THP 005: The Challenges For Integrative MD's Working With A Conventional Medical System
It's sad, but practising outside of the conventional medicine model can land you in hot water. Even though patients really want this kind of care, not everyone is the system is happy about...
Dr Nijole Lloyd is not your typical, practice inside the box type GP. Before she even graduated she was fortunate to be introduced and mentored by doctors who were practising in an integrative way, and this shaped the way she has practised from the very beginning of her career as a doctor.
Nijole currently works at Integrative Health Solutions in Adelaide, Australia. This medical centre at the time of this recording has 6 Integrative Doctors and 17 Allied Health professionals covering an extensive range of therapies.
Dr Lloyd offers a wide range of treatments including; bio-identical hormone therapy, anti-aging medicine, prolotherapy, platelet rich plasma & stem cell therapy, detoxification/chelation therapy, nutritional medicine, intravenous therapies and she is currently studying functional medicine in great depth.
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Dr Nijole Lloyd
Dr Lloyd offers a wide range of treatments including; bio-identical hormone therapy, anti-aging medicine, prolotherapy, platelet rich plasma & stem cell therapy, detoxification/chelation therapy, nutritional medicine, intravenous therapies and she is currently studying functional medicine in great depth.
CONNECTING WITH NIJOLE
MEDICAL PRACTICE:
Integrative Health Solutions
13 Laffers Road,
Belair, SA, 5052
Phone: 08 7231 1628
WEBSITE:
Integrativehealthsolutions.Com.Au
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- TOPICS Discussed
*You can click on a time to go to that section in the audio
3:52 – What inspired Nijole to study medicine
5:69 – How general practice is changing
7:42 – The point where Dr. Lloyd started looking into less conventional ways to practice medicine
15:20 – Health optimization versus disease management
16:15 – Nijole’s views on different lab tests
19:48 – The problems of practice outside the norm
24:01 – Integrative Health Solutions medical practice
28:33 – The importance of listening to patients
33:53 – The things that have contributed to Nijole’s health
- RESOURCES MENTIONED