Marcus Institute of Integrative Health - Boca Raton

The internet is flooded with generic meal plans and cookie-cutter diet advice, but your unique biology doesn't function like a template.

Our team views clinical nutrition as a fundamental pillar of medical intervention. Led by experts like Dr. Branson Collins and registered dietitian Tammy Fogarty, PhD, RD, our medical nutrition therapy investigates how your specific eating habits interact with underlying cellular inflammation, your gut microbiome, and systemic conditions like hypertension or autoimmune disorders.

It's time for a sustainable roadmap built explicitly for your life. 🍎

When your metabolism is out of sync, it can alter almost every system in your body. It can deplete your daily energy, disrupt your sleep cycles, throw off your mood, and stall your immune function.

At the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health, we look beyond quick fixes to find the underlying cause. 🩺

Through specialized testing like advanced hormone panels, micronutrient analyses, and thyroid evaluations, we pinpoint exactly where the communication breakdown is happening so you can finally feel like yourself again.

Summer in South Florida means peak hours out on the tennis and pickleball courts, but it can also mean sudden flare-ups in your shoulders, knees, and ankles.

If you're dealing with a nagging injury or arthritis stiffness that conventional care has not quite resolved, you don't have to just power through the pain. Many joint and tendon issues stem from deeper metabolic imbalances or localized tissue inflammation that standard approaches miss.

Our team targets these complex musculoskeletal concerns by identifying the root cause of the wear-and-tear cycle, helping you protect your joints so you can stay active all summer long. 🎾

Welcome, Cristina!

Cristina Pineros is our newest instructor at FAU Marcus Institute for Integrative Health. As a Board-Certified Art Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than 12 years of experience, she's helped people of all ages work through anxiety and stress and find their way back to themselves.

She works from a belief that creative expression can help people access what words don't always reach. She is bilingual in English and Spanish, and her approach is tailored to each person rather than a fixed method.

She'll be teaching our Art for Wellness class this season. Please welcome her if you see her around!

Did you spend your Saturday on the pickleball court only to spend your Monday morning struggling to get out of bed? You aren’t alone. We call this the "weekend warrior" cycle, and it's a common part of an active South Florida summer. ☀️

When we push our bodies through high-intensity sports after a week of sitting at a desk, our tissues aren't always prepared for the sudden demand. It isn't just about "sore muscles." It is often about micro-strains on ligaments and tendons that haven't been properly primed for explosive movement.

The best recovery is an active recovery. Try gentle walking or OMT-style stretching to keep blood flowing to those overworked areas. If you find that your "weekend soreness" is still lingering by Thursday, it might be your body’s way of asking for a closer look.

We're here to help you understand the difference between a good workout and a real injury so you can stay in the game all season long. 🎾

We're often asked what makes our "Accelerated Healing" program different. One of the cutting-edge tools we use is PPX therapy, which involves extracellular vesicles. 🔬

These tiny vesicles act like "messengers" that transmit signals to your cells, telling them to reduce inflammation and start the repair process. This is especially helpful for complex connective tissue injuries that have failed to heal with standard care. Our technique uses your own body's signaling system to encourage a much more robust healing response.

It's the next frontier of regenerative medicine.

If you're dealing with osteoarthritis or joint degeneration, you might feel like you're just waiting for things to get worse.

We offer a specialized therapy called A*M, or Alpha-2-Macroglobulin. This is a naturally occurring protein in your blood that acts like a "sponge" to soak up the enzymes that break down your joint tissue. By concentrating this protein and injecting it directly into the joint using ultrasound guidance, we can help calm the inflammatory environment.

It's a powerful way to protect your joints and support your long-term mobility. 🛡️

June is Men’s Health Month, and we want to talk about more than just the basics. True health for men is about having the energy to play with your kids, the focus to excel at work, and the vitality to stay active.

Whether you're dealing with declining energy, nagging joint pain, or metabolic shifts, we take a deep dive into your biology to find the root cause. You deserve a health plan that's as high-performing as you are. Let's look at the full picture of your wellness this month. 👔

Most imaging requires you to stay perfectly still, but your pain usually happens when you move. 🏃 That's why diagnostic ultrasound is such a game changer.

We can perform a "dynamic" scan, which means we watch your joints and tendons in action while you move the area that hurts. This allows us to see things like snapping tendons or nerve entrapments that only show up during movement. By watching how your body actually functions, we can create a much more accurate plan for your recovery.

For more information on all of our integrative health services, visit https://www.fau.edu/marcusinstitute/integrative-medicine/.

Have you ever pointed to a spot that hurts, only to have a standard scan come back "normal"? It's incredibly frustrating to feel like your imaging doesn't match your reality.

At the Marcus Institute, we use high-resolution diagnostic ultrasound to bridge that gap. This technology allows us to look at your muscles, tendons, and nerves in high definition while you're right here in the room. By visualizing the soft tissue in real time, we can finally identify the exact source of your discomfort. 🔍

Learn more: https://www.fau.edu/marcusinstitute/integrative-medicine/