Meet Dr. Aixa Goodrich: Functional Medicine Practitioner & Chiropractic Physician

We had the good fortune of connecting with Dr. Aixa Goodrich and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Dr. Aixa, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
I have been in the health wellness and prevention business for over 21 years. My passion lies in improving lives. I want my patients to understand that health is a mind, body, spirit phenomena. All three areas need to be balanced and firing simultaneously. I also want my patients to know that regardless of their genetic predisposition, they can be healthy and avoid the dreaded family history/diagnosis.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
I own a health and wellness center that specializes on getting to the route cause of disease and pain. I specialize in Thyroid and autoimmune disease as well as pain management. We offer Functional Medicine, Chiropractic, Massage, Reiki. We look at the patient as a whole rather than compartmentalizing their pain or symptom. We look into the root cause of disease rather than treating the symptoms. You don’t have symptoms or pain or health issues from lack of pills, potions or lotions. There is a breakdown along the way and that’s what we discover and fix. It was through my own pain and diagnosis of Hashimoto’s that led me down this path of health, wellness and business model. I had a difficult time finding a practitioner that could truly understand me and my condition. Like me there are so many others suffering needlessly so I wanted to give them a solution and offer hope. It’s been challenging in the sense that preventative medicine is a new age concept to so many. They have been programmed to think that health is in a pill, potion or lotion. I strive to listen to my patients, truly hear them, understand them and effectively being able to communicate in a way they understand is key to overcoming the challenges of growing my practice. The biggest lesson to anyone wanting to help others and grow a business is to focus on how you can best serve your client. Come from a place of love, compassion and service. Love what you do or find something else to work on. My mission is to improve lives an give people back their health and vitality. I believe it is our birthright to live a happy, healthy and abundant life. That is what I want for me, my family and for all those that I have the privilege to serve.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
The ocean is my oasis. I’d take them for a boat ride and maybe do a little fishing. We all need vitamin D and vitamin sea. For a bit of shopping head over to Merrick Park in the Gables. After you work up an appetite, have some drinks at Sea Grill and dinner at Perry’s Steak House. They have the best pork chops ever….and the bread pudding is not too shabby. Wynwood has some great bars and live music, pretty cool wall art as well as some upscale shops nearby. If they are here for a week, head down to Key West. I love Sunset Pier for drinks and Latitudes for dinner.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Wow! I have so many people who have helped me be the person, mother, wife, doctor that I am today…Everyone we ever have crossed paths with has had an effect on who we are today. I would have to say that Dr. Larry Markson was extremely influential in my career and taught me how to get out of my own way. Dr. Joe Dispenza has guided me on tapping into my own intuition which I think is an essential part of self healing and becoming a true healer. My children and my husband for supporting my work, encouraging me to expand and challenging me when I need a kick in the rear. I’d be remissed if I did not mention my mother, who during her short life, taught me how to love myself.

Website: www.southfloridachiropracticcenter.com
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Other: www.draixagoodrich.com