Integrative Medicine in Annandale, Virginia
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When you feel sick, tired, in pain, or unlike yourself, a rushed appointment can leave you feeling even worse. You want a doctor who takes your symptoms seriously and gives you time to explain how your health has affected your life. At Health Builders, our physician-led team provides integrative medicine in Annandale. We take time to understand your health and create a treatment plan focused on helping you feel and function better.
What is Integrative Medicine?
Feeling sick can affect every part of your day. Pain can limit movement. Fatigue can make work and family responsibilities harder. Poor sleep can make everything feel worse. You may have seen several doctors, tried treatments, or completed tests and still feel far from the life you want. Rushed or dismissive appointments can leave you angry, exhausted, and afraid that you will keep feeling this way. Losing hope can become as painful as the symptoms themselves.
Integrative medicine combines conventional medical care with selected complementary treatments. At Health Builders, we ask about your symptoms, past diagnoses, medicines, supplements, test results, daily habits, and treatments you have tried. We complete an examination when needed. We then recommend the treatment option, testing, referral, or ongoing care that best supports your health. You receive personal, physician-led care from a team that takes your health seriously, explains each recommendation, and creates a clear treatment plan focused on helping you feel and function better.
Explore Integrative Medicine at Health Builders
How Integrative Medicine Works
See how we review your medical information and explain which treatment options may work best.
Explore Different Care Options
Compare ongoing primary care, pediatric care, functional medicine, and specific treatments.
Prepare for Your Appointment
Review appointment prices, visit lengths, blood-draw fees, superbills, and Medicare policies.
Costs and questions
Get answers about establishing primary care, physicals, superbills, Medicare, and our care models.
How Integrative Medicine Works at Health Builders
Your appointment begins when you meet with our care team. We discuss the symptoms, medical information, and decisions bringing you to our clinic. We then explain the best path forward.
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You Meet With Our Care Team
We ask what brought you in and what you need help with. Tell us when your symptoms began, how often they happen, what makes them better or worse, and how they affect sleep, work, movement, and family life.
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We Analyze Your Medical Records
Bring recent lab results, imaging reports, specialist notes, hospital records, and information about past surgeries or treatment. We use them to understand what has already been found and what has already been tried.
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We Review Your Medicines, Supplements, and Past Treatment
Bring a list of your medicines, supplements, allergies, side effects, and treatments you have tried. We look for possible interactions and repeated treatments.
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We Complete an Examination When Needed
We ask about past diagnoses, surgeries, injuries, and family medical history. We examine you when your symptoms or treatment choices require it.
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We Recommend the Best Treatment Option
We use your symptoms, examination, records, and test results to recommend the best treatment option for your needs. We explain whether treatment can begin or whether testing or a referral should come first.
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We Explain What Happens Next
Before you leave, we explain your treatment plan, written instructions, records or tests to obtain, and when to return. We also explain when another doctor or specialist should be involved.
Explore Medical Care at Health Builders
The appointment you need depends on who needs care, whether you want ongoing medical care, and whether a specific treatment is already part of your question. At Health Builders, we offer several different types of medical care depending on your needs.
Integrative Primary and Family Care
Integrative primary and family care is for patients who want ongoing medical care for themselves or their families. It includes preventive visits, help with new symptoms, chronic condition care, medicines, testing, referrals, and continued care over time.
Integrative Pediatric Care
Integrative pediatric care is for parents and caregivers who want child-specific medical care. It covers your child’s symptoms, medical records, medicines, development, examination, appointment expectations, and current scheduling questions.
Functional Medicine
Functional medicine is for patients with persistent or overlapping symptoms who want focused attention on contributing factors, testing, and treatment choices. This appointment gives those questions more time and explains how later care will be handled.
Treatment Options
Explore treatment options when you already have questions about a specific injection, infusion, device, procedure, or hands-on treatment. You can review preparation, safety, cost, recovery, and appointment details for each treatment.
Ready to Start Integrative Medicine Care?
At Health Builders, you receive personal, physician-led care from a team that takes your symptoms seriously. We take time to understand how your health affects your life, explain your treatment options clearly, and create a plan focused on helping you feel better and return to the work, activities, and family life your symptoms have interrupted.
Meet Our Medical and Nursing Team
When you feel sick or have felt dismissed, choosing another medical team can feel difficult. Our team takes your symptoms seriously, explains your care clearly, and treats your trust as a responsibility. You receive physician-led care from medical and nursing professionals who want to help you feel better and protect the health of your family.
Patient Experiences With Health Builders
Seeking care again can feel hard after rushed appointments, disappointing results, or years of feeling unwell. Our patients appreciate that we give them a team that listens, takes time, and explains care clearly. Their stories reflect the personal attention we bring to every appointment and the responsibility we accept when a patient trusts us with their health.
“I wasn’t feeling well and had the pleasure of being seen and treated by Dr Kim, she was nice, patient and very knowledgeable about my condition, made me feel heard and wasn’t in a rush to get rid of me and off to her next patient. She discussed with me in detail about receiving further treatment and referred me to Dr Fuller. He was amazing!”
Claudia Peralta-Monterrosa
“Dr. Kim is incredible. She is now our younger daughter’s doctor as well. We just cannot say enough about how incredibly important Dr. Kim is to our family and our daughters. I encourage you to talk with Dr. Kim if you would like a very knowledgeable, compassionate, brilliant practitioner. Her staff is great as well. They are organized, compassionate and efficient. We love love this Practice!”
Jennifer B.
“I have the utmost respect for the Doctors and staff at HealthBuilders. Doctor Kim and Doctor Fuller and Bianca are attentive to one’s needs and focus on listening and accompanying one on their healing journey. I can reach out for an appointment and they work to get me in right away and their professionalism and care is always 110%!”
Maria Sanchez-O'Brien
What to Expect Before, During, and After Your Primary Care Appointment
Preparing your medical information and questions helps our care team understand your health and use your appointment time well.
Before Your Appointment
Complete your forms at least 48 hours before your appointment. Bring your medicines, supplements, allergy information, past diagnoses, recent test results, imaging reports, specialist notes, and treatments you have tried. Write down the symptoms and questions you want to discuss.
During Your Appointment
We talk about your symptoms, health history, medicines, supplements, previous care, and health goals. We complete an examination when needed. We then explain the treatment, testing, referral, or ongoing care we recommend.
After Your Appointment
We give you written instructions and explain any records, tests, referrals, treatments, or later appointments. You will know what to do after your appointment, when to return, and how we will review changes in your health.
Integrative Medicine Costs, Insurance, and Appointment Options
We publish our medical appointment fees and explain payment policies before you schedule. Our office can help you choose your appointment and understand the billing rules connected with the doctor or nurse practitioner you see.
Choosing Your Appointment
Medical appointment prices depend on the visit type and length. Our office will explain which appointment applies to your age, symptoms, and reason for scheduling. The full medical fee table appears on our integrative primary and family care page.
Insurance and Superbills
We are out of network for integrative medical care and do not submit insurance claims. Eligible non-Medicare patients can receive a superbill. Your insurance plan decides whether out-of-network reimbursement applies. Payment is due at the time of service.
Medicare and Provider Status
Dr. Kim has opted out of Medicare. Andrea Kubota is out of network for Medicare. Call our office before scheduling so we can explain current provider-specific Medicare rules and what you will owe.
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Questions About Integrative Medicine?
Call our clinic when medicines, supplements, test results, or recommendations from several sources leave you unsure what to do first. Our office can answer scheduling questions and help you request an integrative medicine appointment in Annandale.
How Is Integrative Medicine Different From Functional Medicine?
Integrative medicine is the broader approach. It combines conventional medical care with selected complementary treatments and considers factors such as nutrition, sleep, movement, stress, medicines, and supplements when they affect your health.
Functional medicine is a more focused approach often used for persistent or overlapping symptoms. It takes a detailed look at your health history, daily habits, environment, and possible contributors to your symptoms. Testing may be used when the results could change your treatment.
At Health Builders, we use integrative medicine as the overall care model. Functional medicine provides a deeper review for patients with long-lasting or difficult-to-understand symptoms.
What Does an Integrative Medicine Doctor Do?
An integrative medicine doctor provides medical care and considers complementary treatments when they are appropriate for your health. Depending on the doctor’s specialty and training, they can examine you, diagnose conditions, prescribe medicines, order tests, and refer you to specialists.
The doctor may also discuss nutrition, sleep, exercise, stress, supplements, acupuncture, and other treatments that relate to your symptoms. The term holistic doctor can refer to several types of practitioners, so check the person’s medical license, credentials, and training.
At Health Builders, physician-led integrative care begins with an in-depth history and an examination before testing is ordered when needed.
How Is Integrative Medicine Different From Primary Care?
Primary care is ongoing medical care. A primary care doctor handles routine checkups, preventive care, new symptoms, chronic conditions, prescriptions, testing, referrals, and care over time.
Integrative medicine describes how care is provided. It combines conventional medical care with selected complementary treatments. A patient can receive primary care through an integrative medical practice.
At Health Builders, integrative primary and family care is for patients who want an ongoing medical relationship. Integrative medicine also includes functional medicine, pediatric care, and specific treatments available through our clinic.
Choose integrative primary and family care when you want ongoing checkups, preventive care, help with new symptoms, chronic condition care, medicines, testing, and referrals.
Can Medical Care and Complementary Treatments Be Used Together?
Yes! Complementary treatments are used alongside medical care. The safest combination depends on the treatment, your diagnoses, your medicines, your supplements, and other health factors.
Supplements can change how medicines work. Acupuncture, injections, physical treatments, and other therapies also have their own risks and safety limits. Tell every doctor about all medicines, supplements, and treatments you use.
At Health Builders, we review this information before recommending care. We also explain when testing, prescription care, or another specialist should be involved.
Is Integrative Medicine Evidence Based?
Yes. Integrative medicine can be evidence based when each recommendation is evaluated for the specific treatment, condition, patient, and goal.
The evidence can be strong, mixed, limited, or absent depending on the treatment and the reason it is being used. Safety also varies. A treatment described as natural still requires careful review because supplements and complementary therapies can cause side effects or interact with medicines.
A sound integrative medicine plan considers medical research, your health history, examination findings, current medicines, risks, treatment goals, and your response over time. At Health Builders, we review those details before recommending a treatment plan.
Integrative Medicine FAQs
We gathered the questions patients often ask about integrative medicine, functional medicine, primary care, physician-led treatment, and complementary care. These answers explain how the types of care differ and what you can expect from our medical team.
Still Have Questions About Integrative Medicine?
Call our clinic or send us a message. Our team can answer questions about appointments, prices, insurance, superbills, Medicare, forms, and current appointment availability.
Schedule An Integrative Medicine Appointment
Tell us what you have been feeling and what you need help with. Our office will contact you to schedule your appointment at our Annandale clinic. During your visit, our team will take time to understand your health, explain your options, and recommend a treatment plan focused on helping you feel better.
Explore Our Holistic Health Hub
Read our articles about medical care, treatments, cost, safety, and questions to bring to an appointment. The Holistic Health Hub can help you learn about your options and prepare useful questions for our care team.
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Questions About Starting Care With Us?
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Schedule an Integrative Medicine Appointment With Us
Tell us what you have been feeling and how your health has affected your life. Our team will contact you about scheduling an appointment so you can receive personal, physician-led care and a treatment plan focused on helping you feel better.