Wellness

According to the American Psychological Association, at least 40 million Americans suffer from over 70 different sleep disorders and 60% of adults report having sleep problems a few nights a week or more. Americans sleep 90 minutes less per night than they did 100 years ago. The era of Starbucks has been surpassed by one…

What we do every day to stay well can really impact the strength of our immune system. You can’t stop every infection from invading your body, but you can do a lot to support your immunity to be its best. Right now we’re hearing a lot about the coronavirus. This is actually a family of…

Blogs. I love them. I love reading them, and I love writing them. They are a relatively quick and easy way to spread useful information and share ideas, both old and new, from a unique perspective. Yet, I’ve never written a blog from the perspective of somebody else, which is exactly what I want to…

When do I start considering exogenous hormone therapy and hormone optimization with my patients? Once we have worked around the matrix addressing system imbalances with lifestyle interventions that target sleep, stress, nutrition, exercise, and relationships, if vitality has not been achieved, then it is time. An example would be Rob. He came to me with…

I have spent my career treating patients, both men and women, of all ages. Early in my career I was even delivering babies! Now, patients visit me from all over the world with a range of concerns from complex medical problems unyielding to previous interventions, to the relatively healthy who want to optimize performance. It…

If you’re new to the series, each month we share a short video that explores the most pressing questions around health that our patients ask the most.  Here at The UltraWellness Center, we often have men struggling with difficult symptoms that can be traced to hormonal imbalances. Last month, in part one of Getting to…

What first drew you into the Functional Medicine World? I was first introduced to Functional Medicine when I got a job at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Mass.  This was where I met Mark Hyman, Todd Lepine and Kathie Swift. I went to my first Functional Medicine training program and I was hooked. I was so…

Functional Medicine is more than just medicine, it’s a lifestyle. We invite you to read on and learn more about how we approach healing through a Functional Medicine Model directly via my personal hands-on experience treating patients at The UltraWellness Center. Why Functional Medicine? People often come in frustrated about their current health circumstances because…