At the Hoffman Centre for Integrative Medicine, we believe every element in nature affects the body’s performance.
That’s why we employ the Naturopathic skill and knowledge of Dr. Arden Baker to assist patients to work within their body’s inherent ability to heal. She incorporates a variety of alternative healing methods into a customized treatment plan for each client. These include nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathy, classical chinese medicine and the use of appropriate nutraceuticals and supplements.
Basic naturopathic principles include:
The healing power of nature - the body has the inherent ability to establish, maintain, and restore health. By working with those natural healing tendencies true health and wellness can be established more quickly and easily.
Identify and treat the cause - illness does not occur without cause. The source of disease must be discovered and removed in order for a person to completely recover from illness.
Illness is a purposeful process of the organism – The body makes no mistakes. The process of healing includes the generation of symptoms, which are, in fact, an expression of the life force attempting to heal itself. An absence of symptoms of any sort for long periods of time are not a reflection or great health, but rather a reflection of inactivity within the body and potentially cause for concern.
Treat the whole person - health and disease are conditions of the whole organism, involving a complex interaction of physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, social, and other factors. This is a very important component to Dr. Hoffman’s 7 Stages to Health and Transformation™ process.
The doctor as teacher - the doctor’s major role is to educate and encourage the patient to take responsibility for health. Most of us are born with the same organs and level of health, however, each individual reacts differently to disease exposure, food intolerances and lifestyle choices. Health must stem from a place of individualized health plans. Think of it as learning the Owner’s Manual for you own body. We’re here to teach you how to best maintain YOUR health.
Prevention is the best "cure.” This is especially true with children. A Naturopathic visit early in life can be really helpful in identifying your child’s individual weak spots and therefore a health and wellness program can be put in place to help offset those potential weakness and promote optimal health.
The Hoffman Centre is pleased to offer the following naturopathic services:
Classical Chinese Medicine
To make an appointment or to find out more about our naturopathic modalities, please contact the Hoffman Centre at 206.2333, ext 213 or email Dr. Baker at arden@hoffmancentre.com. |
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