Out of the growing need for alternatives to medical answers for healthcare problems came Gateway Natural Health, LLC. Originally founded by Andréa Evans as Gateway Nutrition and Fitness, it has evolved over 15 years, multiple locations, thousands of patients, and the recent addition of a chiropractor to become what it is today. Our mission statement is “Gateway Natural Health provides excellence in natural disease prevention and pain reduction, while returning health decisions to our patients though integrity and education.” This means there are three aspects of care on which we focus:
- Help people with the pain they are in – whether a patient’s pain is gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, or something else, we will attempt to assess the cause of the pain and (ruling out emergencies or needed medical interventions) support pain relief with nutrition, supplementation, chiropractic manipulation and mobilization, and other modalities including Shockwave.
- Prevent and support healing processes of chronic disease – although we do not operate outside of our scope, we support people who are struggling with chronic disease and looking for alternatives. Many of the same techniques, nutrition protocols, and diets/supplementation are used to support disease prevention.
- Hand patient’s healthcare decisions back to them through education – many times “patient education” is considered part of trying to run patient-centered practice. At our practice, however, we put a high value on arming our patients with knowledge about their bodies and the healthcare system we are in.
We have a focus on natural medicines, diet, chiropractic care, and lifestyle. We realize we are not medical doctors and will not treat any condition outside of our scope, however, we can support patients in their goals and help them become educated so their goals align with their vision for their future. If someone has chronic disease and wants to either take a natural approach or add in complementary alternative medicine, we can help them. We will use a number of assessment techniques including blood/fluids analysis, applied kinesiology, other digestive assessments, and patients’ past medical histories to come up with a support plan including regular treatments, supplementation, dietary changes, and general lifestyle changes. Our intent is to reduce the strength of various diseases (autoimmune, inflammatory, and even sometimes co-treatment of patients with malignant processes) and prevent future disease with these methods and more.
Gateway Natural Health seeks to be the example of an honest and effective alternative care practice, providing thousands of patients with evidence-based health practices, pain relief, and education, all focused on natural disease prevention, management, and reversal.