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Follow-up appointments are used to review changes, assess your response to recommendations, and decide what should happen next. Care is scheduled according to clinical need rather than a predetermined package.
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A follow-up appointment may be appropriate when:
You have completed the initial recommendations
Symptoms or physical capacity have changed
You have new laboratory or specialist information
A medication or treatment plan has changed
Nutrition or supplementation needs adjustment
You are ready to progress movement or rehabilitation
A plan has become too complicated
You are moving into a different Epi-AIP Phase
You are experiencing a flare or loss of stability
You need to decide whether continued care is useful
The timing of follow-up depends upon the purpose of the plan and what is being observed between appointments.
Please provide any relevant updates before the visit:
You do not need to submit a complete diary unless one has been specifically requested. A brief summary of what improved, what worsened, and what remained unchanged is usually sufficient.
Instructions for submitting records securely will be provided with your appointment confirmation. Please do not send detailed private health information through ordinary email.
We will review:
When relevant, we may also reconsider:
The purpose is not to add something new at every appointment. Sometimes the most useful decision is to continue the present plan long enough to evaluate it. At other times, the plan may need to be reduced, redirected, or brought back toward Phase One.
Depending upon your situation, the appointment may include:
Adjustments to nutrition
Review of supplementation
Changes to movement, pacing, or rehabilitation
Sleep or recovery guidance
Acupuncture during an in-person visit
Review of existing laboratory findings
Questions to discuss with your physician or specialist
Recommendations for further assessment
A transition into another Epi-AIP Phase
A plan for monitoring without immediate further treatment
Any recommended changes should have a clear purpose and a point of reassessment.
Some people benefit from several appointments over a short period. Others require only occasional review as treatment, nutrition, symptoms, and physical capacity change.
At each visit, we will consider:
You are not required to book ongoing care when it is no longer useful.
Appropriate for:
May also include:
The appointment type should match the purpose of the visit.
Contact your physician or another appropriate healthcare provider when symptoms are new, severe, rapidly worsening, or outside the scope of the current plan. The clinic does not provide emergency or urgent medical care.
Do not wait for a scheduled follow-up when you are concerned that immediate assessment may be needed.
Prescribed medications should not be stopped or changed without consulting the practitioner responsible for prescribing and monitoring them.
For severe, rapidly worsening, or urgent symptoms, contact your physician, an urgent-care service, or emergency services in your area. This clinic does not provide emergency care.
The information on this website is provided for general educational purposes. It is not a substitute for individualized medical advice, diagnosis, emergency assessment, or treatment from your physician or another qualified healthcare professional.
