A Win That Belongs to Our Clients
When we opened the doors at Pro Health Place, we did not set out to win awards. We set out to do medicine differently. To listen longer, dig deeper, and treat every client like a whole person rather than a chart full of disconnected symptoms.
So when we received the news that Pro Health Place was named the 2025 Best Functional Medicine Practice by HealthLinks SC, and that Dr. Josh Himes was named the 2025 Best Health and Life Coach, we felt something bigger than pride. We felt validation that the kind of care we believe in is the kind of care our community is asking for.
This recognition was not handed to us. It was voted on by readers, clients, and community members across the Lowcountry who chose us as their best in health. That is what makes it so meaningful. The people we serve every day are the ones who put us here.
What the Best in Health Awards Actually Mean
The HealthLinks SC Best in Health Awards are one of the most respected community-voted recognitions in South Carolina health care. Each year, readers across the Charleston area cast their votes for the practitioners and practices delivering the best care across more than 100 categories, ranging from cardiology and oncology to specialized fields like functional medicine and health coaching.
Winning in two categories in the same year is not just a single moment of recognition. It is a reflection of an entire approach to care. One award honored our practice as a whole. The other honored Dr. Josh Himes individually for his work guiding clients through lifestyle change, lab interpretation, and personalized health strategy.
Together, they tell the same story. People are looking for something different in their health care. And when they find it, they remember it.
Why Functional Medicine Is Resonating Right Now
For decades, the conventional medical model has been built around quick visits, symptom management, and prescription-first solutions. It works beautifully for acute crises. But for the chronic issues that millions of people quietly live with every day, it often falls short.
Clients come to us frustrated. They have been told their labs are normal but they do not feel normal. They have been handed prescriptions for symptoms without anyone asking what is actually causing those symptoms in the first place. They have been told that fatigue, brain fog, hormonal shifts, gut issues, and stubborn weight gain are just part of getting older.
We do not believe that. And neither do our clients.
Functional medicine asks a different question. Instead of "What can we prescribe to manage this?" we ask "What is the root cause, and how do we resolve it?" Instead of treating systems in isolation, we look at how every system in your body is connected. Instead of relying on standard reference ranges, we use optimal ranges built around how your body should actually function.
The result is care that treats the person, not just the diagnosis.
Dr. Josh Himes: Best Health and Life Coach 2025
Being named Best Health and Life Coach is a particularly personal honor for Dr. Himes. As a former professional boxer turned Board-Certified Doctor of Functional Medicine, his approach to coaching is grounded in something most providers cannot offer. The discipline of an athlete, the precision of a clinician, and the heart of a husband and father who has lived through a health crisis of his own.
That experience shapes every consultation. Dr. Himes does not see his role as simply diagnosing and treating. He sees it as walking alongside his clients, helping them understand their own biology, and giving them the strategy and support to reclaim their health round by round.
Clients describe his approach as direct, compassionate, and refreshingly thorough. He does not hand you a prescription and send you out the door. He builds a plan with you, explains the science behind it, and stays in your corner as you do the work.
A Practice Built on Personalization
What sets Pro Health Place apart is not one service or one philosophy. It is the way every piece of the practice is designed around the individual.
Our approach combines:
- Comprehensive consultations that go far beyond the seven-minute primary care visit
- Advanced laboratory testing that uncovers what standard panels miss
- Mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy to support recovery, healing, and cellular function
- Red and near-infrared light therapy to support energy, recovery, and inflammation
- Thermography for non-invasive insight into circulation and inflammation patterns
- Personalized protocols built around your data, your symptoms, and your goals
No two clients receive the same plan, because no two individuals have the same biology, history, or goals.
Serving Charleston, Mount Pleasant, and Pittsburgh
Pro Health Place proudly serves clients across both Charleston, South Carolina and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with growing reach throughout the Lowcountry and beyond. Our clients come from every walk of life. Athletes seeking optimization. Mothers trying to feel like themselves again. Executives recovering from burnout. Families looking for proactive, preventive care for the long road ahead.
Whether you are local to Mount Pleasant or driving in from across the state, our doors are open and our approach is the same. Real answers, lasting results, and care that meets you exactly where you are.
A Thank You to Our Community
To every client, family member, and friend of the practice who voted for us, recommended us to a loved one, or trusted us with your story this year. Thank you. These awards belong to you as much as they belong to us.
To everyone who is still searching for answers, still feeling unheard, still wondering if there is something better. We see you, and we are here.
The fight for better health is not a solo journey. It is something we do together, round by round.
Ready to experience the kind of care our community voted best? Book your consultation with Pro Health Place today and start building a plan as unique as you are. Call (724)900-9940 to schedule.