Lifestyle Coaching & Counselling
Addressing the foundations of health, which include quality sleep, good nutrition, daily movement and relaxation and removing obstacles is crucial in treating the whole person and optimal health and well-being.
Clinical Nutrition & Therapeutic Diets
Dr. Elena is passionate about educating her patients about the importance of treating food as medicine to achieve optimal nutrition from what they consume.
Sometimes, depending on baseline health status, various health risk factors and individual patient’s health goals, Dr. Elena may incorporate various nutritional tools such as specific therapeutic diets to help her patients reach healthier baseline levels.
Professional Nutraceutical Supplements
While, the main goal is to get the majority of nutrients (macronutrient and micronutrient) through food we consume daily, sometimes to optimize health, Dr. Elena utilizes professional grade products to supplement a healthy diet and lifestyle.
Dr. Elena achieves this by assessing for and addressing any nutritional deficiencies specific to each patient through high quality and efficacious professional supplements.
Botanical Medicine
The use of commercially prepared as well as individually formulated and compounded herbal extracts and remedies to support and nourish the body and its unique needs.
The Benefits of Working With Me….
I am passionate about empowering my patients to uncover the true cause for their ailments that may have manifested in various symptoms they are experiencing.
I love being a health detective by connecting the dots and finding the missing pieces of information for my patients.
It’s only through informed and collaborative decision making that my patients can set and achieve their unique sustainable health goals.
Undivided attention and thorough detective work through history taking, physical exams and laboratory investigations.
Holistic view and approach to your overall health (Mind-Body-Spirit).
Uncovering the root cause to your ailments and helping you connect the dots together.
Collaborative & compassionate approach to your health goals.
Unique protocol individualized to your needs and preferences.
Continued support and follow-ups beyond our time together.
Homeopathy
In specific cases, after thorough case-taking, a medicine containing natural ingredients is given that can help activate the natural healing processes in the patient’s body, and assist in restoring their physical, mental and emotional well-being.
Acupuncture & Cupping
Individualized protocols based on Traditional Chinese Medicine principles and diagnosis can support each unique person.
Benefits of acupuncture and cupping include but are not limited to pain reduction, improved digestion, sleep and mood enhancement, hormone balancing and assisting with fertility.
Injection Therapies
Targeted and individualized nutrient (eg. minerals, vitamins, and amino aids) therapies via intramuscular (IM) and intravenous (IV) routes in individual cases after careful history taking and laboratory diagnostics to identify individuals deficiencies as well as to rule out any contraindications to therapy.
Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Elena has obtained her prescriptive authority in British Columbia, which enables her to prescribe specific generic or compounded medications if deemed necessary in individual cases.
Physical Examination & Annual Wellness
Check-up
Dr. Elena utilizes comprehensive physical examinations along with other diagnostic investigations to guide her treatment approach.
Additionally, she offers an annual wellness exam to all her current patients.
Laboratory Testing
Dr. Elena offers conventional and functional laboratory testing to further understand each patient’s unique case, and to come up with a comprehensive treatment plan that is suitable to each individual person.
General Testing
- Life Labs Annual Health Assessment Testing
- Urine Analysis
- Pregnancy Testing
- Nutritional Deficiency Testing (eg. Vitamin D, Iodine, Iron, and B12)
Digestive Testing
- Food Sensitivity Testing
- Food Allergy Testing
- Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
- Comprehensive Stool Analysis
- Celiac Disease Testing
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Testing
Cardiometabolic Testing
- Protein Unstable Lesion Signature (PULS) Cardiac Testing
- Lipid Profile Testing
- Insulin and Blood Glucose Testing
- Nutrigenomix (RMA)
- Organic Acids Testing (Great Plains)
Comprehensive Hormone Testing
- Adrenal Function Testing
- Female Hormone Panel
- Male Hormone Panel
- Comprehensive Thyroid Panel