Fatigue & low energy · New York & South Carolina
Low energy usually has a cause, and it’s often somewhere nobody has checked yet.
If this sounds familiar, you’re in the right place.
- Tired after a full night’s sleep
- A crash every afternoon
- A body that feels heavy
- Foggy head, missing words
- Can’t switch off at night
- Your get-up-and-go has gone
Feeling like this isn’t normal, and there’s usually a reason for it.
Fatigue can start in five different places.
Most check-ups look at one or two of them. That’s why it keeps getting missed.
- 01
Thyroid
Your thyroid helps set your energy. When it runs slow, you slow down too, and one basic blood test doesn’t always show it.
- 02
Stress
Years of pressure can throw your stress hormones off, leaving you wired at night and flat by day.
- 03
Nutrients
Your body uses iron, B12, vitamin D and magnesium to make energy. If you’re low on any of them, you can feel drained, even on a good diet.
- 04
Sleep
Eight hours in bed won’t help if you never reach the deep sleep that restores you.
- 05
Gut
Eating well and still exhausted? Your body may not be absorbing your food properly, which can leave you short on energy and mental clarity.
You’ve probably tried some of these.
Tap a card to see why it didn’t stick.
It’s not that you didn’t try hard enough. Nobody looked at the whole picture.
Tiredness is the signal. It isn’t the problem.
When you’re exhausted, the natural move is to treat the tiredness: more rest, more coffee, a supplement. But tiredness is usually your body telling you something further down isn’t working properly.
Your energy is made from the food you absorb, set by your thyroid and stress hormones, and restored by deep sleep. If one link in that chain is weak, everything after it suffers, and no amount of rest makes up for it.
- What you feelExhausted by 3pm, every day
- What’s driving itBlood sugar dipping after lunch, and stress hormones running flat
- Where it startsYears of pressure, and a gut that isn’t absorbing iron and B12
So we don’t start with the tiredness. We start by finding the weak link.
Find what’s draining you. Then fix it.
- 01
Test properly.
Thyroid, stress, nutrients, blood sugar, gut and sleep, read together instead of one at a time.
- 02
Find the pattern.
We look for the one driving the rest. It’s rarely where the loudest symptom is.
- 03
Build your plan.
Custom supplements, a curriculum and 1:1 coaching for four months, adjusted with you as you go.
Meet Dr. Anthony Alphonso and the Back to Wellness team.
We’re a functional medicine practice for people who’ve been told they’re fine but still don’t feel it. Anthony has been in practice since 2007.
It started with his son, whose eczema and gut trouble weren’t getting better with the usual treatment. Anthony went looking further than he’d been trained to, finished his functional medicine training in 2009, and watched his son’s health turn around. He’s been doing the same for patients ever since.
- Since 2007in clinical practice
- NY, SC & FLlicensed in all three
- 5.027 Google reviews
What makes us different.
Managing symptoms
- One thyroid number
- Checked once, no clear answer
- Something to help you sleep
- You rearrange your life around it
Finding the root cause
- The full picture, read together
- Looking for why you feel this way
- A plan built around it
- Working toward your days back
If you saw yourself in that list, start with a call.
It’s free, it takes 15 minutes, and it’s the quickest way to find out whether we can help. Here’s how it goes:
- You tell us what’s been going on, and what you’ve tried.
- We tell you honestly whether we can help.
- You leave knowing your next step, either way.
No cost and no obligation.
From patients who were tired for years.
“I was tired all the time, body aches, heart palpitations and overall felt unwell.”
“Today I sleep 7 hours a night, my energy level is awesome.”
“…better sleep, more stamina and energy and better emotional health.”
“I had more energy and I could enjoy exercising again.”
“Remarkable how life can change so dramatically in only 3 months!”
“I’m in better health than I was in my 30’s.”
If any of this sounds like you, we’d love to hear your story. It starts with a free 15-minute call.
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“I’m as tired when I wake up in the morning as when I go to bed at night… my body feels so heavy.”
“I enjoy walking again!”
“It was like someone flipped a switch.” She signed up to work an extra day at her homeschool co-op.
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Her full first entry: “I feel so sluggish. I’m as tired when I wake up in the morning as when I go to bed at night. I don’t like to walk because my body feels so heavy. I don’t want to have to drag my weight over the ground. If this program so lightens me, so energizes me that I love to walk, I’ll definitely be a believer!”
“That’s the last entry because I had no more time for journal writing. It was like someone flipped a switch.”
Patient stories are individual experiences. Results vary from person to person.
The questions everyone asks.
But I’ve tried everything.
Most of our patients had. Usually that means everything was tried one piece at a time. Here it all gets looked at together.
But I don’t have time for this.
The first step is a 15-minute call. After that, coaching fits around your week, all from home.
But will insurance cover it?
No. Our patients invest in the program directly, and we walk you through everything on the call so there are no surprises.
But do I have to come off my medication?
No. We work alongside your physician, and any decision about medication stays between you and them.
But what if it’s something serious?
Call 911 for chest pain. See your doctor soon if the tiredness came on suddenly or comes with weight loss you can’t explain, fevers or breathlessness. For very low mood or thoughts of self-harm, call or text 988.
Ready when you are.
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“I had more energy and I could enjoy exercising again.”
“Remarkable how life can change so dramatically in only 3 months!”
“I’m in better health than I was in my 30’s.”
“…I seemed more calm and not as overwhelmed as I used to be.”
“I’ve learned that I was in a Sick-care system, not a Health-care system.”
“I had digestive issues and I was always tired. I generally just ‘didn’t feel good’ all the time.”
“I have balanced gut health, sleep well, have regular and easy digestion.”
“I continue to go see him and he has uncovered a lot of underlying issues… My overall health has significantly improved after going to see him and taking his advice.”
“I have lost weight, and I am eating healthier. I am feeling good my overall health is improving.”
“By putting myself first my total mindset has changed, and I’ve learned how to take care for me.”
“For years I have struggled with eating right and feeling sick and tired all the time. Aches and pains for no reason.”
“I had resigned myself to thinking this was just something I would just have to bear in life… Given time… my neck and back pain disappeared completely.”
“I have been a patient of Dr. Alphonso’s for over 13 years and he has helped me tremendously with all of my health concerns.”
“My husband and I get out on the disc golf field and do 18 holes, we are hiking, doing yoga.”
Patient stories are individual experiences. Results vary from person to person.