Naturopathic Services
Naturopathic Medical Services
Botanical Medicine: May plants have significant healing properties which can be used to treat a wide range of conditions with limited side effects. Naturopaths utilize various preparations of herbs including tinctures (alcohol extracts), dried herbs, salves, ect.
Nutritional Medicine: An assessment of diet provides information on the adequacy of nutrition and daily intake of nutrients can be optimized through diet changes or daily supplementation. Natural micro-and macro-nutrients can also be given in the therapeutic doses to treat various ailments.
Diet and Lifestyle Counselling: Diet and lifestyle changes are the first line treatment for many conditions and integral in establishing health promotion. Diet counselling starts with taking inventory of current food intake and making recommendations to create a healthy diet. Lifestyle counselling includes such recommendations as daily exercise and stress management.
Counselling: Naturopathic doctors are trained in basic counselling and can help work through common mental-emotional issues such as grief, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, ect. .
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture: Traditional Chinese Medicine focuses on energies flowing through meridians of the body and believes that disease occurs when the flow of energy is interrupted. Acupuncture and Chinese herbs can be used to rebalance the energy flow throughout the body. Acupuncture can also be used to treat a wide range of muscle and bone conditions.
Homeopathy: Homeopathy utilizes the principle of "like cures like". Substances are given at low doses to treat symptoms in a sick person that would be elicited if a health person ingested the substance. .
Manipulation: Naturopathic doctors are trained to perform basic manipulations to remedy fixations in any joint in the body.
Conventional Medical Services
Physical Exam: In order to determine a diagnosis and ensure adequate care. Naturopathic Doctors perform full physical screening exams as well as concern directed exams. Vaginal speculum exams, clinical breast exams, and male digital rectal exams are also offered.
Physical Medicine: Orthopedic testing can be performed in office to diagnose or monitor any muscular or joint condition. Therapeutic exercises can also be prescribed to treat muscular and joint conditions.
Blood Draw and Lab Diagnosis: Lab tests can be requisitioned for a fee when they are indicated for diagnosis or to monitor the progression of a condition.