How We Help
Information to Action
We help you better understand where you are today, explore the factors influencing your health, identify meaningful actions you can take, and connect you with useful resources and appropriate professionals when needed.
EDUCATE • ASSESS • CONNECT • ACT
Our approach brings education, objective information, useful connections and practical action together to help you make informed decisions about your health.
EDUCATE
We help you better understand the factors that can influence your health and the options available to you.
ASSESS
When useful, objective information can help establish where you are today and provide something meaningful to measure over time.
CONNECT
We help connect you with useful resources and appropriate professionals when additional expertise is needed.
ACT
Information matters when it leads to meaningful action. We help you identify practical nutrition, lifestyle and other appropriate steps you can put into practice.
REASSESS & ADAPT
Health changes over time. Reassessing useful objective information can help you see what is changing, determine whether your actions are moving you in the desired direction, and adapt your approach as you learn more.
Objective Health Assessments
Different assessments can provide different windows into your health.
We use objective information when it can help you better understand where you stand, identify areas worth addressing, and measure change over time.
The assessments that may be useful will vary from person to person. Depending on what we are trying to understand, we may look at vascular health, cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolism, oral or gut health, nutritional status, laboratory information and other objective measures.
Each provides a different piece of information. Together, they can help build a more complete picture and guide meaningful next steps.
Examples of Objective Health Assessments
Depending on the individual, useful assessments may include tools that provide information about vascular health, cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolism, oral or gut health, nutritional status and broader health biomarkers.
Vascular Health
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) ultrasound can provide objective information about the structure of the carotid arteries and help establish a vascular baseline that can be followed over time.
Cardiorespiratory Fitness & Metabolism
Breath analysis can provide objective information about how your body uses oxygen and energy at rest and during exercise, helping establish an individualized picture of cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolism.
Oral & Whole-Body Health
Oral microbiome testing can provide information about the microbial environment of the mouth and help broaden the understanding of oral health within the whole-body health picture.
Gut & Microbiome Health
When useful, gut and microbiome assessments can provide additional information about the gastrointestinal environment and help inform individualized nutrition and lifestyle decisions.
Nutrition & Health Biomarkers
Nutritional and laboratory information can provide additional objective measures that help us understand patterns, identify areas worth attention and follow change over time.
The purpose of assessment is to gain useful information that can lead to meaningful action. As we learn more, we can revisit objective measures when appropriate to see what is changing and adapt accordingly.
Supporting Health From Multiple Directions
What we can influence will be different for each person.
Depending on your individual needs, that may include areas such as nutrition, plant diversity, movement and fitness, sleep, metabolic health, oral health, gut health and other lifestyle factors, along with appropriate professional care.
Our approach is person first. We begin by understanding you, then consider the assessments, resources and support that fit your needs.
Start With What Matters to You
You may already know what you want to explore, or you may simply want a better understanding of where you are today.
Start with what matters to you. Tell us what brought you to Davies Wellness, and we'll help you identify a useful next step.