Often times, fasting is required before a blood draw. However, did you know that fasting too long can cause your results to be un clear?
In this video, Dr. Thoma shares advice on fasting properly before your bloodwork is drawn to make sure that the results are as accurate as possible.
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We are so excited to welcome you to our new space!
Despite a few remaining construction items that need to be completed, we began to see patients in our new office on Monday August 29th, 2022.
In this video, enjoy a sneak peek into the lobby and a few rooms to give you a feel for how bright and...
Instead of using the typical gel pack, use frozen peas, frozen corn, ice cubes or pellets.
The peas or pellets pull heat away from the injury allowing the ice to stay cooler longer and remain effective.
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Locate and treat specific areas of inflammation. Inflammation can cause injuries to linger.
Need a step by step guide to help you recover faster? We’ve got you covered!
Our bodies provide us with symptoms as indicators that something is wrong. Those symptoms are usually a sign of an underlying condition.
When you feel bad, it's important to correlate your symptoms to determine the underlying root cause of why you feel the way you do.
In this video, Dr. Thoma...
Often illnesses and injuries are related to a certain activity, food, or other pattern of behavior.
Monitoring your day to day activities including food and drinks can help you identify the cause of the problem.
Need a step by step guide to help you recover faster? We’ve got you covered!
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Small changes to repetitive processes will cause you to use different parts of your body which can reduce the impact to an injured area.
You ought to be able to feel better, heal faster, and keep doing the activities you love the most. We’re here to help.
If you can determine what’s causing your injury, or causing it to worsen, you have identified an offending process.
If you do nothing less than take away that process, you will begin to heal.
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Determine the actual problem and what caused it.
Symptoms are a sign that something is wrong in the body. Often patients treat their symptoms but end up with an extended injury or re-injury because they did not treat the underlying cause.
You ought to be able to feel better, heal faster,...
When your monitoring your blood sugar levels, there can be a lot of confusion around the impact of certain foods and drinks on your blood sugar levels.
Dr. Thoma has fielded several questions on this topic lately. In this video, he clarifies the impact that alcohol has on regulating your blood...
If you're looking to heal your body faster from an injury or illness, we've got just the thing to help.
The free guide, 5 Ways to Heal Your Body Faster is now available! This comprehensive guide offers Dr. Thoma's best advice for healing an injury or illness faster, so you can feel better and get...
Hopefully you will be able to get out and do some traveling this summer. If so, Dr. Thoma has advice to keep you healthy and moving during your summer travel.
Dr. Thoma is a functional medicine physician in Chesterfield Missouri. His specialty is helping individuals identify the root cause of...
