Naturopathic medicine is an advanced degree health care profession that, through a comprehensive understanding of conventional and natural medicine treatment options, emphasizes the ability of the human body to heal or achieve balance, naturally.

 

 

Naturopathic doctors receive specialized training in tools and a philosophy of medicine that:

• Blend conventional with functional medicine testing options

• Integrate time-honored natural medicine with modern scientific advances

• Consider complex and multifactorial causes of illness

• Offer multi-modality solutions to complex diseases or symptoms

• Present individualized treatment plans unique to each patient

• Engage and educate patients for their own health care empowerment

• See disease and treatment as a process needing attention and care

 

 

Naturopathic medicine is not a single treatment modality but instead a philosophy of the medical approach. The conventional treatment approach for many of our chronic illnesses often involve controlling symptoms with prescription medications. Born out of large hospital systems, this is an acute care model attempting to address complex problems of chronic disease. The naturopathic model believes that in order to address the current epidemics of chronic illness we need a dynamic, multi-factorial and patient-centered system. Each patient is treated as an individual and receives treatment recommendation specific to their individual needs. Naturopathic doctors provide patients with several options for their care and collaborate with the patient to determine the best treatment plan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guided by specific principles of naturopathic medicine, the naturopathic doctor seeks to:

• Build health rather than merely eliminate symptoms

• Investigate the underlying cause

• Work together with their patients

• Treat the whole person

• Offer preventative solutions

• Honor the human body’s ability to heal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practice Modalities

 

Licensed or registered Naturopathic Doctors (NDs or NMDs) are general practitioners trained as specialists in natural medicine. In practice, Naturopathic Doctors can perform physical examinations, laboratory testing, gynecological exams, nutritional and dietary assessments, metabolic analysis, and allergy testing. They may order x-ray, ultrasounds, other imaging procedures, and other diagnostic tests. They are the only primary care doctors clinically trained in the use in the following wide variety of natural therapeutics. Naturopathic Doctors combine and tailor these treatments to the needs of the individual in a way that acknowledges the patient as a participant. Although all NDs are trained in all the following modalities, many choose to focus in some of the areas over others. Talk with your ND to find out what modalities they use most commonly.