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Wellness Care
Dr. Golightley's unique approach and experience in wellness care through functional medicine offers an Alternative approach to health care by offering individualized and comprehensive natural healthcare and nutritional counseling. We achieve this through chiropractic, sports medicine, nutrition, nutritional supplements, understanding and years of education and practice.
Our goal is to address functional problems long before the onset of disease. We view the signs and symptoms of dysfunction not as inconveniences that should be covered up, but as clues that need to be investigated. We pride ourselves on providing one of the most comprehensive evaluations in health care. Our goal is to help you attain Optimal Wellness.
We have a practice focused on helping people with overlooked and challenging conditions. Many who thought they could not be helped, were helped by us. Give us the opportunity to help you.
Wellness Programs Use:
- Conventional Lab Testing
- Specialized Lab Testing
Additional Wellness services provided may include...
- Complete metabolic and nutritional blood testing
- Adrenal stress hormone profile
- Osteoporosis bone density assessment
- Pre and Post menopausal hormone profile
- Food allergy testing
- Anti-aging markers
- Gastrointestinal panel testing
- Parasite and yeast testing
- Other metabolic and nutritional tests
Differences between Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine
In conventional medicine lab ranges are very wide. There is no testing for Hormone Imbalances. In conventional medicine you fall into only two categories diseased or healthy. And often a patient is told that their symptoms are all in their head. For conventional medicine the focus is on Disease Management, not healthcare. It is common for lab values (Hormones) to be disregarded and medicines to be prescribed solely on symptoms. The problem with just treating symptoms is like putting duct tape over your vehicles warning light.
Natural alternative medicine focuses on a wellness Spectrum and aims to recognize the complexity of human health and physiology. It also recognizes that the same stress may not affect two people the same. Assessment and treatment is based on an individual’s Biochemistry, Hormone Status, Physiology, Emotional and Energetic Well Being. This natural and alternative medicine approach believes that the root cause of all disease can be traced to problems in the systems of: Digestion, Hormonal, Immune and/or Detoxification.
Catching imbalances early can prevent disease
Many alterations in the endocrine systems that are not in a disease state, if not detected at the early signs of dysfunction may lead to pathology down the road. People that suffer from functional endocrine disorders may not be diagnosed with disease and therefore are left untreated in the standard healthcare model until manifestations of disease become present. These patients typically suffer from wide ranges of symptoms from fatigue to Fibromyalgia and serious cases of depression. From our experience educating and guiding our patients to better lifestyle choices and habits with a strong focus on nutrition can add a preventive element as one step in avoiding the future onset of disease.
Allopathic/Conventional doctors are trained to look for signs and symptoms of a given condition and then prescribe medicine for the diagnosed condition. Dr. Golightley's wellness approach may also be known or referred to as complementary-alternative medicine (CAM), however requires the detective work necessary to find the main culprit that leads to the signs and symptoms that the allopath prescribes medication for.
For example, in the traditional endocrine model, patients that present with elevated blood pressure or cholesterol will be placed on pharmaceutical agents to alter the secondary changes that may take place from insulin resistance. In functional endocrine model, factors that change metabolism, altering physiological response will be evaluated first. An example of this is managing the primary concern of insulin resistance and looking for improvements in blood pressure and cholesterol values.
Functional endocrine disorders also increase risk for many disorders if not addressed and lifestyle including diet is poor. In order to help each patient, the clinician must understand the depth of human physiology and metabolism. Wellness Care or complementary-alternative medicine (CAM) involves understanding and supporting a complex series of vicious cycles that feed each other; therefore, the range of ailments assessed is wide.
If you would schedule a Wellness Exam contact us at Golightley Chiropractic & Wellness Center.
What To Expect On Your First Visit
The first exam is very comprehensive and may take 1 1/2 hours. It may include any of the following:
- Comprehensive history
- Comprehensive nutritional evaluation
- Assessment of endocrine and digestion function
- Zinc status test
- Vitamin C test
- P.H. Test
- Tissue Calcium Test
- Blood Pressure: supine, sitting, standing
- Vitals
- Eyes, ears, nose, throat exam
- Heart, lung, abdomen exam
- Complete neurological evaluation
- Complete Orthopedic Evaluation
- Posture Exam
- Laboratory assessment
- Metabolic and Nutritional blood evaluation
- Heavy metal toxicity testing
- Parasite testing
- Additional evaluations as needed
Give our Midland chiropractic office a call to schedule an appointment for your specific health challenge today!
