Nutrition & Health Center: Redd, Vernon S

read morePeople who visit the Nutrition & Health Center are looking for a natural and safe holistic approach to their health concerns. Many of our patients come to us after standard medical treatments have failed to provide the relief they seek, or because they don't want to take prescription medications for the rest of their lives. Others seek our help wishing to avoid surgery or risky medical procedures. Listed below are some of the health problems that are helped with Functional Medicine. Our approach to health restoration focuses on the evaluation and treatment of the the body's major functions and systems.

read moreWith over 30,000 named diseases, and the list growing yearly, it has become apparent that the real answer to correcting these disease processes lies with restoring those key functions of our bodies that give rise to health and when accomplished, will correct those abnormal processes which cause disease. These vital body functions can be divided into eight systems, or "Pillars of Health." Rather than focusing treatment on individual symptoms or diseases, Dr. Redd focuses on restoring these eight functional Pillars to their maximum physiological expression.

read morePain is the single most common health issue people experience. According to the American Academy of Pain Management, chronic pain (pain that lasts over three months) afflicts almost a third of our population. The most common treatment for pain has been narcotic medications, but the over use of these substances has lead to the Opiod Crisis that has become a major concern in our country. Pain killing drugs, including narcotics, though useful and necessary at times, should not be relied on as a permanent solution for chronic pain and are best used for shorter time periods until the cause of a person's pain is corrected.