Hormone levels naturally decline with age, leading to deficiency symptoms. Replacing these hormones can provide immense benefits.
Hormone deficits have various causes, including natural aging, medical conditions, and lifestyle factors. As we age, our hormone production gradually declines, resulting in unpleasant symptoms. Other potential causes include thyroid disorders, adrenal fatigue, and pituitary gland dysfunction. Stress, poor diet, lack of sleep, and other lifestyle factors can also contribute.
Common symptoms of hormone imbalance include:
If you experience these issues, hormone testing can determine if a deficit exists. Timely treatment can help resolve symptoms and restore wellbeing.
The main hormones that decline over time are:
Testing hormone levels is essential for determining optimal treatment options. Balance Hormone Clinic offers complete hormone panels to accurately assess deficiencies.
Bioidentical hormone replacement mitigates bothersome symptoms of deficiency while enhancing physical and emotional health.
Bioidentical estrogens, progesterone, and testosterone provide immense relief for hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, insomnia, mood swings, and other issues facing menopausal women. Results often become apparent within weeks after starting therapy. Many women feel like themselves again.
Rebalancing hormones revives feelings of vitality, motivation and engagement with life. Patients report renewed enthusiasm about relationships, work, exercise, hobbies, and other pleasurable activities.
Balanced hormone levels protect overall health as we age. Research links optimal hormones to lower risks for heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and neurodegenerative conditions like dementia. Hormone therapy also slows aging-related declines in muscle and bone mass.
Patients frequently describe bioidentical hormones as “life changing”. Beyond resolving physical symptoms, balanced hormones impart profound improvements in outlook, emotional resilience, body image, self-esteem and overall quality of life.
“Bioidentical” refers to man-made hormones that perfectly match human hormones at a molecular level. They act the same way in the body as our innate hormones.
Synthetic hormones have different molecular structures from natural human hormones. Common examples include CEEs, Provera and birth control pills. The altered shape means synthetic hormones interact differently with hormone receptors. This leads to increased side effects.
In contrast, bioidentical estradiol, progesterone and testosterone are exact replicas of hormones produced in men and women. This allows precise restoration of optimal levels without nasty side effects.
There are multiple ways to deliver bioidentical hormones:
Balance Hormone Clinic offers all these bioidentical therapy options customized to your needs.
Hormone levels requireconsistent testing and dosage titrations to keep levels optimal as the body changes with age. Balance Hormone Clinic physicians adjust therapies based on symptoms and lab work rather than fixed schedules. We also provide nutritional support, prescribe therapies like vitamin D, address lifestyle factors, and treat associated issues like thyroid disorders for enhanced results.
Delaying treatment allows ongoing suffering and elevated long-term health risks. However, it is never too late to regain wellness through bioidentical hormone replacement under a doctor’s supervision.
Without treatment, bothersome symptoms frequently intensify over months to years. Declining hormone levels even spur accelerated atrophy of hormone-sensitive tissues like bone and muscle. Patients may develop full-blown osteoporosis or sarcopenia (muscle wasting) which prove harder to reverse.
Research clearly links earlier hormone therapy to better health outcomes for aging adults. Starting treatment in the perimenopause or early menopause stage provides optimal symptom relief and prevention of diseases like osteoporosis and heart disease. However, improvements still result when therapy is initiated later during menopause or andropause. It is never too late to restore hormone balance.
The dedicated physicians at Balance Hormone Clinic draw on extensive training in age management medicine, anti-aging protocols and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. We provide compassionate care focused on the whole patient, not just lab results. Our goal is to educate and empower you to take charge of your health. We walk this path together towards revived vim, vigor and zest for life.
Unlike conventional hormone therapy, bioidentical hormones have a chemical structure identical to the hormones naturally produced by the human body. This allows them to bind more efficiently to hormone receptors, which may help explain why some studies show bioidenticals have less side effects like blood clots while providing equivalent benefits.
As a trusted leader in bioidentical hormone therapy for over 15 years, Balance Hormone Clinic offers exclusive advantages.
We provide top bioidentical hormone preparations from leading compounding pharmacies to ensure consistency, purity and potency. Our extensive product lines allow custom-blending personalized creams, troches, and capsules. Backed by rigorous third-party testing, patients receive the highest quality treatments.
In addition tostandard labs, we utilize cutting-edge functional assessments of hormones, nutrients, stress biomarkers, gut health, food sensitivities and genetics. Identifying underlying causes of imbalance allows targeted treatments for superior patient outcomes.
Our practitioners blend traditional medicine with proven complementary approaches like nutrition, nutraceuticals, herbal therapies, acupuncture, meditation and biofeedback. This integrative methodology synergistically optimizes wellness.
We establish trusting partnerships with patients through generous visit times, active listening, empathy and open communication. Our goal is to educate, empower and guide you to achieve lasting optimal health according to your unique needs and goals.
We welcome you to explore our services and discover renewed energy and wellbeing.
Local Lifestyle Enhancements
The sunny climate, scenic beauty and diverse amenities of Riverside provide a nurturing environment to support hormone balance andOverall wellness.
With over 300 days of sunshine yearly, Riverside’s mild climate soothes body and soul. The warmer weather and vitamin D promote active lifestyles crucial for metabolic and hormone health. Cool winter nights still allow restorative sleep. Low humidity provides comfort year-round.
Riverside enjoys four gentle seasons. Spring and fall offer moderate temperatures perfect for therapy initiation, lifestyle changes and gradual acclimation to treatment. The summer heat challenges exercise capacity for some but provides staycation opportunities to relax and destress. The cooler winter allows cocooning with cozy comforts, while light therapy lamps boost mood.
Overall the favorable climate reduces weather-triggered symptoms so patients can focus on restoration.
Reconnect with nature, arts and culture at Riverside’s abundant gardens, museums, historic buildings and parks. These peaceful sanctuaries reduce stress to counter hormone imbalance.
Some favorite local escapes:
Riverside offers bountiful amenities, classes and recreation to support positive lifestyle changes. Improving diet, exercising regularly, getting adequate sleep and reducing stress prove integral for hormone health.
Local fitness gems:
Investing in fitness and self-care empowers hormone balance and sustains long-term vigor.
Lifestyle Recommendations for Optimal Hormone Health
Simple daily choices profoundly influence hormone levels and therapy effectiveness. We offer evidence-based guidance to realign lifestyle factors for enhanced wellbeing.
Diet drives hormones. Consuming processed foods, sugars and refined grains dysregulates hormone pathways. Conversely, eating “clean” nourishes hormonal balance.
We recommend:
Nutrition counseling helps strategize sustainable dietary upgrades for ideal therapeutic responses.
Chronic stress overdrives the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal pathway, depleting hormones like progesterone needed for balanced mood and restful sleep.
We encourage patients to:
Learning stress resilience allows the body to direct resources towards rebalancing hormones for global wellness rather than diverting energy to manage perceived threats from hectic routines, job pressures or relationship issues. Stress relief is paramount.
Regular exercise strongly promotes hormone optimization in multiple ways. However over-exercising or under-fueling increases cortisol and compromises reproductive hormones.
Our guidance includes:
Functional movement assessments help determine appropriate fitness plans accounting for any physical limitations or injuries. Starting slowly prevents flare-ups so progress continues.
Adopting sustainable healthy lifestyle habits synergizes with bioidentical therapy for full restoration, reversal of aging and greatly enhanced quality of life. Let our dedicated team guide you towards reclaiming optimal wellness.
