Primary Care Services

Annual Wellness Visits or Regular Check-Ups

We encourage you to have an Annual Wellness Appointment to review your medical history, order & review screening labs and other tests, and make any necessary treatment plans or referrals. This is also a great time to get those Biometric Forms completed for your health insurance.  Please note: we do not perform annual wellness pap smears or prostate exams in our office. 

Sick Visits for Minor Illness and Infection

We are able to see and treat patients with minor illness; such as: sore throat, cough, congestion, sinus pressure, ear/eye symptoms, urinary discomfort, stomach ache, and more. 

Other Problem Focused Visits

We do understand that from time to time, you may have issues that arise that need medical evaluation and treatment. While we do practice within the Functional Medicine structure, we are able to integrate traditional medicine so we can treat you effectively. 

**Please remember that while we do offer primary care services, our approach is based on the Functional Medicine structure. This means that we focus on wellness and prevention. Functional Medicine is not always a fit for everyone. You must have the desire for wellness, prevention and being proactive in your health care. You must be willing to partner with us in your wellness journey to get well and stay well. 

Medication Management Policy

Please understand that our office practices within the Integrative Functional Medicine structure, even with primary care. This means our focus is on wellness, prevention, and reversal of chronic conditions, symptoms and disease. If you have a long-term or chronic condition that requires ongoing medication management, we might not be able to manage that in our office.

We DO NOT manage or prescribe long-term/chronic medications for:

-blood pressure or cholesterol (we believe these should be managed by a cardiologist)

-anxiety medication (meaning an independent stand-alone medication; especially controlled-this should be managed by a psychiatrist)

-Uncontrolled diabetes or insulin (this should be managed by an endocrinologist)

*For any condition that you see a specialist for, we are happy to work with you on the functional medicine side to ensure you are optimizing your overall health to help you better manage these conditions and work to stabilize, prevent progression or possibly even reverse!

We DO manage or prescribe long-term/chronic medications for:

-thyroid

-hormones

-weight loss

-metabolic/endocrine such as pre-diabetes, PCOS, etc.

-controlled depression/anxiety with anti-depressants (as long as you are stable on your current dosing-we will not initiate new treatment or make adjustments; you will be referred to psychiatrist until stable)

-other conditions on a case-by-case basis

We DO manage or prescribe short-term and/or as needed medications for a variety of issues, such as:

-acute conditions

-pain

-illness or infection

-headaches

-respiratory symptoms

-gastrointestinal symptoms

-urinary symptoms

-other conditions or symptoms on a case-by-case basis

We DO NOT prescribe controlled medications unless hormone or weight management. 

Since our overall goal is to help you reverse and manage these symptoms as naturally as possible, we work with you to make necessary steps to wean off medications, if appropriate.

If you do require medication management for a condition we do not manage, we will refer you to the appropriate specialist. 

Medications are only filled during office visits. 

**If you are experiencing a life threatening medical emergency, please dial 911 or present to the nearest Emergency Room, if able.