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Take Charge of Your Health

By Linda Sutherland

We all want to feel good as we age, but some of us feel there’s nothing we can do about things like waning energy levels or creaky, painful joints. We accept these issues as the inevitable results of aging. That’s the wrong mindset, according to Sarah Kracht, APRN and BCFNP at Omaha Health Therapy Center. Sarah believes that our health depends on the choices we make. In some cases, traditional treatments are sufficient. In other cases, traditional treatments disappoint, and alternative therapies should be investigated. Sarah’s here to help with that! Her goal is “to take a holistic and healing-oriented approach to medicine that considers the whole person and addresses the full range of care.”

Sarah graduated from Creighton University and started her career as a registered nurse working in emergency rooms and urgent care. After a family member was diagnosed with a genetic disorder, Sarah felt compelled to investigate alternative therapies. Her dedication to give patients more choices for safe therapies brought her to Omaha Health Therapy Center three years ago. “This is the most rewarding work for me,” she says, “and the right thing to do.”

She started her quest for knowledge under the tutorial of Dr. Frank Shallenberger, a pioneer in alternative medicine and anti-aging therapies. She credits him with teaching her to investigate and study all aspects of alternative medicine and its applications. The more she learned, the more eager she became to help people with their underlying health conditions.

Sarah is now the proud owner of the Omaha Health Therapy Center. She approaches her own practice with the excitement and inspiration that carries over into every aspect of her life.

How does she help her patients connect the dots between conventional and alternative medical treatments? To start the process, Sarah books a consultation first to determine your health and underlying issues. She wants to hear about what treatments you may have tried already; this helps her decide what would be the most useful tools to optimize your health and wellness going forward. She offers many treatments, including intravenous nutrient therapy, Prolozone injections, chelation therapy, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), and glutathione. Let’s learn a little about each one of these alternative treatments.

Intravenous nutrient therapy is an infusion that delivers vitamins and minerals directly into your bloodstream. Ensuring that you get the appropriate amounts of all the nutrients you need promotes your best health, increasing energy levels and enhancing your sense of well-being.

Prolozone injections are an advanced and innovative therapy that can regenerate joints and eliminate pain. It involves injecting combinations of anti-inflammatory medications, vitamins, minerals, and ozone into degenerated or damaged joints. It stimulates the body’s healing response to eliminate pain and regenerate damaged joints, tendons, and even soft tissue. This treatment is popular with people who deal with pain on a daily basis and are hoping to find relief without resorting to surgery.

Over time, heavy metals can accumulate in our bodies. Metals can end up in the bloodstream because of many environmental culprits, including sources like polluted water, polluted air, cleaning products, dental fillings, and ingestion of lead paint. If the metals accumulate in large enough amounts, they can poison the body. Chelation therapy combats these heavy metals (lead, arsenic, mercury, iron, copper, and nickel). A chelating agent is injected into the bloodstream. This agent binds to the metals in the blood and allows them to be filtered out of the body through the kidneys.

Platelet-rich plasma (known as PRP) is essentially a process that helps the body heal itself. With PRP therapy, blood is drawn from the patient and then processed to concentrate the platelets. The concentrated platelets are then injected into the treatment area. This platelet activation can play a role in the body’s natural healing processes, encouraging the healing of injured tendons, ligaments, muscles, and joints.

Glutathione is naturally found in our bodies (it’s produced by the liver). It is involved in a wide range of body processes, including tissue repair and immune response. As we age, the liver’s production of glutathione naturally decreases, leaving us with a deficit of this vital substance. Luckily, it can be reintroduced into the body in several ways. The Omaha Health Therapy Center offers glutathione as an intravenous treatment to optimize and promote health and wellness.

Sarah Kracht is certified by the American College of Advancement in Medicine and is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. She offers safe and effective alternative therapies, and she is here to help you feel your best. To make an appointment, please call 402-763-9335 or visit chelationomaha.com. Omaha Health Therapy Center is located at 8031 West Center Road, Suite 321, in Omaha.

Pictured: Sarah Kracht, APRN BC-FNP