Post-COVID Recovery at IHP Greenville. Dr. Hendry, DAOM — functional medicine, root-cause diagnostics, personalized care. Call (864) 365-6156.
Post-COVID recovery support at Integrative Health Partners addresses the full spectrum of recovery needs following SARS-CoV-2 infection — from acute infection aftereffects to persistent long COVID symptoms. Dr. Hendry's integrative approach targets the overlapping systems affected by COVID and its aftermath: immune regulation, mitochondrial function, gut health, autonomic nervous system, and neurological recovery.
How Post-COVID Recovery Works
Post-COVID recovery begins with an assessment of which systems have been most affected: cardiovascular (palpitations, exercise intolerance), neurological (brain fog, neuropathy, headache), respiratory (dyspnea, reduced exercise capacity), gastrointestinal (dysbiosis, gut motility changes), and systemic (fatigue, inflammatory markers). Dr. Hendry builds a protocol targeting the identified systems, typically combining acupuncture, ozone therapy, targeted supplementation, and Chinese herbal medicine.
Timeline of COVID infection and symptoms, severity of acute illness, and detailed description of persistent symptoms with their impact on daily function. Any hospitalizations, medications used during acute illness, and prior COVID vaccinations are all clinically relevant.
Why Dr. Hendry for Post-COVID Recovery
Dr. Hendry's ozone therapy training (AAOT), electroacupuncture expertise for neurological conditions, and functional medicine investigation capabilities position him well for the complex, multi-system presentation of post-COVID recovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
For mild long COVID: 4–12 weeks with appropriate treatment. For severe or complex long COVID: 6–18 months. Individual variation is significant based on the underlying mechanisms and treatment response.
Complete blood count (for persistent lymphopenia), inflammatory markers (CRP, D-dimer), autoimmune screening (ANA, thyroid antibodies reactivated by COVID), gut microbiome analysis, mitochondrial function markers, and EBV/HHV-6 reactivation titers.
Ozone therapy's antiviral properties may address viral reservoir persistence, its immune-modulating effects normalize the hyperinflammatory post-COVID immune state, and its mitochondrial activation effects address the cellular energy impairment underlying long COVID fatigue.
Chinese herbal formulas have been extensively used during and after COVID in China, with clinical evidence for symptom reduction. Antiviral formulas (Qing Fei Pai Du Tang), immune-regulating formulas, and Qi-tonifying formulas for post-viral fatigue are all clinically applicable.
For patients with post-exertional malaise (PEM) — where symptoms worsen after exertion — pacing is essential. Dr. Hendry provides specific pacing guidance to avoid triggering PEM flares while gradually building activity tolerance.
Integrative Health Partners, 319 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste A, Greenville, SC 29609. Call (864) 365-6156.
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