Wave on Wave Health
Our Approach
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT DURING A VISIT AT WAVE ON WAVE HEALTH?
To start, it’s important to acknowledge why you may have begun seeking a different approach to your health. If you’ve been stuck in the typical cycle of 20-minute appointments that end with a prescription, a test, or a referral to surgery—yet your symptoms remain the same or worsen—you’re likely exhausted and ready for real change. That’s where our model comes in.
At Wave on Wave Health, every patient begins with either an Initial Wellness Consultation aka Deep Dive Visit. Prior to your appointment, you’ll complete targeted forms and questionnaires designed to help our practitioners understand your health story before you even arrive. Our team spends 45–60 minutes reviewing these documents, along with any labs you provide, as preparation for your 90-minute initial visit.
During the Initial Wellness Visit, we spend time reviewing your pre-visit information to get to know you before you walk in the door, then we conduct an in-depth conversation to truly understand you—your history, experiences, exposures, genetic links and any past or present traumas that may influence your current health. Local patients also receive a thorough hands-on examination. All of this information forms the foundation of your personalized treatment plan.
To provide effective, personalized care, we use a broad and diverse toolbox—including herbs, supplements, medications, frequency-based therapies, and more. At times, we also engage in peer-to-peer consultations with specialists in specific areas. Many patients don’t realize that we invest time collaborating with experts when needed to ensure you receive the most informed, high-quality care possible.
After your appointments, we continue offering support between visits through our EMR messaging platform—and yes, our practitioners respond promptly.
WHY ISN’T THIS TYPE OF CARE COVERED BY INSURANCE?
One of the most common questions we receive is about the cost of a visit—why it seems higher than traditional care and why it isn’t covered by insurance.
Accepting insurance would drastically limit the time we’re able to spend with each patient and the treatments we can provide. Insurance-based care typically forces practitioners into short visits and standardized protocols—exactly the model our patients come to us to avoid. By remaining independent of insurance, we’re able to deliver the comprehensive, individualized, high-quality care you’re seeking.
We accept HSA/FSA funds for both appointment fees and treatment expenses, and we can also provide a visit superbill for you to submit to your insurance company for potential out-of-network reimbursement.
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Why Do We Need Functional Medicine?
Our society is experiencing a sharp increase in the number of people who suffer from complex, chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, mental illness, dementia, autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis, and troublesome conditions like irritable bowel syndrome.
The treatment that patients receive for these and other chronic conditions is often inadequate. This is due, in part, to:
- Focus on acute care. The system of medicine practiced by most physicians is oriented toward acute care – the diagnosis and treatment of trauma or illness that is of short duration and in need of urgent care, such as appendicitis or a broken leg. The acute-care approach to medicine lacks the proper methods and tools to prevent and treat complex, chronic diseases.
- Gap between research and practice. The way many doctors practice isn’t up-to-date with new research. The gap between emerging research in the basic sciences and its use in medical practice is enormous—a few decades or more—particularly in the area of complex, chronic illness.
- Shortfalls in training. Most physicians are not adequately trained to assess the underlying causes of complex, chronic disease and to apply strategies such as nutrition, diet, and exercise to both treat and prevent these illnesses in their patients.
How Is Functional Medicine Different?
Functional medicine involves understanding the origins, prevention, and treatment of complex, chronic diseases. Hallmarks of a functional medicine approach include:
- Patient-centered care. The focus of functional medicine is on patient- centered care, promoting health as a positive vitality, beyond just the absence of disease.
- An integrative, science-based healthcare approach. Functional medicine practitioners look “upstream” to consider the complex web of interactions in the patient’s history, physiology, and lifestyle that can lead to illness.
- The unique genetic makeup of each patient is considered, along with both internal (mind, body, and spirit) and external (physical and social
environment) factors that affect total functioning. - A combination of best medical practices. Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices with what are sometimes considered “alternative” or “integrative” medicine, creating a focus on prevention through nutrition, diet, and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribed combinations of drugs and/or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, or stress-management techniques.
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