Our Whole Person Approach
Why you might be interested…
- You may have consulted multiple medical and non-medical health professionals or undergone multiple investigations and treatments without an answer or solution.
- You may feel OK right now but want to know the steps you can take to avoid chronic disease and the need for medication.
- You may simply want a whole-body medical assessment and personalised advice on how to make sense of the vast online information on diet, nutrition, lifestyle and supplements.
Our ‘whole person’ approach is critical to uncovering the key contributors and perpetuators underlying any complaint.
Are you ready to take the first step?
An IFM Assessment begins with you completing the Hale Health Medicine Intake Questionnaire.
What do we do?
Through our comprehensive intake questionnaires, a thorough medical history/examination and a whole body ‘systems-biology’ approach, we aim to minimise investigations (and associated costs) and use only those that will truly assist in uncovering the factors causing your issue.
Some of the early life factors we take into account include:
- Your ACE (adverse child experience) score
- Whether you have suffered from various early life conditions such as reflux, eczema, asthma, recurrent infections or allergies
- We have a strong focus on getting comprehensive details about your current stressors, your sleep, your diet and any gut symptoms
- We also take into consideration the little-known and appreciated toxicants in your food and environment and the ways in which you could be having difficulties eliminating them
- Finally, we focus on finding out what areas of your body are inflamed or are adversely affected by whole-body ‘systemic’ inflammation.
As researchers and clinicians, we are only recently starting to realise the many ways in which chronic inflammation is generated within and outside our bodies. We are also starting to learn about the far reaching impact inflammation has on our health in the short and long term. Chronic low-grade inflammation is often missed on routine testing, but a careful patient assessment and investigation can give important clues about how and to what extent it is adversely affecting your health.
What happens after your assessment?
Once your assessment is complete, Dr Hale and other members of the team will begin the process of teaching you about likely underlying contributors or causes of your health issue. Dr Hale will be the principle director of your medications and personalised management plan, but other members of the team will be there to support you in carrying out her recommendations.
We appreciate that some patients will require more assistance than others in incorporating the Hale Health Medicine management program, so we ensure that support is available after each initial consultation. Our health coaches will offer assistance with getting your specific eating plan organised, your lifestyle program started, your stress management strategies worked out or the first steps to get better sleep underway.
Are you ready to take the first step?
An IFM Assessment begins with you completing the Hale Health Medicine Intake Questionnaire.