Integrative Approach to Menopause

Here at the Alliance Institute, our approach to menopause is to view it as part of the normal cycle of life.  We believe that the menopausal woman is best treated by focusing on three key areas:  a healthy diet filled with a rich variety of nutrient-dense food, a rich network of friends, family and loved ones offering emotional support, and a balanced approach to the stresses of life.  

Our experience has shown that women who are stressed fare poorly during menopause. This is because the adrenal glands are forced to manufacture stress hormones (cortisone), rather than sex hormones (estrogen).  To understand how the body is faring, we use specific lab tests to help us understand whether or not you are over-stressed, or have inadequate amount of estrogen or other sex hormones.  We also find out if your estrogen by-products (or as we call them- the estrogen exhaust fumes) are toxic – and may potentially cause cancer in your body.

To remedy this we like to partner with our patients, and give them multiple options. We use both pharmaceutical and compounded hormones if needed, but again our focus is on how the hormones are safely removed from the body.  As alternative options we use herbal and nutritional supplements which either act as estrogens (phytoestrogens) or help the body modify its own estrogen production and excretion.

We also offer an assortment of integrative medicine tools which work well with menopausal complaints; acupuncture, massage, chiropractic adjustments, energy medicine, mind/body self care, nutritional counseling and our stress reduction program.

Whatever your menopausal needs, we offer you many different ways of dealing with them. Together we will decide what is best for you. Come explore an integrative and balanced approach to menopausal symptoms today!

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