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At the NY Center for Integrative Health, our naturopathic medicine providers focus on comprehensive testing and natural solutions that promote optimal health and ensure safe treatment. We offer a wide range of tests to fully understand your needs, allowing us to deliver effective and appropriate care. If we identify hormonal imbalances as the cause of your health issues, our bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) is a low-risk, natural treatment option that aligns with our approach to health optimization. We provide BHRT for both men and women in Manhattan and the greater New York City.
As women enter the period before menopause (perimenopause) and menopause, estrogen and progesterone rise and fall unevenly. Likewise, men begin to lose 1% of their testosterone each year, on average, starting at the age of 30. HRT primarily replaces these hormones.
These key reproductive hormones play a big role in how we age, feel, and perform our body’s essential functions—from nervous system processes to memory and focus. Inadequate levels of these vital chemicals are associated with numerous life-changing symptoms.
First, we do not focus on treating symptoms alone. We want to treat the underlying cause. That’s why we perform so many tests to determine if hormones are to blame or if an underlying, undiagnosed illness or condition is responsible and requires treatment. This approach provides lasting symptom relief. Many women note improvements in the severity and frequency of insomnia, hot flashes, night sweats, irritability, vaginal dryness, low libido, brain fog, and more. The men that we treat tell us they feel more invigorated, less anxious and depressed, and have marked improvements in muscle strength and in the bedroom.
BHRT is an alternative to “standard” hormone treatment. It involves using hormones that are identical in molecular structure to those hormones that your body produces naturally.
This bioidentical characteristic provides many potential benefits, including:
Hormones are administered in a variety of different ways. Methods of introducing these hormones to the body include pills or capsules, patches, creams or gels, injections, and pellets. As partners in your health, we will explore these options with you to determine the best path forward. Our team also takes a holistic, expansive approach beyond merely replacing hormones in this manner. Based on your needs, our providers may recommend nutritional support, botanical medicine, nutraceuticals, mind-body medicine, acupuncture, and lifestyle adjustments to complement or substitute for HRT. It all depends on what we find during a thorough assessment at our office. We practice personalized medicine.
If you want more information about bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, request an appointment! Call the NY Center for Integrative Health at (917) 477-3538 to speak with a member of our team in Manhattan today.
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