Many people suffer from hormone deficiency as they age, causing unpleasant symptoms that negatively impact quality of life. However, with proper testing and treatment from specialized medical providers like Vitality Balance Clinic, these issues can often be effectively managed.
Hormones are chemical messengers that travel through the bloodstream, directing communication and activity in the body's cells and organs. They influence metabolism, growth, weight, mood, reproduction, sexual function, and more. When hormone levels fall too low, you may experience fatigue, weight gain, anxiety, low libido, insomnia, hot flashes, and other signs of imbalance.
Natural decline occurs with age, especially perimenopause and menopause in women as estrogen and progesterone production from the ovaries decreases over time. But deficiency can happen at other life stages too if the glands producing key hormones like thyroid, testosterone, DHEA, melatonin, and growth hormone ramp down activity levels prematurely. Factors like chronic stress, poor diet, obesity, and certain medical conditions or treatments can also disrupt normal hormone function.
If you relate to unpleasant symptoms like low energy, trouble sleeping, hot flashes, weight gain, low libido, anxiety, sadness, aging skin, and just generally not feeling your best, your hormone balance may be off. Testing is the only way to know for sure, but considering treatment makes sense if lifestyle measures alone haven’t resolved the issues. At Vitality Balance Clinic, we provide sensitive lab testing to paint a clear picture of what’s happening in your body so we can optimize where needed.
Bioidentical hormones are identical in molecular structure to the ones your body produces naturally. Made from plant sources, these hormones interfacing seamlessly with the body’s existing processes to restore levels back to an optimal range with few risks. Vitality Balance Clinic prescribes customized bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) to bring your hormones into balance for improved wellbeing.
Rather than introducing foreign synthetic elements like conjugated equine estrogens from the urine of pregnant horses into your system like conventional hormone replacement therapy often utilized in the past, bioidentical hormones have a chemical makeup exactly matching human hormones. This allows them to bind perfectly with specialized receptors all over the body so you get symptom relief without as many side effects.
The most commonly prescribed bioidentical hormones include:
While regulated as supplements rather than pharmaceutical drugs, these hormones are carefully formulated based on extensive scientific research for optimal therapeutic use. Vitality Balance Clinic provides only the highest quality bioidentical hormones for treatment.
With expertise in functional, anti-aging, and regenerative medicine, our practitioners stay on the cutting edge of bioidentical hormone therapy advances to deliver personalized solutions. We partner with an exclusive high-end compounding pharmacy to provide customized combinations, dosages and delivery methods of bioidentical hormones tailored to your unique needs.
Benefits of choosing Vitality Balance Clinic for bioidentical HRT include:
Our goal is to help you feel healthy, energized and thriving at any age through expert bioidentical hormone replacement handled with care. We see fabulous patient results and satisfaction once the proper protocols are in place.
Let’s explore some of the major hormones we often focus treatment plans around when patients come to Vitality Balance Clinic with deficiency symptoms.
Falling estrogen levels due to perimenopause or menopause cause 75% of women to experience hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, irregular periods, sleeping difficulties, weight gain, anxiety, brain fog, irritability, hair thinning, and bladder symptoms. Low estrogen also negatively impacts heart health, bone density and collagen production leading to osteoporosis risk and accelerated skin aging over time.
With estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) as the major component of bioidentical hormone therapy prescribed for women, most patients find significant relief from troublesome symptoms within 1-2 months allowing them to feel balanced and youthful again. We offer convenient oral tablets, sublingual drops or topical estrogen creams to return levels to optimal functioning for your age. Patients take routine blood tests to ensure hormones stabilize correctly with treatment for safety.
Progesterone works synergistically with estrogen throughout a woman’s life for proper menstrual cycles, fertility, pregnancy support and more. After menopause when ovulation ends, supplemental internal progesterone production also declines. However, balancing your postmenopausal estrogen intake with bioidentical progesterone therapy remains important for counteracting potential estrogen dominant side effects like swollen or tender breasts, spotting, moodiness and risk of precancerous endometrial overgrowth.
We provide customized progesterone cream for absorption through the skin along with estrogen replacement if lab testing indicates deficiency. Patients rubbing the cream into rotating sites often enjoy better sleep, balanced moods and lifestyle flexibility from progesterone matching the body’s innate chemistry.
Classically considered the “male” sex hormone, testosterone plays a key role in women’s vitality too. Supporting healthy muscle mass, bone density, motivation, confidence, clarity, energy, sex drive and pleasure in both genders, balanced testosterone helps you stay active, productive and thriving across the lifespan.
Age-related testosterone decline progresses rapidly for most women through perimenopause into the late 40s to early 50s. Low testosterone contributes to frustrating symptoms like low libido, fatigue, mental fog, irritability, anxiety and decreased strength/endurance with exercise. Our providers often recommend adding supplemental testosterone along with estradiol and progesterone for optimal female wellness, taken in careful dosages best matching your needs based on symptoms and blood levels.
We provide testosterone therapies including oral tablets/liquid drops, topical creams and customized genitalia creams to increase satisfying sensitivity/arousal. Male patients also often benefit from testosterone replacement with aging through shots, pellets or other delivery methods to boost energy, vitality and sex drive.
Accurately assessing your hormone levels through laboratory testing is the first step in the bioidentical hormone therapy process. After establishing a baseline, we develop customized treatment plans as needed to restore balance.
Because hormone imbalance symptoms overlap with many other conditions while also varying dramatically between individuals, attempting treatment without the right tests often leads to frustration from lack of results or side effects from guesstimated doses.
That’s why at Vitality Balance Clinic we mandate conducting the following laboratory assessments prior to prescribing bioidentical hormones:
Baseline sex hormones: Sample blood levels of estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and DHEA establish your starting point measurements compared to optimal range parameters.
Advanced lipid panels: Cholesterol and triglicerydes are lipids strongly influenced by sex hormone status, so abnormalities may reflect deficiency even with "normal" sex hormone blood serum results.
Nutrient testing: Key micronutrients like vitamin D, zinc, magnesium and B vitamins help regulate endocrine system communications, so insufficiencies exacerbate hormone dysfunction.
Thyroid panels: Low thyroid function directly causes hypometabolic symptoms nearly identical to sex hormone imbalance, so measuring TSH, free T3 and T4 levels provides clarity.
Additional specialty labs: Other tests like blood cell counts, liver or kidney function etc. may further illuminate contributing factors to address.
Imbalanced hormone levels alone cannot confirm if bioidentical therapy is right for you, but comprehensively analyzing your physiology and risk factors allows our experts to make accurate treatment decisions. We also review your lifestyle, diet, environmental exposures, stress levels and medical history during consults.
After compiling your test results, our practitioners thoroughly discuss findings plus your symptoms and goals in person or via telehealth. We then outline a customized bioidentical hormone therapy plan including:
Hormones to target: The ideal bioidentical hormones matching your deficiencies. This commonly involves various combinations of estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, thyroid hormones, melatonin and DHEA.
Delivery methods: Convenient options like oral tablets, sublingual drops, transdermal creams, pellets or injections allowing absorption best suited to your needs and preferences.
Dosages: Carefully calculated doses personalized for your age, sex, sensitivities, deficiencies and risk factors are crucial for excellent tolerability. We adjust as needed based on follow up testing.
Lifestyle guidance: Diet/exercise plans, stress reduction techniques, targeted nutraceuticals/vitamins and lab follow ups help support optimal therapy results.
Follow up testing and monitoring: We schedule patients for multiple blood draws assessing hormone levels, cholesterol panels, nutrient status and other relevant markers over the first 6-12 months to ensure ideal outcomes. Adjustments occur as required.
While each bioidentical hormone therapy plan is unique, clinical expertise combining both conventional and progressive natural healing perspectives for true root cause resolution sets Vitality Balance Clinic apart. We support your journey toward lifelong balance.
Unlike conventional hormone therapy, bioidentical hormones are custom-formulated to match the molecular structure of the hormones your body produces naturally. This allows them to bind more efficiently to hormone receptors, resulting in more balanced levels that closely mimic your body's ideal state with potentially fewer side effects.
Achieving sustainable hormonal harmony involves more than perfectly dosed bioidentical replacements alone. That’s why Vitality Balance Clinic guides patients on implementing selected lifestyle upgrades complementing the customized protocols protecting your future health.
Hormones require specific vitamins, minerals and antioxidants for optimized production and signaling. We coach patients on eating patterns naturally promoting stability:
Anti-inflammatory foods: Colorful vegetables, omega-3s, spices, teas debitter chronic inflammation disturbing endocrine pathways.
Gut-supporting: Pre/pro/postbiotics nourish microbiome communities influencing hormone metabolism.
Blood sugar balancing: Low glycemic index choices prevent insulin resistance and reactive hypoglycemia.
Adaptogen herbs: Ashwagandha, rhodiola, holy basil etc. buffer stress hormone strain.
Micronutrient rich: Seafood, nuts/seeds, eggs, dairy and more supply zinc, magnesium and B vitamins key for synthesis.
Healthy fats: Olive oil, avocados, coconut, wild fish provide cholesterol for sex hormone building blocks.
We also help patients identify potential hormonal disruptors like soy, flax and alcohol warranting restriction. Supportive nutritional supplements are commonly advised too.
Certain lifestyle upgrades also promote long term hormonal health:
Stress management through sufficient sleep, meditation, nature immersion regulates cortisol, epinephrine and inflammation driving imbalance.
Targeted high intensity interval training combined with relaxing movement like yoga stimulates beneficial endothelial and sex hormone reactions.
Creative passions and community connections satisfies psychological needs also influencing hormone cascade reactions.
Minimizing plastics and toxin exposures reduces endocrine disrupting chemicals interfering with delicate feedback loops.
While we realize some modifications seem challenging to sustain forever, instilling a few positive rituals improves treatment outcomes. We help patients identify realistic baby steps.
Alongside Vitality Balance Clinic customized plans, we refer patients to these exceptional local practitioners in Pembroke Pines helping support your total wellbeing:
Pure Life Fitness offers personalized training balancing cardio, strength and stretching for optimal hormonal responses. Their infrared saunas also help eliminate environmental toxins while boosting circulation and immunity.
The Glow Medspa aesthetics clinic has vast experience safely enhancing collagen production, skin quality and self confidence to match your inner hormonal shifts with harmonizing beauty treatments. Their massages lower cortisol too.
For nourishing clean meals to-go promoting steady energy and hormone building blocks, the Kitchen Table cafe crafts delicious anti-inflammatory bowls, sides and desserts catering to various nutritional needs.
We believe holistic healing springs from within through balanced body chemistry and self care rituals. But having the right local resources improves stick-to-it-ness! Our goal is equipping patients to thrive.
Treating hormone imbalance in a timely manner is vital for maintaining vitality plus preventing future health issues in both men and women. schedule This leads to:
With deep expertise in optimizing hormones through advanced precision testing, bioidentical therapies, nutrition and complementary wellness strategies, Vitality Balance Clinic guides patients to higher levels of health and happiness.
We provide:
Our exceptional practitioners stay current on the latest advancements through continual education and evaluate each case closely to determine appropriateness of bioidentical hormones, deliver real solutions through specialized compounding resources, and monitor progress carefully for safe effective treatment.
We hope this overview on hormonal health gives you plenty of information to consider our services for improving your own vitality story. Vitality Balance Clinic wants to be your partner supporting personalized healing solutions for balanced wellbeing all through the lifespan. Please reach out now to schedule your needed evaluation - the possibilities start here!
