General Practice

With nearly 20 years of experience as a family physician, I have developed a deep understanding of the wide range of medical issues. I use this expertise to accurately assess medical problems across all specialties and to initiate the necessary diagnostic and therapeutic measures.

In general practice, active listening, communicative medicine, and always conducting a personal thorough physical examination play a crucial role. The family physician not only addresses physical ailments but also consistently takes social factors and individual family circumstances into account in their practice. This is particularly true for house calls, as we typically see our patients in their home environment and family members are often present as well.

As the physician most frequently consulted first, the general practitioner plays a key role in making the sometimes difficult differential diagnostic assessments, evaluating the urgency of the problem, and — if necessary, immediately — organizing the patient’s further care. In this context, a thorough understanding of human diseases and the ability to recognize warning signs (e.g., suspicion of an impending heart attack) are crucial for providing the best possible care to the patient. Furthermore, the general practitioner must also be aware of the limits of their own expertise in order to refer the patient for further treatment by a specialist if necessary.

For me, integrating naturopathic treatments — and in particular Huneke’s neural therapy (see there) — into my daily practice is a particularly valuable addition to general medicine. Many health problems can be treated very effectively with alternative medicine, which can often spare patients pharmaceutical therapies with numerous side effects as well as surgeries. One major area of application for Huneke’s neural therapy is the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders and postoperative complaints or pain.

“The measurable world is not the world; it is the measurable world!” [Unknown]