The Atma Approach to Asthma

By Dr. Neela Sandal

Mainstream Medicine's Approach Is a Controller and a Rescue Inhaler

Wheeze, night cough, the tight-chest panic. Steroid inhaler daily. Albuterol for the bad hours. Step up if you keep filling the rescue. The airway is treated as twitchy for life.

Sound like your last doctor's appointment?

What Mainstream Medicine Misses

Bronchospasm is the last move of an inflamed, twitchy tube. Allergens, reflux mist, cold air, a sinus drip, and a nervous system that clamps the chest can all write the same peak-flow drop. More steroid in the lung can be necessary. It is not a reason to stop asking what keeps the tube angry.

The Atma Approach looks at you as a unique person. Why are your airways this reactive?

Has your doctor ever talked to you about these commonly missed root causes?

Commonly Missed Root Causes

•Allergic and eosinophilic drive that never got a serious allergen and gut look

•Reflux and post-nasal drip seeding the airway every night

•Viral leftovers and a sinus biofilm that keep the tube twitchy after the cold is "gone"

•Cold air, fumes, and a work exposure filed under "just asthma"

•Low magnesium and poor breathing mechanics that make every flare bigger

•Obesity, insulin resistance, and reflux stacking on the same diaphragm

•Overuse of rescue inhaler hiding how often the controller plan is failing

How Atma Clinic Can Help

We've helped hundreds of patients minimize — or entirely eliminate — their step-up-the-steroid-inhaler ladder, and solve the underlying root problem.

At Atma, our Medical Doctors (MDs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) go through intensive training to become certified in Advanced Functional and Integrative Medicine. They're certified and ready to get to the root of your issue.

Asthma

Mainstream Medicine's Approach Is a Controller and a Rescue Inhaler

What Mainstream Medicine Misses

How Atma Clinic Can Help

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