Chronic diseases are conditions that are long-term and which cannot be cured by medication or surgery. Traditional medical practice has no cure for chronic disease and is focused on acute disease treatment rather than holistic treatment. Oftentimes with chronic disease, multiple body systems are involved and are therefore in need of full-body attention for proper healing. A functional medicine approach from integrative wellness practitioners can help you get the holistic care you need to improve your chronic disease.
Chronic disease is a vague term that refers to a long-lasting medical condition which impairs or limits daily life activities. Chronic disease can look very different among individuals and vary across bodily systems with a variety of symptoms. It’s stated that chronic diseases “cannot be cured by medication” but can be “controlled” and severity of symptoms can be reduced.
There are many causes of chronic diseases that are often rooted in environment and lifestyle. A few of these chronic disease factors include:
If any of these factors resonate with your health or lifestyle, there is good news: making adjustments can improve your chronic disease! At Active Edge, our chronic disease specialists will work with you to identify the key factors in your chronic disease and curate a plan to eliminate them one step at a time.
Chronic diseases are found throughout the body and are not specific to one organ or another. As stated by the CDC, the most common chronic diseases are:
While most chronic diseases are typically related to aging adults, they are unfortunately becoming more and more common in young people who can also experience chronic diseases. The most common chronic diseases in young adults (500/mo) include obesity, depression, and high blood pressure but others such as heart disease and cancers are rising.
Taking a total body approach to chronic diseases is essential for preventing and reversing these disease processes. Fortunately our lifestyles are vastly responsible for these chronic diseases above. Our chronic disease doctors (20/mo) can help address your lifesyles through physical care lifestyle education and stress reduction to provide you with a holistic treatment that will drastically improve your condition.
The Western medical approach to treating chronic disease is to “manage” the problems that cannot be “cured.” Western medicine and likeminded practices fall short because they are so focused and segmented in their approach to diagnosis and treatment. Specialists often look only at the organ(s) they are responsible for and do not look at the body as a whole system.
At Active Edge, we recognize the importance of interconnective and holistic care for chronic disease resolution. Activating your body’s natural healing potential may include:
If you are experiencing chronic back pain, fatigue, reflux, diabetes, heart disease, or an autoimmune disorder, Active Edge provides education, diet programs, supplements and other tools to help you reduce and resolve your chronic condition.
We look at all the ways that chronic disease can be addressed and work with you to enhance your health and life. We start with the root and adjust one step at a time to get you feeling like yourself again. The process may ebb and flow as we peel back the layers of your condition that your body has covered up over time, but naturally, balance will restore with diligence in healing the root cause.
Being Doctors of Chiropractic, that means we have some of the most in-depth training in spinal anatomy, musculoskeletal conditions and diagnosis, vertebral subluxations, kinesiology, and more. We’ve refined our knowledge over the years and have studied with some of the Functional Medicine greats including Bob Rakowski, Jeffery Bland, Mark Hyman, and Jeff Bryst. With continuous study about whole body health and the far reaching affects it may have on your body as well as how other dysfunction can affect spine function and health.
Our doctors are trained in a variety of techniques and utilize this diversified approach to make each patient’s experience as effective and comfortable as possible. Some of the techniques we commonly use for physical care include:
We balance physical work like musculature and retrain movement patterns with the health activating affects of functional medicine and assisting in releasing stored emotions.
We activate your body’s potential and regularly see positive improvements in pain reduction, range of motion, energy, and more as patients receive and implement the tools they need for healing naturally and holistically.
While not all chronic diseases can be prevented due to genetic predisposition or other factors, the best way to prevent chronic illness is to life a healthy lifestyle including of the following:
At this point, you are feeling better than you ever thought you could as you are feeling energized and thriving. You have learned a lot about your body, you are moving more efficiently, you understand your body’s cues, and you have a good idea of what to do with these cues. This means you get to try new things, achieve new goals, and conquer new challenges! As you do, we will be here as your resource, as needed, to help you nourish, boost, and refresh your health.
Pain is generally the last symptom to show up and the first to go away. This means that by the time you realize there is a problem, there has been a problem for a long time. Especially for chronic or recurring issues, understanding how you got to where you are is so important for getting to where you want to go. In this stage of your journey, you will resolve underlying dysfunction, remove cheats, and retrain habits. As we aid you in activating your body’s natural healing potential, we will help you regain movement, energy, and body function both inside and outside. Throughout this process, you will start to feel greater ease and inspiration as you restore communication and efficiency in your body. Together, we will constantly assess, observe, and reassess your body’s responses to boost your results.
You are your own person, with your own collection of life events which brought you to where you are today. You deserve to be heard, seen, and treated as the individual you are. Your journey begins with your Discovery Evaluation. This first visit includes your exam which works to uncover the root of your issue(s), new patient diagnostics, and, of course, your first treatment. This is how we will help you begin connecting the dots and feeling better. After your first treatment, we will ask you to observe your body’s responses– good, bad, or indifferent. There is no wrong answer as this is just starting point information and direction for moving forward. In your second visit, we will review this feedback and your diagnostics to further identify potential underlying causes and compensations. We will combine everything we have learned about you, consider your goals, and together create a plan to resolve your concerns from the roots up.
