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Con­di­tions Treated

I see a wide range of peo­ple with a wide range of health con­cerns in my gen­eral fam­ily prac­tice. Although pre­ven­tion is a cen­tral tenet of natur­o­pathic med­i­cine, natur­o­pathic care can be used alone or in con­junc­tion with con­ven­tional med­ical care in the effec­tive treat­ment of most health con­di­tions — from pedi­atric to geri­atric, from acute to chronic ill­ness and from the phys­i­cal to the psycho-spiritual.

The fol­low­ing health con­cerns are com­monly treated using natur­o­pathic medicine:

Chronic Con­di­tions

• diges­tive disorders
• high blood pres­sure and heart disease
• dia­betes and obesity
• aller­gies and envi­ron­men­tal illness
• skin con­di­tions
• mood dis­or­ders and insomnia
• men­tal health concerns
• thy­roid and other endocrine disorders
• migraines and headaches
• arthri­tis and osteoporosis
• chronic pain

Acute and Recur­ring Conditions

• colds and flus
• ear, nose and throat infections
• uri­nary tract infections

Women’s Health

• PMS and men­strual irregularities
• peri­na­tal care
• breast­feed­ing support
• fer­til­ity
• fibroids and endometriosis
• vagi­nal and pelvic infections
• menopausal symp­toms

Men’s Health

• benign pro­sta­tic hyperplasia
• pro­sta­ti­tis
• erec­tile function
• fer­til­ity

Children’s Health

• colds, flus, and child­hood diseases
• asthma, aller­gies and eczema
• child­hood nutrition
• colic and diges­tive disorders
• sleep issues
• behav­ioural concerns

Dis­ease Prevention

• cleans­ing programs
• stress and fatigue reduction
• nutri­tional guid­ance and weight loss
• immune sys­tem strengthening
• gen­eral health promotion

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What To Expect

Before your first appoint­ment, you will be asked to com­plete intake forms. Please bring these forms as well as any avail­able lab­o­ra­tory or diag­nos­tic results from your med­ical doc­tor and/or spe­cial­ist to the first appoint­ment. If you are cur­rently tak­ing any med­ica­tion or sup­ple­ments, bring these with you as well. If you do not have access to a printer, please arrive 20 min­utes before your appoint­ment to fill out the forms in the wait­ing room.

The first appoint­ment is approx­i­mately 90 min­utes long or 60 min­utes in the case of pedi­atric patients. It includes an exten­sive health his­tory inter­view, a rel­e­vant phys­i­cal exam­i­na­tion and often a Chi­nese tongue and pulse diag­no­sis. Phys­i­cal, men­tal, emo­tional and spir­i­tual causes, as well as any con­tribut­ing fac­tors in lifestyle, habits and atti­tudes are con­sid­ered. If fur­ther spe­cial­ized test­ing is required, it will be sug­gested at this time. The pri­mary aim is to gain a thor­ough under­stand­ing of your con­di­tion in order to facil­i­tate the devel­op­ment of a per­son­al­ized treat­ment plan. Patient input is con­sid­ered in the cre­ation of the treat­ment plan.

Follow-up appoint­ments are typ­i­cally 30 to 60 min­utes long and involve mon­i­tor­ing and adjust­ing the treat­ment plan. Quar­terly to yearly appoint­ments are rec­om­mended for over­all health main­te­nance. Same-day appoint­ments and phone con­sults for acute con­cerns are available.

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Lab­o­ra­tory Testing

Lab­o­ra­tory test­ing may be use­ful in assess­ing your health and/or mon­i­tor­ing treat­ments. Sev­eral lab tests can be com­pleted in house, while oth­ers such as blood­work can be ordered through a nearby lab­o­ra­tory or referred to a med­ical doc­tor for com­ple­tion. If lab tests have been ordered by another health­care prac­ti­tioner, the results can be faxed over with your con­sent so that repeat test­ing is unnecessary.

Lab tests avail­able in-office include:

• Uri­nal­y­sis
• Preg­nancy Testing
• PAP Test and Cer­vi­cal Culture
• Com­pre­hen­sive Diges­tive Stool Analysis
• Food Sen­si­tiv­ity Testing
• Hair Min­eral Analysis
• Sali­vary Hor­mone Assessment

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