Naturopathic Visits
Please fill out the Naturopathic Health History form and bring it to your visit. (Click Pre-visit Forms to the left)
Your first visit with your Naturopathic Doctor at Acacia will be approximately 1 ½ hours for an adult and 1 hour for a child. Your doctor will take you through a detailed history and a screening physical exam. Laboratory testing may also be required. The goal in this visit is to go beyond the obvious signs and symptoms that you are experiencing to understanding the true nature of your concerns. At the end of your first visit your doctor may give you some tasks to complete for next time (or “homework”) and will often offer some preliminary recommendations.
While you are away doing your “homework” your doctor will be doing their's as well. Considerable research and planning go into developing an individualized treatment plan that takes into account the whole picture of your health.
Your second visit is usually scheduled for one week later and is approximately an hour in length for an adult and 30 minutes for a child. At this visit your doctor may follow up on some physical exam items, laboratory results, and the week’s homework. The majority of this visit however will be dedicated to your doctor’s recommendations. You and your doctor will go over these recommendations and make decisions together on how to proceed.
Follow up visits vary after this point depending on how you and your doctor have decided to proceed. Some treatments will require follow up in a month, others more regularly. For example, acupuncture treatments are usually scheduled for up to 45 minutes once per week for as much as eight weeks in a row. Lifestyle and diet change based treatment may only require 30 min follow-ups every month or two.
Once treatment is on track and you are feeling better check up visits are best scheduled every three to six months. Remember that you naturopathic doctor is a primary care physician and you can return to your ND at any time for any medical concern.