WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF REAL HEALTH CARE
I’m Dr. Leslie Cisar – I’m a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, and I help women all over the country who are suffering from migraine headaches restore their health and stop getting migraines - because when we are in a state of health, we don't have migraines - it's really that simple!
Notice I don’t treat your symptoms – as a Naturopathic Physician, I specialize in restoring health – not treating the symptoms of disease.
Just treating the symptoms of disease means that you haven’t treated the root cause of what is causing those symptoms.
The little secret that more and more of us are realizing is – our bodies have an amazing potential to heal. When we create the conditions for health, we will return to health.
I’ve seen this in my own life. I got into the whole “natural medicine” thing in my mid-20s. I started getting migraines – like, terrible and debilitating every-other-day migraines – when I was 24 years old. I had just started my career, and most days I could barely make it home after work before a migraine set in and then I was relegated to laying on the couch for the rest of the night. I thought – this can’t be all there is to “adulting” – and was determined to get treatment.
I went in to my MD expecting to get a full workup, to give a detailed history, to work with an expert on what was causing this – instead, I got a prescription for painkillers. I knew there had to be a better way – and there is.
I found a natural healthcare provider who worked with me to identify – and remove – the cause of those migraines. In a few months, I had transformed my health, experienced the amazing ability of the body to heal – and found my calling.
Why working with me is different…
Most people going into a conventional doctor are like I was when I first went in for help with migraines. I thought that the doctor would take a detailed history, dig into MY migraines, what was causing them, what triggered them, what foods or lifestyle choices were causing them, give me advice on what to change to prevent them.
Instead, most conventional doctors are not considering these questions at all. When a patient describes their symptoms, most conventional doctors are just thinking about what prescription medication would be “appropriate” to take that symptom away – to suppress that symptom. It really doesn’t matter WHY you have a migraine, or what is causing a migraine. The important thing to most conventional doctors is, what would be the most appropriate drug to give in this case? If that drug doesn’t work, you either change the drug, or increase the dose.
But when you just suppress the symptom of the migraine, you still have migraines. The migraines don’t go away. You may not be in pain – or as much pain – but you still aren’t well. And, many times, the effect of the drug wears off so you need to take more, or you develop side effects that now require a different medication – in addition to the first one.
What my intuition was telling me was that I was getting those migraines for a reason. There was something out of balance in my body as a whole that was causing that symptom. And my intuition told me that if I corrected that imbalance – the real cause of those migraines – then the migraines would go away. And that is exactly what happened. What seemed like a “miracle” at the time is the logical, predictable outcome of treating the cause of the disease and restoring the conditions for health.
Correcting that imbalance did more than just get rid of my migraines. Like so many Americans, I was used to not feeling that well in general and thought it was just “normal” to feel tired and run down, stressed, and have trouble sleeping. Treating the actual root cause of my migraines improved my overall health and transformed my life – and now I get to help other people do the same thing.
When we create the conditions for health, your whole health improves – not just the symptoms that are bothering you the most. I’m so thankful I didn’t take those painkillers back then, and I listened to that connected voice inside that drove me to seek an alternative to conventional medicine and the false paradigm that says covering up the symptoms of disease is the equivalent to restoring health.
More About Me…
Before earning my Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, I had a successful career in corporate training and development. I love combining those skills in my practice. One of the central tenets of Naturopathic Medicine is “doctor as teacher” and that is one of my favorite parts of my job. I’ve been told that I have a way of breaking down complex information into easily understandable and actionable parts. I also like to provide handouts, instructions, and other documents and checklists to help you implement what we talk about.
Because I have worked in “Corporate America,” I have a different perspective than the doctor that has never worked the typical “9-5” job. Before I became a Naturopathic Doctor I had worked for small, medium, and even a couple of the largest and most well known companies in the country. So I get it – you work, you have kids, you have a family – you are really strapped for time and things can get a little crazy. I’m a mom too and I struggle with all of this myself. I know what it is like to make the diet, lifestyle, and mind-set shifts that take place when you start restoring your health while working full time, taking care of kids, family, a household. I don’t have a set “checklist” approach that I replicate with all my clients. I listen to you, assess your unique situation, and work with you to develop a plan that is effective but do-able with everything else you have going on in your life.
Learn more…
Would you like to learn more? Click on the "Work With Me" link to learn more about my transformational 12-Week Healing Migraines Naturally program.