Friends and family.
Work and play.
Health and happiness.
You can have it all.
We put our opposing views and training together to create a different approach to health.
From personal illnesses and injury to a life restored through targeted healing, we want to share our journey and knowledge with all of you.
Opposites really do attract...
And at some point find common ground.
A medical exercise nerd
A hard-core holistic foodie
Husband and Wife Team
ABOUT US
it all began with a little stomach pain
Our Story
As we went through our 20's & 30's, suffering from declining health, it hit us...
We needed a different approach!
With years of personal training certifications, nutrition research and classes, medical training, and a household deeply rooted in holistic living...we were so frustrated in our own health struggles. We thought we had all the knowledge and skills to ensure a healthy life, but the reality was we felt like crap.
How did we end up so off balance?
Her Story
I've been in your shoes, and it sucks!
My health journey started as a young teen with awful acne and life shattering menstrual cycles. This led to multiple rounds of acne medications, with antibiotics and birth control sprinkled in every few months
At age 25 the downhill slide really began. I started to have stomach pain all the time, gallbladder attacks, hair loss, my energy was vanishing, and my acne was only getting worse. After 6 years, 10+ doctors and 3 surgeries I was even farther from healthy.
I knew I needed a different approach, so I found a Functional Practitioner to run labs and show me what my body couldn't tell me.
By the time I was 20 I had unknowingly destroyed my gut.
This is what she found:
H. pylori overgrowth, SIBO, non-existent good bacteria in my gut, off the charts estrogen, liver dysfunction, calcium shell, potassium & sodium deficiencies, bottomed out cortisol levels, & leaky gut...just to name a few
Aleece Rose, BA, FDN-P
Learn from our mistakes!
My wife and I sought out new, different answers, and I can definitively say that functional diagnostic health has changed our lives. Every model of medicine has pitfalls, which is why multiple lenses are needed to see the true problems and solutions. I'm excited to integrate the two models to provide a better approach for our clients.
Hey there! I'm Larry, and I've had a fascination with medicine since I was a child. When I was 18, I started my career as a medic in the Army where I learned a lot of trauma and field medicine. To further my medical education I went back to school and eventually became a physician assistant. Medicine has taught me that every disease and every ailment has a cause, so I was incredibly frustrated when I, nor other medical providers, couldn't figure out what was going on with my wife's health.
His Story
Larry Alves, BS, MPAS
It wasn't until she nearly died on an operating table that I decided my model wasn't helping her; it nearly killed her!
We Believe
in taking health
into our own hands
Our hopes for healing people
Intentional Care
Your story matters
Functional Health
Life worth living
Fewer, Better Things
We are the people behind Health Designed.
We are here to design a course correction so you don't need more doctors.
We are here to make your journey a whole heck of a lot easier then ours.
We are here to teach you common is not normal.
We are here to show you a different way.
Just you and me...let's chat through your struggles, frustrations, horror stories, life-long chronic ailments, and the reasons you're looking for a different approach so we can find the best program for you!
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