider licensed to use botanical medicine, and are able to recognize when they are advisable, how they interact with pharmaceuticals, and how to prescribe them safely and effectively.

Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine

Your current symptom picture, as revealed through detailed questioning and observation, as well as tongue and pulse diagnosis, is used to recommend Chinese herbs, a specific dietary plan, and an acupuncture protocol. Acupuncture involves inserting very thin, sterile needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain, treat acute and chronic disease, and improve energy flow throughout the body. It has been used successfully for thousands of years and has been proven effective in many modern clinical trials for a variety of concerns ranging from arthritis and muscle pain, to headaches and turning breech babies.

Nutrition

Nutrition is the foundation of good health. On a daily basis, what you consume has the ability to influence many areas of functioning, from healing digestive disturbances to worsening the pain of arthritis. Nutritional deficiencies or excesses, food allergies or intolerances, and other dietary imbalances can be associated with a wide variety of health concerns. After a nutritional analysis, a therapeutic diet or professional-grade nutrients, vitamins or minerals may be prescribed, in order to help your body function optimally. You will be taught how food is affecting your health, and will be given dietary strategies to meet your needs.

Physical Therapy

There are many ways to encourage healing without taking any substances into the body. These include soft tissue work (including therapeutic massage), naturopathic manipulation of muscle, bone or spine, and hydrotherapy (therapeutic use of hot and cold water). Also, the importance of exercise to health cannot be overstated. Individualized exercise programs can benefit any health condition and will benefit digestion, circulation, immunity, mood, sleep, memory, energy levels, etc, etc!

Homeopathic Medicine

This 200 year-old practice involves using infinitesimally small amounts of animal, plant and mineral substances to stimulate the body’s own healing mechanisms. When these medicines are carefully matched to the symptom picture of the patient, there is a subtle shift in the body’s vital force that allows for a gentle, long-lasting return to health, with few side effects. Homeopathy is used to treat acute and chronic disease, and is often very effective in conditions that do not respond well to conventional medicine.

Lifestyle Counseling & Mind-Body Medicine

Your mental outlook and emotions are important, though often overlooked, elements in health and disease. As part of addressing the whole person, your mental-emotional health is taken into consideration. A very important part of most treatment plans includes stress management. Almost every system in your body can be damaged by chronic stress, and it is very important to identify and address the areas in your life causing tension. As well, the impact of lifestyle choices, diet, exercise, and occupational or environmental hazards are addressed as part of the treatment program.

Specific programs for weight loss, smoking cessation, stress reduction, detoxification, and nutrition and training for athletes are available. Please inquire for more information.