A physician-led practice built to help you develop a body that performs for life—not just manage symptoms.
THE JOURNEY... WHY THIS EXISTS
We Got Tired of Practicing Medicine That Didn’t Actually Create Health
We became doctors because we wanted to help people live better—not just survive longer on medications. Early on, we saw something most patients never get told:
The biggest drivers of long-term health aren’t prescriptions or procedures.
They’re training, nutrition, movement, recovery, and lifestyle—done consistently and intelligently.
When we practiced this way, something different happened.
Patients got stronger.
Chronic conditions reversed.
Medications were reduced or eliminated.
People felt capable in their bodies again.
This was medicine working the way it should.
But it didn’t fit inside the traditional healthcare system.
THE BREAKING POINT
WHY WE LEFT TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
Insurance-based healthcare pays doctors for volume, not outcomes.
You get paid for:
Procedures
Tests
Prescriptions
You don’t get paid for:
Listening
Teaching
Coaching
Building a real plan for a real human
That means:
15-minute appointments
No time to investigate root causes
No room to build sustainable change
We weren’t practicing medicine—we were following insurance protocols.
We weren’t working for patients—we were working for payors.
So we made a decision.
To leave a system built for throughput
And build one designed for health.
But there was one problem
To break away from a system that doesn’t serve anyone and build a clinic that actually does.
OUR MISSION
What We're Building Instead
Guide and collaborate with our patients so they can live their lives with as minimal medical intervention as possible.
We focus on three core areas
Our Philosophy
Training first, medication as strategic support when needed. Never the other way around. We don’t just manage disease—we train you in a system for cultivating a better life through better health.
Here we consider that health is at the foundation of building the good life. It is not everything—for instance, one needs to also manage one’s money, power, and relationships, among other things—that being said, little else matters when one is dead or profoundly ill. To the degree that we care about preventing and undoing chronic disease we are consequently a clinic/ medical practice.
On the other hand, health is much more than the mere absence of pathology. One can be healthy and physically incompetent to do anything meaningful. Health, outside pathology, looks to the development of physical and psychosocial attributes, namely strength, mobility, agility, resilience, and adaptability. To the degree that we care about developing a person’s attributes we are therefore a training group.
This marriage of movement and medicine is most evident in our core value that all of our healthcare decisions begin with understanding movement and the environment that the patient-athlete must navigate. Off this metaphor-but-not-a-metaphor we can then derive nutrition, necessary skills, assess for liabilities, and then derive solutions to cover those liabilities.
We coach and develop training programs with the diligence traditionally considered for prescription medications; we manage and select our medications with the same sense of long term adaptation and change expected of a coach.
Dr. DANTE PAREDES
Texas Licensed Physician | Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Physicians Who Live the Standard They Set
How He Practices
Martial arts practitioner since 2009, StrongFirst kettlebell training, daily movement practice, team physician, and martial arts instructor—balancing training, nutrition, and family life.
His Story
What started as preventing diabetes evolved into helping patients return to training after heart attacks. He integrated movement directly into his practice—literally teaching patients how to move again.
What Drives Him
Helping people break free from the limits of chronic disease.
DR. JAMES ASTON
Texas Licensed Physician | Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Physicians Who Live the Standard They Set
How He Practices
Strength training, kettlebells, barbells, bodyweight work, kickboxing, and recreational sports. His military background reinforced the necessity of physical competence.
His Story
After struggling with weight through training and residency, he rebuilt his health through nutrition timing and training—aligning his life with the advice he gives patients.
What Drives Him
Seeing patients achieve outcomes they once thought were impossible.
LOCATION & SERVICE AREA
Service Area
We currently provide care to Texas residents only due to medical licensing requirements. We're working on expanding to other states, but for now we're focused on providing the best possible care to Texans who are tired of the traditional medical system.
How It Works
All consultations are conducted virtually via secure video calls, with in-person options available for patients who choose our Return to Health program within a limited geographical area.
Currently Serving Texas Residents
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