orange county medical group
Angela Rose Miller D.O.,FACP
Alexander Thermos D.O.,D.C.
Ana Torres,PA-C
Jessica Swierczek,PA-C
Board Certified Internal Medicine and Physician Assistants
Complementary, Alternative and Traditional Medicine
Hoag Health Center
26671 Aliso Creek Road
Suite #206
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5:00
Office: 949.643.1132
Fax: 949.643.1186
Office Manager: Ashley Viesca
Jill Rebel
Comprehensive Annual Physicals
Men, Women and Teens - Complete physicals, audiogram, electrocardiogram, blood and urinalysis and thorough history including personal, family, surgical, social and prior medical history (all procedures, laboratory and diagnostic studies). Our goal is to gather as much information as possible and then formulate a customized plan of action to improve your overall health, energy, stamina and sense of well being.
Treatment of Acute and Chronic Illnesses
High blood pressure, Diabetes, Arthritis, Slow Metabolism, Hormone imbalances, Osteoporosis, Thyroid disorders, Coronary Artery Disease, Cancer, Immunodeficiencies, Anxiety, Depression, Sleep disorders, etc. Our goal is to minimize the quantity and strength of these often toxic products with unwanted sick effects. Often we can recommend a supplement to replace it or find the root cause of the disease process and cure it. Frustrated patients come to see us on one medication to treat an illness, such as osteoporosis and are on heart medications and antacids to treat the side-effects of a drug that does more harm than good. A viscous cycle not aimed at getting patients better but more dependent on pharmaceuticals and ultimately more ailments. We use complementary medicine which seeks to complement the traditional western thinking with the eastern age old philosophy of healing through herbal remedies, homeopaths, ayruvedics when applicable.
Weight Issues
Our goal is to improve your overall health by lowering your body fat and increasing your lean muscle mass. Treatment options include but are not limited to: hormonal balancing, nutritional counseling, diet supplements and prescriptions, vitamins, Hcg, and vitamin B6, complex and 12. We’ve had amazing results and long lasting benefits with the Hcg diet program (hcg, vitamins, low-calorie diet, appetite suppressant). Many of our patients have been able to stop prescription drugs for diabetes, cholesterol and high blood pressure. By using a combination of techniques we are able to greatly improve your quality of life, self-esteem, motivation and desire to exercise. You see real results! The truth is overweight people are discriminated against - assumed to be lazy when they may truly be depressed, hormonally imbalanced, suffering from food allergies or have a metabolism disorder. The news is reporting that men with a BMI greater than 40% and women with a BMI over 35% cost employers an additional $4000.00 and $6,000.00 respectively due to higher medical premiums, decreased productivity and sick days.
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy
After taking a thorough medical history and determining your goals we measure your hormone levels. Based on these levels you are treated with a customized formula of bioidentical hormones (chemically and physiologically the same as your body produced). Some believe we age when these hormones are depleted and not that as we age we lose the hormones. In other words having suboptimal hormone levels accelerates aging. We recommend these products in topical skin formulations, vaginal suppositories, injections and the very popular and often requested, pellets. See the link above on our website for more information regarding the pellets.
Skin Care
Skin rejuvenation with topical cosmeceuticals from well known and pharmaceutical grade companies such as Allergen, Latisse, NeoCutis, Obaji. Such as Botox, Juvederm, Radiesse are among the most popular. We treat a variety of conditions including hyperpigmentation, acne, rosecea, age spots, fine lines and wrinkles.
Alternative & Complementary Medicine to include:
IV Infusion Therapy
Integrative Cancer Treatment
Acupuncture
Osteopathic & Chiropractic Manipulation
Prolotherapy
Sexual Disorders:
Most sexual disorders are not discussed with your primary medical caretaker. It is a difficult subject yet extremely important because it can also be a sign of a medical ailment. Chronic diseases and medications that are used to treat blood pressure, allergies, cholesterol, prostate diseases, birth control pills are the most common causes but so are your foods and environment! All of us have seen young girls who prematurely have developed physical features of womanhood yet they have not reached puberty. The reasons are complex and vary from toxins in pesticides, residues in our soil from chemicals that are known to effect hormone regulation pathways. Even inhaling gasoline can lower sperm counts. We take all of this into consideration when obtaining your medical and social history. Sex hormones are not simply for pleasure but essential to your bone, heart health, motivation, self-esteem and overall mood. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal , a very conservative newspaper pointed out how critical it is to start estrogen hormone replacement therapy within ten years of menopause (when your cycles have completely stopped for one year) to greatly reduce your risk of dementia, heart disease and strokes. This assessment was determined after doctors reviewed the prior very controversial and confusing data from the WHI (Women’s Health Study).
Spiritual and Mental Health
If your are not happy then what’s the point? We don’t just look at your labs and send and email or a phone recording with your results but we sit down and talk to your and get to the root of the problem to make your life worth living and not simply existing. If we need more tests we order them, if we don’t know we refer you to a specialist we trust. We give you the best we’ve got because you matter to us. Dr Bernie Siegel a very famous physician from New York, well known and has published several books that in essence tell us we have the ability to heal ourselves through prayer, meditation, art therapy and the like. He uses the example that if your doctor tells you that you will die from cancer in three months and you believe it to be true, then most likely you will die in 3 months. “To heal” can mean many things but we believe that by having a very candid conversation with you about any and every symptom, mood, relationship and by you working with us by eating, exercising and spiritual practices (of your own belief) to the best of your ability, can only aide the healing process.
