There seems to be an unnecessary divide in the healthcare field today. I am speaking of that between medical and holistic.
The term “holistic” is most often linked with alternative medicine but the fact is that the actual definition of holistic refers to consideration for the complete individual, whole and unified. It is a whole-body approach to looking at health care.
Western medicine tends to look at and consider each system as a separate entity, which is why we have specialists – one doctor for cardiology, one for endocrinology, and so on. The holistic perspective considers all systems working together, therefore its intention is to treat the person as a whole entity.
This approach takes into consideration that anything which affects the mind, body, or well-being can influence physical health.
The Holistic Approach
A holistic approach to healthcare involves the doctor focusing on lifestyle and making suggestions to improve it, thereby benefiting the health of the patient. This can help the patient’s overall health. One of the most common examples of this is diet and exercise.
Traditional medical healthcare providers lean towards treating symptoms that arise because of the effects of weight or lack of exercise, whereas a holistic practitioner will understand and acknowledge that those symptoms will continuously return if the underlying issues are not treated.
Doctors who work within the holistic realm will often prescribe not only necessary medications but changes in diet or exercise regimens that will attempt to treat the whole person and alleviate the need for the continuation of prescription medications.
The goal of a holistic healthcare practitioner is to help people develop their innate healing abilities by focusing on the aspects of their being that are contributing to their overall wellness. This includes their emotional and mental health. For instance, people who suffer from sleep disorders or depression may have a hard time recovering from any physical issues.
The primary feature of holistic healthcare is that it serves the person, not the disease. Health is the total sum of the experience of an entire human being, including mind and well-being, not merely individuated systems within the biology of the human creature.
At Internal Medicine, Lipids, and Wellness Practice in Fort Myers, Dr. Kordonowy and Dr. Marconi are a formidable team that provides medical care with a holistic approach.
How Internal Medicine, Lipids, and Wellness of Fort Myers, Florida Can Help
Dr. Kordonowy believes in a patient seeing their doctor periodically to check in and assess their level of wellness as well as a potential risk for future disease. He and his practice partner Dr. David Marconi are well respected in the medical field and applauded by their patients for their ability to balance both the medical and holistic to truly help heal, not just patch and repair.
If you have any questions about what holistic healthcare can do for you, be sure to contact Internal Medicine, Lipids, and Wellness of Fort Myers today at (239) 362-3005, extension 200.
Internal Medicine, Lipids, and Wellness of Fort Myers is a concierge, and patient membership physician, and provides direct primary care services.
