Naturopathic Medicine
The main goal of naturopathic medicine is to restore balance to the body, enabling the body's natural healing mechanisms to work properly. This is done by strengthening the regulatory mechanisms in the body, removing anything that is inhibiting healing and providing the body with all the building blocks it needs.
What is a Naturopathic Doctor?
Naturopathic physicians are licensed healthcare providers who are specialists in the natural treatment and prevention of disease.
The licensed naturopathic physician attends a 4 year medical program, after a pre-med bachelor degree, with over 4,100 clock-hours in the classroom or clinic. A minimum of 1,200 hours are spent in clinical education with direct patient contact under supervision.
Types of Treatment options
Botanical Medicine
Herbal Medicine uses ancient wisdom and knowledge of plants to help shift the body towards healing
Functional Neurology
A method of evaluation and stimulation ofthe nervous system intended to help balance the body’s main control center.
Cranial Sacral Therapy
A hands-on method that targets the cerebral spinal fluid system and the connective tissue system. This inadvertently affects the central nervous system.
Visceral Manipulation
A Hands-on method that targets and treats specific organs within the body.
Homeopathy
A method over 200 years old that uses very small amounts of a substance to gently trigger the body in order to create a greater healing response.
Medical Nutrition
Assessing if a specific diet would be beneficial or necessary to the patient and helping them create a plan.
Specific Nutritional Supplementation
Nutritional Medicine can be very helpful but knowing which supplements are necessary at which time and which order is a crucial in creating a the environment for healing.
Naturopathic Philosophy
The Healing Power of Nature
Trust in the body’s inherent wisdom to heal itself.
Identify and Treat the Causes
Look beyond the symptoms to the underlying cause.
First Do No Harm
Utilize the most natural, least invasive and least toxic therapies.
Doctor as Teacher
Educate patients in the steps to achieving and maintaining health.
Treat the Whole Person
View the body as an integrated whole in all its physical and spiritual dimensions.
Prevention
Focus on overall health, wellness and disease prevention.