In short: Dr. Gail Ravello is a naturopathic practitioner in Roswell, GA. Naturopathic medicine treats the root causes of illness rather than managing symptoms alone, using nutrition, lifestyle and natural therapies. At Natural Medical Solutions in Roswell, GA, Dr. Gail Ravello, ND pairs it with integrative medicine and coordinates with the rest of your care team, with particular attention to prevention and hormone balance.
Naturopathic Doctors (NDs) are trained to look at disease and dysfunction on every level: body, mind and spirit. They treat people with acute complaints and long-standing chronic conditions alike. What sets naturopathic medicine apart is the pairing it insists on, the accumulated wisdom of nature held to the rigor of modern science. NDs are specialists in natural medicine, and they build personalized, evidence-based plans that treat the body as a whole and support its own ability to maintain health.
Naturopathic medicine keeps a patient-centric approach at its core, and that is what you will find with Dr. Gail Ravello and her team at Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center. You are treated as a person, not a chart.
Ready to feel better? Call us at (770) 674-6311 or contact us online, and we will build a naturopathic medicine plan around your health rather than a template.
Naturopathic medicine starts from a different question: not just how to quiet a symptom, but what is causing it, and what it would take to build real health and prevent disease.
Gentle, non-toxic therapies come first. That means diet and nutrition, herbal medicine, movement, nutritional supplements, homeopathy and changes to daily habits. Education and counseling matter just as much, since most lasting change happens between appointments.
Naturopathy rests on six principles that shape every plan:
Naturopathic doctors are collaborative by training. Much of the work is teaching, helping you take real control of your own health rather than handing you a prescription and moving on. Together you build a treatment plan that covers diet, lifestyle and the things people often leave out of a medical visit, like stress and mental wellness.
A few core approaches shape how naturopathic medicine actually treats disease, and they include:
The word doctor comes from the Latin docere, which simply means to teach, and the re-emerging Naturopathic Physician is closer to that original sense than most. Teaching is the work. When a patient understands why their body is doing what it is doing, they stop being a passenger in their own care and start participating in it. That understanding is what makes a state of balance possible, and balance is what prevents disease.
Naturopathic medicine works to diagnose, prevent and treat illness by supporting the body's own capacity to heal rather than overriding it. Almost any medical condition benefits from being looked at that way, and a consultation is rarely wasted. That said, some illnesses respond particularly well to a naturopathic medicine approach, including:
Mental wellness is not a side issue in healing or prevention. Naturopathic physicians train in counseling, nutritional balancing, stress management and biofeedback, and they use them for physical complaints as readily as for emotional ones such as depression and anxiety.
At Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center, Dr. Ravello works toward long-term results rather than short-term relief. Our naturopathic medicine approach means finding the root cause of a condition instead of quieting the symptom it produces, and considering each complaint in the context of everything else going on with you.
Your treatment is built around your body, your lifestyle and your goals. Dr. Ravello's evaluation is deliberately broad, taking in physical, social and psychological factors along with family and genetic history.
From that evaluation, Dr. Ravello builds a plan matched to your specific health goals. Depending on what she finds, your plan at Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center may include any of the following:
The plan is always yours specifically, and that is what Dr. Ravello aims for at Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center.
At your first naturopathic medicine consultation, Dr. Ravello goes through your personal and family medical history. Expect questions about current symptoms, stress and daily habits, some of which may not seem related at first. Testing is sometimes necessary. If it is, she will explain what she wants to run and why before anything is ordered.
Dr. Ravello knows both conventional and naturopathic medicine options well, and she looks for root causes rather than labels. Working out why the body has stopped functioning properly is what makes reversal possible. From there the aim is straightforward, the most natural and least harmful route back to balance.
To get started with naturopathic medicine and results that hold, call (770) 674-6311 or contact us online.
Dr. Gail Ravello is a Naturopathic Doctor with a doctorate in Alternative and Integrative Medicine (PhD-IMD) from Quantum University, board certified by the American Naturopathic Medical Certification Board (ANMCB). Her ND degree is from Trinity School of Natural Health, and she has kept adding education and certifications since. Over 36 years in healthcare, she has worked in both private practice and hospital outpatient care.
Dr. Ravello is an active member of The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), Certified Natural Health Professionals (CNHP) and the Institute of Women’s Health and Integrative Medicine, among other bodies.
Years of practice in Internal Medicine and Alternative Medicine here in Roswell have put a wide range of patients and problems in front of Dr. Ravello. That experience shows up as patience with detail. She reads the nuances in a medical history, the symptoms that do not quite fit, and the underlying issues driving them, then treats the cause.
Have a question before you book? Ask it. You can reach us at (770) 674-6311 or contact us online, and we are happy to talk through whether naturopathic medicine fits your situation.
Natural Medical Solutions Wellness Center
1130 Upper Hembree Rd
Roswell, GA 30076
Phone:
(770) 674-6311
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