This is a different kind of clinic...

We are not a medical clinic nor are we simply another "alternative type clinic" with a variety of "natural remedies." Dr. Goldberg has been helping people through natural, hygienic, biological methods for over twenty five years, long before the current "alternative" trend became popular. There are numerous physicians who have jumped on the bandwagon offering "natural therapies" while still adhering to the same treatment of symptoms rather than addressing the root causes of people's illnesses.

From the start of his career in 1976, Dr. Goldberg's focus and training has been seeking out the causes of people's problems ... it was not simply an afterthought brought about by the current marketing trends in natural health care. The result of this is that you have a doctor in whom Natural Health Care is integral to his training and experience, not simply a later add on.

Committment to you...

We are committed to helping you. You will find that Dr. Goldberg spends a generous amount of time with his clients and will treat you with understanding and compassion.

Seeking the causes...

There are numerous reasons why people become ill: genetic factors, dietary imbalances, digestive problems, sleep habits, allergies, accidents, toxicity, emotional, mental, and spiritual stressors, these and other factors may be singly involved or there may be a combination of these factors together creating your health difficulties. A chief task for us will be to identify where your problems are coming from and what steps you should take to improve your health.

We are not only a drugless practice, we also avoid so called "natural" agents such as herbs, homeopathics, and other materials that are intended to "treat" disease symptoms. These materials may be less toxic than drugs, but the rationale behind them is the same...the treatment of symptoms rather than the removal of causes and the restoration of optimal bodily functioning.

Our focus is helping people with difficult, chronic health problems. Our goal is to improve the health and efficiency of the entire body. This is the way that chronic health problems of any type should be addressed and by doing so we have successfully assisted people over the years.

We regularly receive inquiries such as:

• Does Dr. Goldberg treat Rheumatoid Arthritis?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat psoriasis?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat migraine headaches?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat chronic fatigue syndrome?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat fibromyalgia?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat cancer?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat systemic lupus?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat ulcerative colitis?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat crohns disease?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat irritable bowel syndrome?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat infertility?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat chronic depression?
• Does Dr. Goldberg treat ______________? (you fill in the blank!)

We have successfully worked with hundreds of patients with such medical syndromes, allowing these patients to evolve back into good health (often after years of suffering and futile "treatments"). We address the factors in each patient that are causing the symptoms of these problems to occur rather than treat symptoms. When our clients improve their health, they not only experience relief of their symptoms they also enjoy vastly improved overall health with greater resistance and freedom from disease for the entire body.

Ten people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or other medical diagnoses will all have different reasons as to why they are ill. To simply "treat the rheumatoid arthritis" (as is done medically) is to miss the cause(s) of the problem and fail to provide the patient the opportunity to evolve into improved, long term, good health. The program of care provided for our clients is always based upon their personal evaluation, not on the name of the disease they were labeled with.

How Is An Evaluation Conducted?

Three basic steps are involved in all health evaluations:

1. A thorough Case History during which the client will be interviewed regarding their health history.
2. Physical Examination.
3. Appropriate Laboratory Testing. Most laboratory testing we conduct is functionally oriented. This means that it is used to asses the efficiency of the body systems and the body as a whole. We do not use laboratory testing to merely arrive at a name for symptoms as is commonly done medically. Laboratory testing helps provide information to assess the current status of the body as well as help point us in the correct direction to follow for health improvement.
   

These steps generally take from one to two hours to perform on the initial visit. We feel there is an absolute need to know our clients thoroughly and we give each patient the time they deserve.


How Do We Go About Helping You Improve Your Health?

• By determining the underlying causes of your condition using the steps listed above.
• Developing a care plan and discussing it with you.
• Making recommendations to you based upon your condition and evaluation.
• Working together with you in carrying out the recommendations.
  
  
  Clinical Steps Employed
  

1. Identify and remove causal factors responsible for poor health.
2. Where genetic factors play a significant role, determine what steps should be taken hygienically and biochemically to compensate for the genetic weaknesses.
3. Create conditions for adequate rest and detoxification of the body as appropriate in each case. This includes identification and removal of metabolic toxicities generated by inappropriate diet, poor digestion, exogenous poisons, and excessive stressors over the years.
4. Restore efficient gastrointestinal functioning so that nutrients may be absorbed, wastes are excreted efficiently, and optimal nutritional/biochemical balance in the body is regained.
5. Employ a dietary specific to the patients needs both in terms of restoration of balance and a general maintenance plan.
6. Employ specific measures for the needs of each client.
7. Educate the patient on methods to restore balance to the endocrine, nervous, and immune systems and monitor the employment of same as needed.
8. Educate the patient in hygienic principles so as to empower him or her in maintaining their improvements.
   

Costs differ widely depending on a client's needs and desires with each client requiring different levels of investigation and laboratory analysis. We do our best to keep your costs very reasonable. Any concern for the cost of your care must, however, also take into account what you are losing by staying sick. The cost of illness is not only money, but lost time out of your life, lost enjoyment of relationships, lost earnings from missing work or not being able to give your work the effort it needs to be successful. The cost of being short tempered with your family and not being able to engage in the activities you would like to participate in and not enjoying life's many wonderful experiences as you should be. Costs for professional services are significantly below average as compared to other offices with similar qualifications and services. Our patients receive experienced care and a generous amount of quality time with the doctor. Typically the initial office visit with Dr. Goldberg will last one hour or longer and follow up visits 15 to 30 minutes in length.

Further information you may require on costs can be obtained by calling our office at (770) 974-7470 .

Laboratory Testing

If you are like many of our patients you have seen a number of physicians and had a number of tests performed. You may have spent a large amount of money on medical services and tests without getting the desired results. We know this can be very frustrating.

You are now in an office with a different perspective and we need to start fresh. That means running tests of different kinds to seek out causes. Tests interpreted according to our specifications via a Natural, Biological perspective.

Insurance

Insurance matters are between you and your insurance carrier. Our office will supply you with the necessary forms to file. The level of reimbursement you receive depends on your insurance policy terms.

This depends on how long you have been ill, how seriously ill you are, your age, if you will allow a thorough investigation of your health status and how much effort you are willing to make in recovering. It is our goal see you improve in as short a time as possible. This is about building real health, not simply suppressing symptoms temporarily with drugs, herbs, manipulation, or other therapies.

Team Work

The journey towards better health is a joint effort between patient and doctor. In addition to helping you gain good health we want you to become able to take control of your health destiny and avoid illness in the future.

If you have read this far you or someone close to you probably has a difficult health problem that you are seeking help for. You have likely discovered that treating problems with drugs is rarely a productive approach and often leads to serious side effects.

Our approach differs with each patient. We don't have a one size fits all program. All patients are individuals. Careful interview, case history, physical exam, and functional laboratory testing are employed to help us discover the root causes of each patient's problems. The sciences of clinical epidemiology (the study of factors that lead to health and disease) and Natural Hygiene (the study of nature as applied to human health and welfare) are employed in evaluating and assisting our clients.

Our clinic does not treat symptoms. We do not rely on "remedies", even "natural" ones, to "treat" our patients with. Our focus is to search for causes of disease, the elimination of those causes, and the provision of healthful factors that lead to vibrant health. It is by taking this individualized approach that we have been so successful over the years in helping chronically ill people with serious problems gain better health.

All of this takes a lot of work for us and on the part of the client.

If you are looking for a quick fix where you don't have to make much effort, this is not the right place for you. There are thousands of doctors and physicians that will be glad to spend a few brief moments with you and give you a drug or natural treatment that addresses your symptoms and leaves the causes untouched. This is a clinic for people who are not afraid of making an effort.

I have been in health care since the mid 1970's. I went through over a decade of serious, chronic illness and know the hardships that are entailed in finding real answers. (It is my experience that makes me most valuable to my patients, more so than my degrees!)s

If you are interested in discovering why you have become ill, appreciate a doctor who will spend time working diligently with you, and you are willing to work hard to improve your health and retain it, this is the right place for you.

When you become my patient, you become very important to me. You become my student and you will also teach me about yourself.

I limit the number of clients I see since an extensive amount of time is spent with each person. I invite very difficult cases of illness, but not clients unwilling to work hard to regain good health.

If it sounds like we have the right orientation for you, then I earnestly look forward to making your acquaintance and beginning our journey to your renewed well being together.

Sincerely,

Paul A. Goldberg, MPH, DC, DACBN