Integrative Wellness

Most people get a TSH and maybe a T4 and are told their thyroid is fine. But that's only a fraction of the story. Here are 5 things a comprehensive thyroid workup should include that most doctors aren't checking.

1️⃣Free T3: This is your active thyroid hormone, converted primarily from T4 in the liver. It drives energy, metabolism, and brain function. You can have a normal TSH and low free T3 and feel terrible.

2️⃣Reverse T3: Think of this as the brake pedal of your thyroid. Stress, illness, and inflammation push your body to produce reverse T3 instead of the active hormone, effectively slowing everything down.

3️⃣Thyroid Antibodies: TPO and thyroglobulin antibodies reveal whether your immune system is attacking your own thyroid. This can happen years before thyroid labs ever go abnormal.

4️⃣Conversion Factors: Your body needs selenium, zinc, and iron to convert T4 into active T3. Without proper conversion, you won't have the energy your body needs regardless of what your labs show.

5️⃣Cortisol and Stress: Your stress hormones directly impact thyroid function. If cortisol is dysregulated, your thyroid won't function optimally no matter what your numbers say.

If you've been told you're normal but still feel exhausted, foggy, and off, a basic panel doesn't mean a complete picture. You deserve a full thyroid workup.

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Dr. Turner spent years telling patients they were healthy because their labs were normal.

He doesn't say that anymore.

Normal is based on the average population, and the average population is not healthy. Chronic disease, low energy, hormonal imbalances, poor sleep, and fatigue are so widespread that they've become the baseline. So when your labs fall within the reference range, you're being compared to a population that is largely unwell.

Normal is not optimal.

Optimal is where your body actually thrives. That's the standard Dr. Turner holds his patients to.

At Integrative Wellness, we don't chase normal. We pursue optimal.

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Call (304) 808-6985 to begin your journey toward OPTIMAL health!

At Integrative Wellness, you're not a 15-minute appointment or a chart number. You're a whole person with a history, a story, and a body that deserves to be understood.

Patients travel from various places outside of Bridgeport, WV to experience this level of care. Not because there aren't other options, but because there's nothing quite like walking into a place that actually sees you.

If you've been searching for a practice that treats you like family, your search is over!

Schedule online at www.integrativewellnesswv.com

Call (304) 808-6985 to begin your journey

As an ER doctor for 40 years, Dr. Turner treated symptoms all day long without ever asking what patients were putting on their skin.

That changes everything when you understand the connection. Your skin is like a sponge and what you put on it gets absorbed into your body.

Many conventional skincare products are loaded with fragrances, parabens, and phthalates that are known hormone disruptors. They can interfere with your estrogen, cortisol, and thyroid function, all while you're trying to improve your skin.

When patients come to Integrative Wellness with acne, hormone imbalances, or fatigue, this is part of the conversation now. Because the products you use every single day are part of your toxic load, and your toxic load affects your health in ways that conventional medicine rarely addresses.

If you wouldn't eat it, you probably shouldn't be absorbing it through your endocrine system daily. Your skin isn't separate from your health. It's a significant part of the equation.

At The Wellness Lab, Allison uses exclusively non-toxic, organic skincare products that support your skin and your hormones, not disrupt them.

Learn more about our holistic approach by calling our team at (304) 808-6985.