Stephen Spates, ND

Naturopath

Dr. Stephen Spates is a Naturopath in Clarendon Hills, IL with special training and skill in treating chronic conditions that don't respond to conventional medicine by addressing the individual needs of patients and developing custom treatment plans. As a Naturopath, Stephen Spates, ND performs lab testing to detect and monitor hormone and nutrient imbalances, nutritional therapy, botanical medicine, acupuncture, and IV therapy. Naturopathy is science-based medicine that promotes wellness by identifying the unique aspects of each patient, then employing non-toxic natural therapies to restore the patients physiological, psychological, and structural balance. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Naturopaths include fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, depression, asthma, hypertension, hormonal imbalance, type II diabetes, and other autoimmune diseases. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Naturopaths include medical history analysis, blood testing, saliva testing, urine testing, stool testing, diet therapy, nutritional supplements, botanical medicine, patience, and good communication about a patient's whole health (as opposed to any one individual symptom only).

Diagnoses, treats, and cares for patients, using system of practice that bases treatment of physiological functions and abnormal conditions on natural laws governing human body: Utilizes physiological, psychological, and mechanical methods, such as air, water, light, heat, earth, phototherapy, food and herb therapy, psychotherapy, electrotherapy, physiotherapy, minor and orificial surgery, mechanotherapy, naturopathic corrections and manipulation, and natural methods or modalities, together with natural medicines, natural processed foods, and herbs and nature's remedies. Excludes major surgery, therapeutic use of x ray and radium, and use of drugs, except those assimilable substances containing elements or compounds which are components of body tissues and are physiologically compatible to body processes for maintenance of life.

Naturopaths in Clarendon Hills, IL

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Chiropractic Internist

Dr. Stephen Spates is a Chiropractic Internist in Clarendon Hills, IL with special training and skill in the medical diagnosis and treatment of the root causes of illness, and the restoration of a patient's neural, structural, and physiological integrity without the use of pharmaceuticals. Chiropractic internists are the only natural primary doctors licensed in all 50 states. As a Chiropractic Internist, Stephen Spates, ND performs diagnostic tests, chiropractic therapy, functional medicine, nutritional therapy, herbal/homeopathic therapy, super-pulsed laser therapy, and genetic-based counseling. Chiropractic Internal Medicine is the non-pharmaceutical and non-surgical treatment of whole body dysfunction that falls outside of a chiropractic doctor's scope. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Chiropractic Internists include allergies and asthma, attention deficit disorders, gastrointestinal dysfunction, parasitic infections, autoimmune disorders, hormonal dysfunction, heavy metal toxicity, heart disease, high blood pressure, sports injuries, chronic pain, vertigo, visual disturbances, and sleep disorders. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Chiropractic Internists include body fluid and imaging tests, neuro-structural chiropractic therapy, acupuncture, herbal therapies, homeopathic medicine, hormone therapies, and nutritional therapies.

The chiropractic internist may serve as a primary care physician or may see patients referred from other providers for evaluation and co-management. Evaluation is focused on the early detection of functional, nutritional, and pathological disorders. A chiropractic internist utilizes the diagnostic instruments necessary for proper examination. In cases where laboratory examination is necessary, a chiropractic internist utilizes a recognized reference laboratory facility. A chiropractic internist may manage his or her own cases or may refer to another specialist when prudent to do so. The chiropractic internist utilizes documented natural therapies, therapeutic lifestyle changes, patient education and other resources to promote patient health and avoidance of disease.

Chiropractic Internists in Clarendon Hills, IL

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