What is Whole Self Science?

As a new patient with Salvo Health, we’re sure you have a ton of questions about our approach to care. At Salvo, we’re not here to simply give you a band-aid for your gut symptoms, we’re here to partner with you in order to uncover and treat the root cause of your condition…to get you relief that lasts. 

What makes Salvo Health different? 

In order to restore balance and improve chronic symptoms, we’ve developed a holistic framework called Whole Self Science in collaboration with some of the most esteemed experts in their field from leading institutions like Harvard, Columbia, the Cleveland Clinic, NYU, Mt Sinai, and Cedars Sinai. This proprietary model of care focuses on profoundly understanding you as a whole person - including your body, mind, and gut and all the areas of your life possibly impacting your gut health.

Gut symptoms don’t start and end with your gut alone. 

For example, have you ever felt butterflies in your stomach, or even nausea when you’re nervous? If you can answer yes to either of these experiences (which most of us can), it’s already evident that the gut and mind are interconnected. When the brain experiences stress or anxiety, it sends a signal to your gut to activate pain or cause your symptoms to spike. We know with many gut conditions, the threshold for pain is lower, which physicians call visceral hypersensitivity. This isn’t all in your head, the pain and discomfort are real, and the latest science shows how the body’s systems are linked, making it hard to pinpoint just one root cause.

Why does it work?

‍In unison with your doctor’s recommendations for certain medications or supplements to help manage your symptoms, Whole Self Science takes personalized treatment a step further to factor in what the mind, body, and gut experience, including brain-gut neurobiological connections, the state of the gut microbiome, trigger foods or pesticides in your diet, movement, and sleep quality, as elements that can be main contributors to your chronic gut condition. And this whole self-approach is what has helped over 95% of Salvo Health patients see a reduction of severe symptoms in as little as 6 weeks. 

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