Medical programmes and treatments tailored by specialists
SERVICES
Welcome to Optimal Health of Harley St Ltd
By optimal health we mean the best possible health to which you can realistically aspire and which we can help you achieve. Our interest is in your good health for as long as possible.
Our philosophy is to provide person centred care. We believe in the importance of listening to our clients with close attention.
It is not only their medical history but also their hopes, concerns, personal history and lifestyle that give us a benchmark from which we can work to achieve optimal health and well-being
Healthy Ageing
Professor Kwah’s study revealed that a person’s life span can be increased by as much as 14 years by not smoking, by drinking only moderately, eating healthily and keeping physically fit. She noted that there were substantial differences in mortality associated with the four health behaviours combined.
The gene pool from which we are derived also influences our life expectancy - long lived parents are more likely to have long lived offspring. How long we live also relates to where and how we live, longer life relates to economic prosperity.
So, accepting that in some respects our demise is foretold in early life and that there are unalterable as well as unforeseen events that effect our health, let us consider what we can do to take control of the inevitable ageing process.
Men's Health
The principle aim of the Optimal Health Men’s Health Programme is to maintain high performance and optimal function till late in life. The programme includes screening for the three big killers of older people - heart disease, stroke and cancer, and advice on their prevention and on lifestyle, nutrition, HRT and sexual function.
Women's Health
Symptoms of hormone deficiency in women arises by the beginning of the fifth decade. Extraneously administered hormones may reverse symptoms of depletion and as long as blood levels and possible side effects of the hormones are monitored, their use may help retain youthful function. The principle aim of our service is to help you maintain optimal function until late in life. Assessment of cardiovascular health and the risk of cancer are important equally for women and men (see Healthy Ageing), while lifestyle adjustments and the treatment of hormone deficiency, despite controversy, remain important considerations.
Sexual Function
At Optimal Health we are concerned less with the diagnostic labels of dysfunction and more with a clear understanding of how sex is for you and what can be done to make it satisfying. Physical and psychological aspects of love-making can be explored with you as an individual as well as the impact of any problem on your relationships.
Where appropriate we will explore gender issues, preferences of sexual choice and sex addiction. The service comprises assessment with appropriate investigation, medication, and if required referral elsewhere.
Psychotherapy
Our sense of personal well-being is an expression of good function in both our psychological and physical life. The goal of psychotherapy had been described as the capacity for autonomy, intimacy and congruence. From a personal perspective a good outcome gives meaning and satisfaction to life. At any stage of life we may benefit from the support it offers, understand ourselves better and make constructive choices to change our lives.
Service Categories
Mens Health, Psychotherapy, Womens Health
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