Indigo Integrative Health Clinic

Indigo Integrative Health Clinic at 1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW Suite 660 is an integrative health practice in the Georgetown waterfront commercial building, combining the conventional medical approach with the evidence-based complementary therapies that the integrative medicine model uses to address the full spectrum of the patient’s health. The integrative clinic occupies the specific position between the conventional primary care practice and the alternative health practitioner that has developed in the American health market as the evidence base for the complementary therapies has grown and as the conventional medical system’s limitations in the management of the chronic condition have become more apparent.

The functional medicine approach that Indigo Integrative Health includes in its clinical practice addresses the underlying physiological mechanisms of the chronic conditions that the Georgetown professional population most commonly presents: the hormonal imbalance that the Georgetown professional woman’s demanding career creates in the perimenopausal period, the metabolic dysfunction that the Georgetown professional’s sedentary desk work and the professional dinner culture produce, and the chronic stress-related conditions that the Washington professional environment reliably generates.

The acupuncture service that the clinic provides within the integrative framework addresses the specific musculoskeletal and the stress-related conditions that the Georgetown professional’s life creates, using the evidence-based protocols that the growing body of acupuncture research has validated. The Georgetown client who uses the integrative clinic for the combination of the functional medicine consultation and the acupuncture treatment receives the coordinated care that the separate specialist visits cannot provide.

The 1010 Wisconsin Avenue building concentrates multiple health and wellness services alongside the Indigo clinic. Hours run Monday through Friday. The functional medicine consultation at Indigo Integrative Health Clinic at 1010 Wisconsin NW Suite 660 begins with the comprehensive intake that assesses the patient’s complete health history, the current symptoms, and the laboratory findings that the conventional physician’s appointment does not typically have the time to analyze in depth. The functional medicine physician who spends an hour with the Georgetown patient understanding the specific constellation of symptoms and the life history that produced them provides the specific insight into the underlying mechanisms that the conventional fifteen-minute appointment does not.

The Georgetown professional community’s interest in the integrative health approach reflects the specific health challenges that the demanding Washington professional life creates: the burnout, the hormonal disruption, the digestive dysfunction, and the chronic pain that the Georgetown professional experiences as the accumulated cost of the professional career are the conditions that the integrative health clinic at 1010 Wisconsin addresses with the comprehensive, patient-specific approach. Hours run Monday through Friday. The acupuncture sessions at Indigo Integrative Health Clinic at 1010 Wisconsin NW Suite 660 are scheduled in the sequence that the individual patient’s treatment plan requires: the initial series of more frequent appointments that addresses the presenting condition, followed by the maintenance schedule of monthly or bimonthly appointments that sustains the treatment’s results. The Georgetown client who completes the initial acupuncture series and who moves to the maintenance schedule has established the treatment relationship that the integrative health approach values for the long-term health support. Hours run Monday through Friday.