Do We Need Doctors Who Are Wellness Experts?

How important is it to have wellness doctors, and what does that even really mean? One way to think of this is a doctor who focuses on being well as opposed to combating symptoms and illness. This is really the art of keeping someone healthy versus the art of fighting disease, which are actually quite distinct.

A wealth of knowledge is required to help one maintain harmony in a patient's health. That’s why it would be difficult to be both a doctor who treats illnesses as well as an expert in wellness. There are also certain characteristics it can be helpful to have depending on your focus with patients. For example, surgeons need to have mental stamina and great attention to detail.

There are many different specialties within medicine today. Does this make every type of doctor an expert in their own way? Not necessarily. Narrowing a field of knowledge doesn’t necessarily make you an expert in the medical world. With all of the advances in medicine today, combined with the information available, no medical professional can know it all.

That considered, wellness experts would need to be able to take in the big picture. They have to be able to look at multiple body systems and make informed decisions based on this overarching view. This professional would also need to take into account lifestyle factors like stress, diet, and exercise to help their patients avoid disease before it even begins.

Going to the doctor once a year for a routine checkup isn’t enough to prevent disease. It won’t keep you away from serious illness because it doesn’t focus on wellness. Wellness medicine should be a specialty in and of itself—and it already exists under another name: hormone optimization.