Are you feeling so fatigued that even light movement or trying to get through your day can be a chore?

Perhaps you are feeling extremely stressed or anxious because you can't perform well at work and aren't able to support your family like you used to.

Or do you experience "mystery aches and pains" that are slowing you down... 

Chronic fatigue, pain, brain fog, blood pressure or heart-rate changes, sadness, or depression, may present in isolation, but more often, as a constellation of symptoms that can lead to expensive testing and specialist referrals, multiple medications with negative side effects, and minimal return to function. 

An integrative health approach to chronic fatigue without without pain or other symptoms, can be effective and restorative. 

The conventional approach to treating chronic fatigue and pain syndromes like Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia, and Long-Covid is focused on symptoms.

What might be causing the symptoms? What medications will make the symptoms go away? Many individuals with symptoms concerning these diagnoses have seen MANY doctors, had MANY expensive tests, and have been on, or continue to be on MANY medications.

Their symptoms may improve for a short time, only to return, often worse than before, and complicated by medication side effects and interactions. 

By the time I see patients, they have often received a diagnosis, are not feeling any better, and are looking for a new way to approach their condition. Sadly, they have often been labeled as a difficult patient. 

Sometimes, patients will present to me with complex symptoms and have a story that is convincing for a post-viral syndrome like long COVID, fibromyalgia, or ME/CFS but they are hoping to avoid the complex testing and medication path and instead wish to focus on improving their symptoms and functionality with a functional approach. 

Imbalances that can be addressed with significant improvement are gut microbe imbalance, gut hyperpermeability, or frank infection with bacteria or yeast.

Hormonal imbalances including cortisol, thyroid, or sex hormones are often present in patients with chronic fatigue syndromes.

Lifestyle behaviors including inadequate nutrition, minimal movement, poor sleep hygiene, lack of stress management, and isolation and loneliness due to poor health are almost always exacerbating factors. 

An integrative approach to chronic fatigue and pain syndromes is necessary for restoring an individual's physical, emotional, and spiritual health after an often long and arduous period of illness and disability. 

Integrative Health is the approach I am striving to provide for individuals who come to see me.

My clinical training and experience in primary care, addiction medicine, and functional medicine have allowed me to look at behavioral health conditions with a much wider lens.

Medications may be utilized, but do not form the foundation of care.

Exploring the root cause of your symptoms, physical and emotional, and empowering patients to heal themselves forms the foundation of care with Heron Wellness.