Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also known as hormone therapy, is the administration of hormones to treat a deficiency or imbalance in the body's natural hormones. As we age or due to certain medical conditions, our bodies may not produce adequate amounts of key hormones like testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, thyroid hormone, growth hormone, and more. Replacing these hormones through medication can provide significant benefits.
Some of the most common reasons people pursue HRT include:
Restoring hormone levels through replacement therapy often quickly improves these symptoms.
Our hormone production naturally declines as we get older. This accelerates signs of aging like:
Hormone therapy can slow or reverse many age-related declines in physical and mental functioning.
Balanced hormones are crucial for overall health and wellbeing. Benefits of hormone replacement include:
Optimal hormone levels enhance virtually every aspect of health and quality of life.
San Marcos and the surrounding areas offer stunning scenery, a vibrant local culture, and limitless opportunities for outdoor recreation. It's a wonderful place to spend your retirement years actively enjoying life.
Balanced hormones are key to having the motivation, health and vitality to take advantage of all that this region has to offer. The medical providers at Optimal Hormone Health Center offer cutting-edge testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), estrogen replacement therapy (ERT), thyroid hormone replacement and more using bioidentical hormones to restore optimal levels.
Bioidentical simply means the structure of these hormones exactly matches what your body produces naturally. This allows your body to recognize and utilize them much more efficiently than synthetic options.
You won't find more advanced hormone treatments combined with comprehensive natural wellness care anywhere else in the San Marcos area.
The first step in pursuing hormone replacement therapy is diagnostic testing. The providers at Optimal Hormone Health Center are experts in complete hormone panels and analyses.
We check levels of key hormones like testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, DHEA, thyroid hormones T3 & T4, cortisol, insulin and growth hormone (HGH). Deficiencies or imbalances in any of these hormones could be responsible for symptoms.
Comparing results to optimal ranges for your gender and age, rather than just “normal” ranges, allows us to design truly personalized and precision treatment plans.
This includes counseling on lifestyle modifications to help support balanced hormones:
Lifestyle plays a pivotal role in regulating hormones and maximizing the benefits of replacement therapies. Our goal is to address all factors influencing your vitality and wellbeing.
Once we’ve determined which hormones you may be lacking, we develop customized treatment plans which typically include some combination of:
Treatment always starts with the lowest effective doses, then after 6-8 weeks follow-up testing gives us metrics on progress and guides any dosage adjustments indicated to reach optimal levels.
Most patients notice significant improvements in energy, mood, mental clarity and additional benefits within the first few weeks. Further gains continue over 3-6 months as hormone levels fully stabilize.
Follow up tests allow us to ensure you're receiving the precise dosing you need, not just a “one-size-fits-all” approach based on averages. We tailor and tweak your therapies until you report feeling your best with labwork confirming optimized hormone balance.
While general hormone balancing applies to both genders, there are some key hormones and therapies that differ between men and women.
Testosterone is crucial for physical and mental vigor in men. After age 30, levels decline an average of 1-2% per year. Low testosterone causes symptoms like:
Without adequate testosterone, men miss out on much of life’s enjoyment. Restoring youthful testosterone levels reverses these declines.
Benefits of testosterone replacement experienced by most men include:
If low testosterone is diminishing your zest for life, Optimal Hormone Health Center provides cutting edge testosterone therapies to get you feeling like your old self - or better!
Estrogen in women helps regulate menstrual cycles and reproductive health. After menopause, estrogen deficiency contributes to:
The imbalance between progesterone and estrogen after menopause also elevates risks for certain cancers and heart disease.
Restoring estrogen to optimal premenopausal ranges provides immense symptom relief and lasting health protections.
Our doctors tailor customized bioidentical estrogen replacement dosing based on your blood levels and symptoms. We also provide natural micronutrient and supplement therapies to boost estrogen metabolism.
Balancing estrogen with natural progesterone further ensures you receive all the benefits of youthful hormone levels without unwanted side effects. We also guide patients on ideal supplementation and lifestyle programs during peri-menopause and menopause to ease this transition.
Your thyroid gland produces hormones T3 & T4 that regulate core aspects of health:
Low thyroid function causes symptoms like:
Balancing thyroid hormone with replacement therapies relieves these symptoms and boosts overall wellness.
We also provide customized care for Hashimoto’s and hyperthyroidism. Correcting thyroid dysfunction protects long term health and prevents progression to more serious diseases.
Growth hormone is key for tissue and bone health. Deficiencies contribute to signs of accelerated aging like loss of skin elasticity, muscle wastage, weight gain and brain fog.
Low Growth Hormone Replacement at Optimal Hormone Health Center restores youthful energy levels, body composition and clarity of mind. It’s highly regenerative for joints, connective tissues and injury recovery.
Hormone therapy can help transgender individuals align their physical characteristics with their gender identity. Surprisingly, recent research found that it may also strengthen aspects of cognitive function, including verbal fluency and visual memory, for both transgender women and men.
While hormone testing and replacement therapies are the foundation of treatment at Optimal Hormone Health Center, we’re devoted to complete care including:
Our on-site certified clinical nutritionists provide detailed diet analyses and craft customized eating plans to stabilize blood sugar, reduce inflammation and support hormone metabolism.
We emphasize balancing macronutrients tailored to your activity levels and body composition goals. Guidance for optimal hydration and strategic use of anti-inflammatory supplements and herbs is also provided.
Regular high intensity and strength training exercise boosts natural hormone production while accelerating benefits from replacement therapy.
Our fitness experts design personalized workout protocols to match your current conditioning and health status. We’ll guide you on ideal modes, frequency, volume and intensity.
Instruction on proper form, technique, equipment use and tracking progress ensures you receive maximum results from the time you invest in exercise. We support a range of programs from home bodyweight workouts to high tech tracking of performance metrics.
Chronic stress stimulates hormone pathways that disrupt full wellness. We provide counseling on effective stress relief practices like meditation, breathwork, nature immersion and prioritizing rest.
Lifestyle habits around technology use, sleep consistency, digital detoxing, relationship management and recreational activities are addressed for complete mind-body revitalization.
Optimal Hormone Health Center offers the most integrative hormone optimization therapies in San Marcos. Contact us today to learn more and get started on your journey to elevated wellbeing!
