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What Can Naturopathic Medicine Do for Me?
Both naturopathic and conventional medicine want you to feel better. We all have the same goal in mind getting you better. Our training while similar allows us to treat you with two different scientific approaches to health.
Conventional medicine largely relies on medications to help manage symptoms. The medications prescribed may help you feel better temporarily (or even for a longer time), However, unfortunately some individuals experience many side effects making it more difficult to remain with these medications long term.
I believe that the medications are necessary for some patients (and some cases). However, medications can also be used to point us in the direction of where the healing needs to happen. Naturopathic medicine focuses on healing the body, and through this eliminating the symptoms.
Naturopathic medical approaches help to push the body in the direction it needs to heal. It’s like teaching someone to ride a bike. You may find yourself holding on to the bike while teaching someone to ride. Learning to ride a bike is similar to the naturopathic medical approach. We hold the person in a safe space by holding on to the seat or running beside the biker until they are steady and riding on their own.
Want to know more about how these two approaches compare, check this post out.
Dr. Christina focuses on a medical investigation based on symptoms, read more about her approach by clicking here.
What Happens in a Naturopathic Medical Visit?
Curious to know what a visit with a naturopathic medical visit will be like? Most people wonder, what will you do with all that time?
Our first visit will be approximately 75 – 90 minutes in length, and is largely a conversation about you. I want to know all about you. Not simply the symptoms you are presently experiencing in your body, but those you have experienced in the past, where you live, the food you eat, any trauma or stress you have experienced, and other questions that will come to mind based on the answers you provide.
I ask a lot of questions to look for clues that can help me understand how your body is working.
Our goal, is to work together to eliminate the symptoms, but to do so, we need to find out what is creating the problem in the first place. The symptoms that you may come in with, are only the ones you might be noticing, but healing the whole body can help it run more efficiently and effectively.
Having more energy, sleeping better, having improved mood these are the possible side effects of treating the source of the problem. Sounds like good side effects to have, right?
To get to the source of the problem requires us to build trust in one another. I don’t mind if you didn’t take the supplements or change the diet after our visit, however I do care if you didn’t tell me that you couldn’t stick with it. Part of my job is to help you find tools that will work for you and your lifestyle. I have a lot of different ones we can try, but the only way they will work is of we move forward together.
Follow up visits in the teaching clinic range from 30 to 60 minutes and can include more discussion, acupuncture, hydrotherapy and other therapies that can be used to help you stay motivated and continue to feel better each visit.
How long does it take to feel better? This depends on how long you have been sick, the extent of your illness and if the plan we create is sustainable for you.
That being said, I think I’m not doing my job if you don’t start feeling some difference soon and want to encourage you to challenge me if you are not. I will continue look for research ideas and pearls of wisdom from my colleagues to help your body heal.
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