Become a Patient – South Coast True Health

Welcome

Everything to help you if you are new to our practice.

Visiting Our Practice

Complimentary Consultation

Are we the right fit for your needs? How can South Coast True Health meet your health goals? We offer a complimentary 15 minute phone consultation to discuss your concerns.

Online Intake

After we discussed your concerns and booked your first appointment, you will receive an email with a link to fill out your health history and consent forms. Please complete these forms before your first appointment.

If you have any relevant blood tests, scans/imaging or other lab work, please bring them to your first appointment as well.

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Your First Eastern Medicine & Acupuncture Visit

The first treatment is about 75-90 minutes. During your first visit, we take a thorough deep dive inquiry into your health concerns, understand your health goals and complete a physical examination. In our physical exam, we will evaluate your tongue, pulse, abdomen and shen (unique to Chinese Medicine diagnosis). Based on your symptoms, additional physical exams may be performed.

After we complete our deep dive, you will rest on a massage table with inserted needles for your treatment. Depending on our deep dive, your treatment session will last between 15-30 minutes. Some conditions may call for other Eastern Medicine muscle releasing techniques such as moxibustion (heat therapy), cupping, gua sha or tui na.

Interested to Learn More about Acupuncture?

Your practitioner will discuss these options with you during the first visit if these therapies are applicable.

Treatment

Acupuncture is extremely safe when administered by one of our qualified and licensed professionals. Thin, sterile needles are used and placed in specific acupoints your Acupuncturist determines for you. Each needle is disposed of after each use.

After insertion, patients often report sensations of warmth, heaviness, vague dull pressure, pulsing or tingling. These are all normal sensations that the therapy is taking effect. Others may feel a sense of deep relaxation or increased energy after a treatment.

These therapeutic shifts may be felt immediately during a treatment or hours/days after the treatment. Each body will have varied effects.

Tips for your Acupuncture Treatments and After Acupuncture Treatments:

BEFORE Acupuncture:

AFTER Acupuncture:

Refrain from overexertion, a strenuous workout, or cardio up to a couple hours after a treatment.
Between visits, make notes of any changes that may have occurred, such as:
- Alleviation of pain
- Pain radiating to other areas
- Changes in intensity
- Changes in frequency of pain
- Changes in energy, bowel movement or sleep
A custom therapy for aftercare will be provided if appropriate for your concerns.
We have links in our patient education for some of these recommendations.

Patient Education

Here we have our clinic handouts and recommendations.

Acupuncture Resources:

Your First Eastern Medicine & Acupuncture Visit

Interested to Learn More about Acupuncture?

Your practitioner will discuss these options with you during the first visit if these therapies are applicable.

Treatment

These therapeutic shifts may be felt immediately during a treatment or hours/days after the treatment. Each body will have varied effects.

Tips for your Acupuncture Treatments and After Acupuncture Treatments:

BEFORE Acupuncture:

AFTER Acupuncture:

Refrain from overexertion, a strenuous workout, or cardio up to a couple hours after a treatment.
Between visits, make notes of any changes that may have occurred, such as:
- Alleviation of pain
- Pain radiating to other areas
- Changes in intensity
- Changes in frequency of pain
- Changes in energy, bowel movement or sleep
A custom therapy for aftercare will be provided if appropriate for your concerns.
We have links in our patient education for some of these recommendations.

Patient Education

Here we have our clinic handouts and recommendations.

Acupuncture Resources:

Functional Medicine Consultation and Follow-up

Before you schedule your Functional Medicine Consultation:

Our ability to draw effective conclusions about your state of health and how to optimize its improvement depends largely on the accuracy of the information both presently and prior. Our process begins before scheduling your appointment; this is a crucial component during our initial deep dive.

The Gather and Collect Phase:

It is best to obtain all relevant medical records to provide on your first visit. These include prior lab testing, imaging or relevant medical reports.

Schedule and Intake:

Once we have scheduled you, you will be provided a link to fill out our Functional Medicine Health History. Health issues may be influenced by many factors; therefore, it is important that you carefully consider the questions asked in this form as well as those posed by the provider during your consultation. This will assist our goal to provide you with an optimal plan, enhance our efficiency, and will provide effective use of your scheduled time.

Your First Functional Medicine Visit:

The first consultation is about 90 minutes. In this first visit, we take a thorough inquiry into your health concerns, understand your health goals and complete a physical examination. In our physical exam, we will evaluate your vitals, pulse, and abdomen. Other physical exams may be required based on your symptoms, those will also be performed if necessary.

During our deep dive, we will require past history of labs, imaging and reports that are relevant to your concern. Often if you do not have these available, we may require you to make an appointment at a later date until these reports have been collected. We value creating a quality session for you on the first visit. This process is important and cannot be neglected for your Functional Medicine Consultation.

Deep Dive Continues with Labs:

After our deep dive into your health history, we will recommend labs that will help our provider to discover a baseline of your current health; in addition, we may focus on what may be neglected in your prior labs. This is a patient-centered approach vs. disease-focused model.

Labs:

For some of our labs, you may have to schedule an appointment with a draw center. Your provider will explain all these steps during your visit. You may also reference our Patient Education section.

Follow-up Functional Medicine Consultation:

It typically will take 2 weeks to 1 month for lab results to return. Once all the results have been collected, your Functional Medicine provider will evaluate the results to provide you with a whole picture understanding.

The office will call to notify you that your results have come in and to schedule a follow up. Your second visit to the office will be a comprehensive discussion of your results and recommendations for treatment plan or protocol.

Patient Education of Functional Medicine:

Your First Holistic Nutrition + Lifestyle Consultation

The first consultation is about 75 minutes. In this first visit, we take a thorough inquiry into your nutrition concerns, understand your health goals and complete a physical examination. In our physical exam, we will evaluate your tongue, pulse and abdomen. Other physical exams may be required based on your concerns.

Deep Dive Continues with Labs:

After our deep dive into your health history, we will recommend labs that will help our provider to discover a baseline of your nutrition and metabolic health. This is a patient-centered approach to your goals for holistic nutrition and lifestyle.

Labs:

For some of our labs, you may have to schedule an appointment with a draw center. Your provider will explain all these steps during your visit. You may also reference our Patient Education section.

Follow-up Nutrition + Lifestyle Visit:

It typically will take 2 weeks to 1 month for lab results to return.

Once all the results have been collected, your Functional Medicine provider will evaluate the results to provide you with a whole picture understanding.

The office will call to notify you that your results have come in and to schedule a follow up. Your second visit to the office will be a comprehensive discussion of your results and recommendations for treatment plan or protocol.

Visiting Our Practice

Complimentary Consultation

Online Intake

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BEFORE Acupuncture:

AFTER Acupuncture:

Acupuncture Resources:

BEFORE Acupuncture:

AFTER Acupuncture:

Acupuncture Resources:

Patient Education of Functional Medicine:

Patient Education of Functional Medicine:

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