Dr. Rosie Banker

During her childhood, Dr. Banker’s mother, an acupuncturist and natural medicine consultant, instilled within her a zeal for natural medicine which Dr. Banker is eager to share with others.  Dr. Rosie Banker is passionate about whole body wellness and minimally invasive treatment for her patients.  She uses a variety of techniques, that are always individualized to each patient’s needs.  To achieve this, she works with her patients to balance their body’s structure, biochemical function and emotional/spiritual factors.  Her goal for each patient is to harmonize, optimize and improve body function while fostering a sense of well-being so that they can transcend to their greatest personal and health potential.

Background:

Dr. Rosie Banker is a board certified Naturopathic Physician who earned her degree from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM) in Tempe, Arizona. At SCNM Rosie was president of the Applied Kinesiology Club and had a clinical focus on Applied Kinesiology, Physical and Chinese medicines. Prior to studying Naturopathy, Dr. Banker studied Biochemistry at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree with honors.

In her free time, Dr. Rosie Banker enjoys spending time with her family and pets, hiking, camping, snowboarding and pretty much any other outdoor activity.  Dr.  Banker is consistently attending seminars to improve her knowledge base to better serve her patients.

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Which treatments are right for me?

You may be wondering, which treatments are right for me? Trained in Applied Kinesiology and Manual Muscle testing, Dr. Rosie Banker can prioritize each patient’s health in real time. With so many tools available, it can be hard to figure out which one is best for you.  Applied Kinesiology and Manual Muscle testing, provide a  functional neurological test that can be used during appointments to help establish the which treatments are right each patient.  This allows for opportunity to create a treatment plan that will ultimately lead to harmonization and optimization of your body, mind and spirit so that you can transcend to your greatest personal and health potential.

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Which therapies can my naturopath use?

Naturopaths use a variety therapies, the therapies we use most often are:

  • Acupuncture, cupping and traditional chinese medicine and herbs
  • Spinal and extremity adjusting and crainiosacral work
  • Clinical nutrition
  • Stress management, emotional release and neuro-emotional techniques
  • Homeopathy and flower essences
  • Pranic Healing
  • Gemstone therapy
  • BioMat nervous and vascular system therapy
  • Botanical medicine
  • Food allergy, heavy metal and nutrient testing
  • Regenerative and nutrient injections
  • Ozone therapy for joints, scars, dental issues, aesthetics, acute and chronic diseases
  • Laboratory blood work and imaging
  • Nutrient IV treatment
  • Prescription medication management
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Hydrotherapy

Relax and Be Pampered While You Increase Your Vitality

What is Hydrotherapy?

The application of water using different delivery systems, at varying temperatures and locations, to maintain health and treat disease states.

How does Hydrotherapy work?

When different temperatures of water therapy are applied to the body, it causes changes to the circulatory system. The circulatory system is predictable, and can be manipulated to increase or decrease flow in specific areas, dependent upon the temperature and location of the application. This allows the practitioner to increase or decrease circulation in specific areas of the body to get a desired effect.

Hydrotherapy can be used to increase detoxification by increasing circulation through our organs of elimination leading to enhanced waste removal resulting in cleaner blood. Increased circulation also leads to increased nutrient and oxygen delivery to organs and tissues.

What conditions can hydrotherapy be used to treat?

Hydrotherapy increases vitality, circulation, detoxification, oxygenation and nutrient absorption while decreasing muscle tension, inflammation and stress.

  • Autoimmune or immune deficiencies, acute or chronic inflammation or infections
  • Skin conditions
  • Gastrointestinal conditions
  • Respiratory conditions
  • Genitourinary conditions
  • Cardiovascular and Circulatory conditions
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BioMat Nervous and Vascular System Therapy

Enhance Your Nervous and Cardiovascular Systems

The Amethyst BioMat is a great addition to treatments like acupuncture, either after an adjustment or when used alone. It combines the use of therapeutic gemstones with far infrared technology and heat to provide healing in many ways. It increases microcirculation throughout the body, which leads to increased circulation, detoxification, relaxation, and induces a parasympathetic state in the nervous system. The increased circulation causes oxygen and nutrients to be delivered to the tissues and facilitates the removal of waste more effectively.

The unique combination of gemstones provides a source of negative ions, which are abundant in natural environments such as mountains, forests, oceans, waterfalls, and lakes. This promotes stress release, decreases inflammation, and boosts energy.

Conditions that the BioMat is used to treat:

  • Joint Pain and Stiffness
  • Muscle Pain, Strains, and Spasms
  • Lymphatic Stagnation
  • Acute Illness
  • Inflammation
  • Stress Relief
  • Insomnia
  • Gastrointestinal Disorders
  • Cardiovascular System and Circulatory System Disorders
  • Brain Fog
  • Toxicities

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Pranic Healing & Energy Work

Cleanse, Align and Energize Your Chakras and Energy Fields

Pranic Healing is a tested system of energy-based healing techniques created for the world by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui.  This healing technology utilizes Prana (Sanskrit for life force) to harmonize the body’s chakras and energy processes.  In China, this subtle energy is known is Qi, in Japan Ki and in the Old Testament it is called Ruah or the Breath of Life. Pranic Healing is a simple, powerful and effective no-touch healing system.
 
Diseases first appear as disruptions in the energetic field of the body before they manifest in the physical body.  Pranic healing adjusts the energetic field, also known as the aura, which is the blueprint for the physical body.  Thus when treating the energetic body, we will ultimately effect the physical body.  Pranic healing utilizes prana to energize, decontaminate and align and balance the energetic body. 

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Regenerative and Weight Loss Injections

Lose Weight, Rebuild joints and ligaments, Increase Nutrition

Regenerative Medicine Injections and Treatments

Amniotic Allograft Liquid is derived from the amniotic layer of the placenta. Only full term, healthy, elective cesarean births are utilized. Neither the mother or child are harmed during the process. These cells have 10 times the amount of growth factors and cytokines than what is found in the blood of a healthy 18 year old. These growth factors provide a means to migrate and proliferate cells to an area of infection, injury, deterioration. This promotes the cells to set the ground work for new tissue growth. Amniotic Allograft is also highly anti-inflammatory. Amniotic Liquid Allograft is FDA cleared and some insurance companies may pay a portion of the treatment.

What You Can Expect:

  • Little to no down time
  • Decreased Inflammation
  • Decreased Pain
  • Increased Mobility
  • Healthier Tissues
  • Some slight swelling in the area of injections does sometimes occur

Amniotic Allograft injections and treatments can be used to treat a myriad of conditions. They are used both systemically and locally depending on the focus of the treatment.

Areas & Conditions that are commonly treated:

  • Muscle Ligament and Tendon Treatment; carpal tunnel, surgery recovery, Torn Muscles and Ligaments, Tendonitis
  • Spine and Neck; Discs, Degeneration, Arthritis, Stenosis, Spondylosis, Spondylolisthesis
  • Kidney Treatment; Chronic Kidney Disease, Glomerulonephritis, Kidney Injury, Interstitial Nephritis, Decreased Kidney Function
  • Respiratory System Treatment; Allergies, Pulmonary Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, COPD, Pneumonia, Emphysema, Acute and Chronic Lung Conditions
  • Eye Treatment; Dry Eyes, Eye Infections, Cataracts, Ulcers, Eye Trauma, Glaucoma, Post-Eye Surgeries
  • Facial Treatment; Smooth Fine Lines and Wrinkles, Acne, Scarring, Discolorations and Sun Damage, Inflammatory Conditions, Even Skin Tone and Texture
  • Wound Treatment; Open Wounds, Diabetic Wounds, Scars, Surgical Wounds

Prolotherapy

Prolotherapy is short for proliferative therapy; which is what it does in the body.  It can assist in ligament, tendon and joint reconstruction without the need for surgery. These regenerative injections stimulate the body’s natural healing mechanisms to repair and strengthen injured and weakened areas of the body.  This is done by injecting a natural solution into a joint, muscle or ligament, which leads to a mild inflammatory response in the area of the injection.  This encourages growth and tightening of loose ligament fibers, strengthening the structure and restoring normal function, ultimately resulting in pain relief.

B12  Injections

Methyl Cobalamin, the active form of B12, can help you boost your energy, increase immunity, increase digestive enzymes for nutritional absorption, assist in protein synthesis, assist in fat breakdown, and increase the production of hormones and neurotransmitters.

Fat Burner Injections (B12 with MIC)

Methyl Cobalamin with Methionine, Inositol and Choline (MIC) has all of the benefits of B12 listed above, AND the added benefit of additional fat breakdown, detoxification and proper cholesterol utilization.

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Clinical Nutrition

Support Your Body’s Specific Genetics, Biochemistry and Physiology

Clinical nutrition is a lot more than just getting your recommended daily allowances of vitamins and minerals or adhering to the food pyramid.  Clinical nutrition is customized specifically to your body.  We take into account your health goals and customize a plan that facilitates their accomplishment.  We take into account the way that your specific body’s biochemical pathways and enzymes work and chemical and environmental stressors that are unavoidable.

Deficient or excess amounts of vitamins and minerals can result in a host of chronic disease states that are rampant in today’s society.  Many of these conditions are treated inappropriately because the root cause is never addressed.  Every person processes, stores and eliminates differently.  Based upon what you are eating, your medical history, laboratory blood work, genetics and current health state we make recommendations with food, lifestyle and, when necessary, supplementation of nutrients to address your individual nutritional requirements.

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