Digestive Health
Digestive Health & Naturopathic Care
You have probably found your way here because you have been experiencing symptoms such as abdominal pain (or stomach pain), bloating, gas, constipation, loose bowels, blood in your stool, or even acid reflux (G.E.R.D), among other symptoms.
Symptoms of an unhappy digestive system can be really difficult to handle, especially when you are at work. In fact, work production decreases when there is a health issue, such as a digestive disease.
Additionally, digestive symptoms can affect your personal life, making it difficult to even be around other people, such as your family and friends.
Let us assure you, you are not alone. Many people have sought us out for treatment for these same concerns.
Why This Matters Medically
Poor digestion is the most concerning issue that we can face. You may be asking yourself why. Well, have you ever heard the saying that “almost all disease starts in the gut”? This means that as the digestive system goes, so goes the rest of your body. Digestive symptoms are a warning sign that something is wrong, and if something isn’t done about it soon, it may manifest into other diseaseconditions, such as neurological disease, heart disease, cancer, or whatever your body is susceptible to.
Fortunately, there are a lot of tried-and-true ways to heal from digestive disease, and there are even ways to help prevent it in the first place.
Common Digestive Conditions That We Treat
- Bloating, gas, and indigestion
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) or acid reflux
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) (Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis)
- Celiac disease and Gluten Sensitivity
- Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
- Food sensitivities and intolerances
- Liver disease
- Chronic constipation or diarrhea
- Leaky gut and dysbiosis
- Stomach pain
How We Can Help
One of the most important steps to take when digestive symptoms or disorders occur is to get properly evaluated. In Naturopathic medicine, our focus is first on the gut (digestive system) for obvious reasons (see above), but we don’t just stop there.
We provide a comprehensive intake on your first office visit, which doesn’t just focus on your symptoms. We also assess your diet, lifestyle, stress level, pharmaceutical medications that you are taking, and more. Our goal is to find the root cause(s) of your symptoms. See below for a list of some of the Functional Lab Testing and other screening tools that we use.
- Comprehensive digestive analysis (stool analysis) & microbiome mapping
- SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) Testing
- Testing for Leaky Gut
- Food allergies (through a blood test)
- Food sensitivities testing
- Bioenergetic food screening using the QEST4 system.
Next, we provide a comprehensive personalized treatment plan designed for you. We typically may use one or more of the following in your treatment (see below).
- Customized nutritional healing plan
- Troublesome specific food elimination (see testing and screening above)
- Herbal medicines (when needed)
- Supplements (when needed)
- Physical adjustments (when needed)
- Homeopathic medicine (energy healing) (when needed)
- In-office Naturopathic treatments, such as Constitutional Hydrotherapy, among others
- Lifestyle modifications and coaching
- Addressing emotional and body stresses