INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE CONSULTATIONS - SUPPORTING HEALTH & WELLNESS & PREVENTING DISEASE

Introduction

Integrative medicine is an evidence-based approach to treat the whole person and promote health and wellbeing. This approach seeks to understand and treat the underlying cause of disease, and not just control the symptoms. Integrative medicine uses a multidisciplinary approach that integrates different therapeutic components to support optimal physical and mental health and promote healing. Individuals with chronic or complex conditions can especially find integrative medicine helpful.

Moreover, because prevention of disease is a key component of integrative medicine, hence, healthy people can also benefit from this approach. Integrative medicine specialists can work together with conventional primary care providers or specialists to heal patients’ mind, body and spirit. Integrative medicine specialists generally don’t treat acute medical problems, their expertise lies in preventing and improving chronic diseases, and promoting health and wellness.

Fig.1 Integrative medicine focuses on patients’ mind, body and spirit to promote health and wellbeing, and prevent disease.

Who Can Benefit from Integrative Medicine

Integrative medicine is a holistic approach that can benefit many individuals. Maintenance of health requires optimal nutrients intake, appropriate physical activity, mental stress management, inflammation control, oxidative stress reduction, toxicity elimination and other appropriate interventions. Moreover, these tools are employed to combat dysfunction and disease. Thus, both healthy people and individuals affected by medical conditions, can benefits from integrative medicine, especially those with chronic diseases. Integrative medicine can help people in many areas of health and wellbeing, including:

• Obesity, weight loss and weight management

• Acute and chronic inflammation

• Metabolic dysfunction

• Autoimmune diseases

• Chronic fatigue

• Acute and chronic pain

• Diabetes

• Headaches and migraines

• Cancer and cancer-related side effects

• Low energy levels

• Cold/flu symptoms

• Digestive disorders

• High levels of oxidative stress

• Menopausal symptoms

• High levels of toxicity

• Mental and emotional health issues

• Bone and muscle health promotion

• High blood pressure

• Sleep issues

• Energy metabolism support

• Physical and mental performance

Fig.2 Integrative medicine implementation promotes health and wellness.

Integrative Medicine and Beauty

Over the past decades, the importance of general health for the promotion of beauty has become apparent. The skin represents an important organ involved in numerous physiological functions, and also it is central to beauty and body image. Traditionally people have been particularly interested in skin care, spending a considerable amount of time and resources for maintain skin integrity and beauty. The skin is constantly under threat deriving from exogenous and endogenous factors, including air pollution, radiation damage, nasty chemicals, cold weather and infections, as well as free radicals, unbalanced diet, smoking, dehydration, poor blood circulation and inflammation. All these factors can cause damage to the skin, and as a result its functions, integrity and beauty are compromised. Integrative medicine goes beyond conventional cosmetics, and focuses on correcting the factors that affect skin physiology and body function, which enhances skin beauty and health.

Fig.3 Integrative medicine creates the optimal conditions for a radiant and healthy skin.

Integrative Medicine and Performance

Integrative medicine improves physical and mental performance, by implementing various interventions such as nutrients optimisation, exercise prescription and precision nutrition. Peak performance requires muscular control, flexibility, strength and endurance. Optimising nutrients intake is critical for supporting the physiological responses and adaptations that result in improved strength, endurance, muscular efficiency, and mental acuity.

Moreover, nutrients optimization also promotes bone mineral density, muscle growth, cognitive function, and tissue repair and regeneration. Exercise prescription involves creating training programmes designed for the specific needs of the individual. The prescription of an effective exercise programme requires the right dosage of the right exercise, at the right time for that individual. The intervention goal is to close the gap between current performance and the desired goal or capacity. Exercise physiology-based training programmes improves fitness, performance and health.

Fig.4 Integrative medicine improves physical and mental performance, by implementing various interventions.

What We Do

We implement integrative medicine interventions to support health and wellbeing, and improve performance. Depending on the specific case, we can work independently or in cooperation with physicians, clinicians, beauticians and sports coaches. We utilise different diagnostic tools, including:

• Quantum Bioresonance Magnetic Analysis

• Nutrients Status Analysis

• Oxidative Stress Assessment

• Blood Pressure Monitoring

• Pulse Oximetry - Oxygen Saturation Monitoring

• Inflammation Assessment

• Heart Rate Monitoring

• Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (Body Composition, body fat % and fat free mass)

• Food Sensitivity Assessment

• Toxic Load Assessment

• Health Questionnaires

• Various Health and Fitness Testing

• Hip To Waist Ratio Test

• Lifestyle Assessment

• Heart Rate Recovery Test

All these diagnostic tools we utilise are non-invasive, and free from pain and discomfort.

Fig.5 We utilise different diagnostic tools that are non-invasive, and free from pain and discomfort.

Interventions We Implement

We utilise various tools that work in concert to promote health and wellbeing, enhance performance and combat disease.

Orthomolecular Medicine

Orthomolecular medicine focuses on prevention and treatment of disease by implementing a natural approach. Orthomolecular refers to the correct molecule, which translates into providing the human body with adequate amount of essential nutrients and naturally occurring bioactive molecules. Orthomolecular medicine, involves the optimization of the dosages of “correct molecules” that are needed but not synthesised by the body. This approach focuses on enhancing the innate ability of the body to heal itself, optimising the myriad of physiological processes that are critical for enhancing health and wellbeing.

Fig.6 At the most basic level, the human body is composed of molecules. Most of these molecules are nutrients that are needed for function, but cannot be produced by the body. Orthomolecular medicine application optimises the intake of these molecules.

Exercise Physiology and Exercise Therapy

Exercise physiology is a branch of physiology that studies the effects of exercise on the functions of the human body. Exercise training is a positive stress that elicits acute physiological responses and chronic adaptations, which result in improvement of health, physical performance and wellness.

Exercise therapy involves the systematic execution of specific physical movements, postures, or activities in order to prevent impairment, reduce the risk of disease, improve fitness and enhance health and wellbeing. Exercise therapy incorporates a wide range of training modalities, such as strength and conditioning, aerobic and endurance conditioning, training to improve posture, balance, coordination, mobility and flexibility. This can help prevent and combat diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis.

Fig.7 Physical activity is important for promoting health and wellbeing, and combat disease.

Nutrition Science and Precision Nutrition

Nutrition science is the study of food, and the macronutrients, micronutrients and other bioactive substances it contains. This discipline also studies the intake, absorption and biochemical processing of food substances and their impact on health and disease. Nutrition is directly related to health, with cumulative effects. Optimal nutrition supports good health, whereas, poor nutrition can result in dysfunction and disease. Unhealthy nutrition contributes to the development of various diseases, such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, inflammatory conditions, osteoporosis, obesity and some cancers.

A balanced nutrition nourishes the body well, and contains appropriate amount of the six essential nutrients: carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water. The nutrients are utilised by the body to produce energy, build and repair tissues, and for regulating biological processes.

Precision nutrition is part of precision medicine that seeks to improve the personalized treatment of diseases, and precision nutrition is specific to dietary intake. Both approaches develop interventions to prevent or treat chronic diseases based on a person’s unique characteristics and specific needs.

Fig.8 A good nutrition comprises a variety of healthy foods to meet the needs of the individual.

Bioelectricity and Electrotherapy

Bioelectric phenomena and interactions are important to human health at both the cellular and the organ systems levels. This is where scientific Western and Eastern principles of human physiology unmistakably intersect. The various types of cells and tissues that compose the body, possess an intrinsic electric nature, which allows the transmission of bioelectrical signals for information and control of different biological processes.

Bioelectrical events and their importance to healing and repair have been observed in numerous animal species. These bioelectrical phenomena are also present in humans, and permeate the body at different levels. Furthermore, distinct changes in bioelectrical activity are associated with injury, which return to normal levels once healing occurs.

There is evidence suggesting that the application of fine-tuned exogenous electrical impulses stimulate the body and produce significant physiological effects. Since the body generates its own bioelectricity and is capable of responding to external electrical stimuli, this provide the rationale for further investigation to advance the understanding of these phenomena.

Electrotherapy has been applied to biological systems, particularly humans, in different settings. Electrotherapy techniques are utilised to mediate physiological changes, which bring about numerous therapeutic benefits. Electrotherapy comprises various modalities, and each of these modalities stimulates the body in a specific way with numerous possible applications, ranging from improving function and enhancing physical performance, to rehabilitation and the treatments of different conditions. For instance, electrotherapy has been applied for improving back pain, rheumatoid arthritis pain, neck pain, musculoskeletal pain, diabetes neuropathy pain, inflammation, wound healing, muscle strength and endurance and glucose metabolism.

Fig.9 Electrotherapy utilises electric impulses that stimulates the body, causing physiological changes that bring about various health and fitness related benefits.

Lifestyle Medicine

Lifestyle medicine focuses on improving the lifestyle that is an important factor for supporting health and wellbeing. Quitting smoking, reducing and eliminating toxicity, controlling oxidative stress and implementing healthy habits through a flexible process, drawing on a number of practical tools and resources, are crucial aspects for lifestyle improvement. Moreover, balancing factors such as body nourishment, daily activities and rest, help promote health and wellness, and prevent disease.

Fig.10 Lifestyle medicine is important for promoting health and wellbeing.

How We Work

There is evidence to suggest that personalized medicine is critical to the future of health care. We have the knowledge and experience working in science and health industry, helping people in their personal wellbeing. We implement the interventions, based on the principle of personalized medicine and the specific needs of the individual. Factors such as age, gender, nutritional status, environmental individuality, testing results, lifestyle and other factors are taken into account in order to formulate the most appropriate strategy to improve health and wellbeing of individuals.

Contact Us:

For further information about our services and to book a consultation, please email Dr Luigi Vorluni Email: l.vorluni@gmail.com