Digestive issues

A patient holding a cup of ginger lemon tea to support healthy digestion

Your digestion matters.

Digestion impacts all aspects of your health, healing, and well-being. If your digestion isn’t working properly, your other body systems, your mind, and your emotional health will suffer.

The majority of your immune system and a large percentage of your lymphatic system both live in and around your gut. Your gut is in charge of absorbing nutrients, defending against pathogens, and eliminating toxins. These are some seriously important jobs that help keep your body functioning and thriving!

Chronic digestive symptoms not only impact your health and ability to heal and recover—they can significantly diminish your quality of life. From SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) to Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (two forms of inflammatory bowel disease, IBD), to GERD (aka heartburn or reflux), to the all-elusive diagnosis of IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), digestive diseases are common and variable.

And the right treatment plan will depend on your symptoms and your diagnosis.

Treatment for digestive issues

Western medicine’s approach to gastrointestinal issues is usually suppressive—anti-acids, anti-bloat, analgesics (pain relievers)—or overly simple (suggestions like “eat more fiber” or “eliminate all FODMAPS”).

But since you found your way to a Naturopathic Doctor’s website, you’re probably looking to heal your body, not just put a bandaid on the symptoms with an antagonistic treatment

The good news is that suppressive treatments are not your only option!

With Naturopathic, root cause medicine, we can explore the underlying factors contributing to your gut issues, and work toward correcting those imbalances to help your body heal.

Sometimes digestive symptoms occur in isolation, but I often see GI issues correlated with stress, PTSD, autoimmunity, mold illness, and chronic inflammation. It’s important we address your body as a whole—not just your digestion—because all aspects of your health impact each other.

Assessment and treatment for digestive issues may include any of the following:

  • Blood work

  • Comprehensive stool testing

  • Food allergy, sensitivity, or intolerance testing

  • Experimenting with nutritional changes

  • Herbs, supplements, and medications

  • Mindbody medicine practices and stress management

  • Root cause investigation of obstacles to healthy digestive function

  • Teaching you how your digestion works so you can discover your own best medicine

Doctor Google is a confusing source of medical advice on digestive conditions!

If you search the web or social media, you’ll find an overwhelming amount of information on gut health, gut healing, and gut treatments. Everywhere you turn, you find another piece of conflicting advice. It can be difficult to sift through the sea of “expert” opinions to decide what’s going to be appropriate and effective for you.

Luckily, you don’t have to do this on your own. We can take a systematic and natural approach to fixing your gut issues. I’d love to help you navigate your healing process through a mind & body, personalized, root cause treatment. Click the “Start here” button below to get started today.