McCormick Ranch and Gainey Ranch attract a particular kind of person. Someone who has built something, maintained it, and has no intention of letting their body be the thing that slows them down. The golf games, the long walks, the tennis matches, the grandchildren keeping pace with you on a hiking trail. These are not luxuries. They are the point.
What brings most of our patients from this part of Scottsdale through our door is the recognition that the conventional medical system was not designed to help them stay at that level. It was designed to manage problems after they become serious. Ethos Integrative Medicine was designed for something different.
We are a private-pay precision medicine practice specializing in hormone optimization, longevity medicine, and regenerative orthopedics. Our clinical team works with established, active adults who want to maintain the quality of life they have built. Not just manage it. Maintain it.
Our patients from this part of Scottsdale span a meaningful age range, and they share more than geography. They tend to be active, health-conscious, and frustrated with the gap between what conventional medicine offers and what they actually need.
Some are in their mid-50s, still working, noticing that energy and recovery are no longer what they were. They want to understand what is driving that shift and fix it before it compounds.
Others are in their 60s and 70s, retired or semi-retired, and deeply invested in protecting the physical capabilities that make their life what it is. A knee that limits their golf game. A shoulder that interrupted their tennis routine. A general fatigue that does not respond to rest the way it used to. These are not small problems. They are the things that determine quality of life.
What unites both groups is a refusal to accept that decline is simply what happens, and a willingness to invest in a clinical team that takes that seriously.
Joint pain is one of the most common reasons patients from McCormick Ranch and Gainey Ranch come to Ethos. And it is one of the areas where the gap between what conventional medicine offers and what is actually available is widest.
The standard path for a painful knee or shoulder moves through cortisone injections, physical therapy, and eventually a surgical referral. For some patients in some situations, that path makes sense. For many others, it represents a narrow set of options presented as if no others exist.
Regenerative medicine is a more precise alternative. At Ethos, our clinical team uses your imaging and diagnostic assessment to determine which regenerative approach is right for your specific injury, rather than offering a default protocol.
Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy for tendon injuries, ligament damage, and mild to moderate joint degeneration. Drawn from your own blood, concentrated, and injected precisely into the damaged tissue to stimulate your body’s natural healing response.
Every procedure at Ethos is preceded by a musculoskeletal ultrasound assessment. We confirm exactly what structure is involved and precisely where before any treatment begins. This is not a commodity injection service. It is a clinical decision made by an experienced physician who has reviewed your imaging personally.
If you have been told that surgery is your only remaining option, we would ask you to have one more conversation before you decide.
“I truly thought my running days were over. Then my son told me about Dr. Matt and how he had helped him with some CrossFit challenges. After only one visit and one treatment, my knee has been pain free for years.
I am 72 and still running and have even added CrossFit to my days. Thank you and cheers to more years.”
Deanna M. | Scottsdale, AZ | Verified Patient
The adults who come to us for hormonal optimization are not here because something is wrong. They are here because something is not right. And they have been told too many times that the difference does not matter.
The symptoms tend to arrive quietly. Energy that used to be reliable now requires more management. Recovery from workouts or travel takes longer than it should. Mental sharpness that was once effortless now takes real effort to maintain. Body composition shifts that resist the same inputs that used to produce results. Sleep that no longer fully restores.
These are not inevitable features of getting older. They are measurable, and in most cases they are addressable. The reason they go unresolved for so many patients is not that nothing can be done. It is that the standard annual physical was not designed to find them.
At Ethos, we approach hormone optimization as a precision discipline. Our Health Intelligence Deep Dive is a 56-point assessment that examines the full hormonal and metabolic picture, including testosterone, thyroid, cortisol, DHEA, estrogen, and the upstream pathways that determine how your body produces and utilizes what it makes. We do not hand you a testosterone number and call it comprehensive. We build a baseline that actually explains what you are experiencing.
Our our men’s hormone program is built around a full-system philosophy. For men in their 50s, 60s, and beyond, the goal is not simply to raise a number on a lab report. It is to restore the energy, clarity, strength, and drive that made them effective in the first place, and to build a long-term strategy that keeps them there.
Our our women’s hormone program is held to the same standard. Whether you are navigating perimenopause, postmenopause, or noticing shifts in energy, cognition, and body composition that conventional medicine has not adequately explained, we build your strategy around what your biology actually shows. Not assumptions. Not a symptom checklist. Your data.
Both programs are supported by a coordinated clinical team that tracks your progress, adjusts your protocol as you evolve, and ensures the strategy you started with keeps delivering results over time. Your Ethos Performance Scorecard gives you a clear, ongoing picture of exactly where you stand.
“I went in with extreme low back pain from a weight lifting injury I had gotten two years ago. I was doubtful that PRP injections would actually help but I was mistaken.
Dr. Hernandez and the team took great care of me and I cannot recommend them enough.”
Rob B. | Scottsdale, AZ | Verified Patient
Most of the patients we see from this part of Scottsdale have already been somewhere else. They have had the cortisone injections. They have been on a basic hormone protocol. They have seen a specialist who recommended surgery or a primary care physician who told them their labs were fine. They come to Ethos because those experiences left a gap between what they were told and what they actually needed.
What they consistently describe as different:
Our practice at 13402 N Scottsdale Road, Suite A120 is minutes from McCormick Ranch, Gainey Ranch, and the central Scottsdale corridor. Patients from Paradise Valley are equally close.
We offer early morning appointments and a scheduling approach built around the calendars of busy professionals and active adults. Communication between visits is straightforward — our clinical team is responsive and you are never left waiting for answers.
Everything at Ethos is private pay. Your records, your visits, and your results stay entirely between you and your clinical team. Discretion is built into the model, not offered as an add-on.
For more on how we serve patients across the broader Scottsdale area, visit our Scottsdale location page.
Every patient at Ethos moves through the same foundational process, whether they come to us for joint pain, hormone optimization, or both. It is designed to give you real answers quickly and build a strategy that actually fits your life.
The best way to know whether Ethos is the right fit for what you are dealing with is a conversation. Our Discovery Call is 15 to 20 minutes, there is no cost, and there is no commitment. We talk through what you are experiencing, what you have already tried, and whether our clinical team is positioned to help.
If regenerative medicine is what you are exploring, we can walk you through which treatment approach is most appropriate for your injury type and where you are in the process.
If hormone optimization is the conversation, we start with your current symptoms, your history, and what a more comprehensive diagnostic evaluation would look like.
Either way, the call is the starting point. Most patients tell us it was the most useful clinical conversation they had had in years.
Book your Discovery Call at ethosscottsdale.com or call 480-618-7545.
No. Age alone is not a determining factor for regenerative medicine candidacy. What matters is the nature and severity of the injury, your overall health, and your treatment goals. We regularly work with patients in their 60s and 70s who achieve meaningful, lasting relief from PRP, prolotherapy, and BMC. In fact, for older patients who face greater surgical risk and longer recovery times, regenerative medicine is often the more appropriate path. The starting point is always a proper diagnostic assessment, which we conduct before making any treatment recommendation.
Yes, and for many patients this is when it matters most. Hormonal decline is cumulative, and the effects on energy, body composition, cognitive function, and recovery become more pronounced over time. Patients in their 60s and 70s who pursue hormone optimization at Ethos frequently describe outcomes that feel transformative precisely because they had been living with the deficit for years before addressing it. The key is a comprehensive assessment that takes your full health picture into account, which is exactly what our Health Intelligence Deep Dive is designed to do.
Primary care is built around disease management and standard prevention. It was not designed for precision optimization, and most primary care appointments do not allow the time or the diagnostic depth that optimization requires. At Ethos, your initial assessment involves a 56-point lab panel that goes well beyond a standard annual physical, a physician who reviews and explains everything in full, and a personalized strategy built from your specific data. We are not a replacement for primary care. We are what primary care cannot be for patients who want more than the standard of normal.
Before your first appointment you complete a comprehensive health questionnaire that allows our team to understand your history and goals in advance. At the appointment itself you meet with a physician who walks through your assessment findings, explains what the data shows in plain language, and presents a personalized plan. For hormone optimization patients this includes your full lab results and Performance Scorecard. For regenerative medicine patients it includes your ultrasound findings and a clear explanation of which treatment approach is recommended and why. You leave with answers, not a referral.
Ethos Integrative Medicine proudly serves individuals in Scottsdale, Phoenix, Glendale, Mesa, and beyond.