The Nava Method™

Nava’s integrative approach focuses on preventing, restoring and optimizing your health with The Nava Method, our proprietary method to achieving overall wellness. It was developed by our world class Directors of Integrative Wellness and is designed to help address fatigue, weight gain, brain fog, anxiety, low libido, insomnia, menopause symptoms, hormonal imbalance, digestive issues, arthritis, fibromyalgia, Crohn’s disease, chronic pain and more. Our Nava Method consists of five crucial steps to achieve optimum wellness:

1. Advanced Wellness Assessment
2. Advanced Biophysical Testing
3. Comprehensive Wellness Diagnostic
4. Nava CORE (Customize, Optimize, Regenerate, Evolve)
5. Advanced Diagnostics Testing

At Nava, we understand the steps to improving and optimizing health vary from person to person and that is why our approach to total wellness is customized for each of our clients using The Nava 5 for total wellness. Our integrative experts believe that in order to live life at 100%, there are five key areas we must address. These include hormone balance and sexual health, stress management and life balance, healthy weight and digestion, inflammation control, and lastly, restorative sleep. By optimizing The Nava 5, you will be able to achieve your best overall wellness and find a healthy life balance.

The Nava care team believes prevention is the best cure. Chronic disease and conditions are among the most common health issues, leading causes of death, and disability in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In fact, chronic diseases are responsible for 7 of 10 deaths each year, and treating people with chronic diseases accounts for 75% of our nation’s health care spend, most of which can be prevented or controlled. By following a highly personalized methodology and utilizing the findings from our root-cause diagnostic, we are able to identify the underlying issues to help your body achieve optimum results and overcome and/or prevent chronic disease.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” - Benjamin Franklin

The Nava Method

Our unique and effective Nava Method consists of five significant steps.

1. Advanced Wellness Assessment

When you are battling symptoms of aging like brain fog, chronic fatigue, insomnia, weight gain, anxiety, low sex drive, pain, and high stress levels, it is common to experience a negative impact in all areas of your life. This is why we start by closely listening to you. By properly pinpointing your symptoms and the areas that need improvement, we are able to help guide you to a more balanced life. This 30-min intake appointment is a thorough one-on-one assessment with one of Nava’s integrative practitioners. During this visit, we discuss your medical history (filled out prior to this appointment on our convenient client portal), answer a series of proprietary questions while helping us understand your current lifestyle and wellness goals. This information is uniquely yours and it is crucial to getting an accurate picture of what is going on internally. It also depicts what we can do to help you achieve optimal results; we can detect specific behaviors that will help us develop a more accurate plan tailored to your individual needs.

2. Advanced Biophysical Testing

At Nava we treat the body as a whole, which is why we give you the full picture with a deep dive from within. Nava’s comprehensive lab work, which is drawn right in our center, surpasses any regular yearly exam from your primary care physician. Nava measures up to 600 bio-chemical markers and is the key to optimizing and identifying the root cause of any symptoms and conditions you may be experiencing. This inclusive panel tests for advanced sex hormones which can lead to signs of aging and age-related diseases, reproductive panel assessing fertility and the total function of your reproductive health, comprehensive metabolic panel measuring your sugar (glucose) levels,  kidney function, as well as liver function, in addition to vital minerals, vitamins, CBC, tumor markers, imbalances and deficiencies, signs of inflammation, food sensitivities and advanced thyroid levels impacting your weight, energy levels, and cognitive function. Your results and recommendations will be reviewed in detail with you during your 2^nd Nava experience (Comprehensive Wellness Diagnostic) with one of our medical practitioners. Any abnormalities and imbalances may trigger further testing and investigating with our advanced diagnostic tests.

*We process your lab work through your insurance, but cash price is also available as an option.

3. Comprehensive Wellness Diagnostic

This is where our clients experience their “Ah-ha,” moment where they finally get the answers that they have been looking for. This is a one-on-one, 60-minute visit with a Nava medical practitioner that consists of 2 key parts:

Root Cause Review

The Root Cause Review is where we will connect the dots for you by combining the information we have gathered during your Advanced Wellness Assessment, and utilizing our findings from your Advanced Biophysical Testing, to give you a full picture of your current health status. We will discuss the leading cause(s) of your symptom(s) and show you the underlying imbalances and deficiencies that are triggering your conditions. We aim to treat you and the root cause, rather than just putting a Band-Aid over your symptoms.

Personalized Treatment Plan (PTP)

Once we have identified your imbalances and deficiencies, Nava’s medical practitioners will work with you to create your evidence-based Personalized Treatment Plan that will include a series of recommendations to help achieve your health and wellness goals.  It will be your road map to living life at 100% by including all recommended services, therapies, and nutraceuticals. We also understand our client’s personal life at home, at work, and in the community play a factor which all is considered when developing your PTP. With the knowledge and experience of each Nava expert, your PTP is designed to correct any imbalance and deficiencies in your body while addressing the root cause of your symptoms by integrating certain services, therapies and nutraceuticals. Our medical practitioners will streamline your experience by managing and coordinating your care while Nava gives you the support you need to achieve your goals. Here at Nava we aim to educate you with the knowledge you need to make informed medical decisions, decrease the likelihood of negative side effects, and reduce your healthcare costs.

4. Nava CORE (Customize, Optimize, Regenerate, Evolve)

Once you have experienced our Comprehensive Wellness Diagnostic, gone through your Root Cause Review and obtained your PTP, our work does not stop there. In most cases, your symptoms and conditions are caused by years of attacks on your health and immune system as well as just aging. Our goal is to work on the things that have the greatest impact now, and over time optimize your health so you feel your 100%. That is why we designed Nava CORE. This continued monitoring and testing was created to make sure we are enhancing your health as much as possible and nothing falls through the cracks. This consists of checking your levels every 4-6 months (at the very least) and reviewing the results with your Nava Medical Practitioner. This is done every six months because levels, conditions, and / or your symptoms can change quickly due to effects of stress, diet, aging and more. We offer on-going support, as we continue customizing, optimizing, regenerating, and evolving your plan to achieve optimal wellness and live life at 100%.

5. Advanced Diagnostics Testing

Nava also offers a number of early detection screening and advanced diagnostic tests that can be added to give our clients extensive insights into their health based on their specific needs. Our advanced testing allows our clients to take their health to a whole new level of preventative care, optimized wellness, and performance. These include:

 

Comprehensive Risk Profile Testing

Nava’s Comprehensive Risk Profile is an extremely thorough laboratory test designed to identify hidden risk factors and biomarkers for early detection of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. This systematic approach allows for more targeted treatment and provides individuals with the opportunity to take preventative measures to improve their overall health.

If you have (or you have a family history of) heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes or high blood pressure, the CRP is an ideal test which provides tremendous insights into your cardio metabolic health and treatment alternatives. Even if you don’t have any of these conditions, this extensive diagnostic panel is a way to preventively manage your health and potentially identify any hidden risk factors. It also identifies genetic risk factors for high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes and strokes. 

 

Micronutrient Profile Testing

Micronutrient Testing is a comprehensive nutritional analysis of the body’s intracellular function.It measures 35 selected vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other essential micronutrients within your white blood cells. This analysis can reveal a person’s functional nutritional status over a much longer period of time than conventional static serum testing, thus providing a more meaningful measurement than other nutritional testing. Many people lead healthy lifestyles, but some individuals could still have deficiencies because each of us is metabolically and biochemically unique and micronutrient requirements can vary from person to person.

 

Brain Chemistry Testing

Neurotransmitter imbalances can be easily identified with a single noninvasive urine sample. This test provides a tool to understand each patient’s specific neuroendocrine imbalances, which can be corrected with targeted nutritional therapy, bio-identical hormone therapy, diet, and lifestyle interventions. Because it is especially important to understand the interrelationships of the neurotransmitters as well as their relationships with adrenal and sex hormones, an optimal approach measures each of the neurotransmitter levels identified here in addition to a full hormone panel.

 

Test includes:

• Serotonin
• GABA
• Dopamine
• Epinephrine
• Norepinephrine
• Glutamate
• Glycine
• Histamine
• Phenethylamine

 

Adrenal Function Testing

Our Adrenal Test has a total of five biochemical markers. This panel provides a comprehensive view of your adrenal function and includes 4 cortisol levels timed throughout the day as well as DHEA. Symptoms that would indicate ordering this panel include:

• Fatigue
• Weakness
• Sugar Cravings
• Insomnia
• Dizzy Spells
• Headaches
• Irritability
• Fibromyalgia
• Anxiety
• Nervousness

Nava's adrenal fatigue treatment is designed to help your adrenal function recuperate so you are not feeling “wired and tired.” After your initial consultation, your Nava practitioner will suggest a combination of products and services to recharge your adrenal glands. These services may include acupuncture, IV therapy, and massage therapy, as well as Nava’s specially formulated, premium-grade nutraceuticals and supplements.

 

Sophisticated DNA Testing

Testing our patient’s genes helps assess how quickly a treatment will be metabolized, how well a therapy will work and even the likelihood of an adverse reaction, so we can design and tailor your ideal treatment and dosage plan. Nava looks at five genes that are known to have a significant impact on the metabolism of fats and carbohydrates and responsiveness to exercise. The genes in the Weight Control panel were selected following a very thorough and current review of research literature related to genes, exercise, obesity and nutrition. The genes (SNPs) tested are:

FTO Regulation of metabolism and satiety

 

• MC4R Regulation of satiety and meal frequency
• ADRB2-E27Q Sensitivity to carbohydrates and stress impact
• FABP2-T55A Fat absorption and insulin regulation of sugar
• SH2B1 Regulation of insulin and leptin systems

 

Food Sensitivity Testing

IgG immunological tests that measures antibodies of 96 foods to identify wide range of potential food allergies, sensitivities, intolerances, and non-immune responses.

 

Food Allergy Testing and Inhalant Allergy Testing

An πadvanced IgE test of 96 foods and 56 inhalants help identify numerous allergy triggers and possible reactions. These results further guide us in customizing therapies that will deliver the best results for you.