Hormones are chemical messengers that influence energy, metabolism, mood, sleep, body composition, bone health, sexual function, recovery, and many other systems. When symptoms and laboratory findings suggest a hormonal concern, an individualized evaluation can help determine what may be contributing and whether treatment is appropriate.
Pillars of Wellness provides hormone evaluation and medically supervised hormone therapy in Frisco, Texas. Care is built around the individual, not a one-size-fits-all target or protocol. The process considers symptoms, health history, goals, laboratory findings, nutrition, metabolic function, sleep, stress, movement, and relevant risk factors.
Depending on clinical findings and provider evaluation, discussions may include testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), women’s hormone support, thyroid-related concerns, metabolic health, nutrient support, and related lifestyle strategies. Treatment is recommended only when clinically appropriate.
Hormone health does not exist in isolation. Dr. Matt Chalmers’ approach examines how hormones interact with metabolic health, nutrition, digestive function, sleep, physical activity, recovery, and psychological stress. Learn more about our functional medicine approach and provider-supervised peptide services.
Dr. Matt Chalmers, DC, CCCN, CCSP, has practiced since 2007 and has taught hormone and peptide protocols to approximately 400 clinics through eight PHC Pharmacy classes. He develops the functional, metabolic, nutritional, and lifestyle components of the Pillars approach.
Dr. Deborah Z. Bain, MD, FAAP, provides physician oversight and prescriptive authority for Pillars of Wellness. Medical treatment decisions are based on individual evaluation, clinical appropriateness, applicable standards, and ongoing monitoring.
Candidacy depends on symptoms, medical history, examination when appropriate, laboratory findings, risk factors, and provider judgment. A laboratory number alone does not determine treatment.
No. The medication, dose, route, monitoring plan, supportive care, and treatment goals vary according to individual needs and clinical findings.
Monitoring may include symptom review, follow-up consultations, laboratory testing, side-effect assessment, and adjustments when medically appropriate.
Yes. Pillars of Wellness evaluates hormone-related concerns in adult men and women. Available treatment depends on each patient’s needs and medical appropriateness.
No. Testosterone is the primary hormone women produce. The body then aromatizes (converts) it into estrogen. For this reason, anyone who tells you that testosterone is a male hormone, or that women do not need testosterone, does not understand how hormones work and should not be treating women.
HRT starts at $125 and goes up depending on your needs.
Our standard panel includes CBC, CMP, total testosterone, free testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), insulin, A1C, lipids, vitamin D3, iron, ferritin, estradiol, progesterone, and PSA (men only, obviously). If we need to evaluate anything else we will, but this is the standard pull. We pull roughly every 3 months until everything settles, and then we can spread out the draws.
About 4-6 weeks. The body has to rebuild the infrastructure you were not keeping up while your hormones were low. You start to feel the energy weeks later because your body has to rebuild the mitochondria that produce the ATP your body runs on. Everything else comes at its own pace around the 4-6 week mark.
Yes, they are very different. Synthetic hormones don’t interact with the body the same way, and the research that tied hormone therapy to cancer was largely built on synthetic versions. The data on bioidentical hormones looks much more favorable.
Not in the way most people have heard. The big scare came from studies using synthetic hormones. When hormones are kept in an optimal range and monitored with regular labs, we see far more benefit than risk, and there’s growing evidence that optimized hormones may be protective. We review your personal and family history before starting anything.
Yes. Testosterone is actually the primary hormone women make. Women aromatize, or convert, testosterone into estrogen, so it’s very important that their testosterone levels are optimized. The difference between men and women is the target: men need blood levels of 800-1200, and women need 80-250.
We accept HSA and FSA cards, and financing is available.
Yes. We work with people all over the US.
Written by Dr. Matt Chalmers, DC, CCCN, CCSP. Medically reviewed by Dr. Deborah Z. Bain, MD, FAAP. All prescriptive work is overseen by our medical staff. This page is educational and does not replace individualized medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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