We also offer comprehensive evaluation and treatment for a variety of chronic health
problems utilizing an integrative approach. That is, we apply scientific principles
of both conventional and natural medicine to treat disease or help you maintain
optimal health. It is our desire to determine underlying causes for your ill health
and/or imbalances in your physiology that may be present, often before there are
any obvious signs or symptoms of disease. We accomplish this through an extensive
history and physical examination and specialized laboratory testing.
Conventional medical approaches usually detect ill health only after disease process
is well established. This approach is often unable to give us answers to many chronic
health concerns such as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, chronic yeast infections
(candidiasis), hormonal imbalances and the many complications of environmental toxicity,
including heavy metals. With an integrative medicine approach there is testing available
through certified laboratories that can give us information as to the cause of many
of these vague health complaints. At Wright health and Wellness Center, we offer
many of these strategies to better assess and find the underlying cause of your
health problems.
I. Some of the testing available at Wright Health and Wellness
Center includes:
1) Salivary Hormone Testing:
This utilizes saliva as a body fluid to evaluate hormonal status and allows us to
detect the active or free hormone levels that are difficult to assess with blood
testing. This is often a better tool to evaluate hormonal status for sex hormones,
adrenal or thyroid hormones.
2) Toxic Metal Evaluation:
We use hair or urine as a screening method for body levels of heavy toxic metals.
3) Gastrointestinal Imbalances and Digestive Disorders:
This involves an exhaustive analysis of stool sample which can provide for us information
in digestion, absorption and the presence of “good” or “bad” organisms within the
gastrointestinal tract. Knowledge of the status of our intestinal tract can be very
important in determining your overall health status.
4) Liver Detoxification:
This involves specialized testing to assess the functional status of your liver’s
ability to detoxify chemical products from both within and introduced from outside
the body. Liver function tests through blood samples are helpful, but primarily
give us information regarding the evidence of pathology or damage that may have
already occurred through the liver. Functional testing can help us determine the
presence of imbalances in liver detoxification well before pathology is obvious
on traditional blood samples.
5) Thyroid Evaluation:
Conventional laboratory testing primarily examines a blood level known as thyroid
stimulating hormone and often ignore the need to evaluate both free T3 and T4 levels.
Our clinic emphasizes the need to look at these levels and also salivary thyroid
levels. We will also consider basal body temperature, along with the presence of
symptomatology that may reflect thyroid hormone status.
II. With our integrative approach we offer a variety of unique therapeutic modalities
including the following:
1) Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy:
The replacement of thyroid, male and female sex hormonal imbalances utilizing natural
forms of these hormones as opposed to traditional synthetic prescriptions.
2) Nutritional Liver Detoxification:
Therapy utilizing special dietary measures and nutritional supplements to support
and allow for liver cleansing. Valuable for all forms of chronic disease and health
improvement.
3) Gastrointestinal Cleansing and Restoration:
Therapy directed at rebalancing and restoring proper gastrointestinal function.
An important basic procedure to begin the process of healing in all chronic disease.
4) Nutritional Supplementation:
A variety of supplements are available at our clinic from nutraceutical resources
only available through physician recommendation.
Horizontal Therapy | Top |
Our treatment utilizes bioelectricity for controlling pain and treating circulatory
disorders. It is similar to other electrical stimulation therapies, such as found
in TENS devices or bone growth stimulators. Like TENS, mild electrical impulses
are sent into the area of treatment to change the body’s response to pain and injury.
The electrical currents also trigger the tissues’ healing response, reducing pain,
spasm and inflammation. Patients beginning a treatment course with Horizontal Therapy
often experience significant benefits within the first few treatments. Although,
results can vary depending upon the patient’s condition, Horizontal Therapy has
often proven effective as an alternative treatment when other treatment options
have failed. Depending on the area that will be treated you will usually receive
treatment while either lying down or comfortable seated. Anywhere from 3-8 electrode
pads will be placed around the treatment site. Small soft electrode sponges will
be fitted to the treatment area using suction cups held in place by a gentle vacuum.
When treatment begins the therapist will ask you to indicate when you begin to feel
a mild tingling sensation. This allows us to set the best dose of electrical energy
for treatment. In some cases, you might experience slight muscle twitching in the
treatment area. You may feel different sensations, and sometimes no sensation. This
is a normal response to the treatment, as the therapy switches from one form of
energy to the next to provide maximum benefit. Even when you feel no sensation,
the therapy is working at full strength. A course of therapy usually consists of
5-10 initial treatments. These are best when done over consecutive days or every
2-3 days for maximum benefit.
Hako-Med Horizontal Therapy
Clinical Uses:
• To stimulate peripheral nerves for the purpose of providing pain relief. • To
stimulate motor nerves for the purpose of providing muscle re-education • Chronic
pain conditions • Adjunctive treatment of post-traumatic pain syndromes • Relaxation
of muscle spasms • Osteoarthritis • Prevention or retardation of disuse atrophy
• Muscle reeducation • Increasing local blood circulation • Maintaining and increasing
range of motion
It is non-invasive, non-toxic, safe and effective. It has minimal side effects.
There has been high patient compliance and satisfaction.
Iodine: Why You Need This Mineral And Its Proper Use. | Top |
Iodine is a mineral found abundantly in several tissues of the body and important
for many body functions. There is very little emphasis on this mineral in today’s
medical establishment, partly because of the lack of knowledge as well as assuming
that we all have an adequate supply from our diet. Iodine is necessary for the production
of thyroid hormone and actually responsible for the production of all other hormones
of the body. It is important for proper immune function and iodine itself contains
potent anti-bacterial, anti-parasitic, and anti-viral and anti-cancer properties.
Some of the conditions that proper treatment with iodine can alleviate are the following
conditions: attention deficit disorder, dupuytren’s contracture, chronic fatigue,
fibrocystic breast disease, hemorrhoids, ovarian problems, and many thyroid disorders.
Iodine is extremely important for proper thyroid hormone production. The iodine
molecule is contained in all forms of thyroid hormone, including T4, T3 and T2.
Without adequate amounts of iodine, the body is more susceptible to a goiter (enlargement
of the thyroid gland with low function) as well as autoimmune diseases of the thyroid,
such as Grave’s Disease and Hashimoto’s Disease. People that are deficient in iodine
are also susceptible to an increased incidence of anti-thyroid antibodies. In an
iodine deficient state we see poor functioning of the thyroid gland, development
of goiters, autoimmune thyroid problems and as well as an increase risk for thyroid
cancer. In children, iodine deficiency can lead to mental retardation as well as
development of attention deficit disorder. And as mentioned previously iodine is
found in nearly every cell in the body, however it is most concentrated in the glandular
systems of the body. The primary gland with highest concentration of iodine is the
thyroid gland, but we also find it in the salivary glands, breast tissue, ovaries,
prostate and nerve or brain tissue. As a result of the deficiency of iodine, we
can therefore see susceptibility to breast cancer, thyroid cancer, fibrocystic breast
disease and prostate cancer.
Iodine is typically not found in adequate amounts in most foods. The food we primarily
find iodine in highest concentrations are many ocean foods, such as fish and sea
vegetables. Iodine has been added to salt products, that are iodized salt, however
several studies have indicated that not only is the amount inadequate, but the form
of iodine present in iodized salt may not be the optimal form for absorption. Iodine
is somewhat difficult to measure to get adequate body tissue levels and as a result
simple blood levels do not give a good evaluation of iodine deficiency. A specialized
24-hour urine test for iodine is available only through certain laboratories. You
should consult physicians familiar with this testing to have that evaluation performed.
The form of iodine that should be ingested should contain both iodine and the reduced
form iodide in a proper ratio. Once again there are limited sources for this form
of iodine.
I refer you to the work of either Dr. David Brownstin or Dr. Guy Abraham for further
information on iodine uses and replacement.
Wright Health and Wellness Center does have access to the laboratories that are
certified in properly testing iodine body tissue levels and feel free to contact
our clinic for further information to have this testing performed.
Hyaluronic Acid Injections For Osteoarthritis Of The Knee | Top |
Hyaluronic acid is the type of visco supplement that is available in an injectable
form for the knee joint in treating osteoarthritis of the knee. Hyaluronic acid
is the substance produced in the knee joint that offers cushioning to the knee joint
to prevent deterioration of the knee joint cartilage. Osteoarthritis therefore is
a deterioration of the joint cartilage and eventually results in pain, inflammation,
swelling and finally extreme debility.
Hyaluronic acid is now available in several different forms in brand names, but
the basic ingredient is the same when injected into the knee joint over a series
of either 3-5 injections, approximately 1 week apart can restore the cushioning
effect for the knee joint and not only relieve pain but inflammation in the joint
as well. It is not a cure for osteoarthritis of the knee; however it can offer a
significant relief of the pain and swelling for six months or more at a time. It
can increase mobility, decrease pain and allow a significant lower requirement for
pain medication and non-steroidal antiflamatory medications.
Medicare as well as many insurance companies cover this form of therapy which is
available through our clinic. If interested please contact our clinic and we will
be happy to evaluate your situation to not only see if you qualify for these injections
as far as a therapeutic benefit but also contacting your insurance company or Medicare
to see if you would be approved for insurance coverage for this therapy.
This therapy has proved to demonstrate a high degree of success for at least temporary
relief of osteoarthritis pain, with very few side effects and good tolerability.
If you have further questions regarding this form of therapy please feel free to
contact us at Wright Health and Wellness Center.