Have you experienced the frustration of going to the doctor and being told you’re fine,but you just don’t feel fine? You’re not crazy…and we want to help!
Ashley Armstrong and Jordan Terry of Wellness Restored Integrative Medicine opened their doors in September of 2024 and have over 35 years of medical and health experience between them, but they feel as though they are just getting started. Wellness Restored was born as a collaboration between Jordan’s medical expertise and Ashley’s personal training, nutrition, and habit-formation expertise. Their approach is holistic and comprehensive, working together with their patients to treat the whole person from the inside out.
Integrative Medicine at Wellness Restored has four facets:
Evidence-based- the interplay between conventional medicine, scientific research and alternative therapies for healthy habit change and lasting results. We investigate the root cause alongside the patient’s symptoms and lab work. Holistic- Focused not only on physical symptoms but the overall well-being of the patient: mental, emotional, relational and spiritual. Nutrition plays a large role and we believe food is medicine.
Collaborative- we believe in teamwork between you, your practitioner, and nutritionist. We listen to you, consider your preferences, goals, environment, level of support and we create simple, sustainable habits for you to implement long-term. Epigenetic- Your genes don’t determine your destiny. They influence but do not determine your health. Environment, habits and mindset play a large role in your overall wellness.
Let’s Meet Jordan Terry, APRN-CNP, nurse practitioner and mother of two. She shares, “My path into functional medicine began long before I officially made the transition. In NP school, I realized how much of our training centered around diagnosing a condition and matching it to the right prescription. While conventional medicine is beneficial and medications absolutely have their place, I found myself wanting more. I wanted to understand why people were getting sick, what was happening beneath the surface, and how we could slow, improve, or even prevent some of the chronic issue people were living with every day.
Around this same time, my dad wasn’t feeling well, and I wanted to help him in a deeper, more comprehensive way. I took my first functional medicine course hoping to understand the body as a connected, dynamic system so I could support him and others like him. Not long after, he was diagnosed with cancer. Walking through his diagnosis, his treatments, and ultimately losing him was one of the most difficult and defining experiences of my life.
His cancer didn’t make me believe that lifestyle causes or prevents everything- far from it. Cancer is incredibly complex, and many factors are outside our control. But that season opened my eyes to how much patients need compassion, time, context, and support. It showed me how important it is to care for the parts of health we can influence: our food, our stress, our environment, our habits, our emotional well-being. And it strengthened my desire to practice medicine in a way that sees the whole person, not just their symptoms.
My journey both personally and professionally has shown me that healing is not one-size-fits-all. It’s individualized. And it’s the reason I’m so passionate about the integrative, functional approach I practice today.”
Let’s meet Ashley Armstrong, MSEd, CPT, N1-NC, nutritionist and personal trainer. A mother of two teens and after two decades in the field, Ashley shares, “I have worked with hundreds of clients, many of whom struggle to find consistency in their healthy habits and lifestyle. Most unhealthy people have an 'all or nothing' mentality. Perfect choices aren’t sustainable and regular “worst" choices will snowball into massive health complications. Small, daily, tedious, unsexy healthy choices compounded over time will produce momentum and massive lasting results. I am an expert at habit formation, mindset shifting and creating consistency in a healthy relationship to food and exercise.
Personally, I had much success getting my clients to feel confident, strong and fit in the gym setting but body transformation would not come unless they shifted their nutrition. Sleep, stress and water intake are also major factors in physical performance, weight loss and recovery. Once I turned 40 years old, the things that used to work for me to maintain my weight and fitness didn’t work anymore. I had to shift some things, and learn my body all over again. I love helping women through peri-menopause and menopause to find their optimal health as they age gracefully.”
What would a typical appointment at Wellness Restored look like?
You will book with us online. We will contact you to set up an appointment in office and send you a patient intake form. We office out of Restore Behavioral Health Center, in the West building. We prefer to study any lab work you’ve had done ahead of time. You’ll wait less than a minute in our beautiful waiting room and we’ll offer you herbal tea in our cozy office. We will ask a lot of questions, listen to your concerns, consult your medication, supplements, environment, lifestyle and lab work to create a full picture of your health. Then we will collaborate to find a root cause of what’s making you feel less than optimal.
At the heart of what we do is empowerment. We want patients to know they have a voice, a choice, and a real ability to participate in their own healing. Our hope is to help people cut through the overwhelming noise of the wellness world, social media and create realistic, approachable, personalized plans that truly serve them.
Healing is not one-size-fits-all. It’s individualized. And it’s the reason we’re so passionate about the integrative, functional approach we practice today. Book a session with us today! www.restore-bh.com/functional-wellness or call us at 405-914-2722.