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Practitioners: Are you interested in offering
Thermography at your clinic without purchasing the equipment?
We are expanding our Mobile Clinics and may consider you
as a host.
Click here for details.
Our Locations
Our permanent location is in Northwest Houston
As a service offered by Bridge to Better Health, LLC, we can be found at 10330 Lake Road,
Building N. It is conveniently located just off
of State Highway 249 and Beltway 8, near Willowbrook Mall.
We also have Mobile Clinics, making it more convenient for you!
In the Houston area:
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Bear Creek
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Humble
Kingwood -
Katy
And in Oregon and Washington:
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Salem, Oregon
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Olympia, Washington
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Gig Harbor, Washington
We are interested in expanding our Mobile Clinics. If you know of a
practitioner in your area who may be interested in hosting us, we would like to know about
it. Please call 281-655-9300 today.
Regardless of the location, we work by appointment only. Deposits are required to reserve your
appointment time and are refundable with 48 hours notice.
Interested in a safe and pain-free way to monitor breast health and other conditions?
 Medical
Thermography, also known as Digital Infrared Thermal
Imaging (DITI), is a non-invasive clinical imaging procedure that can detect and monitor numerous
diseases and physical injuries by showing the abnormal temperature variations
present in the body.
During a thermography scan, images are taken with a special digital camera and the
results are useful for "visualizing" pain in the body.
Thermography is used for detecting and monitoring many conditions including:
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Breast issues (cancers, fibrocystic conditions, mastitis, and lymph
congestion, for example)
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Artery conditions (stroke potential or inflammation, for example)
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Vein conditions (deep vein thrombosis, for example)
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Pain, including so called mystery pain
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Pre-Diabetic screening
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Heart and lung issues
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Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, and other Auto-Immunes
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Inflammatory Pain
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Carpal Tunnel
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Arthritis
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Nerve Damage
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Sports Injuries
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And much more
Once these conditions are
seen through a thermal scan, you and your health practitioner can have a better
understanding of how to handle treatments. Medical thermography is
cost-efficient, risk-free and the technology is registered with the
FDA. There is no radiation, no pain, and no
contact with the body whatsoever.
Breast cancer and other breast issues are a major concern today, and not just
for women. Approximately 1% of all breast cancer occurs in men but it is
often not detected until later in its development. Thermography's role in
breast cancer and other breast disorders is very helpful in detecting abnormal
conditions early, oftentimes well before they can be felt or seen with other
imaging technology. Since it takes years for
tumors to grow, detecting abnormalities as early as possible helps with the earliest possible treatment and intervention.
This technology provides the earliest detection of breast cancer known to date.
Images or "thermograms" can be taken of the whole body or just an area of
concern. At Bridge to Better Health, these are taken by trained
thermographers that are certified by the American College of Clinical Thermology
(ACCT). (For more information on this professional organization, see
www.thermologyonline.org.)
We are pleased to be able to provide this type of imaging for you at Bridge
to Better Health and we want to make it clear: you do not have to
currently be a client at Bridge to Better Health, nor do you have to
become one to get a scan. In fact, the thermography scans and
reports can be a wonderful tool for your doctor to use and that way you are able to get the care and treatment that you are
most comfortable with.
Thermography fills a gap in clinical diagnosis. X-rays, ultrasound, and MRIs are all tests that provide information on the structures found within the
body. Thermography is the only imaging technology at this time that is
capable of showing physiological changes and metabolic processes.
Medical thermal imaging is a useful tool that can help you and your health
provider better understand your condition, formulate a program to help you with
it, and then monitor the progress of the program and your improving health.
There is more information below on Medical thermography
scans as well as the doctors that interpret them and the reports they provide.
For a quick view of some actual Breast Cases,
click here.
Sherri answers questions about Thermography:
 Thermography, as mentioned above, is a clinical imaging procedure that can
detect patterns created by temperature differences within the body. It is a
combination of ultra-sensitive digital photography and specialized computer
software that perceives and records these differences. This
technology has been perfected over the years and is now recognized by leading
doctors as a valuable tool for many health conditions. In fact, doctors use thermography for
nerve and pain issues as well as
deep vein thrombosis, inflammation, and breast disease.
Thermography is growing in popularity. Since medical doctors analyze these images and report
on their findings, word is getting out and more and more doctors are seeing the benefit of this type of
imaging. Women are finding thermography to be an excellent choice for
breast screening, and since it is pain-free and non-invasive, people of any age
are seeing how it helps with sports injuries, pain of all types, and more.
With Thermography, you can "see" into the body like never before.
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 For those unfamiliar with Thermography, this is a great question!
In reading over the examples below, you'll be able to see some of the wide
applications for Thermography:
- Significant fibrocystic and other breast conditions can be detected with
Thermal Imaging, benefiting especially women younger than 50 years of age.
- Other conditions such as auto-immune and estrogen dominance can be
detected and monitored.
- Some women just prefer to scan their breast yearly with thermography
- A football player suffered with a stress fracture that went undetected
with an x-ray but was detected with Medical Thermography.
- Thermography can guide treatments for pain conditions, bringing
better results.
- Thermography helped to confirm the diagnosis of TMJ and the appropriate
specialist could be sought out.
- A painful ankle injury can be monitored throughout treatment and
rehabilitation to "see" which treatment is most effective.
- This is the best technology known to date that can detect suspicious
breast patterns early.
Thermography scans are a smart way to take your whole health to another
level.
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Do I have to see a doctor first?
No. With thermography, you can come because your doctor recommends it or
because you want to be proactive with your own health.
In addition, you do not have to be or become a health client of ours. Just like other types of imaging done in the Houston area, you
can come to these facilities for this service, get your scans and report, and
then work with whatever doctor or form of treatment you feel comfortable with.
We respect your choices in how you care for yourself.
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 Thermography sessions are quick and easy.
The length of your appointment depends on the type of scan you desire. One
area of interest, such as a stroke scan, would require 4-7 images and may
take 15 minutes to complete. A session for two or three areas of interest, such as a Well Woman's appointment, would include the
all of the images for the breast area plus the neck (scanning for thyroid
and carotid artery), face, sinus and dental areas, ovaries and uterus. This could take 30
minutes to complete. A full body scan, with many images, may take 60
minutes to complete.
These non-invasive and pain-free sessions start with you filling out a simple
form on your medical history. At the time of the scanning, you must remove all
jewelry and you will be
partially disrobed. A hospital gown is provided.
You will be working with a technician that has been certified by ACCT, a
professional organization for medical thermographers. This technician will
take the images using a digital camera designed expressly for this type of
imaging.
Your images are sent electronically to a specially trained medical doctor that
interprets the images. Within a few days, this doctor sends a report of findings including recommendations for follow-up
that he or she
may feel are necessary.
These reports can be sent to your referring physician so that he or she can
review them with you. Or someone at Bridge to Better
Health can review the report with you. These follow-up visits are included in
the cost of the screening and are appreciated by most clients. Note: Follow-up appointments are not health consultations but
instead present the report of findings written by the interpreting doctor along
with copies of your images.
In the case of initial breast thermograms, a second appointment must be
scheduled in three months to confirm the baseline. After that, annual
appointments are usually all that is needed.
Note: As with all of our appointments, a deposit is expected to hold your
appointment time. This deposit is not in addition to your thermography fees but
rather applied to your total at the time of your appointment.
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Wear comfortable clothing.
For 24 hours prior to
your scan:
- Avoid heavy exercise, massage, acupuncture, chiropractic adjustments,
sauna or steam rooms.
- Avoid any form of muscle stimulation such as physical therapy.
- Avoid sun burning or a tanning booth for 1 week prior to a thermal scan.
For 2 hours prior to your scan:
- Avoid exercise, hot or cold showering, tobacco use, tea, coffee,
soda or other caffeine-containing beverage
- Do not shave areas to be scanned (except the face and neck) and do not
apply deodorant, oils, lotions, skin creams, or other form of cosmetics on
the area(s) to be scanned.
- Avoid strong sunlight prior to your appointment.
After you make an appointment, we will send you a letter reminding you of
this list of what to avoid. Reading over the list the
morning of your thermogram will help you get the best scan possible.
Also, the thermographer must be informed of any recent skin lesions, scars, or surgeries
as these may cause misleading results.
Please note: If you are pregnant or a nursing mother, it is recommended that you
wait three months after weaning before getting a thermography scan.
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The length of time depends on how many areas you need scanned. They range
from One Region of Interest, scheduled for 15 minutes to a Full Body with Breast
scans, 45 minutes.
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Here are the fees for scans taken at our office:
- 1 Region of Interest - $175
- Breast Scan - $195
- 1 Region of Interest plus Breast scan - $245
- 2 Regions of Interest - $275
- 2 Regions of Interest plus Breast - $300
- 3 Regions of Interest - 300
- Half-Body (upper or lower) - $325
- Half-Body (lower) plus Breast - $350
- Well Woman Scan - $360
- Full Body Scan - $395
- Full Body with Breast - $425
- 3-month Re-scan of the Breast - $175, when pre-paid
with initial scan, $150
The mobile prices are slightly higher. For a list of those fees,
click here.
All of the thermography scans
include:
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Scanning session with a ACCT
Certified Thermographer
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Professional interpretation by a
medical doctor licensed in the United States
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Two copies of the doctor's
written Report of Findings, scan images included
Note: For your first breast
scan, or if you have not had a scan in several years, it is important that you
schedule the initial scan and then another one three months later to establish
your thermal baseline.
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Yes, we can provide your organization with a speaker. We also do community
education classes throughout the Houston area. Contact us for more information.
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Call 281-655-9300 today to schedule your
appointment.
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