Let’s take a moment, and discuss what the approach looks like when we investigate the WHY behind your symptoms, and look at the root cause. I like talking about it as if our body is a car . . .

If the “Service Engine” warning light starts flashing on your car you have 3 options: 

1. Ignore it and hope it corrects itself – but that light gets annoying after a while. 

2. Cover it with duct tape so you don’t see it. 

3. Bring your car to a mechanic to run a diagnostic test to find the cause of the problem and have it fixed. 

With your car, you know the problem will only get worse if you don’t get it fixed soon and it may even cause more serious problems down the road, so you know the trip to the mechanic is the only sensible option. Your body is the same way, when you start feeling ill, low energy, pain or other symptoms, that is your body’s “service engine” light telling you something is wrong and you have the same 3 options: 

1. Ignore it and hope it corrects itself 

2. Cover it with drugs or pain killers so you don’t feel it 

3. Go to a Naturopathic Doctor to run some tests to find the root cause of your symptoms and “fix” it using natural treatments... no duct tape needed! 

Unlike your car, sometimes your body’s natural healing ability actually will correct the problem itself. And sometimes, we need more intervention to help our body realign.

Think about when you catch a common cold or you cut yourself. For most people your body recognizes the problem and given time, will go to work on fixing it. But for other health issues such as energy loss, fatigue, digestive issues, extreme PMS pains, hot sweats and other symptoms of menopause, anxiety, skin rashes and a plethora of other symptoms … your body needs some help to overcome. Sometimes we need to take the therapeutic intervention that covers that warning light otherwise the body won’t be able to heal. But . . the key is knowing what interventions are symptom suppressing, when we need to utilize those to protect the body, and how to find out what’s causing the problem in the first place.

The Naturopathic approach starts with a detailed “diagnostic” of your health. Your NWC Naturopathic Doctor will take the time to talk to you about your health history, your family’s health history, your symptoms, your lifestyle, your health goals and more. Depending on your symptoms they may need to run some additional tests to identify what is causing the problem. Once they are clear on the cause, they will typically develop a plan that goes to work on helping your body heal or fight the disease naturally. That care plan may include some diet changes, lifestyle changes, natural supplements or vitamins to help your body heal itself. Depending on your health issue, or the severity of your condition your NWC Naturopathic Doctor will continue to monitor and adjust your personalized care plan to train, or retrain your body to be able to heal or overcome the problem so you can start to enjoy a healthy, life again …naturally of course. 

 Here are some common issues we treat successfully in our center using naturopathic medicine . .

Menopause: Balancing hormones naturally by knowing what foods you are eating that is causing your hormones to be out of balance, often this one step can help reduce or eliminate those nasty hot flashes and make you feel great again. 

Digestive issues: With so many foods claiming to be “all natural” these days, people are trusting the huge food and grocery industry to provide them with good quality food. By educating you on what to look for in the products you eat and by knowing what specific foods cause your digestive discomfort, you can turn your food into medicine.

Antibiotic Support: There is definitely a time and place for antibiotics. Sometimes they are over used, but there for a very specific reason that they exist and can be life saving. Just taken by themself, antibiotics can harm the gut biodiversity for months or even years as we are seeing in research. You want to work with your NWC Naturopathic Doctor to support your biodiversity if you have to take antibiotics. 

To learn how Naturopathic Medicine can work for you … without duct tape, fill out our application for a free Discovery Session to learn more.