Conditions Treated

NDs can help treat a variety of conditions. Some of my areas of interest include:

  • Fatigue:

    • Finding the underlying cause through taking a detailed history and lab work

  • Pain Management:

    • Through acupuncture/IMS, trigger point injections, Prolotherapy, and diet and lifestyle

  • Stress and sleep concerns

  • Digestive health:

    • Bloating, constipation, heartburn, stomach pain, diarrhea, food sensitivities, SIBO

  • Hormonal imbalances:

    • PMS, painful periods, thyroid

  • Mental health conditions

    • Depression, anxiety

  • Cardiovascular conditions

    • High blood pressure, high cholesterol, angina

  • Digestion concerns

    • Bloating, constipation, diarrhea, IBS, heart burn

  • Autoimmune conditions:

    • Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, crohn’s, colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

Treatment modalities

  • Lifestyle Counseling

    • Stress, sleep, exercise

  • Clinical Nutrition

    • Specific to your health concerns

  • Botanical medicine

    • Using teas and tinctures

  • Acupuncture/IMS

  • Supplements

  • Prolotherapy

    • At this time I am not able to perform injections on spines. I am able to treat: Wrists, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles.

  • Prescriptions

    • Naturopathic doctors recognize that sometimes medications are necessary and have the right to prescribe many of them.

    • I enjoy working with compounding pharmacies to tailor medications to specific needs

This patient received acupuncture with elecro-stimulation and bruising from cupping performed the previous day to help relieve shoulder pain

This patient received acupuncture with elecro-stimulation and bruising from cupping performed the previous day to help relieve shoulder pain

Labs and Injections

Prolotherapy:

  • Prolotherapy is an injection technique which helps to support the healing of ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. To learn more about this therapy take a look at my blog post which gets into more detail about how it works.

Labs:

  • Naturopathic doctors use a variety of testing methods to help patients. Some of the more commonly used one include:

  • Life labs:

    • CBC with differential

    • Thyroid testing (TSH, T3, T4, antibodies)

    • Cholesterol

    • Liver and kidney function tests

    • Markers of inflammation (CRP, ESR)

    • Hormones (Estrogen, testosterone)

  • Alternative testing:

    • Food sensitivity testing (Blood test)

    • SIBO breath test

    • Female and male hormone testing (Saliva or dried urine)

    • Cortisol testing (Saliva)

Vitamin/Nutrient IVs:

  • IV therapy allow vitamins and minerals to be infused directly into the blood stream without worrying if the body is absorbing them or not.

  • Alternatively vitamin B12 injections can be given on their own for a quick and easy boost in energy