3816 Woodruff Ave., Suite 102 Long Beach, CA 90808 (562) 496-2340
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Welcome to Holistic Healing, an integrative naturopathic medical practice in Long Beach, California, where the best of natural and conventional practices come together to offer you an optimal wellness plan and health options.
What is Naturopathic Medicine? Naturopathic medicine is a distinct system of primary health care - an art, science, philosophy and medical practice of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of illness. Surgery and pharmaceuticals are generally not the first choice of therapies. Together patient and doctor generate a plan with measurable objectives and realistic outcomes. The devised plan often includes: testing to gather further information, herbal, nutritional, dietary, lifestyle, intravenous, homeopathic, bio-identical hormone balancing and detoxification (chelation, colonics, hydrotherapy) approaches to attain optimal wellness or disease management objective(s).
At Holistic Healing, Dr. Lucy Rojo will approach your health condition uniquely and individually. Dr. Rojo believes that illness does not arise randomly in the body. Every chronic illness or disease stems from more fundamental underlying causes. When these underlying sources of illness are addressed and treated, the body is better able to heal itself from within. However, when intervention is required, naturopathic methods are not simply substitutes for conventional therapy to manage symptoms; effort is expended in identifying the cause of illness and treating that cause(s). Symptoms are the body's natural attempt to deal with the underlying problems, and often serve to guide the practitioner and patient to the true cause of illness. This approach empowers patients to have a better understanding of themselves and allows them to be active participants in their journey towards health and wellness.
Modern medicine calls for doctors who:
Know their science, yet honor the body's innate wisdom to heal
Treat the whole person, looking beyond symptoms to the underlying cause of the illness
Focus on disease prevention and wellness
Function as wellness teachers, as well as healers and
Strive to offer the gentlest interventions while promoting optimum health
Naturopathic doctors are trained to follow these principles. Dr. Lucy Rojo utilizes these, as well as a thorough history, brief physical exam and lab results to guide her management techniques.
Principles of Naturopathic Medicine
The Healing Power of Nature: We recognize an inherent self-healing process in an individual. Naturopathic doctors work to facilitate and maximize this inherent healing ability.
Identify and Treat the Cause: We strive to identify and remove any obstacles to healing and remove any causes of harm, instead of merely suppressing symptoms of disease.
First Do No Harm:We begin with the least invasive and least harmful of treatments to gently stimulate healing. Much can be accomplished by recognizing the causes of disease, removing the obstacles to optimal wellness and working towards prevention rather than reactionary techniques.
Doctor as Teacher: Dr. Rojo spends time with patients, allowing them to understand the disease and healing process. She also encourages and teaches patients how to become responsible for their own health.
Treat the Whole Person: Instead of dissecting apart one's illness by symptoms, Dr. Rojo works to put the whole picture together and find a treatment plan for the whole person, not just symptom suppression.
Prevention:Dr. Rojo assess risk factors, susceptibility of disease, and makes appropriate suggestions regarding lifestyle changes and supplementation that can promote health and prevent disease. She uses hormone testing and genetic analysis to address current as well as future challenges. Prevention with customizable treatments are one of the cornerstones of naturopathic medicine.
Naturopathic Training A licensed Naturopathic Doctor (ND) attends an accredited four-year naturopathic medical school. Naturopathic doctors are educated in the same basic sciences (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, etc.) as MD's/DO's, but they also study almost 4 times as much nutrition as well as holistic and non-toxic therapies (homeopathy, intravenous therapy, homeopathy, Chinese medicine, etc.). Dr. Rojo has graduated from such a training institution and recognizes the need to address illnesses with natural approaches and when appropriate, to refer to other medicinal professionals. Dr. Rojo can help you reach your health goals with natural approaches that have fewer side effects or as part a team that consists of your medical or osteopathic doctor.
The philosophy and approach at Holistic Healing is to work with you to meet your healthcare goals. Whether those are to overcome a health challenge, loose or gain weight, feel more energetic, obtain support for cancer treatments or simply to find a doctor who will listen and work with you, not merely on you. Much can be accomplished by recognizing the causes of disease, removing the obstacles to optimal wellness and working towards prevention rather than in a reactionary or symptom-suppressive manner.
Dr. Lucy Rojo will guide you through the healthcare maze so that you learn about yourself and your health challenge(s) while working on a goal-oriented, objective plan that returns you to optimal wellness. Your health is an investment; it is at the foundation of your ability to achieve all of your life goals. With this irreplaceable investment in mind, Dr. Rojo looks forward to helping you attain your healthcare goals for a fuller, more energetic life.
