Our Wellness Team
Dr. Christopher Powell is focused on making sure you receive the proper care you need from the proper specialist who will best help you reach your goals.
That is why Dr. Powell has created a local network of wellness specialist we feel confident will provide you the highest quality care and customer service.
In addition, the specialists listed below have agreed to offer our referred clients their preferred rates as a professional courtesy.
Dr. Powell will make recommendations and referrals to the specialist believed to best help you and your condition at your report of findings and at progress evaluations.
If you have any questions, please ask on your upcoming visit.
Wellness Team Members
Chief Wellness Officer / Primary Wellness Doctor
A Primary Wellness Doctor helps people determine what their health goals are and makes recommendations for products and referrals to specialists to help reach those goals. A CWO works with employers to create cost-saving health promotion programs that lead to improved profits through a healthier more productive workforce.
Recommended CWO:
Dr. Christopher Powell
Wellness Coach
Wellness Coaches are like the nurses of wellness. They provide a vital role in helping people understand wellness, and most importantly are there to help you stay accountable to yourself. That's how you achieve results. As an active patient at our wellness center you are able to work with our team of wellness coaches to help you lose weight, get fit, reduce stress, stop smoking and more. Coaches are available via telephone and email and are provided as a complimentary service to our active patients. Ask our staff for more details about how you can work with our wellness coaching team.
Recommended Wellness Coach:
Wellness Pittsburgh
Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic Care is VITAL to any wellness program. Chiropractic removes interference to the nervous system, the system that controls and cordinates EVERY function in your body. If you eat well, GREAT, but unless your nervous system controls the digestion without interference, you are not getting the full benefit. All other functions, such as immunity, the cardiovascular system, stress response, sleep cycles, etc are ALLcontrolled by this system, and the only way to be sure it is functioning correctly is to have a competent chiropractor check it out!
Recommended Pittsburgh Chiropractor:
Powell Chiropractic
412-243-9355
Massage Therapist
Massage offers a variety of health benefits: pain relief, relaxation, improved muscle tone, stimulation of circulatory and lymphatic systems and more efficient elimination of waste throughout the body.
Recommended Massage Therapists:
Body Harmony Massage:
Pittsburgh Center for Complementary Health and Healing
http://www.pghhealthandhealing.com/
Professional Counseling Services
One of the most important aspects of our health is our mental state. Most all of us can benefit from a well-trained, professional counselor. Mark Shoaf is highly recommended as an expert in personal growth. We must master our mental state before we can focus on our physical health.
Personal Fitness Trainer
A personal trainer is a great way to ensure that you are exercising safely and effectively to accomplish your goal. A personal trainer is trained in developing and recommending exercise programs and often offers generally accepted nutritional advice as well.
Recommended Personal Trainer(s):
Trish Piati and Michael Forlenza
412-772-8400
Pilates Instructor
Pilates is a fast-growing trend in exercise. It helps strengthen core muscles and improves flexibility and strength for the entire body.
Pilates Instructor:
Sabrina Weirauch
412-421-6840
Yoga Instructor
Yoga is another form of exercise that has become very popular. Yoga integrates mind, body and spirit and enhances health in many ways. There are several types of Yoga; whatever method is used, yoga incorporates specific postures and breathing exercises which are designed to enhance health and well-being.
Recommended Yoga Studio:
Yoga on the Square: Joanne Spence
http://www.yogaonthesquare.net/
Nutritionist
Nutritionists are professionals who can fully assess your condition, including lab testing for allergies and other health concerns. They are also professionals at helping you create customized meal planning to ensure that you and your family are eating a healthy, well-balanced diet.
Recommended Nutritionist:
(Coming Soon!!)
Homeopath
Homeopathy is a system of healing that offers very low dose remedies for people seeking more natural methods to approach treating specific symptoms. There are 300 major remedies, with up to 3000 from which homeopaths can choose.
Recommended Homeopath:
(Coming Soon!!)
Naturopath
Naturopaths study holistic and nontoxic approaches to therapy and strongly emphasize disease prevention and optimizing wellness.
Recommended Naturopath:
(Coming Soon!!!)
Acupuncturist
Acupuncture encourages the body to promote natural healing and improve function. Acupuncture involves inserting tiny sterilized, stainless-steel needles into specific points on the body-just barely through the surface of the skin.
Recommended Accupuncturist:
Wholistic Accupuncture: Jessica Fritz L.Ac., Sydnie Bryant L.Ac.
http://www.wholisticacupuncture.com/
Dentist
The dental profession has done an exceptional job teaching people about wellness. Although some people don't go to the dentist until they are in pain, few people dispute that it is a good idea to see your dentist for preventative care and optimal hygiene.
Recommended Dentist:
Dr. Paul Gleason
http://www.wellness.com/dir/1514512/dentist/pa/pittsburgh/paul-j-gleason-dds
Dr. Harvey Block: Mercury Free, Biological, Health-Based, Cosmetic Dentistry
http://www.hg-free.com/db/dentist.php?dentist=1036&type=iamfd&country=USA&state=PA
The recommendations above are for people I have interviewed, worked with and/or received great feedback about. I do not receive any financial benefit from any recommendation I make. It is a community service. I welcome your honest feedback about the providers listed above. It is always my goal to ensure my clients are receiving great care at reasonable fee's. Please feel free to recommend anyone you enjoy working with so we can consider including them as part of our local wellness team of professionals.
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