Types
of Treatment
Naturopathic doctors perform physical examinations, laboratory
testing, gynecological exams, nutritional and dietary assessments, metabolic
analysis, allergy testing, X-ray examinations, and other diagnostic tests.
They are the only primary care doctors clinically trained in the use of a wide
variety of natural therapeutics. They combine and adapt these treatments
to the needs of the individual based on a cogent philosophy that acknowledges
the patient as a participant.
Naturopathic medicine
is effective in treating most health problems, both acute and
chronic. Some of therapies offered by Dr. Russo are:
- Clinical Nutrition is a cornerstone of naturopathic medicine.
It refers to both the practice of using food to maintain health
and the therapeutic use of food to treat illness. Scientific
research has shown that many medical conditions can be treated
as effectively with food and nutritional supplements as they
can by other means, with fewer complications and side effects.
- Homeopathy is a powerful system of medicine that is more
than 200 years old. This medical system uses highly diluted
substances to cure illness. Homeopathic remedies act to
enhance the body’s innate immune response and rarely have
side effects. Some conditions that do not respond well
to conventional medicine will respond to homeopathic therapies.
- Botanical Medicine is the use of plants as medicine. Many plant
substances are powerful medicines that are safe and effective
when used properly. A resurgence of scientific research
in Europe and Asia is demonstrating that some plant substances
are superior to synthetic drugs in clinical conditions.
- Physical Medicine includes naturopathic manipulation of the muscles,
bones and spine. Heat and cold, ultrasound, hydrotherapy
and exercise therapy is also used.
- Counseling and Stress
Management. Mental attitudes
and emotional states can be important elements in healing illness.
Naturopathic doctors’ training includes counseling, nutritional
balancing and stress management.
