Overview
Children and adolescents are in a unique position to benefit from integrative health approaches which focus on optimizing health and preventing disease. Whether it be through improving diet and lifestyle, educating parents and guardians about principles of healthy living, or using safe and effective integrative treatments to address common health concerns, our providers are dedicated to helping you and your family achieve your best health.
Principles
Our philosophy is to engage, support and empower each of our young patients and their families to be proactive with their healthcare.
Children are especially sensitive to the influences surrounding them, all of which determine how they grow mentally, emotionally, socially and physically. This same sensitivity also makes them highly responsive to integrative health therapies.
Our providers get to know all aspects of your child’s health, including diet and nutrition, lifestyle, environment and emotions. These details are considered alongside presenting symptoms to help identify any underlying causes of your child’s illness.
Conditions
Common pediatric conditions we treat include:
- Immune health – allergies, asthma, coughs, colds and flu, ear infections
- Gastrointestinal complaints – acid reflux, colic, constipation, diarrhea, stomach issues
- Mental health – anxiety, depression, stress-related conditions, sleep issues
- Neurological – concussions, headaches, learning and neurodevelopmental disorders
- Hormonal changes – premenstrual syndrome, polycystic ovary syndrome, menstrual issues (dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, irregular periods)
- Musculoskeletal – growing pains, temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ), plagiocephaly, torticollis, sprains
- Dermatological – acne, eczema, atopic dermatitis, hives
Services
Our providers perform standard blood tests, imaging and examinations. Additional tests may be ordered to further evaluate your child’s health. Your provider might suggest food sensitivity or allergy tests; stool tests to evaluate the digestive system and microbiome; or nutrient tests to identify any nutrient deficiencies.
Treatments offered at the Samueli Institute include evidence-informed integrative therapies. These range from dietary and lifestyle modifications to nutritional supplements including vitamins, minerals, and/or herbal medicines to stress management tools and more. Medically necessary and indicated medications are prescribed when appropriate.
Why Choose Us?
It takes a village to raise a child and a team to care for one. Helping your child and your family experience optimum health is a collaborative process – your pediatrician, primary care provider and any specialists your child sees all play an important role in your child’s healthcare. As part of the only academic medical center in Orange County, our providers focus on wellness, disease prevention and integrative care, offering your child’s care team and your family new perspectives and expanded options for the prevention and/or treatment of many conditions that commonly affect pediatric patients.
Our Team
Price
Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute accept a variety of insurance plans or private pay. Your visit may be subject to a copay and deductible. Please contact us at 949-824-7000 for more information.
