Forward Looking Chiropractors Perform Integrated Urinalysis Panel (IUP) on Patients - McCaffrey Health

Forward Looking Chiropractors Perform Integrated Urinalysis Panel (IUP) on Patients

Chiropractors are best known for their work in spinal alignment, so it is common to take X-Rays to identify potential musculoskeletal issues. Forward-looking chiropractors, however, are also looking at digestive health as a key facet of their patients’ overall health, which means there are other tests that should be done.

Digestion is one of the core functions of a healthy body and an integrated urinalysis panel (or IUP) can provide the key to restoring proper digestive function. When the digestive system fails to function smoothly, patients can experience a host of recurring health issues, such as increased intestinal permeability, toxicity issues or lymphatic problems. Some chiropractors are choosing to run an integrated urinalysis panel as a part of their weight loss and chiropractic care packages. There are benefits to both the chiropractor and to the patient.

Urine testing dates back nearly 4000 years to ancient tests from China and India. Containing over 3000 chemicals, urine provides chiropractors with detailed information on how a person is responding to stress and what they require to become healthy.

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The Integrated Urinalysis Panel is a diagnostic laboratory test that provides valuable biochemical insight into 8 essential pathology patterns and displays how a patient’s system is adapting, managing, and responding to emotional, physical, and nutritional stresses. The IUP acts as a “Body Audit” for a patient and can provide clues into how a patient’s digestive tract is functioning. The IUP describes predisposed diseases, reveals underlying causes, and presents corrections to problems in order to restore normal function.

This testing is different than the typical hospital urine dip tests that are routinely performed to screen for serious diseases, such as diabetes, kidney disease liver disease, and cancer. The more complete IUP is composed of a series of over two dozen chemical tests and correlations that are unique. Often, hospitals do not take the time to run the comprehensive IUP. Most hospital urine dip tests confirm diseases, whereas, the IUP evaluates how the body is working to maintain healthy homeostasis. The IUP also identifies what areas are in need of improvement.

IUP Benefits for Chiropractors

The IUP displays if and what parts of the body are beginning to weaken and/or not able to perform due to chemical and physical stresses. This can be an effective tool in addressing patients’ needs proactively and correcting any existing problems.

Provides excellent guidance for the doctor to identify problems
If you’ve been palpating a patient and the problems persist, the integrated urinalysis panel can provide invaluable intelligence as to where the body is spending its resources to maintain homeostasis and where the possible trouble areas are that need to be attended to.
Improves patient compliance and patient confidence
When patients come to any type of medical professional for help, they are accustomed to having tests conducted to detect and monitor conditions (note: there is a specific CPT code for a detailed urinalysis test). Running such an IUP matches with the patient’s expectations and can help set a course for the road to recovery. Because lab results are evidence-based, patients are more likely to follow the prescribed plan of action and the patient will feel confident that they are getting optimal care based on the chiropractor’s expertise and the lab results.

IUP Benefits for Patients

The benefits to the patient are much more obvious:

Provides an accurate picture of current health
The detailed results of the integrated urinalysis panel have a high degree of accuracy and provide key insights and early warning signs about potential future issues if a care plan is not followed. Working to find the underlying causes of health issues, the tests illuminate the patient’s health environment and their body‘s reaction to that environment.
The information is forward-looking, not diagnostic
IUP provides insight to improve the body’s ability to adapt and manage the chemical, emotional, and physical stresses it has faced. IUP identifies issues in target areas before they manifest into symptoms. This information can guide chiropractors and their patients to a better course of action that will prevent illnesses before they develop, rather than simply treating the resultant problems after the fact.

In terms of digestion, for example, IUP results can detect if a patient is adequately digesting the nutrients eaten. The IUP test can determine if the patient’s body is discarding waste properly and can identify any nutritional deficiencies. IUP will shed light on the struggles of a patient to maintain ‘normal’ balance.

How to Start Incorporating IUP In Your Practice

The IUP can be seamlessly integrated into a chiropractor’s practice. Whether in an office setting or via mail, a patient is provided with the complete IUP collection kit. The kit includes easy-to-follow instructions on how to collect the specimen in the comfort of homes over a 24-hour period. The sample then gets returned to the laboratory for processing. Laboratory results are emailed within 5-7 business days of receiving a patient’s specimen. Follow-up tests should be conducted after 6-8 weeks of addressing the most significant findings on the initial test. This allows adequate time for the patient’s body to heal after initial treatment.

Contact Heather Rodgers, Laboratory Director

EMAIL: info@mccaffreylaboratory.com

PHONE: 217-726-0151

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