HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY

Hormone replacement therapy begins with the best available hormone testing using some blood tests and some urine tests. For simple conditions, often a blood value is all that is needed. For more complicated conditions, the 24-hour urine testing can more comprehensibly assess hormone levels and hormone utilization in the body. You can learn about this testing at www.dutchtest.com.

Hormone replacement therapy can be provided safely and effectively if managed by experienced, trained, and certified health care personnel. At Relief Medical Group, Inc., patients have this highly effective treatment available for them as provided by trained and certified doctors and nurses. All programs are supervised and approved by Edmund Kemprud, MD, the medical director.

The goal is not to provide high doses of hormones that are unnatural to the body and can carry high risks, but to determine the needed doses of hormone topical creams to bring the blood laboratory values back to more normal and optimal physiological function levels. The doctors and nurses at Relief Medical Group, Inc. strive to return your hormonal levels back to a time where you were younger and did not suffer deficiency symptoms – not to raise your blood level to high medicinal levels for a desired effect that may come with increased health risks. Blood values are monitored to assess individual effects to hormone therapy to achieve optimal safe, effective, and more youthful levels of hormones.

When testosterone deficiency is present, men and women can complain of a loss of sexual desire, loss of muscle mass, loss of energy, and a lessened ability to concentrate. We can provide testosterone for you and any other supplements or medication that may be required for your individual needs to assure that you are optimally metabolizing this hormone.

When Estrogen and Progesterone are out of balance in women, sexual dysfunction including lubrication deficiencies, cramping, irregular menstruation, mood changes, and related symptoms can take place. Symptoms related to menopause are typically caused by a sharp decrease in Estrogen production can be alleviated with hormonal balancing in patients with deficiencies or imbalances of these hormones. We assess these conditions for you using blood and urine testing as needed, and may refer you to a OB/GYN or endocrinology specialist as required for your specific needs.

If patients have an abnormally low Growth Hormone level, they feel unusually fatigued, have accelerated skin aging, and can have difficulty benefiting from exercise to develop strength and muscle tone. While few patients require this therapy when compared to the more common low testosterone findings, this is available for those with substantial deficiencies that are interfering with optimal healthful functions.

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The bad news is that aging is a natural process; and let’s be honest, nobody has figured out a way to stop it!

However, there are many safe and effective procedures available to you to help you look and feel younger. The passage of time, and therefore your actual age, is not what sometimes makes us look and feel old. It is the effects of aging, including wrinkles, hormone deficiencies, and dietary deficiencies that are the culprit for many that are feeling “old”.

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Control of your pain is very important for your comfort, ability to sleep well, take care of yourself and your family, perform your job duties, etc.

At Relief Medical Group, we can provide you with prescription and non-prescription options to relieve your pain while you are undergoing treatment to improve the cause of your pain. We can dispense or prescribe various topical creams, anti-inflammatory agents, muscle relaxants, and other appropriate medications. When necessary for acute and severe pain, we can deliver these medications to you by injection for a rapid effect.

The ultimate goal is to improve your underlying condition enough so that you don’t need prescription medication for very long. The more conservative options of a topical medication cream as opposed to oral medication helps to prevent the dangerous and sometimes avoidable adverse effects from medications, such as stomach problems like ulcers, liver problems, or kidney toxicity.

DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS AND DESIRES

Have you visited one or more medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, athletic trainers, acupuncturists, or other providers looking for relief of your spine and joint problems, but still have problems?  

At Relief Medical Group we are pleased to provide you with the most comprehensive, scientifically-based, multi-disciplinary approaches to relieve your spinal and joint pain with techniques and procedures that don’t just relieve pain, but actually address the cause of your condition. We have very effective treatment procedures available to you all under one roof.

All of our spinal and joint pain and rehabilitation programs are provided under the direction of Dr. Cremata. These services may be reimbursable under the medical coverage portion of your insurance.

First, our multifaceted group of available treatment programs are designed specifically to address your health goals – we don’t offer you too much or too little treatment, since we work for you and are here to help meet your specific pain relief and spinal/joint correction goals. Some might need medications that we can provide, but the emphasis is on addressing the cause of your problems:

1. If you have joint restrictions, specific, safe, and effective spinal manipulation techniques will be provided.
2. Rehabilitative exercises will be prescribed and supervised to address your specific needs.
3. Massage and myofascial release techniques are used when needed.
4. Injection techniques, such as dry needling, can be used to address trigger points that do not respond to more conservative manual methods. 

For very chronic and difficult problems, when adhesions and scar tissue are not adequately reduced with conventional approaches, the following three specialized techniques are available:

1. Instrument myofascial release, similar to the Graston technique is available when needed.
2. ESWT (Extracorporeal Shockwave Treatment) , also referred to as Acoustic Compression, is a highly effective specialized technique used to release adhesions and stimulate the body’s healing properties.
3. Fibrosis Release Procedures, Including Manipulation Under Anesthesia are very effective procedure to release joint adhesions and improve motion. This procedure is nearly 100% effective for frozen shoulder syndrome (adhesive capsulitis), and approximately 70% effective in addressing the more serious neuromechanical lesions in the spine, where in-office procedures have not been effective. This manual, non-surgical procedures gently releases adhesions that are reducing joint mobility and allow for proper healing of the previously restricted areas with more optimal motion. See the current guidelines for MUA at this link MUA Guideline. For those wishing to review research on this subject, go to this link [MUA studies].