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Affordable Concierge Medicine is More Attainable Than you Think
Insurance-based healthcare might be the standard for healthcare in the United States, but it doesn’t work for everyone. It’s not uncommon to struggle with appointment times or to have your health issues dismissed. However, concierge medicine allows you to have access...
Affordable Concierge Medicine is More Attainable Than you Think
Insurance-based healthcare might be the standard for healthcare in the United States, but it doesn’t work for everyone. It’s not uncommon to struggle with appointment times or to have your health issues dismissed. However, concierge medicine allows you to have access...
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How State of the Art Medical Testing Can Improve Your Health Beyond a Normal Checkup
Preventive care is the best way to ensure you’re not just healthy now, but also healthy in the future. Put your future first with state of the art medical testing to improve your health beyond a normal checkup. Put Your Health First More than ever, patients are aware...
Your Nutrition is Different from Everyone Else’s. How to Know Your Ideal Nutrition Plan.
Nutrition is so often described in blanket terms–and, worse, it’s often advised about without much regard for scientific explanations, peer-reviewed study, or individual needs. The truth about nutrition is that it can’t be optimized for any one person by Instagram...
Using Mindfulness to Combat Stress
What is stress? Stress describes your physical and/or emotional reaction to circumstances (often beyond our control) which trigger your flight-or-fight response. These stress hormones raise your blood pressure and blood sugar, cause muscle tension. interfere with...
Cholesterol… The Enemy of the Heart or Essential to Life?
Cholesterol is our enemy right? It blocks our arteries and causes heart attacks. So you are told by your doctor that you have high cholesterol and “you need to improve your diet and exercise more”. Well, I have news for you, it is more complicated than that....
What is Fatty Liver Disease and Why Should I Care?
One of the most common conditions I see in my practice is fatty liver disease. It is so important to diagnose and treat this common illness as it may interfere with so many important functions in the body. What does my liver do? Your liver is largest organ inside the...
What Gene Tests like 23andMe Miss When it Comes To Your Health
23andMe is one of numerous genetic testing services that have taken the world by storm. With their user-friendly business model and intriguing value proposition, services like 23andMe have become increasingly popular with consumers. The issue, however, is that these...
Early Cancer Detection is the Key to Successful Treatment
An early diagnosis is one of the most useful tools a person and their medical team can have in the fight against cancer. The sooner cancer is detected, the more options are available to mitigate its harm, reduce its spread, and successfully achieve remission. Today,...
5 Steps to “Immune Resiliency” To Help Avoid COVID-19 Infection and Complications
Preventive strategies such as vaccines, hand washing and masking can help you to avoid COVID-19 infection. However, there are many other factors that help to strengthen your immune system. This “immune resilience” is also important to prevent other infections and can...
Concierge Medicine Explained: Why this Approach is a (Literal) Lifesaver if You Never Have Time for the Doctor.
Not having time for the doctor isn’t the same as not needing the doctor. With the many inefficiencies that come with traditional patient care (long wait times, minimum physician facetime, and time-consuming administrative work), it’s not difficult to discern why...
Need to Call Your Doctor in the Middle of the Night? Here’s How Robinson MD’s Concierge Plan Makes that Possible.
The ability to call their doctor in the middle of the night isn’t something that most people get for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that too many people are unaware that this is a possibility. For most people, late-night contact with a physician only...
Every Cancer Patient Needs To Know About The Signatera Test
In an earlier blog, we introduced you to the Grail Galleri test, a “liquid biopsy” for screening of over 50 cancers. Now we want to tell you about an even more personalized cancer test, the Signatera™ blood test that detects cancer recurrence in those who have already...
5 Ways a Concierge Medicine Plan can Help you get the Best Healthcare You Can on Any Schedule.
We understand that no schedule is static. Something can always come up that will change your availability. Whether you’re a shift worker who switches from days to nights or works a few days before having time off, having access to someone whose schedule is as flexible...
It’s Possible to Find a Doctor with Flexible Scheduling. Here’s How To Do It
Seeing a doctor regularly is essential for prevention, managing illnesses, and enjoying your life. But finding a doctor can be a nightmare. Either their schedules are booked for the next six months, the only open doctor is across town, or they're open two days a week...
Need to Always Have Access to Your Doctor? A Concierge Approach is the Answer, No Matter Your Schedule.
For people with chronic health conditions, having access to a doctor is critical. It’s crucial to get in to see them quickly without having to wait weeks to get their help with pain or symptoms. Even if you don't have a chronic condition, there are a lot of scenarios...
If You Need Round-the-Clock Doctor Access on Your Busy Schedule, a Concierge Physician is Your Best Option. Here’s Why.
There never feels like there's enough hours in the day. Whether you've got a busy family life (you have to drive from dance class to karate class and somehow make a nutrition meal afterward), you might like to keep odd hours, or you need a professional available...
How Do I Find a Doctor for My Busy Schedule? 5 Things You Should Know
“How on earth do I find a doctor for my busy schedule?” Questions like these are becoming increasingly common for patients in need of primary care, and not just because of COVID-19. For years now, appointment wait times have trended longer and longer, while facetime...
Here’s What To Do if You Have a Tight Schedule and Can Never Get a Doctor’s Appointment When You Need One
It’s becoming more and more difficult to get a doctor’s appointment quickly. According to recent studies, patients are waiting anywhere from two weeks to 18 days on average to actually get into their physician’s office. Once they’re there, facetime with their doctor...
If You Can’t Find a Primary Care Doctor for Your Busy Schedule, You Should Consider This Solution
If you’re in between primary care doctors, the road to finding a new physician can seem like a long one–and, depending on how you go about your search, it can be. With increasing patient complaints about long appointment wait times, short facetime with physicians, and...
The Only Way To Make Sure You’re Taking The Right Supplements Is To See A Doctor. Here’s Why.
“Am I taking the right supplements?” With more information out there about gut health, nutrition, and supplements than ever, it’s just as easy for each nutrition-related Google search to hit a gold mine as it is to yield misinformation. Ultimately, the only person who...
What is the Gut Microbiome, and Why is it So Important?
What is the gut microbiome? The short answer is that it’s the collection of billions of “good” bacteria that live in your gut. The longer answer is that these bacteria play an instrumental role in not just effective digestion, but in whole-body health. As science...
Not All Bacteria In Your Body Are Bad. Some of Them Are Keeping You Alive and Thriving. Here’s How.
Glowing health probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when we think about bacteria in our bodies, but the fact of the matter is that not all bacteria in your body are bad. In fact, many of them - as in, literally billions - are helping to keep you alive and...
How Robinson MD Helps Their Patients Find the Perfect Supplement Regimen for Long-Term Health and Wellness
Finding a supplement regimen for long-term health depends entirely on your unique health profile. Your ideal nutrition plan should take into account not only your current medical conditions, but your personal history as well as your long-term goals. Working with a...
How Robinson MD’s Concierge Plan Helps You Incorporate Supplements Into Your Health Plan
If you’re looking to incorporate supplements into your health plan, the most useful way to begin is by evaluating your needs based on three key factors: your health history, your current health profile, and your goals for the future. Garnering a holistic understanding...
How Working With a Concierge Doctor is a Great Way to Find the Best Supplement Regimen for Your Health.
Supplements are one of the most talked-about subjects in the nutrition field. With the rising popularity of supplements and probiotics comes an increased awareness about the importance of keeping nutrition as a top priority, which is great. However, more conversations...
What Supplements Should I Be Taking? How to Find Out What Nutrients Your Body Needs Now and Long-Term
“What supplements should I be taking?” In our age of the Internet, where there is no shortage of information (both reliable and otherwise) about supplements, it can be difficult to determine which ones are right for you - and whether you should be taking supplements...
No Two Everyday Vitamin Regimens Are the Same. Here’s How You Can Find the Perfect Supplement Routine for Your Health and Lifestyle.
Maximizing your health and wellness starts with the lifestyle choices you make every day like the food you eat, the way you move your body, how many hours of sleep you get, how much time you spend outside, and quality time spent with those you love. Though supplements...
Should You be Taking Supplements? Here’s How You Can Find Out What Nutrients You’re Missing and Whether Supplements Are the Right Choice.
Should you be taking supplements? There isn’t a one-size-fits all answer to that question, but studies also show that certain supplements can be a good idea depending on certain health conditions. “Supplement” is just another word for pills, capsules, gummies, or even...
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Help Your Body Digest
Digestion starts in the brain and involves all our senses. It starts when you engage your brain in thinking about food, smelling it and admiring a meal. In response, your brain prepares your body for digestion, releasing hormones and digestive enzymes that break down...
Think Outside the Cereal Box – Healthy Breakfast Ideas
For decades, we have been brainwashed by the food industry to eat cereal for breakfast. It is so ingrained in our society, that it is hard to “think outside the cereal box”. But the fact is that the majority of cereal is full of sugar and processed carbohydrates and...
Are the Foods You are Eating Sabotaging Your Health?
Are you ready to make some positive changes? Health is likely at the top of your resolution list. Do you want to have more energy, sleep better, think more clearly and look better? The food that you choose to eat is the most important component to achieve these goals....
Detoxify, Energize & Strengthen – Post-Workout Foods to Support the Many Benefits of Exercise – Guest Post by Ashley Ondrick
Detoxify, Energize & Strengthen - Post-Workout Foods to Support the Many Benefits of Exercise Exercise has a laundry list of health benefits including detoxifying the body, strengthening muscles, bones and joints, increasing cardiovascular health, boosting energy,...
Brain Boosting Blueberry Walnut Overnight Oats
One of the questions at our ReBoot event was - what are healthy, convenient breakfast options other than cereals and breakfast bars, most of which are filled with unhealthy processed carbs, sugar, additives and preservatives. Here's a great option that has healthy,...
How to Get a Better Workout in Less Time…
High Intensity Interval Training commonly referred to as the “HIIT” method can be used in almost any aerobic format such as walking, biking, treadmill, swimming, rowing, etc… and can be done indoors or outdoors. HOW DOES IT WORK? This method combines the aerobic...
The 411 on IV Nutrition Therapy
Perhaps you have heard about celebrities like Madonna, Simon Cowell, Cindy Crawford and Rihanna receiving IV Nutrition Therapy. This therapy has become popular among celebs and patients alike to help receive the vitamins and nutrients your body needs. Read on to learn...
11 Tips to Eat Healthy at a Restaurant
Eating healthy is not always easy, especially during the summer when you often enjoy traveling for vacations. During vacation time, it it easy to slip back into unhealthy eating habits. However, there are many ways that you can still stay on track, even when eating...
Hydrate with Infused Water
One of the key components of health is adequate intake of water. Water is your body’s principal component and makes up about 60 percent of your body weight. Every system in your body depends on water – to flush toxins out of vital organs, carry nutrients to your...
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Should You Try IV Therapy?
IV therapy delivers the hydration and nutrients your body needs directly into the bloodstream. The IV works quickly and effectively when administered by your physician. You might have thought IVs were only for those who are very sick, but they can actually be used to...
Which organ of the body is the most important for your health? The answer may surprise you…
More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut”. Modern medicine often ignores this organ that is central to our health. Conditions associated with poor gut health include not only common gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel...
Which is the most important?
More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut”. Modern medicine often ignores this organ that is central to our health. Conditions associated with poor gut health include not only common gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel...
Ten Reasons to Consider Breast Thermography
There is no exposure to ionizing radiation. Thermography is a type of medical imaging that looks at heat patterns on the skin that may be indicative of underlying dysfunction. Because there is no radiation exposure, thermography is safe for women of all ages....
Hydrate with Infused Water
One of the key components of health is adequate intake of water. Water is your body’s principal component and makes up about 60 percent of your body weight. Every system in your body depends on water – to flush toxins out of vital organs, carry nutrients to your...
Stop Cold & Flu in Its Tracks!
It is that time of year when you may be exposed to viruses that can cause you to feel tired, run down, and achy. With normal stresses compounded by lack of sleep and less than perfect eating habits your immune system often does not have the ability to recharge and...
The natural way to build strong bones…
Patients often come to my practice for help with natural treatment of osteoporosis and osteopenia, usually after their physician has recommended medications such as Fosamax or Actonel. These medications block the body's breakdown of bone. Our bone is living tissue, in...
Which organ is the most important for your health? The answer may surprise you…
More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut”. Modern medicine often ignores this organ that is central to our health. Conditions associated with poor gut health include not only common gastrointestinal conditions such as irritable bowel...
What can you do when you get a cold or flu…
One of the most common questions that I get this time of year is, "How do I get better faster if I get a cold or flu?" Start the following as soon as you notice any cold/flu symptoms such as sore throat, cough, congestions, fever, body aches, etc... This regimen is...
What prevents cancer, helps us lose weight, makes us look younger, and doesn’t cost a dime?
Sleep has a powerful impact on how fast we age. Sleep literally makes our bodies new. During sleep, those wonderful hormones that build and renew are released. At the same time, the stress hormones that break down our bodies decrease. Human Growth Hormone (HGH)...
The first step in controlling stress is understanding it
Last post we defined stress and described the fight-flight response and how it leads to disease. Now that we know how stress affects the body, what can we do about it? Let's talk more about the initiation of the stress response and how we can prevent it or and stop it...
How stress is killing us
"It is not the stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it." -Hans Selye There has long been an unspoken misconception that when a doctor tells a patient that their symptoms are "probably just caused by stress" that this implies their symptoms are imagined. This...
Controlled Breathing
Doing this exercise regularly can reduce the physiologic effects of stress. The 4-7-8 (or Relaxing Breath) Exercise This exercise is simple, takes very little time, requires no equipment and can be done anywhere. Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh...
I want to be a coffee bean…
Somebody sent this to me years ago and I think it is a great analogy of the importance of attitude. Attitude can be defined as our readiness to act or react in a specific way. Although we can't control other people and we can't always control our circumstances, we do...
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