OUR CARE PLAN: THE NATURAL MEDICINE LIFESTYLE ANALYSIS®

Throughout his years of research, Dr. Asa Andrew has developed a system of analysis and evaluation that is on the cutting-edge of health care. Natural Medicine® is designed to transform the health of any individual and will bring hope in restoring your body toward optimal health. The Natural Medicine Protocol® takes you from where you are in your current health challenge, and custom designs a plan that will transform you into a newer healthier you.

In our evaluation you will:

• Learn your genetic predisposition towards certain diseases
• Understand your exact blood chemistry and how to restore any deficiencies or abnormalities
• Learn about vitamin and mineral deficiencies that are specific to your body chemistry
• Understand how we correct any mental instabilities concerning key neurotransmitters
• Start the process of loseing any unwanted weight and cellulite
• Begin reversing the aging process to looking and feeling 20 years younger
• Learn how to balance essential hormones in the body
• Learn how to reduce inflammation and detoxify the body
• Begin restoring and stabilizing certain health challenges you are currently facing

NATURAL MEDICINE PROTOCOL

Dr. Asa's Natural Medicine Protocol® is a powerful and specialized system attempting to look at the whole person using an integrated approach to get to the root of the health issue and balance the body's natural healing capabilities. Based on our findings, your physician will recommend an individualized care plan which includes a discussion of our integrative approach to improve your present state of health and encourage future wellness. Throughout this process, our goal will be to help you take radical steps toward taking responsibility for your health.

CARE PLAN OUTLINE

You will have a consultation with one of our Natural Medicine Physicians®, personally trained by Dr. Asa Andrew, who will perform a comprehensive history and general examination focusing on all three sides of the Natural Medicine Health Triangle®. Each side of the Health Triangle will be fully evaluated.

MENTAL: The first is the Mental aspect of health, including our brain chemistry, our neurotransmitters, and the subconscious mind.

CHEMICAL: Secondly will be the Chemical aspect of health including all the body's physiological processes.

STRUCTURAL: Thirdly is the Structural aspect of health. Our bones, muscles, and nerves will be evaluated including all the Meridian pathways. This will help us create a baseline of looking at your entire body, determining where you currently are to where you need to be.

THE MENTAL EVALUATION:

Do You Want To Get Well? Dr. Asa's signature question to all of his patients. It is crucial to understand the current state of your emotional wellness. Based on extensive research and our experience we realize that all physical illness has an emotional component. Unfortunately there has been little to no use of this fundamental truth by most conventional models of medicine. Find out the key role of neurotransmitters, the subconscious mind, and the importance of attitude. Our emotions play a major role in who we are as individuals and affect our ability to address the challenges we face when looking to improve our health. We have a specialized medical testing system grounded in solid science, which is used to screen for potential food allergies, biophysical stress, interference fields, emotional blocks, heavy metal toxicity, dental related problems, and environmental toxicity.

THE CHEMICAL EVALUATION: COMPREHENSIVE LABORATORY TESTING

As a benchmark of our Natural Medicine System, we use diagnostic bloodwork as the Gold Standard in evaluating body chemistry. THE ASA PANEL®, developed exclusively by Dr. Asa, is a 100 component testing panel to show how the entire body is working and how all bodily systems affect one another. It is one of the most extensive systems of testing in the country. We collect fasting blood and urine samples as part of our baseline assessment and if needed, we may direct you toward other highly specialized tests.

THE STRUCTURAL EVALUATION

You will gain a new perspective as to the true benefits of the foundation of your body. We will assess your range of motion and current level of activity. Also, our certified functional movement trainers will be coaching you on the benefits of Functional Movement relative to your abilities. Using the latest technology, you will receive a comprehensive structural, orthopedic and neurological examination evaluating the current state or your bones, muscles, and nerves. We will also evaluate all of the acupuncture meridian pathways and will discuss how each of these components contributes to your overall state of well-being.

COMPLETE PHYSICAL EXAM

A complete physical exam will be performed by one of our physicians to evaluate all physical findings. This exam is similar to your yearly physical.

ADDITIONAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTING

A deliberate focus at The Center for Natural Medicine is taking our time with each patient. We use extensive diagnostic tests to make certain that we gather the proper information regarding your health. Our signature testing is for nutritional deficiencies using the blood. Diagnostic blood work has always been the Gold Standard of health care. Life is in the blood. Vibrant health is not attained by waiting on disease to find you but rather by you staying ahead of the game. For years physicians have been using comprehensive blood analysis to determine everything from cancer to heart disease to immune disorders, and the list goes on. Dr. Asa Andrew has developed one of the most comprehensive blood panels in the country called The Asa Panel®. Consisting of over 100 tests, this exclusive panel will help determine your current health status and the direction it is leading as well as any limiting factors that are keeping you from living in the optimal health you were designed to have. One of the best health insurance policies available in the world today, is learning exactly where you are in your health.

In addition to the extensive bloodwork, our physicians will utilize many of the leading diagnostic tests available and will therefore use the relevant findings to assess the current state of your health. Your examining physician may order additional tests that could include: EKG, Ultrasound, REE, Echo, MRI, CT, PET, DNX, Autonomic Nervous System test, Halter Monitor, Colonoscopy, Rhinoscopy, and Sleep Studies. Our goal is to be the least invasive, yet the most comprehensive when it comes to looking at your specific health challenges.

REVIEW OF FINDINGS

You will meet with one of our physicians to go over your testing results, examination findings, and any other specific information related to restoring your health. We will then present a custom, highly individualized care plan developed for you and your needs.

LIFESTYLE AND NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION

In this first of multiple sessions you will review the results of your Nutritional Survey with your nutritionist. During this process of discovery you will receive feedback on how food can make a direct impact on your health and how to create simple changes that will form the foundation on which to build your new healthy lifestyle for years to come. Our Senior Health Coach will be discussing the Foundational Food Guide with you, and will assist in creating a program just for you. We are what we eat, just like grandma taught us.

ADDITIONAL THERAPIES

We offer additional therapies on an as needed basis. Typically these modalities of healing build upon your basic program and are targeted in ways that work to accelerate changes to specific aspects of your health. Many who travel to our clinic from outside the local area have an interest in experiencing these modalities and we encourage you to discuss the possibility of doing so with your New Patient Consultant.

THE NATURAL MEDICINE LIFESTYLE CARE PLAN ® DURATION

This is one of the most frequent questions asked and is one of the hardest to answer. The reality is that everyone is different and everyone attains health at different rates. We have found consistently that people who are fully committed respond the quickest overall. Our care plan consists of approximately one to over a dozen visits in total for an average patient.

The beginning is designed to create a foundation of health from which the rest of your lifestyle choices are built. During this critical period, you will be focusing on correcting your nutritional deficiencies, reducing stress and removing emotional stressors, working on the structural aspect of the body, addressing movement and your range of motion as well as generating a healthy pattern for extraordinary living.

As your laboratory tests become available, a customized action plan will be created based on your results. This will include treatment and follow-up recommendations. Our goal is for you to live a lifetime of wellness and will support you in the success of you health goals.

Information For People Who Live Out-of-State:

Patients travel from all over the world to The Center for Natural Medicine®. We have many patients that just can't get to the clinic because of the distance yet; we can accommodate those patient needs as well. We do however, prefer the initial patient visit to be on-site, in order to do a brief physical exam, which is recommended for all new patients. There are three additional appointments (including Natural Medicine Physician® treatment, Specialized Diagnostic Testing, and Detoxification) that are hands-on sessions and are beneficial to be performed in the clinic as well. After these visits have been completed in our office you may have all future sessions with our practitioners by phone, or we will place you with one of our Preferred Local Providers (PLP)®.

Our bodies are designed to move. However, with our demanding lifestyles, most of us don't have time for exercise. That is why we have partnered with Takes 2 Fitness founder Jeff Bergholtz, the absolute best in achieving results in personal fitness. Understanding the proper movement of the body is much more than just exercise. Our new exercise system called Functional Movement® will get you on the road toward better fitness while enhancing the efforts that you are achieving in our Natural Medicine Care Plan.

WE WANT TO TAKE YOU BY THE HAND AND WALK WITH YOU IN REACHING ALL YOUR HEALTH GOALS.