Natural Hormones to Balance Your Body
If you’re looking for holistic solutions to find relief from perimenopause, menopause or andropause (“male menopause”), you’ve come to the right place. We use BHRT with patients ages 35 and up to relieve hormonal imbalance symptoms. We’re considered one of the best practices for bioidentical hormone replacement therapy in Longwood, FL because of our unique integrative approach. Using our 5-Point Model System, we not only optimize hormones, but overall have you feeling the best you’ve ever felt.
What is Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)?
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) helps restore hormonal balance by addressing deficiencies in hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. This balance is crucial for maintaining optimal health and well-being. BHRT works by supplementing the body with hormones that are identical in structure to those naturally produced in your body. This precise molecular match ensures a seamless integration into your body’s hormone receptors.
How Can Bioidentical Hormones Help Me?
As you age, your body undergoes various changes, including fluctuations in your hormones. Hormone imbalance can lead to significant impacts on your physical and psychological well-being. BHRT helps restore hormonal balance so you can maintain optimal health and well-being.
Bioidentical Hormone Benefits Include
- Increased energy levels
- Improved mood and mental well-being
- Better sleep quality
- Reduction in body fat
- Enhanced libido and sexual performance
- Increased muscle mass and strength
- Better exercise tolerance
- Improved bone density
- Cardiovascular health benefits
- Enhanced cognitive function
- Potential anti-aging effects
What are the Consequences of Hormonal Imbalance?
The cells in your brain, heart, vessels, bones, skin, hair follicles, and muscles have receptors for hormones. As hormone levels decline, all these cells and tissues lose stimulation, leading to degenerative diseases. Long-term complications include osteoporosis, increased risk of heart disease, loss of bone mass and muscle tone, and accelerated aging.
Hormonal Imbalances in Women
Menopause and perimenopause are phases in a woman’s life when her body experiences a decline in levels of estrogen and progesterone. Some women benefit from BHRT as early as age 35.
Hormone Imbalance Symptoms In Women
- Fatigue & lack of energy
- Difficulty sleeping
- Reduced mental focus, memory & brain fog
- Mood swings, anxiety & depression
- Hot flashes & night sweats
- Stubborn weight gain
- Muscle & joint pain
- Low sex drive
- Vaginal dryness
Hormonal Imbalances in Men
Andropause, also known as male menopause, is a condition that affects men as they age and experience a decrease in testosterone levels.
Hormone Imbalance Symptoms In Men
- Fatigue & lack of energy
- Difficulty sleeping
- Reduced mental focus, memory & brain fog
- Anxiety & depression
- Stubborn weight gain
- Muscle & joint pain
- Low sex drive
- Erectile dysfunction (ED)
The Power of Customized Hormone BalanceWhat to Expect - Bioidentical Hormones at GlowSpring Health
Begin with an initial consultation with one of our functional medicine practitioners. During this visit, we will discuss your health goals, medical history, hormone lab results, and current health status. We include a thorough assessment of your hormonal levels through comprehensive testing. We aim for numbers in the “optimal range” instead of the “normal range” so that you feel your very best. Based on these results, our experts create a personalized BHRT plan tailored to your specific needs
We work closely with several local compounding pharmacies to ensure you receive the highest quality prescription. BHRT is available in a variety of forms, including creams, patches, pills, and Biote® pellets. This range of options provides convenience and flexibility to best match your lifestyle
We believe in a holistic approach to balancing hormones. Incorporating nutrition, lifestyle changes, and other complementary therapies helps to achieve optimal results. Our 5-Point Model System addresses all the realms that influence overall health. These include (1) natural hormones, (2) nutrition, (3) toxins, (4) mind, and (5) body. We offer exceptional patient education on health maintenance and preventative strategies
Throughout your BHRT journey, our healthcare practitioners will closely monitor your progress. Regular check-ins and hormonal assessments enable us to make any necessary adjustments to ensure you achieve the best results. Individual responses vary, but many patients begin to experience positive changes within a few weeks to a few months.
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)FAQ
Bioidentical hormones are an excellent safe option for both men and women. Our practitioners are experts in prescribing bioidentical hormones and practice prescribing safe doses. Any hormone therapy has risks. We minimize risk by ensuring your lifestyle and dietary habits are optimized so that you safely metabolize the hormones.
There is a risk to not having enough hormones. If you don’t replace hormones, your brain, bones, heart, vessels, joints, skin, mood, and most importantly, quality of life, decline more rapidly. Just as vitamins and minerals decline with age, the glands in women and men produce declining hormone levels. These include estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, thyroid hormones, growth hormones, melatonin, DHEA, brain hormones, among others.
Hormonal imbalances may occur when there is too much or too little of a hormone in the bloodstream. Because of their essential role in the body, even the smallest hormonal imbalance can cause symptoms. Just as you would correct a vitamin or mineral deficiency, you should consider replacing a declining hormone.
Bioidentical hormones are recognized by the human body. Unlike synthetic hormones, bioidentical hormones are derived from natural sources. This allows for a smoother integration into your body’s existing hormonal systems. This natural compatibility minimizes side effects often seen with synthetic hormones.
The Women’s Health Initiative is a landmark study that showed breast cancer risk with conventional hormone preparations such as Premarin (horse estrogens) plus medroxyprogesterone (synthetic progesterone). Subsequent studies using bioidentical preparations have shown a better risk profile. Research is ongoing, but it is believed that hormones that are foreign to the human body may be more difficult to metabolize.
Bioidentical hormones are made from yams and soy. Some preparations are FDA-cleared, while custom-made formulas are prepared by a compounding pharmacist.