Naturopathic Medicine & Therapies
With digestive disturbances as well as all other concerns, naturopathic doctors seek to use the lowest-force intervention necessary to get the job done. This holistic approach organically encourages a foundation at the level of food and other forms of nutrition, such as nourishing herbs and nutritional supplements, to supply the right building blocks that allow your body's innate Vital Force to do its job of bringing you into a state of dynamic equilibrium. This strategy rejects the notion of merely suppressing symptoms, as generally happens with pharmaceutical drugs; rather it addresses the underlying causal factors associated with the development of dysfunction and chronic disease.
I rarely prescribe pharmaceutical drugs, believing that Nature is generally smarter than we are: The drugs we invent to manipulate symptoms tend to cause toxicity and side effects that are contrary to the goal of true dynamic equilibrium and wellness. On balance, our goal will be to work (within your comfort level, and within safety limits) to help you free yourself from dependence on pharmaceutical drugs.
To those ends, my primary therapies of choice include: 
Lifestyle modification such as
nutritional counseling
- exercise program development
- sleep regulation
I educate and support patients in building a nourishing whole-foods eating program, both in general, and on special diets (such as vegetarian, vegan, wheat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free diets, as indicated by that patient’s particular needs). Clinical nutrition
vitamins, minerals and other nutritional supplements
to replete deficiencies that may be depriving your Vital Force of the raw materials it needs to do its work.
Herbs and Botanical Medicines
to nourish organ systems that are communicating their need for support by generating symptoms.
Emotional counseling
because health and wellness are not just about the physical body.
Homeopathy
an energetic form of medicine that seeks to match your entire being to a particular remedy. This is a subtle medicine, with often profound effects.
Physical medicine
to treat bodily aches and pains, including yoga and exercise recommendations, and
Muscle Energy Stretching, a technique which works to relieve the pain of chronically tight muscles.
Hydrotherapy
I often use an old-time naturopathic technique called Constitutional Hydrotherapy, which involves a series of hot/cold towels, coupled with low-volt electrical stimulation.
Over the course of a series of treatments, by stimulating the natural metabolic processes of the body Constitutional Hydrotherapy strengthens the Vital Force, strengthens the immune system, strengthens digestion, tonifies the body, and improves circulation. This treatment gently but steadily reduces symptoms by vitalizing the underlying forces that bring the body into dynamic equilibrium.
(note: this has nothing to do with colonics)