Functional Medicine Specialist in Charleston

Yes. InterveneMD provides comprehensive diagnostic testing for patients, including innovative tests like the ProdromeScan and gold-standard bioidentical hormone testing. These tests provide insight for identifying, treating, and preventing disease.

InterveneMD specializes in the management of ortho/spine pain, as well as regenerative medical techniques. Your InterveneMD provider may work in tandem with your primary care physician to ensure you’re receiving optimal care in all areas of your health.

Visiting a functional medicine specialist in Charleston ensures that you’re receiving personalized care focused on the root cause of illness. InterveneMD takes a patient-centered, preventative approach. Our treatments go beyond what a traditional doctor may provide.

Functional medicine is a holistic approach that addresses how lifestyle, genetics, mental health, and other factors can impact your body’s performance. Simply put, a primary care doctor mainly treats illnesses. A functional medicine doctor takes it one step further and works to prevent future illnesses from happening.

Your consultation at InterveneMD is a collaboration between you and your healthcare provider. Expect to discuss your medical history, any symptoms or health conditions, and your goals for your care. During your consultation, your provider may recommend or conduct some diagnostic testing to get a better understanding of your body’s anatomy. Using all of this information, your provider will create a customized treatment plan to help you reach your health and wellness goals.

Traditional medicine might leave you with unanswered questions and untreated symptoms. But we believe your health shouldn’t be a mystery—it should be a priority. At InterveneMD, Dr. Todd Joye and Larisa Baldwin, PA-C, work with you to understand the origin of your health concerns and chart a safe, effective path forward that prioritizes lasting vitality.

During your consultation with our expert practitioners, we thoroughly evaluate you and learn about your medical and family history, symptoms, and health goals. From there, we can determine which diagnostic tests we recommend to ascertain the underlying causes of your concerns. These tests might include an early detection Prodrome Scan, hormone testing, comprehensive bloodwork, and more.

Once we have any necessary lab work and test results in addition to the information provided during your consultation, your functional medicine specialist in Charleston can recommend a course of treatment unique to your body, health, and goals.

Your care could feature bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), peptide therapy, gut health treatments, or Vasper exercise. This plan might shift as you experience new symptoms or relief, and that’s exactly what it should do. We tweak your treatment plan to meet your needs and help you live a fuller life—we never “set it and forget it.”

Based on your consultation and test results, your provider might recommend Vasper therapeutic exercise to fight the inflammation causing your pain. Vasper fosters low-impact interval activity with movements similar to a stationary recumbent bike. Exercise, coupled with innovative cooling and compressive technologies, supports muscle growth and joint health.

Vasper fitness also supports your natural production of essential immune-boosting T cells, which protect the body from pain-inducing inflammation.

Your physical activity can reduce subcutaneous fat, leaving less adipose tissue available to store harmful inflammatory cells.

Additionally, Vasper boosts your body’s development of growth hormones, which can help treat symptoms of chronic pain by supporting bone density and muscle repair.

Improper nutrition, vitamin deficiencies, limited mobility, hormonal imbalance, and more can contribute to mood swings and negative mental health.

Ingesting the proper amount of nutrients supports your energy levels and mood. Your functional medicine specialist in Charleston might recommend IV infusion therapy or nutraceuticals to supplement essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and hydration. With enhanced nutrition, many patients feel more like themselves.

Your licensed provider may also suggest Vasper exercise technology to boost your body’s production of “feel-good” hormones and relieve stress. This treatment style is ideal for clients with limited mobility or those recovering from injury or surgery, as you can strengthen your muscles, experience enhanced endorphins, and reduce cortisol levels without bearing the load on your joints.

An imbalance of hormones, like estrogen and testosterone, can also play a role in new or worsening anxiety, depression, or irritability. Custom-formulated BHRT can help even out your hormone levels and stabilize your mood.

If your test results and symptoms reflect an underlying metabolic or digestive disorder, your functional medicine specialist in Charleston could suggest introducing a new diet, nutraceutical supplements, or bioidentical hormone replacement therapy to help improve your gut health.

If an allergy, nutrient deficiency, or vitamin imbalance is the culprit, a new dietary approach can help improve your quality of life. Our providers can also curate an intentional combination of nutraceutical supplements to ensure you are ingesting the proper nutrients and probiotics to keep your systems running optimally.

For some patients, a hormonal imbalance can contribute to digestive and metabolic distress, manifesting as unexplained diarrhea, constipation, or newly onset diabetes. We formulate and administer BHRT via patches, gels, creams, pills, shots, or implanted pellets to help gradually restore key hormones, like estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.

Once your hormone levels rebalance, you should feel relief from troubling gut health concerns and irregular metabolic rates.

After your initial appointment, your functional medicine specialist in Charleston might determine whether Vasper therapeutic exercise can enhance your heart and lung health.

Our low-stress fitness regimen uses cooling and compression technologies to keep oxygen flowing to your muscles while regulating your body temperature and heart rate. This unique approach to exercise can mimic the physical results of a 2-hour HIIT workout in just 21 minutes, and without any of the usual soreness or cardiovascular stress. That means you can strengthen your heart and lungs without breaking a sweat.

Often, we only schedule a doctor’s appointment when feeling unwell. As a result, traditional healthcare providers typically focus on treating symptoms and conditions after they have progressed. These same providers rely on conventional diagnostics, prescriptions, and procedures to treat isolated concerns.

Physician assistants like Larisa Baldwin, who practice traditional and functional medicine, require the same clinical background and knowledge, but apply this acumen to early intervention, proactive detection, and early treatment.

Functional medicine enables a more holistic approach to patients’ health, as your functional medicine specialist in Charleston looks for the root cause of illness, dysfunction, and pain, rather than addressing symptoms in isolation. Our systems are more connected than we might realize, and there is no blanket one-size-fits-all approach to optimal health.

We analyze your overall wellness with comprehensive lab testing, assessing your medical history, evaluating symptoms, asking about family health, and more. This approach enables the team to better understand and identify underlying imbalances, conditions, or deficiencies, potentially before symptoms even arise.

As a functional medicine practice, our team also has access to alternative therapies and can personalize your treatment plan to suit your body and needs.

One of our leading practitioners, Larisa Baldwin, is a board-certified physician assistant with years of experience practicing medicine here in Charleston. As a provider with board certification, this means Larisa has not only earned her Master’s degree and completed clinical rotations, but she has voluntarily achieved the highest possible credentials in her field.

This certification, though not required to practice medicine, only further empowers patients with the most advanced treatment techniques, clinical skills, and personalized care.

As a board-certified PA who is also a Functional Medicine Certified Professional, Larisa is able to provide a holistic, specialized patient experience.