Connecticut Natural Health Specialists

Naturopathy

Connecticut Natural Health Specialists is a Naturopathy practice in Manchester, CT with healthcare providers who have 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. Naturopaths at Connecticut Natural Health Specialists perform 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 at Naturopathy practices include fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, depression, asthma, hypertension, hormonal imbalance, type II diabetes, and other autoimmune diseases. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Naturopathy practices 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.

Family Medicine

Connecticut Natural Health Specialists is a Family Medicine practice in Manchester, CT with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in family-centric healthcare. Family Medicine Doctors at Connecticut Natural Health Specialists perform medical history analysis, diagnostics, and treatments for a wide variety of dysfunctions, conditions, and injuries. Family Medicine is a medical specialty devoted to the medical care of the family unit. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Family Medicine practices include cold and flu, asthma and allergies, ear and eye infections, yeast infections, diabetes, high blood pressure, hormone imbalance, nutritional imbalance, stress and depression, muscle tears and sprains, and sexually transmitted diseases. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Family Medicine practices include annual exams, immunizations, medication refills, hormone level testing, cardiovascular testing, pap smears and genital exams, specialist referrals, and patient education.

Family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity.