Naturopathic medicine is an integration of modern medical science with century's old natural medicine which uses food, herbs, water, hands on therapies, and other natural modalities to heal and prevent disease. As primary care physicians, many Naturopathic doctors work with all ages and all diseases --- both acute and chronic. Though most Naturopaths prefer to use natural methods for healing, they may prescribe medications for acute disease or to balance sub-optimal hormone production by the body. Often these measures are short term as patients, using the physician as a guide, learn to honor and utilize their own body's resources to optimize their health.

Our Clinical Approach

• Is individualized to the patient
• Focuses on early recognition of functional changes
• Aims to prevent and ameliorate chronic disease by strengthening and toning the body's organs and systems
• Integrates the best of biomedical, environmental and psychosocial sciences as well as Ayurvedic, Homeopathic and Physical medicine

·         Botanical medicine: Tinctures and teas specially formulated to the needs of each patient. Organic high potency whole herbs are generally used to gain maximum benefits from the energetics of the whole plant along with its active constituents.

·         Ayurvedic Medicine: One of the few forms of medicine that stresses the need for complete body detoxification through a comprehensive 5 pronged detox program which includes a prepratory and a post detox regimen to allow all organs to renew at a cellular level and then function at peak efficiency. Additional unique therapies include two therapist massage (Abhyanga) for full body relaxation and lymphatic drainage, warm, herbal, dosha specific oil treatments (shirodhara) for nervous system balance, therapeutic scalp and neck massage (Champi) for blissful tension release, easy to do Yoga exercises designed with the patient in mind and critical for healthy longevity and balance.

·         Homeopathy: A time tested energetic form of medicine, which rebalances the patient's vital force and restores healthy functioning. Originally discovered over 200 years ago in Europe, hundreds of homeopathic remedies have since been developed. When a remedy can be matched perfectly to a person's symptoms, personality and unique characteristics, a remarkable healing process takes place at all levels (physical, mental, emotional) that has been known to effect a complete cure of many debilitating diseases.

·         Therapeutic nutrition and cuisine adjustment: Using the principles of Ayurvedic medicine (a 5000 year old system of holistic healing from ancient India which is based on the recognition that each person has a unique constitution), cuisine adjustment and herbal supplementation can correct factors leading to chronic imbalances. Constitutional Ayurvedic assessment is done via questionnaires and interviews. Suggested, uniquely dosha specific, food choices help keep body and mind optimally healthy and balanced.

·         Nutrient therapy  via therapeutic doses of specific supplements further adjusts deficiencies found via nutritional assessments and laboratory tests. Dependence on nutritional supplements can be lessened as one learns to live within a constitutionally specific lifestyle that honors the needs of the body and the mind and allows the body mind system to become self healing.

·         Physical medicine: Hands on therapies that give pain relief, release muscle spasms, readjust neuro-muscular function and stimulate the immune system. Deep tissue Massage, Hydrotherapy, physiotherapy with ultrasound and electrical stimulation, Muscle energy stretching, Bowen musculoskeletal technique, trigger point injections are a few of the modalities used.

·         Lifestyle counseling: Designed with the patient's needs, preferences and unique constitution in mind. Once the healing lifestyle is incorporated into the daily routine of life and becomes second nature, energy and vitality increase and the immune system is optimally able to handle all foreign substances (microorganisms, allergens, toxins etc.)

·         Stress Management & Biofeedback. This involves easy ways for patients to manage their own healing process in the comfort of their own home. Hypertension, migraines, fatigue etc. are just a few of the conditions amenable to biofeedback. Specific types of Ayurvedic breathing to detoxify and balance the central nervous system, specific yoga postures to release energy blocks, meditation to center the mind are some of the techniques taught to cope with stress in a highly effective way.

Focuses on five major areas which are often at the root of most diseases and discomfort.

·         Hormone balancing: Effective use of natural modalities to adjust imbalances in the body's endocrine system can completely resolve debilitating symptoms of PMS, infertility, menopause, menstrual irregularities, diabetes, hypoglycemia, thyroid disorders etc.

·         Allergy testing and eliminationIdentification & elimination of inhalant, chemical and food allergies.... often a cause of many chronic diseases.

·         Restoring optimal digestive function: Both ancient wisdom and current research have shown that poor digestive health is linked to most diseases. Identifying, repairing, and preventing further organ damage helps restore optimal function.

·         Detoxification: Usually the critical component to any health recovery process, both intra cellular and extra cellular detoxification are important. Ayurvedic, nutritional and physical medicine methods are used for effective detoxification.

·         Pain management: Muscle, joint, and organ pain is effectively managed with non - manipulative, gentle hands-on therapies using water, herbs, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, muscle energy stretching, Australian Bowen technique etc.