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Live Optimally is an integrative, holistic medical practice that specializes in the biochemistry of the body.
We Offer Evaluations in the Following Areas
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Sleep
Through testing your bodily chemicals, we can identify the roots of your problems and provide alternatives to medications to help you get a good night’s sleep.
Sleep
Through testing your bodily chemicals, we can identify the roots of your problems and provide alternatives to medications to help you get a good night’s sleep.
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Neurochemical
Through testing your neurotransmitters, we can identify the abnormal levels of chemical in your body and correct them in a more objective approach.
Neurochemical
Through testing your neurotransmitters, we can identify the abnormal levels of chemical in your body and correct them in a more objective approach.
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Pain
There are few medications used to treat chronic pain. Through testing, we can identify which neurochemicals that are contributing to your pain experience and correct them.
Pain
There are few medications used to treat chronic pain. Through testing, we can identify which neurochemicals that are contributing to your pain experience and correct them.
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Cardiac
Through testing the chemicals in your body, we can identify four main threats to your cardiac health whether you are having symptoms of heart disease or not.
Cardiac
Through testing the chemicals in your body, we can identify four main threats to your cardiac health whether you are having symptoms of heart disease or not.
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Hormonal
Hormonal shifts negatively affect every aspect of our lives from A to Z. By adjusting your hormones you can balance your life.
Hormonal
Hormonal shifts negatively affect every aspect of our lives from A to Z. By adjusting your hormones you can balance your life.
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Gastronintestinal
Gastrointestinal issues can happen at any time or place. This evaluation can help you sustain better control.
Gastronintestinal
Gastrointestinal issues can happen at any time or place. This evaluation can help you sustain better control.
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Acne
The treatment of acne can be quite expensive and sometimes can be dangerous with certain medication therapies. This evaluation can provide safer and less expensive alternatives.
Acne
The treatment of acne can be quite expensive and sometimes can be dangerous with certain medication therapies. This evaluation can provide safer and less expensive alternatives.
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Allergy
Allergy symptoms can express themselves in multiple ways from runny/stuffy nose, to gastrointestinal symptoms to skin rashes. Correcting allergies improves the quality of your life.
Allergy
Allergy symptoms can express themselves in multiple ways from runny/stuffy nose, to gastrointestinal symptoms to skin rashes. Correcting allergies improves the quality of your life.
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Oral Health
Oral issues it is often the first sign of future health problems. An oral health evaluation can help identify the source of your problems.
Oral Health
Oral issues it is often the first sign of future health problems. An oral health evaluation can help identify the source of your problems.
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Nutritional
Eating a healthy, well balanced diet can still lead to imbalances of chemicals in our body. Testing nutritional status can identify those imbalances and correct them.
Nutritional
Eating a healthy, well balanced diet can still lead to imbalances of chemicals in our body. Testing nutritional status can identify those imbalances and correct them.
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Esoteric Healing
Esoteric Healing is the practice of using scientific and spiritual principles to promote healing by correcting imbalances in energy fields.
Esoteric Healing
Esoteric Healing is the practice of using scientific and spiritual principles to promote healing by correcting imbalances in energy fields.
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The Virus Treatment Kit
The Virus Treatment Kit was built particularly to treat those suffering from COVID-19 but it can be used for any respiratory virus. The supplements enclosed enhance your own immune system to fight the effects of the infection and it has been proven to work effectively. It is NOT a substitute for medical care or a cure. By following the directions enclosed in the kit, it greatly enhances the ability of the body to contain the infection.
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Sleep Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
- Without adequate sleep, the body is unable to heal, the mind cannot dream, and people become impatient and “cranky”.
- Sleep deprivation is linked to loss of memory, dementia, and other brain disorders.
- Based on your individualized evaluation, we can identify the neurochemicals (through testing) that may be in excess or deficient to help your sleep cycles.
Questions for consideration for this type of evaluation:
Are you feeling too stressed?
Are your hormones balanced?
Do you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep?
Are there medications interfering with your sleep cycles?
Do you have good sleep hygiene?
Are your worries interfering with your sleep?
Do you have a disease process interfering with sleep?
Is your nutrition keeping you awake?
Is your lifestyle working against your sleep cycles?
Do you have allergies that are preventing you from a good night’s sleep?
We use supplements, amino acids, herbs, relaxation and foods to assist your sleep patterns so that you feel rested
Neurochemical Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
We test samples of blood, urine and/or saliva that evaluate brain chemistries along with an extensive history and physical to determine imbalances or irregularities in your chemistry.
We know that these are not a perfect representation of your body but they give us a good idea what is imbalanced. When you see your health care professional, there often is no testing but blind trials of medications that may not be appropriate for your problem.
We can augment current medication regimens with amino acids, supplements, foods, and relaxation or make medication recommendations (including the drug itself or the dose needed based on your test results).
Symptoms may include (but not limited to) anxiety, depression, lack of focus, difficulty concentrating, irritability, lack of energy or sleep disturbances.
WE DO NOT PRESCRIBE ADHD MEDICATIONS
Questions for consideration for this type of evaluation:
Are you feeling too stressed?
Do you have allergies changing your chemistry?
Are you using medications that do not match your genetic profile?
Are the medications you are using relieving your symptoms?
Do you have a hormone imbalance?
Do you have an infection?
Do you have digestive issues?
Is your sleep adequate?
Does your diet complement your body chemistry?
Do you have a family history of Alzheimer’s or dementia?
Pain Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
Are you experiencing chronic pain and are frustrated with taking medications that only help “a little?”
Do you have health care professionals that will not treat your pain or take you seriously?
Have you been diagnosed with fibromyalgia?
Do you chronic joint pain that the health care providers can not help you feel better even after surgery?
WE DO NOT PRESCRIBE CONTROLED SUBSTANCES
We will work with your health care team and make recommendations
Questions for consideration for this type of evaluation:
Based on your individual evaluation (through history, physical exam, blood, saliva, and/or urine tests), we can identify imbalances or deficiencies in your chemistry and help correct them and then your pain experience will improve.
Do you have neuro-chemistries that are imbalanced?
Do you have a hormonal imbalance?
Are you sleeping poorly?
Do you have digestive issues?
Do you have vitamin deficiencies that are not addressed?
Do you have allergies?
Are some of the foods you are eating making your pain worse?
Are you absorbing your medications into your body so that they can help you?
Do you have emotional support in your life?
Are you taking the right medications that match your genetic profile?
Cardiac Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
- There are only a few tests that your health care providers can use to evaluate your heart attack risk
- EKG, stress test, cholesterol test, echocardiogram, catherization,
- None of these tests should be disregarded because they are all good tests but they have limitations
We evaluate risks based on metabolic problems, inflammation load, and genetics through blood testing. The results provide a well rounded picture of where you are
Questions for consideration for this type of evaluation:
Based on your individual evaluation, we can identify imbalances, deficiencies or risk factors in your chemistries, and help correct them to reduce your heart attack risk
Is your fatty acid profile in balance?
What is your lipid profile?
Will your genetic profile complement the statin drugs your health care provider prescribed?
Can you tolerate statin drugs?
Do you have a high inflammatory load?
Are you absorbing too much cholesterol in your intestines?
Is your diet increasing your inflammation?
Do you need more exercise?
Is your blood sugar increasing your risk for heart disease?
Have you had trouble controlling your blood pressure?
Have you been told that you have trouble with your blood sugars?
Do you feel run down after a work out?
Do you have bleeding gums, gingivitis, or poor dentician?
Hormonal Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
Our hormones (stress, sex and thyroid) are the chemicals that help us adjust to our daily lives. They help us cope when stressors present themselves. When they become altered by lack of sleep, demanding lives, poor nutrition, and our environment, the body struggles to maintain balance.
If we have imbalances we may experience sleep disturbances, emotional struggles, problems with our skin (acne, wrinkles, thinning), difficulty with our sex drive or sexual activity, hair loss (or growth where we don’t want it), decreased strength, decreased stamina, difficulty thinking and many others issues.
- By testing saliva, blood or urine several times throughout the day, in conjunction with your personal history and physical, we can learn about how to adjust your body’s rhythm so your symptoms are decreased (if not gone)
- Treatment with bio-identical hormones, medications, supplements, vitamins, amino acids or detoxification techniques may assist in helping your symptoms
- BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES
These are substances that are prescribed (you need a prescription to purchase them) and must be purchased at a special pharmacy called a compounding pharmacy
They are individually prescribed and individually dosed based strictly on your information
When using this therapy, there are fewer side effects and a lessened risk for cancers, unlike pharmaceutical based hormonal therapies
Questions for consideration for this type of evaluation:
Have hot flashes become a normal happening in your life and also interfering with your life?
Do you struggle with your memory at times?
Does your energy wear off before the end of your day? Do you feel like you just can’t make it sometimes?
Do you have unexplained pain that comes and goes?
Is your libido suffering or are you enjoying sexual activity less than you did when you were younger?
Has swallowing been difficult or do you find yourself choking on your food more often?
Is catching colds or the flu easy for you?
Are you losing your hair or has it thinned?
Do you see 2am, 3am or 4am almost every morning when the rest of the world sleeps?
Are you experiencing muscle weakness?
Do you need a crane to pull you out of bed in the morning?
Do you have a lot of wrinkles or has your skin thinned?
Gastrointestinal Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
Proper digestion helps your body receive the nutrients that it needs to sustain itself. When your body does not receive needed nutrients, it becomes stressed and unable to sustain itself then symptoms ensue. If you have a digestive issue, you usually struggle with many symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, gas, bloating, and abdominal pain.
Your GI tract also helps support your brain and its chemicals – often times when your GI system is not efficient, your mood and brain functions are also not efficient. It is also linked to your immune system so when your GI tract is not functioning well, you could have symptoms of an autoimmune disease.
- This may look like joint pain or swelling, skin abnormalities, breathing difficulties or other symptoms.
- Evaluation of your stool, blood, saliva, and urine can help us identify if you are having difficulty digesting your foods due to a lack of chemicals, an excess of chemicals, infection(s), allergy, medication(s) or disease.
- We help you by assisting you in changing your diet, avoiding certain foods and drinks, adding medications or adjusting them, detoxifying the GI tract, removing or repopulating your GI bacteria, adding supplements, amino acids, or herbs.
Questions for consideration for this type of evaluation:
Do you have reflux symptoms, pain in your stomach, or do you vomit in your mouth?
Is bloating and/or gas interfering with your life?
Have you a frequent need for laxatives or anti-diarrheal medications?
After you eat a meal, do you get bloated or have a need to use the bathroom shortly afterwards?
Do you burp for several hours after eating?
Has cramping interfered with your daily activities?
Are you feeling depressed or anxious often?
Acne Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
Acne can be not only physically debilitating but can also affect ones emotional health due to its affect on self esteem. The cause of acne is multifaceted and complicated because it is related to hormonal health, nutritional health, fatty acid health and skin integrity.
Traditional methods of treating acne include antibiotics(oral and topical), Retin A treatment and sometimes a dangerous medication called Accutane can be prescribed (especially if routine therapy does not cause a response). There are huge risks by using traditional prescription treatments to treat acne.
- Some risks include antibiotic resistance, negatively changing the GI tract leading to symptoms, problems with your mental health (there is a link between the GI tract and a person’s mood), birth defects, mental health changes with Accutane and expense of these therapies (they are not cheap and most insurance companies do not pay for them).
We evaluate based on history, physical exam, nutritional status, fatty acid analysis, allergen identification and sometimes hormonal status to tailor the treatment regimen.
Questions for consideration for this type of evaluation:
Do you have acne and the over the counter treatments have failed to control your breakouts?
Have you been using many antibiotics on and off and your acne keeps returning?
Are you concerned about using Accutane and medications alike?
Is the cost of the medications you are prescribed too costly?
Would you prefer a more natural approach to treat your acne?
Are you over 40 and still experiencing acne outbreaks?
Are you experiencing acne only at certain times of the month?
Do you know your diet is contributing to your acne but do not know how to change it?
Based on individualized analysis, an individualized treatment regimen including compounded prescription medications (these are medications that are individually made by a compounding pharmacy and not commercially available), regular medications, sometimes short courses of antibiotics, supplements, vitamins, amino acids and dietary changes.
Allergy Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
Allergies can include symptoms we all know such as watery eyes, stuffy nose, sneezing, coughing and throat drainage, breathing difficulty or skin rashes. Allergies can also include gastrointestinal effects, mood changes, pain and inflammation in various places, fatigue, worsening of autoimmune diseases, skin changes and bladder changes.
Treatment of allergies is mainly the long term use of antihistamines and they have been linked to early dementia and changes in the brain chemistry. This treatment is mainly for the breathing and head symptoms but they do little for the other allergy symptoms like inflammation, fatigue and bladder changes.
Identifying allergies and treating them can improve many symptoms that you may experience –
- We use your history and physical plus blood, sputum, skin, and urine evaluation to determine if allergies are affecting your life in a negative way.
Questions for consideration for this type of evaluation:
Do you have bloating, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea shortly after eating?
Is there is change in behavior, attitude or mood that is inconsistent?
Have you been told that you are moody?
Do you have pain that is not totally relieved by your pain medications?
Are there times when you feel like you are having trouble breathing? Have you been diagnosed with asthma?
Do you feel like you just can’t sit still and have to move around all the time?
Is there a problem with focusing on projects?
Do you lose control of your bladder inconsistently?
How often do your lower shins and/or ankles swell for no reason?
Do you get rashes or changes in your skin color?
Oral Health Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
Your gums, teeth, oral bacteria and tongue are a reflection of what is happening inside your body. Your teeth are a reflection of your bone health and / or mineral deficiencies.
If your gums are not healthy, they can cause inflammation resulting in accelerated aging or worse yet, heart disease, lung disease, cancer, kidney disease or Alzheimer’s disease. If your mouth is unhealthy, it can lead to a depressed immune system and digestive disorders.
Your tongue can help discover undiagnosed problems with metabolism or deficiencies. Taking care of your gums now can prevent disease and health problems later. Sometimes brushing and flossing is not enough to prevent these problems.
- Based on your health history, your lifestyle, a physical examination (targeting your mouth), your family history and some laboratory testing of your blood, we can create an individualized plan to help you stay healthy
- This plan may include (but not limited to) changes in diet, the use of mouth washes, supplements, special toothpastes and sometimes medications
Questions for consideration for this type of evaluation:
Do you have bleeding gums?
Has your dentist told you that you have periodontal disease or gingivitis?
Do you consistently have a bad taste in your mouth?
Has anyone in your family had a history of heart disease or stroke?
Have your been told that your have high blood sugars?
Have you had a number of cavities?
Are you experiencing frequent headaches?
Do you experience frequent low back pain without injury?
Have you been forgetful?
Are you a smoker or do you use tobacco chew?
Are you considering dental implants?
Nutritional Evaluation Services
WHy it matters
Even when we think we eat well and take care of our bodies, sometimes we still don’t feel well. Sometimes we need to be in our best health to carry a pregnancy or even to prepare for infertility procedures eating healthy may not be enough.
Sometimes we are preparing for elective surgery and want our bodies to be in the best shape so that we have the best outcome from the surgical intervention but we don’t know what to add to our diet. Sometimes we want strengthen our athletic ability and exercise tolerance but do not know what to place in our diet to strengthen our muscles. Sometimes a diagnosis or medications used to treat that diagnosis cause other physical symptoms. Could there be a deficiency created from this state of health?
This test can identify what is missing:
- By taking a health history, performing a physical examination, evaluating diet and sampling blood and urine, we can see what vitamins, minerals, nutrients, amino acids, fatty acids and enzymes are missing for a healthy functioning body to prepare for whatever we may be facing in the near future.
Who Should consider a nutritional evaluation service:
Are you considering pregnancy in your near future? You may want your body to be in its best health possible so you produce a healthy baby.
Have you been to see your health care provider and been tested but told all your results are normal? You may have a deficiency that makes you feel less than your best.
Have you not been feeling well, in general, and have been diagnosed with a chronic disease?
Have you been using a number of medications and wondered why you feel badly? Some of these medications may cause deficiencies in your body.
Are you scheduled for an elective surgery and want to have the best outcome?
By repairing the gastrointestinal system the body can absorb the missing substances discovered from this analysis, then body can repair itself and come reclaim its previous fully functioning state. This evaluation will result in replenishing the missing nutrients by supplementing them with vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes and other products but then, afterwards, by healthy dietary choices.
Esoteric Healing
WHy it matters
Esoteric Healing is the practice of using scientific and spiritual principles to promote healing by correcting imbalances in energy fields. All beings radiate subtle energy fields and disruptions in the flow of energy cause emotional and physical discomfort, as well as illness. As an Esoteric Healing practitioner who has extensively studied these energies, a session can balance the energies and promote harmony between the energy fields. There is also insight and understanding as to the origin of these disturbances and how to heal them.