Service Goals
My goal is to help you have a strong body full of optimal health. While you are participating in my health retreats, you can learn self-care that teaches you how to develop a strong body that is not affected by adverse health conditions and can resist disease and the stresses of the environment and life. I want you to be strong in both Mind and Body. This would include ensuring your body is free of parasites, toxic metals, allergies or any problem so that you have the best protection for natural disease prevention. With todays, new viral threats, everyone needs to boost their immunity and do everything possible to ensure that your physical health is the best it can possibly be,  by utilizing rebuilding and strentghend programs it will help you to withstand anything that might occur, including chronic disease.
          

Diet & Nutrition
High Anti-Oxidant Diets are loaded with good nutrition that is great for anti-aging



Customized diets are important for individualized health support.



Herbal Teas & Nutritional Supplements help cleanse, nourish and replenish the body.



Weight Maintainence

 

Maintaining a healthy weight is a key aspect to managing good health for a lifetime. If you wanted to do the one best thing for disease prevention, it would be, do not become obese. 

Non-Surgical Aesthetic Treatments:

We offer: VelaCellulite.com therapy services for slimming, fat reduction and skin tightening. Try our Slim Dome, Ultrasonic Lipo or RF Skin Tightening Facial.

Mind Body Exercises, Such as Yoga, are important way to stay flexible and tone, for a lifetime. Dr. Joyce developed "The Mind Body Exercise" program, just for this purpose. It is 3 mind body exercises that tighten and tone every major muscle group, that can be done in 10 minutes per day.



Healthy Thoughts and Emotions
are important to good health. Your brain is a physical body part, but Your thoughts are powerful and positive psychology is important to a healthy state of mind.



Healthy Relationships are important
to good health. Every human interaction is an exchange of energy keep your relationships healthy by exchanging healthy interactions with others. Unhealthy relationships drain you of your power and energy. Beware of energy suckers and disconnect yourself from them. Develop good personal, business and family relations with like-minded individuals.



A Balanced Diet and Lifestyle is the most important
step to wellness. That is why I wrote "The Balance Diet & Lifestyle" Read my book to discover many things that you can do to preserve your natural good health. My books may be purchased on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble


I wrote The Mind Body Type Diet was and it can help you live a life that supports and strengthens both your Mind and Body. It is endorsed by Dr. Amrik Walia, the president of the American Health Research Institute.





Body Treatments & Skin Care

Synergy treatments, help tone and smooth
the appearnce of cellulite.




 



FIR Treatments offer Far Infra Red light which is excellent for detoxification, increasing immunity, speeding metabolism and for weight loss.




Beautiful Image treatments tighten and tone
for beautiful skin. This is based on over 35 years of research orginating out of Europe.



Micro dermabrasion helps speed cell turn-over and exfoliate dead skin cells to reveal a healthy youthful glow. Dr. Joyce also offers, natural non-mechanical ways of achieving good skin health.

Self Care
Develop your self power, self esteem, self confidence.
You Can Do It!



From A-Z ask Dr. P !!!

Medicinal Benifits Of The Natural Environment



These look like crystals, but they are only pink salt rocks from Poland. The salt releases negative ions that help purify the air, relieve sinus and allergy symptoms. Salt or saline is used in many sterile solutions as a nasal and eye flush. Salt is essential to life, but with all things moderation and proper use is imperitive.

For More Examples Of The Types Of Therapies
 Dr. P Uses call (256)335-6238. M-F 9-5 pm

Prices & Payment
The Cost are plain & simple you pay for my time research, assessments, testing, reports and treatment plan writing time. Intially, you and I will sit down, one on one, eye-to-eye for an hour, after that meeting,  I spend about 3-5 hours of my time evaluating you on my own. I estimate how much time based on our meeting. labs and your questionarre and I charge only $100 per hour. Unlike many practitioners, I do not, personally, sell you the nutritional supplements that I may recommend. Typically, the first consultation is $350 (this is a 10 page questionare that does not include testing, reports or reccomendations which are billed by the hour for my time and assessment fees) and each additional visit is $250. Our one on one time is approximately an hour, then I do the research, work, report writing and healh plan after your visit and email it to you. I will keep your charges as inexpensive as possible. All Payments are due at the time of service. I accept cash or check only

Financial Hardships or Disabilities
If you can show  proof of financial hardship, I will see you for free. However, those clients who do pay me for my time are afforded my 24 hour contact information.

Bartering:
I do barter with people. Back in the depression, people would pay their doctors with produce or eggs. If you are an organic farmer, make good homeade goat cheese or wine.  I once accepted a lifesize knight as compensation for an evaluation. I have accepted aesthetic services from fellow colleagues to see their spouses. I often accept massage and other wellness therapies in exchange for my services as a professional courteousy.

Gifts & Tax Free Donations:
I do accept donations, gifts, bonuses and tips. Many people have tipped me extra that are satisfied with their results.  If you have a charitable cause that you would like to donate a portion of your fees to I will consider donating to the charity of choice. One wealthy client gave me a $2500 year-end bonus as a tax write off.

Insurance
I do not accept insurance as what I do is elective, like cosmedic surgery it is out-of-pocket. I do not treat disease or practice medicine and that is the only types of claims that most insurance companies allow under coverage.

Disclaimer:
I only teach people how to return to wellness and well-being. You will have to follow instructions and do the work if you expect to get the results as described. Results are typical but will vary depending on the individual. The only two things guaranteed in life are death and taxes, yes, I said the old cleche' but it's true.

The first step in my program is a whole person evaluation, lifestyle questionarre, medical case history, high risk geographic travel assessment, symptoms review and diagnostic analysis. I have developed an effective research method with the use of  research technology that can locate the specific underlying causes of health conditions.

Many treatment protocols rely on diagnosis when in fact, statistically, 70% of all alopathic diagnosis is wrong. I do not diagnose.  I listen to my clients and I rely on their report of symptoms and how they feel; because no one knows your body as well as you do. You know how you feel. I listen, but with an awareness that most symptoms are often misleading as to the actual causes of a condition. In the alopathic world, often there isn't enough time during doctor visits to get a true sense of a patients state of health, this can lead to incorrect diagnosis or inadequate treatments. Furthermore, the allopathic approach often waits until a disease state is establish before treatment is reccomended. Physicians treat disease Naturopaths practice disease prevention and wellness, not medicine.

Why wait until a disease develops before you start trying to clear a symptom?  Once a disease develops you need constant medical care and supervision.  I look for Pre-cursors to disease so that we may design an individualized prevention plan. This ensures finding treatments that are right for you as an individual in advance to hopefully prevent an adult onset disease!

Whole Person Evaluation Methods

1. Complete whole person analysis of the state of your mind and body, which includes an evaluation of your chemistry, organs, muskoteletal structure and balance, hormones, glands and emotions to assess your condition & present state of wellness.
2. Analysis of your previous case history and the physical cause of your particular health conditions, according to you and a review of your medical case history and prior testings with other professionals.
3. A individualized diet & lifestyle plan based on your whole person evaluation. 

All of my programs are tailor-made for the individual's specific needs. Once the program is written, it does not remain fixed. I troubleshoot and refine your program continually so that your health condition can be resolved.

Here are some of the things that I can address on a program made especially for you:

Are You At A Healthy Weight?
If You Were Going To Do One Thing To Ensure Long Life, That Would Be; Prevent Yourself From Becoming Obese! The First Thing I Assess Is Weight. Obesity Related Diseases Are The Number One Killers Of Humans! Heart Attacks, Diabetes & Cancer are all associated with Obesity! For every pound of fat your heart pumps blood through an extra mile of blood vessels. That's Heart stress. Abdominal fat = Fat around the organs.


Ensure that Sleep is as Sound as Possible
For anyone who has trouble with sleep, I work on handling this as a first step on the program as bodies heal best when good sleep is available. This can involve specific treatments for sleep.

Locate Troublesome Foods and Supplements
Sometimes the foods or supplements that someone eats every day can be contributing to the health problems they are experiencing. Most people are not aware that certain elements in their diet are aggravating their health condition. I test a patient's current diet and supplements to see if these are actually adding to their problems.

Find an Optimum Diet
Each person requires the correct diet for his or her metabolism and I test each patient to find out which diet is best for them. There are no set diets that are right for everyone. For instance, some people don't break down and digest meat very well and others have problems with digesting vegetables. I recommend an ideal diet for that person that will cause the fewest adverse reactions for that system and will provide the most effective nutrition. This is very therapeutic.

Locate & Eliminate Harmful Parasites 
I check for and begin treatment to eliminate parasites, fungal infections, viruses and bacteria. Iwork with other doctors as a team and together, we make your body an unfavorable environment for parasites. Not only can bugs and parasites cause specific illnesses, they also act as degenerative agents throughout the body. Parasites, fungus, viruses and bacteria can invade any joint or organ. You can not effectively eliminate parasites using over the counter cleanses. Once they are present they are difficult for even the medical community to eliminate with drugs. Spores, eggs and pleamorphic organisms can lay dormant  a long time in your body, they are oportunistic and wait for other infections to weaken your immune system so they can proliferate. The body must have a certain bio-chemical balance to prevent common parasites from gaining livelyhood within our body and by maintaining a balanced chemistry you can greatly reduce or eliminate unfriendly parasites, fungus, yeast and intestinal flora.

Parasite Example- Giardia
Swimming is a fun, active, and healthy way to exercise and spend leisure time. However, in the past two
decades we have seen an increase in the number of Recreational Water Illness (RWI) outbreaks associated with  lakes, rivers oceans, swimming pools, water parks, hot tubs. According to the CDC Centers for Disease Control, Giardia is not spread by contact with blood. You can be infected without knowing it and Giardia can be spread most through contamination who are at risk? :

• International travelers.
• Swimmers, by swallowing recreational water contaminated with Giardia. Recreational water is water from lakes, rivers, springs, ponds, streams swimming pools, hot tubs, jacuzzis, fountains,  that can be contaminated with sewage or feces from humans or animals.
• Backpackers, hikers, and campers who drink untreated or insufficiently treated water or who do not practice good hygiene (e.g., proper hand washing).
• Public Contact with infected persons with poor hygiene. Just accidentally swallowing something that has come in contact with the stool of a person or animal infected with Giardia. By swallowing Giardia picked up from surfaces (such as lounge chairs, bathroom doors, picnic tables, bathroom fixtures, changing tables) contaminated with stool from an infected person.
• People who swallow contaminated water while swimming, especially in lakes, rivers, springs, ponds, and streams. Several community-wide outbreaks of giardiasis have been linked to recreational water or drinking water contaminated with Giardia.
• People exposed to human feces through sexual contact.
• Cooks and waiters can spread Giradia, those who are infected and don't wash hands after using the bathroom and touching plates, utensils and food with contaminated hands. 

How do I protect myself  from the spread of Parasites ?

The CDC's Healthy Swimming program offers prevention information and resources to raise awareness
about RWIs and how to prevent them by practicing "Healthy Swimming" behaviors.Healthy Swimming behaviors are needed to protect you and your kids from recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place. Here are Three Steps for All Swimmers:

Keep germs from causing RWIs: 

• If you have Giradia, you may not know it but you can spread germs in the water and make other people sick.
• Please don't swallow the pool water. Avoid getting water in your mouth, orfices and eyes.
• Please practice good hygiene. Shower with soap before swimming and wash your hands after using the toilet or changing diapers. Germs on your body end up in the water.
• Please don't swim when you have diarrhea.

Stop Your System from Attacking Itself
The body can get "mis-wired" and instead of its immune system attacking germs, it can attack different parts of the body. For example, one patient had insomnia for 29 years, I found that her body was attacking her adrenal glands and put her on a program for this and she began sleeping well immediately.

Absorption Program
The average body is very deficient in essential nutrients. This can be due to an absorption problem. This can manifest itself, for instance, in a constant feeling of hunger, despite a person eating well. "Cravings" get handled in this portion of the program. An absorption program may include a change of diet. Certain supplements may be used to increase the production of digestive enzymes. Supplements may be used to strengthen digestive organs. There are specific treatments and supplements to help handle cravings.

Handling Nutritional Deficiencies
Most nutritional supplements do not actually "supplement." I have tested thousands of supplements and have found that they rarely are of significant benefit. This is due to various factors: Most supplementsare imbalanced and require the bod create imbalances over time that stress and age the body. Ninety percent of the nutritional products on the market contribute to nutritional stress and aging because they y to "give up" nutrients to balance them. Actually some supplements covertly increase your nutritional deficiencies.Most supplements are not made to be easily absorbed. A supplement needs to be in the correct form and have certain supporting nutrients to be absorbed. Many people are sensitive to some ingredients in supplements, which can cause unfavorable reactions.Balanced supplements are the answer. In my testing, I've found the best results with Core Levels. There is nothing else like these in the nutritional industry. The goal of this supplement line is nutritional balance. Each particular supplement supplies everything the body requires for its absorption. I put the patient on a supplement program to handle nutritional deficiencies that have been created over the years. I recommend exact nutritional supplementation until the deficiencies are handled or particular organs or glands are fully healed. I can evaluate when these points have been reached with my before and after testing. Additionally, a body may be having difficulty in absorption in general and would need to do an absorption program.

Regular Testing of Actual Nutritional
Status During Your Program
I check your body's initial nutritional status, which nutrients it is deficient in and which are in adequate supply, and compare it on subsequent visits to ensure the program is moving in the right direction towards the patients' goals. I am also able to check the strength or weakness of specific organs and compare this on subsequent visits. I use this type of before and after testing to evaluate the statistics of any supplemental product or program.

Create an Alkaline Body 
A body has an optimum acid-alkaline balance. To fully heal the body you need to flush the acid deposits out of the system, including joints, muscles and organs. This is something I work toward throughout your entire program.

Other Product Testing
In some cases, it becomes necessary for me to test personal care products, makeup products, household products and/or machines used for their effects on a body. This is useful in reducing stress in such conditions as acne, energy trouble and sleep problems, just to name a few.

Toxic Metal Testing
As toxic metals are common poisons in the body, I try to determine to what degree they are a problem. This can be done through in-office testing and/or a hair analysis. I work to locate the sources of these metals in your environment. There may be different recommendations to decrease these metals. Retesting is advised at the end of your program.

Liver, Gall Bladder and Kidney Stone Flushing Every time I have had a patient do liver/gall bladder flushes, uncalcified stones have flushed out. These stones impact the liver and gall bladder and reduce their function. Kidney stones impair kidney function in at least 1% of the population. I can reduce liver/gall bladder and kidney stones in different ways. The programs are tailor-made for each patient.

Handlings for Non-Optimum Posture or Structure
I locate postural stresses which can include uneven leg lengths, dropped foot arches, poor seating (cars, chairs, airplane seats, etc.), positions that aggravate the body structure (sleeping, exercises, and work). There are many solutions for these situations that vary based on the patients' needs. These could include shoe lifts, orthotics, cushions, or positional recommendations such as carrying a bag in a different way. I also use low force treatments to correct the structure. In some cases I do facial/cranial adjustments to help correct the spine. However, neurological imbalances can be difficult and may require neurological evaluation, at which time, a referral will be made. For example; if you have a herniated disc or suffer trama from an automobile accident, all of the nutrition and wellness in the world can not repair, damaged nerves and sometimes surgical treatment may be required. However, rest assured I will try to help you with these difficult problems by natural means, first. The good news is that the future holds promise with stem cell treatment for even the most difficult of structrural and neurological problems.

One-on-One Patient Education
The more a patient understands their program, the more they can work with me to help them reach their goals quickly. Due to this, I teach patients about many things: how to make food that is healthful and fun, the effects of certain foods or nutrients on their condition, the side effects of specific prescriptions, etc.

Grocery Store Readiness
I will take you shopping and teach you how to make smart shopping decisions. You will be amazed how easy it is to buy the right things, and how much money you will save in the process!

Restaurant Survival 101
See how it easy it can be to eat healthy when dining out. You will be amazed how many choices you will have. You will learn how to look for warning signs on a menu, and distinguish between healthy sounding and actually healthy. Studies show that people looking to improve their fitness and improve their health achieve significantly greater results when using a natural approach with personalized wellness and nutritional programs.  A naturopath, will often use, herbs, homeopathics and theraputic modalities to help restore your health in many ways. It is important to note that there is a right way, and a wrong way to eat, diet, manage weight and to achieve wellness. Nutritionists provide support and guidance. An effective personal nutritionist can guide you, motivate you, and educate you. A good nutritionist will also help you learn to use food to improve your health. A body-worker, that is trained in spinal alignement techniques and yoga, can help most every ache that you feel in the body and they can make sure that you don't damage your body with today's assortment of health fads. You can greatly benifit from the guidance of a personal trainer and relief sore muscles with a good massage therapist. Don't risk harming your body...call Joyce today. Joyce will increase the benefits of your wellness program and exercise regimine through a multi-disciplinary approach. 

What Can You Do To Rebalance After Anti-Biotic Abuse?
Under the guidance of your health practioner, you can begin by changing your diet and rebalancing your intestinal flora. Diet measures are important, too. By removing the highly refined carbohydrates and sugars, and increasing your intake of healthy whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Sugars don't cause yeast infections, but they do create an inviting environment for Candida to thrive. There is a rising awareness concerning the importance of probiotics. Some probiotics, such as live culture yogurt and yogurt-based products like Danactive, are becoming readily available. Probiotics pump "good" bacteria back into our bodies to battle excess yeast and to bring the body back into its proper chemical balance.

Enzyme Therapy
Digestive enzymes are proteins that reduce nutrition into usable building materials for the body. Your body must produce higher quantities of digestive enzymes in order to digest and absorb your supplements. This increases the workload on different organs depending on the nutrient your body is trying to digest. Because digestive enzymes are proteins, protein building blocks known as amino acids may be needed in your supplements to help make use of your vitamins and minerals. Some enzymes require enzyme activating vitamins to function properly. Still other enzymes require certain minerals such as copper, iron and zinc to function. In order to cause little to no stress, an ideal supplement would include enzyme building blocks such as amino acids plus other needed factors.

Balanced Nutrition
Enter balanced nutrition is important and there is nothing like it in the health care industry. The goal of Nutritionist is eating healthy, taking a specific supplement line and achieving nutritional balance by supplying everything the body requires. Take thiamine (Vitamin B1) for example: it is needed for energy production, for the breakdown of weight-producing carbohydrates, for the normal function of the heart, nerves and muscles, for a cheerful outlook on life and for a good night's sleep! It is not stored in the body and it is destroyed by heat. There isn't a body I have checked that doesn't need lots of Core Level Thiamine daily. I gave my daughter a pinch of this within 24 hours of her birth! If isolated thiamine or B1 is taken without its complementary factors of vitamin E, niacin, magnesium, calcium, potassium, zinc, copper, etc. plus pancreatic organ support to get it absorbed, you've got a problem. Vitamin E may be being robbed from your reproductive system and sexual function. Niacin may be being drawn away from hormone and energy production or your heart or brain. Calcium, magnesium & potassium are needed by every cell. Your body has several strategic options as far as how and where to rob from, none of them healthy options. In addition, you may still suffer the symptoms of thiamine deficiency because your body is unlikely to have all the complementary factors.

You wouldn't tolerate someone stealing from your home. Yet you inadvertently cause artificial deficiencies in your body by taking imbalanced supplements. Balanced Nutritional supplements are your protection against theft and nutritional aging.

Maintenance Check-Ups
Once the main steps in your program have been completed, I work to ensure that these health gains are not lost. I recommend that a patient come in every six weeks for check-ups to review how they are doing on their program as this has been a major factor in their success. Follow-ups are vital for preventing any problems from occurring in the future.

Treatment Objective & Summary
With my continual research, We should achieve better and faster results on an ongoing basis, depending on your beginning state of health. The longer you wait before addressing a health issue, the longer it takes to improve it. Together, we will work together, with a goal, to achieve quick relief and improvement. My goal is for you to have a strong body that is not affected by adverse health conditions and can resist the stresses of the environment and life.

Best of health to you!
Peace, Love & Light To You!
Your Doctor of Joyful Good Health!