Portland Chiropractor Utilizing Chiropractic, Nutrition, Graston, Massage, Hypnotherapy and More

Optimum Function = Optimum Health™

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Mission Statement

At Optimum Function, I take an evidence-based approach to providing healthcare. What this means for you, my patient is that I am trained in searching for and evaluating the current research so that we (you and I) may utilize the information and synthesize it into methods of health investigation, evaluation and treatment that is state-of-the-art.

The "World Web Online" defines “state of the art” as:

“The highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time) or, the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time."

This means that you can rest assured knowing that I am using all of the available resources and information to offer the most cost effective and appropriate treatments available.

As a professional, I am bound, ethically, to the ideas of “Veracity” and “Fidelity”. To sum these terms up:

Veracity means that I am truthful in what I say, write about and do.

Fidelity means that I make every effort possible to find out if the terms, concepts and information that i pass on to you, as my patient, are the whole truth, not just partial truths. If, in certain cases, there are different partial truths or points of view, I will try to present as many as possible to you.

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Main Goals

One of the main goals attainable through my chiropractic, manual medicine, nutrition and functional medicine programs is to help you restore and maintain optimum function.

With regards to my chiropractic and manual medicine programs, I utilize 3 main systems to reach this goal: the nervous, skeletal and muscular systems, collectively known as the neuromusculoskeletal system or NMS system.

One of the main goals attainable through my functional medicine and nutrition programs is to optimize the function and harmony of all of the systems in your body so that you may have the opportunity to obtain and maintain a state of optimum health.

I am committed to helping you reach optimum function and optimum health effectively, efficiently, and as quickly as possible. Some of the tools I use to accomplish this are: chiropractic care, functional medicine, nutritional counseling, Graston technique, Kinesiotape, Cold Laser, various soft-tissue manipulative techniques, hypnotherapy, functional exercises, stretching, and lifestyle recommendations.

The word “doctor” comes from the Latin word “docere” which means to teach. At Optimum Function, my commitment to treating you with the most current, evidence-based conservative methods helps to put me in the front of the "pack".

What really helps to set the treatment here at Optimum Function ahead of my competition is my commitment to being a teacher to my patients. Another goal at Optimum Function is for you, the patient to know as much about your health and wellness as possible. In addition, you have the opportunity to work with me to reach optimal health; imagine how nice it would be to have direct, on-on-one care....well, at Optimum Function, you will!

Communication

I accomplish this through avenues such as this website, my blog, lectures, articles and handouts but am always looking for new ways to teach you about your own health and wellness. When I diagnose you with a certain condition, there are some key things I want you to know :

• What your pertinent health status is and what has triggered you to be at this status
• How your health concerns relate to your past and present health status and what could have lead you down the path towards your current health status.
• How severe your health status is.
• What complicating factors or mediators may be present
• How long you can expect treatment to last (this is always an estimate but I will try and be as accurate as possible)
• Approximately how much it's going to cost to reach your health goals.

Once you have reached Optimum Function, I will teach you how to maintain it. In this strategy I hope to empower you and give you control over the direction of your health and wellness.

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