Synergy Integrated Health — Local services in Escondido

[Nov 2023 Review] In 2018 I had brought my dear mom to see a Functional Medicine Doctor at Synergy Integrated Health for her diabetes. Dr. Mike Lim was awesome. He was able to get my mom’s A1-C down and off her insulin pills!

In June of 2023, I had been having some terrible upper breast, chest, and shoulder pain that ran all the way down to my fingers. It had been going on for months. I knew Dr. Mike’s father, Dr. Hoon Lim, was a chiropractor (and mine was out of town at the time), so I decided to go see if he could help me. After some initial x-rays—which showed that I had a pinched nerve in my cervical area and my gait was off balance—and a very educational discussion with Dr. Lim and how he works on the nervous system as a whole instead of just symptoms, I signed up for a 3-month program in which Dr. Lim and his staff took first-class care of me. Dr. Lim began treatment for me right away and put me on a decompression machine (kind of looks like a lazy-boy recliner, “zzz”). Dr. Lim is a “Nervous System” chiropractor. He offers free educational classes in which he teaches you how his approach to medicine works better than the regular healthcare system we all use. He also teaches about “why” it works. “Everything stems from the nervous system.”

After a week or so into my treatment, I also signed up for a one-month program to lose 20lbs. I had gained that weight back after losing my dear mother last year and I had anxiety and nausea all the time that often stopped me from going out to events or eating out with family and friends. I told Dr. Lim, “if you can take away my nausea for good, I’ll be the happiest girl ever!”

My treatment ended in mid-September (I’m sorry to delay this review). I no longer feel the pain in my left chest/shoulder area, I lost 20 lbs now and I no longer get nauseated all the time! Yay! I can honestly say Dr. Lim was with me every step of the way and his staff helped me tremendously! I saw them twice a week and I stuck to a planned schedule they gave me of eating healthy, exercising often, and…” ice, ice, ice, babyyy” (hmm, where have I heard that tune?!) Dr. Lim personally kept in touch with me, Dr. Kart gave me amazing manual adjustments, Taya took great care of me with all the prep before the adjustments, and Desiree and Brenda-Lee were such a joy as I walked into the office for my appointment, also giving me some TLC. I even got to see Dr. Mike while he was in town and chat about sweet memories of my mom (at age 92, she decided to go to heaven to get even healthier😉)

Synergy Integrated Healthcare – they are worth it and they make you feel like family! They’re a fun bunch and very attentive and compassionate at what they do for the patient. I am continuing to use the basis of what you all taught me throughout my stay. A very special thank you to all the staff! You’re awesome! I miss you all! “Live Happy, Die Healthy” –Dr. Hoon Lim’s Motto.

[Review from 2019--5 Stars] These doctors truly want to get down to the root of the problem. They go above and beyond on time spent with the patient and they listen intently on you. They also do everything they can to keep the out-of-pocket costs down and help those with hardships. And the office staff is amazing! Super friendly place. Thank...

Synergy gets a 5 star rating

I used to be tired all the time and never liked seeing myself in photos.

The bottoms of my feet started feeling different. As if there were blisters under the balls of my feet and toes. No pain, just a different feeling. My medical doctor referred me to a podiatrist. The podiatrist gave me the pin test and determined, maybe my calluses were the issue. He shaved them off and sent me on my way. I returned three months later and the same thing. The strange feeling under my feet did not subside. I googled and was drawn to Neuropathy. The more I read about it, the more I did not believe it is what I was experiencing. A free seminar on neuropathy popped up on my Facebook stream. I decided to go one evening to “Synergy Integrated Health” in Escondido. The team I encountered was all so friendly. Dr. Lim was a very charismatic individual. I looked in the room it seemed to be filled with individuals who were more progressed in Neuropathy than I was. I was never diagnosed with Neuropathy. I just came to educate myself. My feet just didn’t feel right.

After the seminar, I made an appointment for an individual assessment at a discounted rate. After I completed that, I had a one-on-one with Dr. Lim. Before making a commitment, my husband was invited to attend with me. Yes, this was expensive, but, the greatest asset I own is my health. We did not hesitate to sign up. I cannot stress how important it was to sign up for this program. I not only signed up for the 90 day neuropathy program, but I also signed up for the 6 month nutrition program. As I write this review, I am 73 days into the Neuropathy program and 27 pounds lighter than when I started. Don’t get me wrong, this is hard work. The Neuropathy program is broken up into 3 phases. Each phase has different supplements to drink multiple times a day. The last phase has my least favorite in it, but hey I only have 2 days left. The other supplements are fine. I had a few days of dry heaving and throwing up the supplements, but those days are behind me now. During this journey, I just kept telling myself, throw up now or later when you end up on chemotherapy or radiation. I drive to Escondido twice a week for the duration on my Neuropathy program for disc compression and decompression, chiropractic adjustment, foot vibration, and muscle memory of my posture. The staff members that I interact with mostly are: Taya, Joshua, Silvia, and Desiree. They are so friendly and are very supportive. Dr kart and Dr Lim are excellent.

One of my favorite parts of this is the wonderful tracking system I have access to. I am able to track: food, water, exercise, weight, activity, and body. I love being able to enter my food and know how many calories I have left for the day.

I give Synergy Integrated Health 5...

I was going though some anxiety attacks when I saw a Synergy’s add on Facebook. At that moment, I was willing to try anything to get back to my normal life. I decided to sing up for a webinar about different issues; one of them was how to handle stress and anxiety. After a saw the webinar, I follow up with a face to face consultation with Dr. Hoon Lim. He was very honest and told me that I needed to change my lifestyle instead of just fixing my problem for a moment. In other words this was going to be a longer period of time to get rid of my problem. I took a minute to talk to my partner about it but there was something about Dr.’s Lim honesty that Made me decide to get into the program.I think that was one of the best decisions in my life. It hasn’t been 2 months since I started the program and I feel a lot more energized, I don’t need to take anti-stress medication anymore,I can fall sleep a lot easier now without the help of anything. My pain on my shoulders and knees is down to almost none!!!! The most important thing is that everything I’m learning is going to help me for the rest of my life. My new life style is going to stay with me and my goal is to inspire my love ones to follow my steps. There is history of diabetes in my family and as Latino I know I have a higher chance to become one. All the tools are in this program to live the quality of life that we deserve: being able to have the energy to go to work when we need to, to enjoy traveling without any worries, to be healthy and no depend on drugs as a part of our lifestyle. We all want to live longer and better so we need to learn how to make the changes we need to make without suffering; just by adapting in a very smooth transition to a new lifestyle where we can enjoy delicious and nutritious food, short and effective exercise programs ( most people hate to do exercise, to be honest). I’m exited to see what’s next to me because this is just the beginning; I still have 4 months to go and I’m so happy with my results during this very short time!!!! Than you Dr. Hoon Lim and Dr. Michael Lim!!!! I’m looking forward for my next...