New outlook, new you

Thanks to Buchanan Health Center, this dream is now a reality.

Always one to think outside the box, Dr. Tige Buchanan has successfully adapted to a constantly changing healthcare environment by combining his chiropractic practice with a fully licensed and operational medical department—all under one roof. At Buchanan Health Center, a medical team, chiropractic team, and rehabilitation team works together to provide multiple specialties and services in one location, ranging from stem-cell injections and a weight-loss program to bio-identical hormone replacement and primary care.

Through this integrated approach, they are able to accomplish their goal of helping patients achieve optimal health. It also spares patients from unnecessary travel time, money, and hassle.

“I’ve always wanted to establish this type of medical setting,” says Dr. Buchanan, who opened his practice in 2000. “When I first started, my patients had no primary care doctor and often went to urgent care when they became sick. There was a growing need to establish this type of practice and staff it with an incredible team of healthcare providers. We work as a cooperative team to provide patients with quality medical, chiropractic, and rehabilitative care in a positive, healthy environment.”

Buchanan Health Center offers two services in particular designed to help patients look and feel their best.

The first is bioTE, an all-natural, bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for men and women suffering through hormone deficiencies. Patients utilizing this service are given pellet injections that contain a natural plant source of estrogen or testosterone to reproduce the body’s normal hormones. The treatment provides sustained hormone levels up to three and four months for women and four to six months for men.

It’s an extremely valuable treatment for anyone with unbalanced hormones who are suffering from difficulty sleeping, daily fatigue, reduced mental clarity, and weight gain. Moreover, balanced hormones can decrease the risk of serious diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and osteoporosis.

“We’ve been offering bioTE for the past three years and have enjoyed very good results,” says Misty Whitbey, a certified bioTE provider and an advanced registered nurse practitioner at Buchanan Health Center. “The results have been so good, in fact, that we have a 90 percent return rate for continued therapy.”

Unlike synthetic or man-made hormones that come in creams and patches, bioTE hormones have the exact same chemical structure as hormones made by your body. Also, the treatment is as equally effective for men as it is women.

“We’re the largest provider of bio-identical hormone replacement therapy for men in the area,” Misty Whitbey, ARNP says. “In fact, local OB/ GYN practices refer the husbands of their female patients to us.”

In addition to helping patients feel their best, Buchanan Health Groups helps them look their best, too. Realizing that losing weight is more challenging and confusing due to the excessive number of diets and fads available today, the team at Buchanan Health Center takes the guesswork out of dieting by teaching clients how to overcome daily struggles. That is accomplished through the practice’s medically supervised weight-loss program that follows the Clean Start Weight Loss protocol.

The goal is to reset and rebalance patients’ metabolism, making it easier to burn fat. There are three components to the weight-loss program. Patients who need to lose 20 pounds or more can opt to receive human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) injections or enroll in a non-HCG program and receive a fat-burning and B vitamin complex injection. The third component is a Laser-Like Lipo machine that uses energy to safely and painlessly penetrate the skin and target the fat cells of specific body parts.

Patients receive a free, no-obligation consultation. Those that decide to join can enroll for nine or 12 weeks and receive a kit that includes a cookbook, food log, and shopping list. They also receive weekly coaching about exercise and nutrition.

To say patients have enjoyed success would be an understatement. In fact, one patient lost 75 pounds.

“When your metabolism changes, you get to the desired weight and no longer crave junk food because your system is working better,” Dr. Buchanan says. “Some patients are even able to reduce or go off their diabetes, heart, cholesterol, and blood pressure medications.”

The coaching and dietary guidance, as well as weekly check-ins, are big reasons for the program’s continued success.

“The closer you get to the normal range of body weight and body fat, the less likely you are to have these other problems,” Misty says. “I believe the greatest gift you can give yourself and your family is a healthy you.”

Buchanan Health Center is located at 9836 U.S. Hwy. 441 in Leesburg. For more information, call 352.787.8531 or visit buchananhealth.com.

Dr. David Wollenschlaeger (his patients know him as Dr. Dave) has put beautiful smiles on the faces of children and adults in Florida since 1990. For him ‘Word of mouth’ truly is the best advertising and all those happy smiles speak volumes.

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