Exceptional care, tailored to each patient's unique needs, provided whenever and wherever it's needed. This is the new soul of healthcare: LX Medical, whose concierge practice puts physicians, physician associates, nurse practitioners, and other health experts including Minnesota's most reputable specialists at patients' immediate service.
No jumping through hoops. No back and forth. No wait times. It is the truest meaning of the doctor will see you now.
LX Medical's mission extends beyond providing primary and urgent care in the comfort of patients' homes. Their practitioners are also helping people occupy healthier, longer-lasting bodies in a transformative approach to lifelong wellness they call "longevity medicine" – an appealing prospect to those who intend to see and savor their triple digits.
"I started out in family medicine, then worked in surgery and urgent care before joining LX Medical," said JoAna Werner, Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C; a licensed professional trained to diagnose, treat, and prescribe medication). "I had great experiences in those fields, but could never come to terms with how little I could ultimately do for people. Family medicine, which affords barely enough time to apply a bandage and prescribe medication before seeing the next patient, was particularly frustrating.
"LX Medical lets me practice medicine the way I'd always hoped to. I'm now able to treat each of my patients as a complete person – not as a series of one-off problems, but as the whole human being they actually are."
LX Medical's abandonment of the constrictive fee-for-service model frees JoAna to request unconventionally comprehensive lab work and prescribe treatment regardless of insurance providers' opinions. "The blood work we perform is significantly more comprehensive than what a traditional provider would order," JoAna explained. "We check all the same kidney, liver, thyroid, and other biological markers. But our personalized, evidence-based approach goes incomparably deeper, examining patients' genetics, gut biomes, cardiovascular health, food sensitivities, environmental toxins, and any other facets of their well-being that merit insight.
"Once we understand the whole person and identify root causes, we optimize their health by combining traditional, functional, and integrative medicine's best interventions. Lifestyle changes. Nutritional supplements. Peptides. Regenerative medicine. Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, which treats imbalance through administration of chemically identical plant-derived hormones, and in which I am certified. These are just some of our methods for treating the whole you."
The results speak for themselves.
One patient came to JoAna with severe joint pain. Testing revealed food sensitivities and gastrointestinal dysfunction. After eliminating trigger foods and beginning a targeted regimen of peptides and probiotics, her pain was minimal within two months. She recently ran a half marathon.
Another was struggling to lose weight and teetering toward a diabetes diagnosis. JoAna prescribed lifestyle changes, a whole-foods diet, and hormone replacement. Forty-five pounds lost in four months.
A third suffered persistent bloating, nausea, and gas. JoAna diagnosed small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, to be treated with a specialized diet and antibiotic regimen. She is now comfortable and symptom-free.
A fourth endured recurrent infections, chronic fatigue, and brain fog. Testing uncovered mycotoxin illness. After mold remediation and a structured detoxification plan, she is now energized, sleeping soundly, and free of recurrent illness.
"Those are only four recent successes that come to mind," JoAna continued. "To be sure, I treat men! Though I feel a particular empathy toward women, for reasons that are largely self-evident. Our hormonal systems are far more intricate, and have conventionally been overlooked by traditional medicine. That’s unfortunate, because it's not remotely uncommon for women to experience loss of energy, motivation, and libido around perimenopause and menopause. Hormonal changes accompanying those milestones can make sleeping, losing weight, and thinking clearly more difficult as well.
"Hormone replacement is only one way I help optimize my patients' health. There are too many others to list, because LX Medical gives patients access to every evidence-based therapy that could possibly prove beneficial.
"Every provider wishes their patients longer, healthier lives. LX Medical is different, because it actually empowers me to make that a reality. Some of my patients are very young and desire the guidance they need to avoid future complications. Many more are seniors who know there are things they could have done better, but are no less determined to reach and fully enjoy advanced age. I help all of them feel better, now and in the future. At LX Medical, quality and quantity of life are of equal importance."
LX Medical removes every barrier to premium concierge medical services. Visit LX-Medical.com to learn more, or call (651) 565-9633 to schedule your initial consultation at your home, your workplace, or LX Medical's Edina clinic.