The Doctor Asks...

Are chiropractors just concerned with the spine?

Our interest in the spine is because it covers the major communications conduit between your brain and your body. As a Plano chiropractor my job is to locate areas (usually along the spine) that interfere with proper nerve communications to and from your brain. Chiropractic adjustments help restore nervous system integrity. In this way, chiropractic care can affect the function of your entire body.

Is average normal or is normal average?

Every chiropractor knows that so-called "normal" is merely an average. What's normal for you may not be normal for anyone else. So the chiropractic approach to better health is to tailor our approach to the unique needs of each of our Plano practice members.

Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine is personalized medicine.

Functional medicine uses our knowledge of the human body and its processes to create a customized plan for your body’s challenges, as it is right now.

To gain this information for each patient, we test:

Vital signs and neuro-endocrine reflexes
Comprehensive unique patient questioning
Physical diagnostic testing
Urine and saliva chemistries
Clinical and sub-clinical blood tests
Stool Tests
Evaluation of emotional and environmental issues
Careful evaluation of the hormonal system
Measurement of toxic load
Nerve system connection and communication

Disease Specific Approach
Traditional Medicine Approach	Alternative Medicine Approach
Treat the symptoms by using drug therapy: Diuretics- ACE inhibitors Calcium-channel blockers Beta blockers	Treat the symptoms by using alternative medicine. The following is a typical protocol for treating hypertension with alternative medicine: EFAs: linoleic acid, fish oils, flax oil Co Q 10 - 50 mgs BID or TID Vitamin C - at least 2 grams a day Magnesium - start at 400 mg QD Potassium as diuretic 400-3000 mg QD, Carnitine - 500 mg TID Pantetheine - 900 mg QD Taurine - 500 mg TID This style of treatment just substitutes natural medicine for drug therapy.

Disease Specific Approach

Traditional Medicine Approach

Alternative Medicine Approach

Treat the symptoms by using drug therapy:

Diuretics- ACE inhibitors
Calcium-channel blockers
Beta blockers

Treat the symptoms by using alternative medicine.

The following is a typical protocol for treating hypertension with alternative medicine:

EFAs: linoleic acid, fish oils, flax oil
Co Q 10 - 50 mgs BID or TID
Vitamin C - at least 2 grams a day
Magnesium - start at 400 mg QD
Potassium as diuretic 400-3000 mg QD,
Carnitine - 500 mg TID
Pantetheine - 900 mg QD
Taurine - 500 mg TID

This style of treatment just substitutes natural medicine for drug therapy.

Patient Specific Approach
Functional Medicine Approach
Get to the underlying cause of why the patient has hypertension by ruling out the following with functionally oriented diagnostic tools of assessment: Renal insufficiency Liver/Biliary Stasis Heavy metal toxicity esp. cadmium Adrenal dysfunction Hyper or Hypo Circulatory abnormalities Arteriosclerosis Atherosclerosis Mineral Imbalances Sodium/Potassium Calcium/ Phosphorous/ Magnesium Sugar Handling Imbalances Dysinsulinism Diabetes Reactive hypoglycemia Allergies/food sensitivities Thyroid dysfunction Once the underlying cause has been identified, create a treatment protocol that will treat and correct the imbalance in the body. This may in fact utilize a number of the nutritional factors on the left but they will be applied intelligently and with a respect for biochemical individuality. This approach will not only deal with the hypertension but will also “treat” the cause of the hypertension so the patient will return to a state of physiological balance. She will not need to be on long term treatment.

Patient Specific Approach

Functional Medicine Approach

Get to the underlying cause of why the patient has hypertension by ruling out the following with functionally oriented diagnostic tools of assessment:

Renal insufficiency
Liver/Biliary Stasis
Heavy metal toxicity esp. cadmium
Adrenal dysfunction
Hyper or Hypo
Circulatory abnormalities
Arteriosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Mineral Imbalances
Sodium/Potassium
Calcium/ Phosphorous/ Magnesium
Sugar Handling Imbalances
Dysinsulinism
Diabetes
Reactive hypoglycemia
Allergies/food sensitivities

Thyroid dysfunction

Once the underlying cause has been identified, create a treatment protocol that will treat and correct the imbalance in the body. This may in fact utilize a number of the nutritional factors on the left but they will be applied intelligently and with a respect for biochemical individuality.

This approach will not only deal with the hypertension but will also “treat” the cause of the hypertension so the patient will return to a state of physiological balance. She will not need to be on long term treatment.

Functional medicine is the most comprehensive approach
to health care that exists today

With all patients, the focus is on prevention and finding the root causes of illness instead of simply treating the many symptoms that occur once serious chronic disease has begun.

We follow the sage advice of Sir William Osler, "It is more important to know what patient has the disease than to know what disease the patient has."

Testing / Diagnostics

We offer health diagnostic testing through a number of labs including:

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