Services
Clinical Nutrition
Nowadays it is common knowledge that diet and nutrition affect health. Naturopathic Physicians not only teach the components of a healthy diet but also recommend dietary changes and nutritional supplementation that are specific to a particular condition.
Botanical (Herbal) Medicine
Herbal remedies have been used by all cultures since the beginning of time. Many modern pharmaceutical drugs are derived from plants, but the plants are altered, refined, and synthetically produced. Naturopathic Physicians believe the unaltered, natural form of the plant provides the most desirable medicinal response with fewer to no side effects.
Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a form of medicine that utilizes dilute, potentized remedies made from plant, animal and mineral substances. It is based on two fundamental principles:
- The greater the dilution of a remedy the more powerful is its medicinal effects.
- Like cures like, which means a dilute, potentized substance will produce the same symptoms as the disease when given to a healthy person.
Lifestyle Counseling
Naturopathic Physicians help you identify, set and achieve goals to create a healthy lifestyle and diet as well as avoid environmental risk factors. They are trained to foster the therapeutic relationship through active, empathic listening, identifying major and minor psychological issues and employing treatment.
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy is an ancient method of treatment using water in any of its forms (hot or cold, ice or steam) to treat a wide range of disease conditions. Naturopathic Physicians are trained in a broad variety of hydrotherapy techniques including sauna, immersion bath, hot/cold packs, colonic irrigation, sitz bath, shower, etc.
Tui Na
Tui Na is a specialized massage therapy that combines palpation massage techniques with an understanding of the movement of qi and energy about the meridians of the body in order to rebalance one's energy to gain greater health. Tui Na is an excellent complement to acupuncture as a means to relieve pain, move stagnant qi energy, and relax the body and mind.
Food Shopping
Your doctor understands that asking you to change your diet and lifestyle may not be practical or easy for your lifestyle. As an aid towards changing negative eating patterns, your doctor will spend an hour and a half food supermarket and/or health food store shopping with you to discuss good food choices, while including your personal preferences. You and your doctor will decide together what is realistic for your schedule and health goals.
Craniosacral Therapy (Dr. LoGiudice only)
Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, light touch method of evaluating and enhancing the functioning of the body. Dr. LoGiudice can release restrictions in the craniosacral system (which includes the skull, spinal system, and underlying neurological structures) to improve the functioning of the central nervous system. By complementing the body's natural healing processes, this therapy is used as a preventive health measure for its ability to bolster resistance to disease, and is effective for a wide range of medical problems associated with pain and dysfunction and is an excellent safe treatment for children.
Emotional Freedom Technique
A blend between acupressure and counseling, emotional freedom technique is an excellent and gentle method to help each patient let go of issues that are of an emotionally charged and that may be signifcatnly contributing to physical illness.
Facial/Anti-Aging Acupuncture
Used for thousands of years to treat a host of chronic ailments and aging, acupuncture is being used today as a safer and more healthful way to facial rejuvenation. Facial acupuncture can avoid the botox injections and surgical knife, while still helping to decrease the wrinkles of time. And even more, you will receive a complete recommendation plan for total skin health, which includes diet, lifestyle, nutritional, and botanical considerations to keep your skin as healthy and youthful as possible from the inside out.
