Alternative Treatments
Alternative medicine can be described as treatments that use medicines that are not considered typical or conventional medicine. Alternative medicine can include anything from botanicals and supplements to yoga and nutrition. This can add a new healing layer to your current treatment plan that can enhance and intensify healing. In fact, some refer to alternative treatment as “complementary medicine” for that reason.
What are the Benefits of Alternative Medicine?
Alternative medicine, also known as complementary and integrative medicine (CAM), offers a range of potential benefits, including:
- Holistic Approach: CAM therapies focus on treating the whole person, addressing physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
- Reduced Side Effects: Many CAM treatments use natural ingredients and avoid harsh chemicals, potentially reducing side effects compared to conventional medicine.
- Improved Quality of Life: CAM can help alleviate pain, improve sleep, reduce stress, and enhance the overall sense of well-being.
- Personalized Care: CAM practitioners often tailor treatments to individual patients, considering their unique needs and preferences.
- Empowerment: CAM encourages patients to take an active role in their health by making lifestyle changes and exploring alternative therapies.
What Alernative Medicines Are Offered?
Our physicians and providers offer alternative medicine including plant-based medicine, herbal medicine, botanicals, and an overall holistic approach to each individual patient and their healthcare needs. Our treatment plans are designed to address each condition and symptom and the body, mind, and spirit of our patients.
In addition to your custom treatment plan, your physician may include a health coach or lifestyle coach to help you integrate healthy living into your lifestyle and to create good habits and will ensure better health.
We are especially proud to offer functional medicine as one of the cornerstones for our practices. Functional medicine is a personalized, science-based approach to healthcare that focuses on identifying and addressing the underlying causes of chronic diseases. It aims to empower patients and practitioners to work together to achieve optimal health and wellness.
- Systems-oriented Considers the body as an interconnected network of systems, rather than isolated organs.
- Patient-centered: Emphasizes a collaborative relationship between patient and practitioner to understand individual health needs.
- Lifestyle factors:Takes into account diet, exercise, sleep, stress, and other lifestyle factors that can impact health.
- Biomedical individuality:Recognizes that each person’s health is unique, and influenced by genetics, environment, and other factors.
- Functional testing:Uses a variety of tests, including blood work, stool analysis, and questionnaires, to assess underlying imbalances and dysfunctions.
- Prevent chronic diseases
- Improve overall health and well-being
- Reduce symptoms and improve quality of life
- Address the root causes of conditions, rather than just manage symptoms
Start Your Journey
Wherever you are in your journey to better health, our physicians and providers are ready to help you achieve your goals. In addition to our in-person clinics, we offer telemedicine for your convenience.