Comprehensive Laboratory Testing
Comprehensive Laboratory Testing
Hair & Saliva Analysis for Functional and Neurological Insight
Your internal chemistry provides critical information about how your body and brain communicate. At Alexander Chiropractic Neurology Center, we use Comprehensive Laboratory Testing — including Hair and Saliva Analysis — to evaluate the underlying biochemical and hormonal patterns that influence neurological performance, mood, energy, and recovery.
These tests help identify issues that can’t be detected through physical exams alone, offering a window into your body’s long-term function and stress response.
Hair Analysis
Trace Mineral and Heavy Metal Testing
Your hair is a powerful biological record of metabolic activity. By analyzing a small sample, we can measure mineral levels, toxic metals, and metabolic ratios that reflect your body’s nutrient status over the past several months.
What We Learn from Hair Analysis:
- Mineral Balance: Levels of calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, and other essential nutrients.
- Toxic Elements: Presence of heavy metals such as mercury, lead, arsenic, or aluminum.
- Adrenal and Thyroid Indicators: Mineral ratios that reflect metabolic rate and stress adaptation.
- Inflammatory Patterns: Imbalances that may contribute to chronic pain, fatigue, or neurological irritation.
This test provides valuable information about cellular performance and detoxification efficiency, both of which are essential to brain and nerve health. By correcting these imbalances through nutrition and supplementation, we can restore neurological stability and improve the outcomes of therapeutic care.
Saliva Testing
Hormone and Stress Profile Analysis
Saliva testing measures free (active) hormone levels and stress-related biomarkers, providing a real-time picture of your body’s endocrine and adrenal function. Because saliva reflects hormones available to your tissues (unlike bound hormones in blood), it offers a more accurate assessment of how your body responds to stress and maintains energy throughout the day.
We Commonly Test For:
- Cortisol Rhythm (Adrenal Health): Identifies chronic stress or fatigue patterns that affect focus and sleep.
- Estrogen, Progesterone, and Testosterone: Assesses hormonal balance related to mood, recovery, and muscle strength.
- DHEA and Melatonin: Reflects immune regulation, sleep quality, and anti-aging activity.
- Inflammatory Markers: Detects chronic immune activation affecting joint or nerve function.
These results are integrated into your neurological treatment plan, allowing us to address metabolic drivers of brain dysfunction — not just the symptoms.
Integrating Lab Findings into Care
Your results are carefully reviewed alongside your neurological exam, imaging findings, and clinical presentation.
We then design a customized protocol that may include:
- Targeted nutritional support
- Stress and sleep optimization
- Detoxification or heavy metal removal
- Hormone balance strategies
- Neurological re-training and therapeutic follow-up
Our goal is to connect the dots between biochemistry and brain function, helping you heal from the inside out.