The Hearthstone Center is a very unique integrative medicine practice providing customized care and in-depth attention to clients who want to perform and feel their very best. Due to Dr. Daccardi's unique expertise and the comprehensive and collaborative nature of his practice, he accepts a limited number of new clients at any given time, so that each of his clients can have the highest level of care and service possible.

He is happy to discuss your health concerns and goals in an initial 15-minute telephone consultation, at no charge to you, in order to determine how best he can help you. Please call Kelli at (817) 891-1673 to schedule your initial consultation.

New Client Assessment
(1.5 hours) Includes a comprehensive health history interview with Dr. Daccardi, as well as neurological, orthopedic, kinesiology, and acupuncture system exams. (Based on this initial assessment, Dr. Daccardi may recommend additional laboratory or in-office assessments to you in order to gain additional insight into your care and the most appropriate ways to help you reach your health goals.)

Prior to your appointment, you will be asked to complete a health history questionnaire.   At your appointment time, you and Dr. Daccardi will begin by discussing your health concerns in detail.  Then, he will perform a comprehensive battery of neurological, musculoskeletal, biochemical, and energetic assessments, according to the specific details of your case.  These tests will provide insight in real time as to how well all of the systems of your body are performing their required functions and what variables may be causing your symptoms.  

During the initial exam, most or all of following assessments will be performed, according to those that are most relevant to your health concerns: 

• Comprehensive analysis of health history and current health issues
• Complete Applied Kinesiology Exam
• Neurological Evaluation -- to assess the function of your nervous system
• Chiropractic Exam
• Cranial-Sacral System Exam
• Functional Biochemical Assessment – to determine how well your body is able to manufacture and process the building blocks of health
• Basic food sensitivity and allergy assessment
• Computerized acupuncture energy system analysis
• Adrenal stress test – to determine the level of function of your adrenal glands
• Screening and correction for neurological patterns of distress in the body, relating to prior injuries or trauma 
  
• Gait analysis - a movement assessment that reveals potential sources of biomechanical stress 
  
• TMJ/bite analysis
  
• Report of findings, discussion of treatment strategies, and initial treatment
  

Depending upon the complexity and/or chronic nature of your case, additional functional lab testing (with hair, urine, saliva, or blood samples) may be useful in providing clues to the causes of your health concerns. These tests can help to quantify the extent to which the body's essential processes are functioning. If he feels this would be beneficial to you, Dr. Daccardi may recommend it and will discuss any additional costs associated with these tests.

Some examples of these tests include:

• Liver clearance tests for heavy metals and environmental toxins – a way to measure the presence of heavy metals in your body and also whether your liver is functioning adequately to eliminate these toxins
• Parasite test can determine the presence of microorganisms in the gut
• Hormone panels to determine whether the endocrine system is balanced and whether the adrenal and thyroid are functioning adequately 
• Comprehensive digestive panels including comprehensive food sensitivity testing as well as blood sugar metabolism testing