Premier Health and Holistic Medicine, PC

02/12/2026

Lyme Disease Awareness

Lyme disease can be complex, frustrating, and often misunderstood. For many people, healing isn’t just about treating a bacterium — it’s about supporting the whole body.

Functional & holistic medicine take a root-cause approach, looking at:
• Immune system health
• Inflammation
• Gut balance
• Detox pathways
• Nutrition, lifestyle, and stress

Rather than a one-size-fits-all solution, these approaches are personalized, working alongside conventional care to help the body restore balance and resilience.

Healing from Lyme is a journey — and everyone’s path looks different. Education, early support, and compassionate care matters. You’re not alone.

Do you want to learn more about treating Lyme disease in a functional and holistic way? If you said yes, then schedule an appointment with Dr. Robin Ridinger of Premier Health and Holistic Medicine in Leesburg, VA, today! Dr. Ridinger is a Lyme disease specialist and offers comprehensive testing to ensure you get the proper treatment(s) you need to make a full recovery. Don’t delay, call or schedule online today!



Phone #: (703) 857-4280

Website: https://www.premierhealthandholisticmedicine.com/contact/

Dr. Robin Ann Ridinger is a physician with over 30 years of experience. She is board certified in both Integrative Holistic Medicine and Family Medicine.

02/10/2026

Hormone therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all — it’s about restoring your unique balance.
Whether it’s bioidentical hormone replacement, thyroid support, or adrenal care, personalized therapy can improve sleep, energy, mood, and longevity.

Before starting any treatment, talk to a licensed provider about comprehensive testing and safe dosing.

Empower your health — balance your hormones, balance your life.

Do you want to learn more about hormone replacement therapy? If you said yes, then schedule an appointment with Dr. Robin Ridinger of Premier Health and Holistic Medicine in Leesburg, VA, today!

Phone #: (703) 857-4280

Website: https://www.premierhealthandholisticmedicine.com/contact/

01/29/2026

Did you know? Chronic fatigue can be a sign of deeper issues like immune dysfunction, mitochondrial stress, infections, or nutrient deficiencies.

If you’re constantly exhausted — even after sleep — it’s worth digging deeper.
Nutrition, gentle movement, stress management, and functional testing can all make a difference over time.

Do you want to learn more about how chronic fatigue could affect your life? If you said yes, then schedule an appointment with Dr. Robin Ridinger of Premier Health and Holistic Medicine in Leesburg, VA, today!

Phone #: (703) 857-4280

Website: https://www.premierhealthandholisticmedicine.com/contact/

01/29/2026

MORE THAN LYME: Zoonotic Pathogens Anaplasma
phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Babesia
odocoilei, and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato
Detected in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected at
an Established Population in Eastern Canada

https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres2233.pdf

01/29/2026

Can patients diagnosed with Lyme disease also have a co-infection?

Yes– and it’s actually more common than you may have realized.

According to a survey-based study from MyLymeData Patient Research, 75% of more than 19,000 Lyme patients tested positive for at least one co-infection.

Ticks can carry and transmit multiple pathogens in a single bite, including co-infections like Babesia, Bartonella, and Anaplasma. These co-infections are critical to diagnosis, potentially influencing symptom patterns, disease severity, and response to treatment.

This data highlights the importance of looking beyond Lyme disease alone. Greater awareness of co-infections supports more comprehensive evaluation, informed clinical decision-making, and ultimately, more effective patient care.

Looking to learn more about co-infections? Tap the link here: https://buff.ly/QOsW0oU and visit our website today.

01/13/2026

When your gut feels off, everything feels off.
Healing your gut is about slowing down, eating mindfully, and giving your body what it truly needs — nourishment, rest, and balance.

Healthy gut = healthy mind = healthy life.

Do you want to learn more about balancing your gut health? If you said yes, then schedule an appointment with Dr. Robin Ridinger of Premier Health and Holistic Medicine in Leesburg, VA, today!

Phone #: (703) 857-4280

Website: https://www.premierhealthandholisticmedicine.com/contact/

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at Premier Health and Holistic Medicine! 🎅🎄🎁🎉🎊🗓️

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12/20/2025

While you sleep, your brain switches on a powerful cleaning system that works like a biological dishwasher. Scientists call it the glymphatic system, a network that flushes out waste products that build up during waking hours. This process becomes most active during deep sleep, when brain cells slightly shrink and create more space for fluid to flow. That fluid washes through brain tissue, carrying away toxins and metabolic waste.

Among the waste removed are proteins linked to neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. This discovery helps explain why poor or fragmented sleep is strongly associated with memory problems, brain fog, and long term cognitive decline. Sleep is not just rest. It is essential maintenance.

Brain scans and laboratory studies show that the glymphatic system works far less efficiently when we are awake. During sleep, especially slow wave sleep, the system ramps up dramatically. Think of daytime as heavy brain use and night time as a full clean cycle that resets the system for the next day.

This finding has reshaped how scientists view sleep health. Quality sleep supports memory, focus, emotional balance, and long term brain protection. Skipping sleep means skipping the brain’s only deep clean.

12/20/2025

NEW HHS WEBSITE REFLECTS LONG-AWAITED PARADIGM SHIFT:

After yesterday's promising federal roundtable, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled an updated online resource for Lyme disease with some positive new features:

✅ An acknowledgement of Lyme “infection-associated chronic conditions and illnesses” (Lyme-IACCI) with persistent fatigue, pain, cognitive issues, neurological complications, and other enduring health challenges

✅ Increase in federal initiatives to find solutions, like LymeX, a public-private partnership to develop more accurate diagnostics, and the use of AI to identify new treatments.

The webpage has room for a clinician locator and patient resources coming in 2026, so we will be keeping our eyes on that for future developments.

We are encouraged to see this positive sign of collaboration between the federal government, scientific experts, advocates, and the patient population.

Check out the new HHS resource here: https://www.hhs.gov/lyme/index.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

12/20/2025

This week, ILADS leadership had the privilege of attending the Health and Human Services Lyme Disease Roundtable.

Convened by Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , this historic event brought federal leaders, members of Congress, clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates together to discuss the future of Lyme disease care and policy. Four ILADS members, Linden Hu, MD; Bruce Patterson, MD; Ben Nemser, PhD; and Robert Bransfield, MD, provided their expertise as panelists, helping shape this critical conversation.

As the Lyme community continues to navigate significant challenges in diagnosis, treatment, and care, collaboration is crucial. This roundtable represents an important step forward to address this complex and often misunderstood illness– and advancing dialogue at the federal level.

We’re honored to have been invited to participate in this important conversation and look forward to contributing to meaningful, lasting progress.

While this roundtable represents an important step forward, the discussions to create change must continue.

To the patients, advocates, and healthcare providers who witnessed this moment: keep the conversation going.

12/17/2025

“The gaslighting of Lyme patients is over.” - RFK Jr.

Yesterday was a moment the Lyme community will never forget. Olivia with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and seeing Lyme disease spoken about with urgency, respect, and real accountability felt like a turning point for so many who have suffered in silence for far too long.

To every patient who has been dismissed, misdiagnosed, or told “it’s all in your head” — we see you. We believe you. And we are not backing down.

This is what progress looks like: listening to patients, funding real research, improving testing, and building a system that treats tick-borne disease like the public health crisis it is.

Thank you to everyone fighting for change — and to the Lyme community for your strength. Change is here, and this is only the beginning.

💚 — LivLyme Foundation