Dr. Dana Lapointe, ND, AARM, LMT
Dr Lapointe is a licensed naturopathic physician, a 20+ year veteran massage therapist and the founder of Sustainable Health & Wellness. She graduated from National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon in 2009, and went on to become certified in Restorative Medicine (AARM). Dr Dana practices functional medicine with a focus on optimizing aging and regaining optimal health in chronic conditions and challenging cases.
Dr Dana aims to reverse dis-ease whenever possible, by seeking to address the root cause of her patients’ conditions. Working to restore health and regain function, she offers effective, natural treatments for diabetes, obesity, IBS, Crohn’s, thyroid, chronic headache, migraine, allergies, food sensitivities, anxiety/depression, ADD/ADHD, OCD and trichotillomania for ages ‘tweens and up, as well as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, optimal aging, Alzheimer’s, options in early Parkinson’s diagnosis, postural screenings, and natural fertility enhancement for both men and women. She is renowned for her highly effective weight-loss methods and protocols to reverse diabetes; she’s well-versed in functional medicine, Biotherapeutic Drainage, the Kalish Method of “mind mapping”, and is practiced in seasonal therapeutics and Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome.
An accomplished massage therapist, Dr Dana also offers advance-practice bodywork and exercise therapeutics to address body issues such as chronic pain, range of motion, postural and spinal curvature issues. Her bodywork sessions might include massage therapy, trigger point therapy, myofascial release, myoskeletal alignment, aromatherapy, reflexology, and exercise therapeutics as well as postural correction and spinal curve restoration methods.
Dr Dana’s apothecary, Peace on Herbs, consists of carefully selected supplements and organic herbs/extracts, from which she often custom formulates her patient’s medicines.