A healthcare provider explains how to assemble a medical team beyond your primary care doctor. Add specialists like nutritionists, physical medicine doctors, or naturopathic practitioners for specific needs, but verify their training and credentials first.
When I say healthcare team, I do that to try and be inclusive, to say, you may have a really great primary care provider, they may do all your regular primary care stuff, but if you want to get into something that works with diet and nutrition, or you want to get into something with physical medicine, or any other thing, you may need another member of your team, and it doesn't mean they're going to take the place of another doctor or healthcare provider, it means that you're going to be working with them for a very specific type of care. Now, you may also find a primary care type provider who does integrative or naturopathic medical things, etc. You just need to make sure that that's part of their training and part of their background so that they actually know what they're giving you and what they're using.
