Getzwell Pediatrics

Acute constipation is a common problem for children and adults alike.  The causes can vary from excess cow milk consumption or dehydration to more involved issues like gut dysbiosis (an imbalance in bacteria and/or yeast in the digestive tract) or stress.  Ideally, we think that children should have at least one soft bowel movement per [...]

Gastroenterologists at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center have recently reported a 30 percent increase in the number of serious or chronic bouts of constipation experienced by American children between 2008 and 2009. While it’s unclear if the rise in severe cases is related to delayed diagnosis or insufficient treatments, Hopkins researchers contend that a lack of [...]

Nutrition Counseling for Kids and Their Parents – Whether your child has special nutritional needs, like Celiac disease, diabetes, obesity, or food sensitivities, or you simply desire to improve your family’s eating habits, GetzWell Pediatrics can help you. We can teach you about reading food labels, developing appropriate shopping lists and meal plans, finding kid [...]

Medical Consultations for Chronic Illness – At GetzWell Pediatrics we believe in treating the whole person, not just symptoms in isolation, and this is the core of a functional approach to medical care. We take the time to listen to and understand our patients’ histories while acknowledging the complex interaction of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle [...]

Routine Child Examinations – Whole kid care at GetzWell Pediatrics includes wellness visits at birth, 2 weeks, 1 month, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, 21 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months and annually after age 3. Routine wellness exams allow us to monitor your child’s [...]

Functional medicine – Functional medicine represents an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease centered focus of medical practice to a more patient centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional medicine practitioners [...]