How often do you suggest alternative treatment providers?

I provide Acupuncture and Bioidentical Hormone hormone therapy in my practice. Both are effective and considered “alternative”. Oddly, Acupuncture (Traditional Chinese Medicine) has been around for THOUSANDS OF YEARS! Historically speaking, modern (pharmaceutical based) medicine is the alternative. It’s disappointing that, many practice “traditional”  medicine ONLY. This exposes their patients to addictive opiates before trying Acupuncture.  Nobody has ever overdosed or had organ failure from Acupuncture. The same is definitely not true for opiates. 

I strongly believe in a holistic approach to treatment and healing. Trauma is stored psychically as well as in the body, and healing requires a multifaceted approach. I always recommend physical movement, any kind of exercise, especially yoga, tai chi or other martial arts that work with blocked energy. I also recommend reiki, sound healing, acupuncture, massage, meditation, and studying philosophy and spirituality. 

Since the last two times I went to traditional doctors nearly ended in my death, I avoid those quacks like the plague! Go holistic or go home I say! I have never suffered the horrible side effects from herbs that one gets from pharmaceuticals and the results are much better with herbs, acupuncture, massage, chiropractic.

I believe health care professionals should concentrate on each patient's unique needs. Some patients may require medical assistance throughout moments of physical distress, while others may benefit from a holistic approach. Often, it is more optimal to use a combination of both at different stages of treatment.

My focus is on children's behavior, and more specifically adults' reactions to children's behavior. Behavior is always a signal to what is going on within the child, whether emotionally, psychologically or physically. I will often want to rule out physical reasons, and when traditional tests turn up nothing, I suggest alternative approaches since traditional medicine does not typically look at problems like gut health. OT work is very helpful for kids' ability to self-regulate, and naturopathic treatments will often get to problems traditional medicine does not see.

Naturally, I'm trained in Western medicine meaning I mainly use all traditional approaches to get the patient better. I do feel that holistic treatments have a place in medicine as well. To get the best bang for treatment outcomes, I often employ a combination of both. Patients often like having the option of doing both and often ends up happening is that they get better quicker. Practitioners that are stuck one way or the other need to be more open on the benefits of alternative treatments that can be used in combination with traditional treatment plans. They are a great supplement to get the patient better.

If a client is already using orthodox treatments, such as pharmaceuticals, I have to incorporate this carefully into my recommendations.  But, very likely, they are not seeing results, or they would not be seeking another solution.  I ascertain first whether there have already been some standard tests or diagnosis.  But, I do not recommend or suggest orthodox treatments as they take a symptomatic approach (which means it won't fix the problem).  Symptoms are not the cause.  They are your body's way of trying to self-correct.  Suppress the symptoms and you have a whole new set of problems (side-effects), as the body tries another way to self-correct.  I seek the actual root cause of the the problem, and start from there.  Then address all aspects--nutrition, lifestyle, environment, feelings.  That is a wholistic approach. 

FYI:  The root cause is always emotional.  Thoughts and feelings create electrical signals along the neural pathways, prompting the release of neuropeptides (NP's) from cells.  This is the origin of all physiological responses in the body (even hormones are NP's).  Change the thoughts, and the physiology has to change.  Symptoms (neuropeptide release) are simply a clue to the underlying emotional state, because every NP responds to a specific frequency.  Emotions are frequencies.  Each emotional state has its own frequency.  So, I match the NP to the corresponding emotional frequency to find the actual source of the issue.      

I'm an alternative health practitioner and tend to attract people who want to get to the root of their imbalance.  I and others in the natural medicine field provide a holistic approach, addressing directly any emotional factors that may manifest physically.  We can also help people connect back to nature in ways that are desperately needed these days like eating whole, organic foods and using herbs & essential oils as "medicine" to sustain wellness.  

That is really the main difference between alternative medicine and allopathic medicine.  We focus on wellness while allopathy focuses on disease.  Of course we all want to sustain wellness!  So that is where the focus should be and why natural medicine is where people are looking first. 

I also love to empower clients to listen to their own gut and intuition.  The allopathic model can be authoritarian, depending on the doctor.  People have lost the ability to care for themselves and their children, as our ancestors used to.  They are realizing this and looking for someone who is going to partner with them in their wellness journey.

At Worldlink Medical, we focus on the root cause of the patient's medical condition and try to help them with hormone replacement therapy when it is warranted for them.  We have found that by treating their hormone imbalance later in life that they can get off their traditional medical regimen and live a better quality of life.  They may still need some of their traditional medication but hormones can really help them stop taking some of their other meds.  We do look at the patient as a whole and try to treat their physical  as well as emotional patient needs.

People are way more educated on health than ever before. They are tired of taking drugs and waiting hours to see their physicians. “Alternative” providers search for the cause of the problem not the effect or symptom. And they take the time to talk to the patient and find out more about them rather than rushing them out with a prescription.