Hormone Balancing Evaluation — Men & Women

Hotze Health & Wellness Center in the Houston metro area conducts thorough hormone evaluations for both men and women as the foundation of every treatment programme. Testing covers thyroid function (T4, thyroid antibodies, TSH), free testosterone, bioidentical progesterone and estrogen for women, and adrenal hormone assessment. The clinic's philosophy prioritises symptoms as the primary diagnostic criterion, using lab values for safety monitoring. Results inform a personalised bioidentical hormone protocol delivered by physicians with decades of combined experience in functional medicine.

Hormone evaluation at Hotze Health & Wellness Center is the starting point for virtually every patient who comes through the door. The Katy-area clinic — serving the broader Houston metro including Sugar Land, Pearland, The Woodlands, and Cypress — has built its reputation over more than 35 years on one central premise: that conventional medicine too often relies on lab reference ranges rather than the lived experience of the patient. For women, the evaluation assesses estrogen, bioidentical progesterone, and free testosterone levels, alongside a thyroid panel that includes free T4 and thyroid antibodies. The clinic places particular emphasis on thyroid function because hypothyroidism and hormonal imbalances frequently co-present, especially in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women. Symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain, mood changes, and reduced libido are treated as meaningful clinical signals rather than age-related inevitabilities. For men, the evaluation centres on free testosterone — not just total testosterone — alongside thyroid markers and, where relevant, adrenal hormone assessment. Declining testosterone in men is associated with reduced energy, muscle loss, cognitive fog, and cardiovascular risk factors, all of which the clinic addresses through bioidentical testosterone protocols tailored to the individual's symptom profile and lab results. Adrenal assessment is included because adrenal fatigue and cortisol dysregulation are commonly intertwined with both thyroid and sex hormone imbalances. The clinical team — including Dr. Steven Hotze, Dr. Donald Ellsworth, and Nurse Practitioner Debbie Janak — reviews all test results in the context of each patient's full symptom picture before recommending a hormone protocol. FSA/HSA accounts are accepted, and Advance Care financing makes longer-term programmes accessible. A complimentary 30-minute phone consultation is offered to all prospective patients in the Houston, Katy, and surrounding Texas communities.