What is Naturopathic Medicine?
Naturopathic Medicine is a distinct medical discipline that emphasizes strengthening and harness the enormous healing power that exists within our bodies, to bring about the restoration of health and the end of pain. In Arizona, Naturopathic Medicine is practiced by trained and licensed physicians (NMD's or ND's) who have graduated from a four-year doctoral program of Naturopathic Medicine and are Board Certified to practice as Naturopathic Physicians.
Can Naturopathic Medicine Help With My Pain?
Naturopathic Physicians are skilled at understanding the unique language of symptoms our bodies use to communicate imbalance in our systems. By exploring the unique nature of each patients pain, a Naturopathic Physician can determine which parts of the organism are in need of balance and therefore the underlying cause of the pain syndrome, and not just the symptoms. This results in levels of healing and pain relief previously un-imagined by patients who have been struggling with chronic pain for many years.
How Does Naturopathic Medicine Work?
Naturopathic Medicine uses a wide variety of tools and modalities including, Medical Nutrition, Botanical Medicine, Hormonal and Metabolic Balancing, Physical Medicine, Acupuncture and when deemed appropriate Conventional Pharmaceuticals. What makes Naturopathic Medicine so effective is that a person is looked at as a “whole”. A patient's entire make-up, Mind & Body are evaluated and studied to determine what may be preventing the body from healing the chronic pain syndrome it is manifesting. Once this “Obstacle to Cure” is identified, it can be treated and health can be restored, resulting in the resolution of the pain syndrome. Naturopathic Medicine treats the root of the problem to bring about lasting results.
What is a typical Naturopathic Medical Consultation Like?
When meeting with your Naturopathic Physician for the first time. You will have an opportunity to discuss your pain syndrome in great length and detail. Your Naturopathic Physician will inquire deeply into the unique features that distinguish your pain. Along with this a thorough medical history will be taken and specialized Naturopathic physical exam techniques employed to ascertain where the source of dysfunction in your body is coming from. At the end of the consultation, your Naturopathic Physicians will discuss his findings and conclusions, labs may then be ordered in deemed appropriate, and a thorough and detailed plan of attack will be outlined to set you on the road to recovery. At various times, you will be asked to check in with your Naturopathic Physician so that progress can be assessed and any changes that are needed to be made can be implemented.
Will I have to Go Off All of my Medications?
Naturopathic Physicians will work with your conventional medications; You Do Not Have to Choose Between Naturopathic Medicine and Conventional Medicine. The Naturopathic approach of balancing the internal systems of the body and strengthening the body's natural ability to recover from injury and illness will only make you stronger and more responsive to your medications. As you get well, you may not need some of your medications any longer and then changes will be made in concert with your prescribing physician in a safe and sensible manner. Patients often find that they are no longer experiencing the symptoms they were taking medications for and then are encouraged to discuss there new found level of health with their other physicians to see if a new, modified medication regiment is called for.
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