Integrative medicine and functional medicine focus on allowing the body to heal and regulate itself by living nutritionally and physically well. Your provider will work with you to determine your health needs based on a whole-body approach. Integrative medicine is healing-oriented and emphasizes the relationship between provider and patient, ensuring a full understanding of your inner well-being.

Our practices are based on a scientific understanding of how the body reacts to circumstances within itself. We are all built uniquely and with a true understanding of what wellness and health means to us as an individual, our bodies are capable of self-rejuvenating and healing so that we can feel alive and well again.

These are a few of the services that may be offered to you as an integrative medicine patient.

Hormones affect all aspects of our lives including our energy, sense of well-being and our immune system. We offer evaluation and treatment with bio-identical options for both women and men. We monitor levels on treatment and work with individuals to achieve balance and relief of symptoms associated with perimenopause, menopause and andropause.

Inflammation is the silent fire that causes health issues like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension and cancers by turning on and off the genes that cause or prevent disease. We offer evaluation of inflammatory markers and suggest lifestyle changes, nutrition, supplements and medications to help stop inflammation in its path.

Nutrition isnt just about maintaining a healthy weight; its about preventing disease. We can look at your individual bio-chemistry to help design a program that takes into account your genetics and food sensitivities. Let us help you find the right fuel for your body.

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