Menopause is more than just a transition; it's a new chapter in a woman's life that comes with its own set of challenges, changes, and opportunities.

Common symptoms include hot flashes/night sweats, sleep disturbance, menstrual irregularity, vaginal dryness, and mood changes.

Testing:

Comprehensive hormone testing can help evaluate your unique hormone profile, how your body detoxifies hormones, and the relationship between menopausal changes and stress hormones, testosterone levels, thyroid function, metabolism, cardiovascular health, and nutrient levels. This is the perfect time to get a new health baseline so you can optimally support your body and mind in the next stage of your life.

Treatment Can Include:

• Dietary Changes

• Exercise Recommendations

• Herbal Supplements

• BHRT (Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy)

• Creams

• Patchs

• Pellets

For conditions including uterine/ovarian disorders, hormonal imbalances, endometriosis, PCOS, and irregular menstrual cycles.

This can also be a good starting point for women without underlying health issues, looking to optimize their health pre-pregnancy (hormone balance, nutrient levels, digestive health, and detoxification status).

Testing:

Functional lab testing can help identify hormone imbalances, micronutrient deficiencies and ovulation issues.

Treatment Can Include:

• Diet and Exercise Modifications

• Hormone Balancing Supplements or Medications

• IVs and/or Oral Supplements

• Emotional Wellness Support

Many women are affected by some type of irregularity in their menstrual cycle, and often times these issues change at different times of life, such as puberty, post-pregnancy, and menopause or with stress.

Common symptoms include short/long menstrual cycles, heavy or scant bleeding, abdominal pain and cramping, and cycle-related fatigue, acne, or migraines

Testing:

Functional lab testing can help identify hormone imbalances, micronutrient deficiencies and ovulation issues.

Treatment Can Include:

• Diet and Exercise Modifications

• Hormone Balancing Supplements or Medications

• IVs and/or Oral Supplements

Female pattern baldness (or androgenic alopecia in women) involves the thinning and loss of hair on the top of the head and is noticeable especially where the hair is parted. Hair loss can also happen due to underlying nutrient deficiencies or after prolonged stress.

Symptoms

Increased hair loss when washing or brushing hair or the gradual widening of the part of other space between hairs, especially on the crown or sides of scalp.

Testing:

Functional lab testing can help identify hormone imbalances and nutrient deficiencies that contribute to hair loss.

Treatment Can Include:

• Diet and Exercise Modifications

• Hormone Balancing Supplements or Medications

• IVs and/or Oral Supplements

Adrenal fatigue is a persistent low level of key adrenal or "stress" hormones that can happen after a prolonged period of mental/emotional or physiologic stress.

Common Symptoms:

Adrenal fatigue can develop slowly over time, but typically results in fatigue, especially in the morning or afternoon, trouble sleeping, increased irritability, trouble focusing, and poor stress response.

Testing:

Functional lab testing can help identify stress hormone deficiencies, and imbalances in other hormones that contribute to, or can happen as a result of stress hormone deficiencies. It is important to do comprehensive testing in the evaluation of adrenal fatigue since any underlying physiologic stress can contribute to the problem.

Treatment Can Include:

• Diet and Exercise Modifications

• Hormone Balancing Supplements or Medications

• IVs or Supplements to Correct Other Underlying Nutrient Deficiencies or Imbalances

• Stress Management Techniques

Bone loss can impact both men and women, and is especially pronounced after the menopausal hormonal shifts that result in lowered levels of estrogen and testosterone.

Testing:

Functional lab testing can help identify hormone imbalances and nutrient deficiencies that contribute to bone loss.

Treatment Can Include:

• Diet and Exercise Modifications

• Hormone Balancing Supplements or Medications

• Vitamin and Mineral Supplement Protocols for Remineralization

Thyroid problems are among the most common health conditions treated in the United States. This is partly because so many things can affect thyroid gland function, including stress, autoimmune problems, other hormone imbalances, underlying nutrient deficiencies, and other causes of inflammation.

Thyroid hormones impact almost every other part of the body, so any dysfunction can create a variety of uncomfortable symptoms. Because the thyroid is such an integral part of health, a comprehensive testing and treatment approach is necessary to support the thyroid back to optimal function, while supporting other body systems which have been impacted.

For autoimmune causes to thyroid dysfunction, there is additional treatment focus on addressing causes of immune dysregulation that can activate the autoimmune process.

Common Symptoms

Low thyroid function (hypothyroidism) can cause fatigue, low mood/low motivation, weight gain or difficult weight loss, feeling cold, constipation, dry skin, and hair loss.

High thyroid function (hyperthyroidism) can cause fatigue or increased energy, racing thoughts, feeling hot, anxiety, heart palpitations or increased blood pressure, weight loss, loose stools, and insomnia.

Testing

Functional lab testing can help identify the exact type and severity of thyroid dysfunction, and imbalances in other hormones that contribute to, or can happen as a result of thyroid hormone imbalance. Food sensitivity testing is also included here, since it is a common cause of inflammation that can impact thyroid function.

Treatment Can Include:

• Diet and Exercise Modifications

• Hormone Balancing Supplements or Medications (for thyroid and other hormones if indicated)

• IVs or Supplements to Correct Other Underlying Nutrient Deficiencies or Imbalances Including Inflammation