Aroga Lifestyle Medicine Consultation

Many of the major diseases Canadians face have their roots in how we live. Research and peer-reviewed evidence, often found in our national and international disease treatment guidelines outlines multiple lifestyle-based treatments above and beyond medication that are often much more powerful. Lifestyle medicine combines 6 pillars for overall health: food, exercise, stress management, social connection, quality of sleep and substance abuse control.
A Lifestyle Medicine Consultation will bring to bear the power of these often neglected evidence-based treatments guided by our multi-board certified specialists to help you not only control but cure disease.

General Internal Medicine Consultation

In a general internal medicine consultation, your doctor will help you prevent, diagnose, or treat your issue in a caring and compassionate manner. Internal Medicine is the medical specialty of the organ systems with particular expertise in the area of diagnosing undifferentiated symptoms and management of a wide variety of diseases.

Osteoporosis Medicine Consultation

Patients experiencing osteoporosis can see an improvement in their condition from a range of evidence-based conventional and lifestyle treatments. Our team helps you navigate the available evidence-based options and will help guide your treatment based on your risk of fracture rather than just bone density results.

Cardiac Symptoms Consultation

Diseases that affect the heart can be serious. A cardiac symptoms consultation will help you understand if your symptoms are coming from your cardiovascular system so that you can get the treatment you need before serious consequences happen.

Lifestyle Pediatrics Consultation

Many of the major diseases Canadian children face have their roots in how we live - especially what we eat. Research and peer-reviewed evidence, often found in our national and international disease treatment guidelines outlines multiple lifestyle-based treatments above and beyond medication that are often much more powerful. Lifestyle medicine combines 6 pillars for overall health: food, exercise, stress management, social connection, quality of sleep and substance abuse. A Lifestyle Medicine Consultation will bring to bear the power of these often neglected evidence-based treatments guided by our multi-board certified specialists to help you and your child not only control but cure disease.

A Lifestyle Medicine Consultation will bring to bear the power of these often neglected evidence-based treatments guided by our multi-board certified specialists to help you and your child not only control but cure disease.

General Pediatrics Consultation

Pediatrics is the medical specialty for children and young adults under age 20 with particular expertise in the area of diagnosing undifferentiated symptoms and management of a wide variety of diseases.

Lifestyle Psychiatry Consultation

Our in-clinic psychiatrist is available to assist patients with significant mental health disorders upon internal referral from one of the Aroga specialists.

**due to extreme wait times, we currently do not accept referrals from outside sources**

Family Medicine

Family Medicine is the most important component of the Canadian Health Care System. A good family doctor or nurse practitioner makes an enormous impact on a person’s health and coordinates all aspects of health care.

Emotional Resilience

People suffering from health problems often feel alone in their struggle. Our group medical visits combat this isolation by putting patients together to attack their conditions together. Facilitated by specialist physicians and allied health professionals trained in this method of care, these sessions are partly educational, partly direct medical treatment and often a whole lot of fun. All participants are required to sign confidentiality waivers and abide by a code of conduct.

Reversal & Prevention

We take the evidence for lifestyle change in metabolic disease and distill it down to a personalized program to put all the research into action. This program is famous for its ability to reverse medical disease such as Diabetes, atherosclerotic disease, fatty liver hepatitis, etc through intensive lifestyle change. This works as a complement to medicare-covered services and can turbo-charge your success rate.

On-Going Monthly Care

Like having a Registered Dietician and Life Coach in your pocket guiding every step of the way -- monthly active care providing unconditional support.

RD Consultation

Registered Dieticians are experts on food and, more importantly, nutrition. If you have a question or concern about food and how it interacts with your body; or you would like specific guidance from a learned expert, this program is designed for you.

Covered by many major extended health benefits plans; can qualify for federal Medical Expenses tax credit.

Professional Meal Planning

Our Registered Dieticians have expert training in customized meal planning designed to use food to treat disease in a way that suits your own unique culinary skills and tastes. This can be helpful in treating (and preventing) many different diseases in adults and children.

Covered by many major extended health benefits plans; can qualify for federal Medical Expenses tax credit

Clinical Counselling

Counselling can be one of the most effective treatments for a wide range of problems with their roots in our psyche. Our clinical counselling team is qualified in a wide range of treatments including the latest in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy application as it relates to eating disorders such as binge-eating, emotional eating and nocturnal eating disorders. Our counsellors also have expertise in general clinical counselling, with particular emphasis on Anxiety, Agoraphobia, adjustment disorders and similar conditions.

Covered by most Extended Health Benefits plans

Electrocardiogram (ECG)

It might surprise you, but your heart runs on electricity just like your computer! This is a test often used as part of an Internal Medicine consultation due to its ability to detect a wide variety of cardiac diseases. 12 leads will be attached by stickers to your chest and the electrical signature of your heart is recorded. This test has no contraindications and is painless. No electricity is applied to your body, it simply detects the electrical activity of your heart. This test is then interpreted by a board-certified General Internist.

Cardiac Treadmill Testing

This takes ECG testing to the next level. By monitoring your heart’s electrical patterns during exercise, we can detect or rule out coronary artery disease and a wide variety of arrhythmias. This test can be modified so that even the very elderly can participate. Your technologist will ask you questions to ensure you do not have one of the rare reasons this test cannot be performed. This test is then interpreted by a board-certified General Internist.

Holter Testing

Ever wondered what is happening when your heart skips a beat? This 24 hour or 48 hour test monitors your heart for arrhythmia, which can sometimes be dangerous but is often benign. This is a painless test much like the ECG, but is done at home where you are encouraged to live normally (though avoid all water, for obvious reasons!). This test is then interpreted by a board-certified General Internist.

Impedance-based Body Composition Analysis

This Health Canada Certified test uses electrical impedance and a computer algorithm to determine the tissue make-up of your body. It provides precise data on body fat mass, muscle mass, water mass as well as crucial data on visceral (central) fat which plays an important role in disease. This test is often used to monitor response to lifestyle change as it is far more useful data than a simple scale or BMI calculation.