What is involved in an EDS Consultation?

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          These appointments are perfect for those new to the hEDS diagnosis and the associated conditions that may go along with it, or for those looking for answers they may not be able to get out of their current medical team. This appointment will cover the basics of EDS topics and help provide you with a better understanding of the disorder, associated conditions, and the recommendations for management. You may bring questions and ask whatever you'd like, or we can explore your issues together. Use this time how you feel will be the most beneficial to you.

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While some patients visit us once for some answered questions, we encourage the individual to consider that the path to healing and wellness when dealing with a chronic condition consists of consistent effort, communication, and problem solving until the individual finds a better, more stable baseline of health. For those more chronically involved, this can range anywhere from12-24 months of exploration in multiple avenues of health and wellness in the individual's personal health plan. Dr. Patty is able to offer a good deal of holistic, self care strategies and ideas for management that evolve as the patient begins to make positive changes. What this typically looks like are 1-2 appointments for the first 1-2 months that begins to spread out in time to an appointment every 6 weeks or 2 months with long term strategies and plans to implement between appointments. We prefer to build a relationship with our clients through management rather than spot treatment; communication, progression, and problem solving are keys to success. 

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          Here are some frequent topics we discuss within our consultation appointments:

• Education of hEDS, MCAS, and Dysautonomia

• Exploring what issue is causing the majority of your symptoms

• Exploring neurological comorbidities with underlying hypermobility including craniocervical instability, CSF leaks, Tethered Cord Syndrome, etc.

• Investigating the presence of MALS in-clinic, and potential treatment strategies.

• Understanding systemic inflammation

• Dysautonomia symptoms and natural treatment strategies

• Exploring mast cell triggers

• Exploring toxin, bacterial, or viral exposure that may exacerbate mast cell and neurological issues

• Understanding gastrointestinal motility issues

• Exploration of diet approaches and food sensitivities

• Pain education

• A review of your current physical therapy or activity plan

• Safe return to activity (see our coaching page for coaching EDS clients and athletes back to higher levels of movement)

• Appropriate or comfortable bracing

• Stable positions of the joints

• Possible relocation methods for your joints

• Managing joint pain through more natural methods

• Stress reduction methods

• Making sense of a plan for care with multiple providers and diagnoses

• Our 6 session package to use in 6 months is created to help those committed to making big changes in their health. This can be used as frequently as the client wants, or once a month to chip away at health concerns and create a plan for long term health. (We offer detox programs as well beginning January 4, 2021 for those intersted in deeper dives into health with larger commitments to health changes.) 

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What is not involved in an EDS Consultation?

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• Medication outside of natural supplementation will not be discussed. All medications must be managed through your physician health care team.

• Standard Orthopedic Physical Therapy Services we typically think of as going in 1-2 times a week (see our Manual Treatment section below for information on what type of treatments are offered in our clinic). We can review your current plan of care that you have with your therapist, but we do not recommend our services for standard orthopedic treatment unless your current treatment is not working. This is especially important if it needs to be a consistent process for you, with close supervision by a therapist. Our orthopedic treatments tend to occur about once a month with more focus on long term management strategies. We are happy to work with your therapist and discuss your case if you are having issues and are a current client of our practice as well. 

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In Office Or Via Tele-Appointment?

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          We offer appointments both in clinic and via tele-appointment. To look for available times by type of appointment, click on "book now". 

          If you are unable to attend your in-office appointment and are not able to cancel in timely manner to avoid a cancellation or no-show fee, we highly suggest you use the tele-appointment feature. Please e-mail us at info@elevationwellness.co as soon as possible to change the type of appointment.

          Our tele-appointments are done via video calls through our secure medical records system. When you schedule an appointment, be sure to schedule a virtual appointment and our system will confirm the appointment with a video link in an email confirmation. We do our best to contact you at your appointment time through our video feature, but when dealing with multiple appointments throughout the day, a short delay may be possible. If you prefer to not have the video feature, please set up with the virtual option and email us at info@elevationwellness.co to let us know you would like a phone call only, provide your name and appointment time, and we will email back with confirmation.