Health Clarified Offers a Trifecta Approach Toward Musculoskeletal Issues
Oct 31, 2024 ● By Sheila Julson
Kim Henderson Photo courtesy of Health Clarified
Doctor of Chiropractic Kim Henderson, of Health Clarified, knows that traditional chiropractic care works but can be even more effective when combined with other modalities to achieve the best outcomes. Through a holistic approach that weaves gentle chiropractic spinal adjustments with advanced bodywork modalities and integrative exercise techniques, Henderson’s trifecta of care addresses the root causes of pain to restore function and mobility to the body.
Henderson also had physical therapy sessions to correct her scoliosis. She was intrigued by the physical therapy process and considered pursuing a career as a physical therapist. Instead, a high school classmate happened to mention an employment opportunity at a local chiropractor’s office, and Henderson applied and was hired. She became impassioned by chiropractic medicine and changed career paths.
Inspired by the three different chiropractic approaches of her mentors, Henderson built upon those principles to create her own unique combination of care that she uses at her practice, Health Clarified: chiropractic medicine, physical therapy approaches such as therapeutic exercises, and corrective bodywork to restore and normalize soft tissue.
Curated Modalities to Aid Each Patient’s Health Journey
In addition to chiropractic adjustments, Henderson has curated a selection of modalities that address physical, biochemical and energetic issues to help the body heal. She offers chiropractic adjustments that restore function to the joints, as well as detoxification modalities, options to enhance circulation and improve cellular health, and devices that improve mental clarity and reduce stress.
Intertwining a functional medicine approach, Henderson starts each patient visit by educating about the body’s biological terrain and looking for root causes of presenting symptoms. She offers an assortment of functional medicine tests, including neurotransmitter, hormone, fecal and functional genetic testing. Based on test results and the use of electrodermal scans, a unique treatment plan and supplement recommendations are created for each patient.
Henderson believes that true bodywork is a version of muscle release combined with trigger point therapy for a customized treatment. She offers myofascial trigger point therapy, myofascial release and active release to promote tissue repair.
Many of Henderson’s modalities pair together to help detoxify the body, such as the lymphatic enhancement therapy (LET) and red light therapy. Health Clarified uses a hyperbaric oxygen tank (HBOT), which saturates cells and tissues with pressurized oxygen to facilitate repair and regeneration. For those that aren’t good candidates for HBOT, Heath Clarified has a velocity oxygen bike, also known as exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT), which allows the patient to oxygenate the blood and tissues through light exercise.
Health Clarified’s BrainTap technology modality uses light and sound therapy, along with guided meditation and neuroplasticity exercises, to improve overall cognitive function. “When there is a psychological overlay or if one is chronically stressed out, helping them get out of that stress pattern improves their emotional resilience for a more complete healing experience,” Henderson explains.
Many of Henderson’s patients have tried other options and received standard medical bloodwork that doesn’t clearly indicate why they are struggling with health issues. With the variety of tests offered at Health Clarified, Henderson and her team can see the patient’s pattern and customize a root cause functional medicine plan for each person.
Recently, Health Clarified added functional genetic testing that includes more than 150 genetic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), offering insights into the directionality of a patient’s health trends and helping a patient and provider to offset genetic tendencies toward disease. While it is not a diagnostic tool, SNPs provide a glimpse at the genetic direction of health that allows Henderson to help create a path back to wellness.
She is also active in the community, working with local sports teams and is a member of the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce.
“It’s rewarding to help people achieve optimal health and take care of them and their families for a lifetime.”
Health Clarified is located at
2165 A Shermer Rd., in Northbrook.
Logo Photo courtesy of Health Clarified
For more
information or to schedule an appointment,
call 224-355-2055 or visit HealthClarifiedNow.com.
call 224-355-2055 or visit HealthClarifiedNow.com.
