Holistic Family Practice - integrating traditional and nontraditional methods of practicing Family Medicine, emphasizing wellness and prevention through nutrition and healthy living.
Chiropractic - a discipline that looks at the overall health of your nervous system and its connection with the rest of the body through low force adjustments of the spine.
Acupuncture - centuries old Chinese discipline that use ultrafine needles to balance out ‘Qi' or energy in the body. It can be helpful for a myriad of conditions encompassing the musculoskeletal, hormonal and detoxification systems.
Massage - technique using therapeutic touch to improve circulation, relax muscles, decrease stress reponse and strengthen your immune system.
Electrodermal testing - a health screening assessment device, Asyra AT3, that allows us to assess using galvanic skin response (changes in the electrical resistance of the skin) the state of the acupuncture meridians and therefore of the energetic health of the body. It also allows us, and this is where the real power of the technology lies, to assess how the body will respond to a huge number of different remedies or other substances. http://www.asyra.com/index.html
Myers' cocktails - an intravenous mixture of vitamins and minerals originally formulated by a Dr. Myers of Baltimore. It has been used for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, acute infections, allergies and hives, cardiovascular disease and migraines.
Nutrition Response Testing - a type of muscle testing which uses noninvasive ways of evaluating the body's imbalances and assessing its needs. It involves testing the body's energetic responses which evoke a muscle response. Herbal, homeopathic and nutritional remedies are used to balance the body.
Heart Rate Variability - a powerful assessment tool that uses the beat to beat variation of our heart rate to quantify the Autonomic Nervous System, the branch of our nervous system that is our ‘control' system, maintaining homeostasis. It affects heart rate, respiration, digestion and hormone regulation. http://www.nerveexpress.com/
Berkeley Heart Lab - advanced cardiovascular testing that looks LDL and HDL subfractions, genetic markers as well as other inflammatory markers to help assess an individual's cardiovascular risk. Dietary and lifestyle counseling is individualized based on the results. www.bhlinc.com
Alcat Food Intolerance testing - a unique food sensitivity test which detects potential delayed food reactions. Normal blood testing (IgE) looks for immediate allergy response. It can also test for sensitivities to food additives and coloring, environmental chemicals, molds and anti-inflammatory meds and pharmacoactive agents. A mainstay of treatment for anyone with allergies, asthma, ADHD/ADD, gastrointestinal problems, eczema, etc. www.alcat.com
Diagnos-Techs - salivary hormone and adrenal testing for assessing menstrual irregularities, estrogen dominance, peri – and post menopause, menopause, adrenal insufficiency/fatigue or hypercortisol state. http://www.diagnostechs.com/
ARL Laboratory - originators of hair tissue mineral analysis using hair as a means to assess overall mineral balance, heavy metal exposures, sugar handling abilities, oxidation states, thyroid and adrenal capacity. http://www.arltma.com/
Spectracell - a unique test that evaluates intracellular deficiencies indicative of an individual's nutritional status. Nutrient deficiencies are associated with alterations in our immune system which lead to chronic disease. http://www.spectracell.com
Stool testing - to fully assess gastrointestinal health, including markers for digestion, malabsorption, dysbiosis, parasites, yeast, opportunistic bacteria and short chain fatty acids.
Functional lab work - panel of specific blood work which gives us a general overview. Recommended if blood work has not been done in over a year. Additional blood work may be required depending on the individual clinical situation.
Health Builder's Harmonics Plan - an integrated package including chiropractic visits, applied kinesiology, heart rate variability and the Asyra electrodermal assessment. Our package offers monthly visits for a year for a package rate.
First: Comprehensive Intake and Assessment including traditional and nontraditional diagnostics as pertains to your individual makeup.
Second: Reduction and Detoxification of harmful influences to your body-heavy metals, chemicals, immune challenges (i.e. parasites, yeast, etc), food intolerances, EMF, structural imbalance, energetic alterations, emotional mind/body interruptions, and environmental exposures.
Third: Supporting your body through custom designed nutritional/herbal/homeopathic supplementation, proper diet, water intake, exercise, stress reduction, environmental changes.
Lastly, trusting in the wisdom of the innate ability of the body and mind to heal.