Getting to the cause of pain, depression, anxiety
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There has never been a more exciting time in the history of naturopathic medicine.
New advances in science are proving the effectiveness of naturopathic medicine and assisting physicians to get to the root cause of an issue, rather than merely suppressing symptoms with potentially toxic drugs.
As health care costs and deductibles are on the rise, people are looking for natural solutions that get to the cause of their problems, and are less likely to seek out suppressive therapies that aren’t addressing the source of the issue.
One such advancement is Prolozone, an anti-inflammatory, nutritional/oxygen injection technique.
Prolozone helps to regenerate cartilage, gives greater support to the elasticity of ligaments and serves to aid soft tissue healing. It provides nutrients and oxygen to the tissue, which are our bodies own way of healing. Joints have poor blood supply. Our blood stream naturally carries these elements to the tissue, so the use of an injection with these therapies can be extremely useful. As long as the tendons and ligaments are intact to a certain degree, the results can actually represent a permanent fix.
Pain syndromes benefited by Prolozone include neck pain, degenerated or herniated discs, low back pain, fascititis, osteoarthritis, torn tendons, knee and shoulder injuries and virtually any sports injury.
Other pain syndromes like fibromyalgia and autoimmune syndromes take a deeper naturopathic understanding.
Fortunately, we can support the body to not create the inflammation, by addressing the systems that start to create the inflammation in the first place.
Hormone and neurotransmitter testing are often studied by a naturopathic physician. The field of Neuroscience has developed a system, like hormone testing, which utilizes urine testing to study patients’ neurotransmitters such as serotonin, Gaba, norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine and others.
Health conditions such as depression, anxiety, insomnia, ADHD, fatigue, and immune disorders can be benefited with the understanding of neuroscience. Many dietary nutrients are essential in the making of our neurotransmitters. Dietary and supplemental sources of these nutrients are addressed by the naturopathic physician.
Today’s healthcare insurance is forcing patients into larger deductibles than they have ever seen. Many patients are choosing to use this out-of-pocket deductible to actually get better from the inside out. The trend is away from using suppressive and /or toxic pharmaceuticals and towards seeking out answers that respect the body’s inherent design to heal itself.
My personal practice has transformed in recent years with the addition of new therapies for pain and the use of testing and treatment of neurotransmitter imbalance. This joins the valuable use of hormone testing that I have used for almost three decades in my practice.
