NW Regen’s approach to whole-person care
Integrative medicine is a thoughtful, evidence-informed approach to healthcare that blends the strengths of conventional medicine with natural, lifestyle-based therapies. Instead of focusing on a single symptom or diagnosis, it considers the full picture — your biology, daily habits, stress load, and lived experience. At NW Regen, integrative care means Dr. Alicia Hart meets patients where they are, listening deeply, and designing treatment plans that honor both modern science and the body’s innate capacity to heal.
Key Principles of Integrative Medicine
At the heart of integrative medicine are a few essential principles that help us understand the whole person—not just the symptom.
1. Whole-Person Care
Health is shaped by more than lab results. We look at physical symptoms alongside emotional well-being, sleep patterns, movement, environment, and even autonomic regulation — the factors that influence how your body responds to stress and healing.
2. Root-Cause Evaluation
Rather than simply quieting symptoms, integrative clinicians ask why they’re occurring. Understanding the drivers — inflammation, hormone shifts, connective-tissue instability, nutrient imbalance, trauma history, or nervous-system dysregulation — helps create lasting change.
3. Evidence-Based Tools
Integrative does not mean alternative. It means using the best available research to guide care, whether that’s a prescription, regenerative injection, lab testing, lifestyle intervention, or a natural therapy.
4. Collaborative Partnership
Patients are experts in their own bodies. We work with you, not at you — ensuring every treatment plan feels personalized, doable, and grounded in your goals.
5. Prevention & Lifestyle Support
Lasting health grows from day-to-day practices: nutrition, movement, sleep, stress recovery, and nervous-system regulation. These aren’t add-ons; they’re core components of care.
What Integrative Care May Include
An individualized plan at NW Regen may incorporate:
- Conventional medical tools (prescriptions, lab work, imaging)
- Nutrition and lifestyle counseling
- Stress-recovery practices and mindfulness
- Additional Mental health care and support
- Natural or herbal supplementation when appropriate
- Regenerative medicine procedures such as PRP or prolotherapy
- Support for autonomic balance (including dysautonomia, POTS, or trauma-related stress patterns)
How It Differs from Other Approaches
| Approach | Primary Focus | Tools Used | Typical Setting |
| Allopathic (Conventional) | Diagnose and treat disease | Medications, surgery, procedures | Hospitals, medical clinics |
| Naturopathic | Support natural healing and prevention | Nutrition, botanicals, lifestyle medicine | Naturopathic clinics |
| Integrative | Blend modern medicine with evidence-based natural care for whole-person healing | Prescriptions + regenerative + natural therapies | Integrative or functional medicine clinics |
Integrative medicine is about connection — not choosing sides.
It brings together high-quality modern medicine and time-tested natural therapies to create care that feels balanced, thoughtful, and deeply supportive of the whole person. At NW Regen, this approach guides everything we do: advanced diagnostics, regenerative therapies, trauma-informed support, and care plans that help patients feel stronger, clearer, and more in control of their health.
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