Integrative Wellness Centers
Where Your Wellness Begins
★★★★★200+ 5 star reviews
Where Your Wellness Begins
Most patients are told their labs are normal — and sent home still exhausted, still gaining weight, still not themselves. There's a reason your labs look fine and you don't feel fine. And there's a solution.
Free Training
The Root Cause Training: Thyroid & Hormone Symptoms Explained
Sound familiar?
The Problem
Standard thyroid and hormone panels test a handful of markers in isolation — TSH here, maybe estrogen there — never the full system working together. That's like checking your oil light and ignoring the engine, transmission, and brakes. No wonder you still feel terrible.
You're getting 8 hours but waking up drained. Caffeine barely moves the needle anymore.
Despite eating well and exercising, the scale won't budge — or keeps climbing.
You lose your train of thought mid-sentence. Focusing at work feels impossible.
"Your labs are normal." You've heard it before, but you know something isn't right.
Cold hands, aching joints, dry skin — your body feels decades older than you are.
Irritability, sudden tears, racing thoughts — and you can't explain why.
The Truth
Inflammation, nutrient status, and cellular stress set the signals your whole endocrine system runs on — thyroid and hormones both. When something upstream is off, both systems shift to compensate. That's why chasing thyroid numbers or hormone numbers in isolation almost never fixes what's actually happening. You're treating the smoke detector, not the fire.
Real Patient Outcomes
Based on 50 randomly selected patients under care for an average of 5 months. Individual results vary.
Our Approach
A comprehensive functional evaluation that looks at your thyroid from every angle — not just one lab value in isolation.
TSH, Free T4, Free T3, Reverse T3, plus TPO & TG antibodies to catch autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's) early — not just hormone levels, but whether your immune system is attacking your thyroid in the first place.
Your labs get read against optimal, functional ranges — not just the wide "normal" range that misses early dysfunction. A result that's technically "in range" but still driving your symptoms gets caught here, not dismissed.
Iron, ferritin, selenium, zinc, iodine, Vitamin D — essential for good hormone health.
DHEA, pregnenolone, cortisol, SHBG, testosterone — how your body regulates stress, mood, energy, and hormonal balance.
CRP, homocysteine — chronic inflammation suppresses thyroid & hormone function.
70% of immune function lives in your gut. We assess the thyroid-gut-hormone axis.
Patient Stories
"Life Changing"
I've cleaned up my eating, gotten off my multiple allergy medications, and I'm sleeping through the night — no more snoring or sinus headaches. I have real energy, lost weight, no more bloating, and my skin and hair look healthier. I finally figured out which foods were making me sick, I'm actually exercising again, and I feel better and more confident than I have in years. This is stuff no other doctor or medication ever did for me. There's no more guessing — we tested, found the root cause, and got real results. Worth every penny. Highly recommend. It's set my whole family on a lifelong healthier path.
Rachael J.
Before coming here, I was at rock bottom with Hashimoto's — constant fatigue, anxiety, unstable thyroid levels, and a 30-pound weight gain in just a few months with no explanation. I felt unheard for nine years and left every appointment with more medication but no real answers. At my first visit, I was finally told, "You can feel better," and for the first time, someone truly listened. Seven months later, my thyroid levels are more stable than they've been since before my diagnosis. I've lost over 50 pounds and I'm off all anxiety and digestive medications. When my 8-year-old looked at me and said, "Mom, you're not tired anymore," I knew this care had changed everything.
Mary Z.
Before Integrative Wellness Centers, I had thyroid problems, severe menstrual issues, and dizziness so bad I couldn't drive. My thyroid medication had been increased every few months for two years straight. I was grasping at anything, and nothing was working. Nine months later, everything is different. My thyroid has stabilized — no increases since I started. My cycles are normal. My ear issues are almost a non-issue now. I wake up with energy to snuggle my kids before school, something that hasn't happened in fifteen years. I have control over my health for the first time. I'm not dependent on anyone else to feel okay. This didn't just change my life — it changed my whole family's.
FOUNDER & CLINIC DIRECTOR
DC, CFMP — Functional Medicine
With over 20 years in practice, Dr. Josh Shields, D.C., C.F.M.P., has spent the last 14 years focused specifically on helping his patients get to the root cause of their health issues and reclaim their health. His extensive studies in naturopathy, holistic health, natural medicine, human physiology, and cognitive neuroscience have established him as a trusted industry leader.
Dr. Shields has developed a unique approach that has transformed the lives of thousands of patients struggling with hormonal imbalances, chronic fatigue, autoimmune conditions, depression, anxiety, and countless other health challenges.
The Offer
Everything you need to finally understand what's happening with your thyroid & hormones — and what to do about it.
Available in-office or via Zoom — we work with patients across most U.S. states. (We do not currently serve Hawaii, Alaska, New York, Rhode Island, or New Jersey.)
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Questions before you book? 734-779-1650 — Mon–Thu 9am–6pm, Fri 9am–12pm EST
Common Questions
We offer both options. Most initial consultations are conducted virtually via secure video call, making it convenient no matter where you're located. In-person visits are available at our clinic locations.
No referral is needed. You can book directly with us. We're happy to coordinate with your existing healthcare providers if you'd like.
That's perfectly fine — many of our patients come to us while on existing medication. We'll review your current protocol and lab work to identify gaps and optimization opportunities. We work alongside your prescribing physician.
You may need this more than anyone. Removing the thyroid doesn't remove the dysfunction that caused the problem. We find it. And we address it.
Your doctor tests TSH, maybe T4, and if the number is "in range" — you're fine. If it's not, you get a prescription. That's the entire plan. We run a comprehensive panel of 10+ markers — antibodies, Free T3, Free T4, nutrient cofactors, and inflammatory markers. But the bigger difference is what we do with those findings. We're not just managing your hormone levels with medication. We're identifying the gut dysfunction, nutrient deficiencies, chronic inflammation, and immune triggers that are driving the problem in the first place — and addressing them through targeted nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle intervention. The medication may be necessary. But it was never the whole answer. And your doctor never looked for one.
We'll recommend a personalized lab panel based on everything we discussed. Once your results come back, we schedule your second visit — included in your $59 — where we walk through every finding with you and build your roadmap from there.
Simply give us a call or email us at frontdesk@iwcenters.com.
It's time to give it the attention it deserves — with a team that actually understands it.
