An Odd Juxtaposition ….
This past week has been extremely hectic time. Sadly I have seen my wife and children only in passing. My partner, Cheryl Middleton, and I have talked for a total of about 5 minutes in 2 weeks. Despite the harried pace it has been a very enlightening week.
This past weekend I was able to attend an advanced women’s health seminar in Nashville. This seminar was sponsored by ZRT Labs. This company is a cutting edge company who is one of the grandfathers of saliva hormone testing. For about eight hours a day we heard some amazing lecturers talk about the body’s physiology and how things work. We also learned how to look for the root problems and treat it with nutriceuticals and some pharmaceuticals.
I then drove home and worked one day in our office then I was off to Greenville to attend a Primary Care Update for three days. We had some of the brightest guys in traditional medicine explain how to treat everything from hypertension, bird flu and even menopause. During one of the breaks I called my wife and remember commenting that the weekend conference was all about how the body works and this conference was all about how to use the latest pill. Sure we were getting some information on physiology but nothing substantial. Instead it was all about which drug worked better than the next.
Perhaps due to fatigue and lack of sleep I reached an epiphany. Traditional medicine is not “cutting edge”. They are not pushing the envelope to provide patients with true alternatives. The science is very good however it is very limited. Most of the science in traditional medicine at this point is all about how a chemical can change a lab value instead of how we can actually restore a person’s health.
I believe we at LivingWell Integrative Healthcare are uniquely positioned to bring these two disparate worlds together for our patient’s benefit. Sure it is an odd juxtaposition but the two worlds of alternative and traditional medicine need to come together.
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