Style of Care

The foundations of health are a complex interplay between many powerful variables including sleep, nutrition, exercise, inflammation, stress, relations, ‘play’, genetics, and certainly a bit of random luck as well. Controlling for the variables that we do have influence over, helps to optimize our opportunities for a healthy life.  At Coeur Vitality we like to get back to these “basics” that are vital to our health.  We aim to empower our patients with knowledge of healthy practices, set wellness goals together, and provide basic fundamental understanding of measures to help maintain health and prevent disease and burden of illness.

Medicine advancements and treatments can be invaluable tools.  Sometimes however, interventions and prescription treatments can create more unintended side effects than benefits.  Being knowledgeable and mindful of this inherent need for balance and critical evaluation is the key to getting the most out of medicine while limiting unintended consequences.

We love science at Coeur Vitality, and are huge proponents of the evidence-based approach to our care.  We are also nature-enthusiasts, with a huge faith in the strength of our natural defenses, and physiologic systems of checks and balances to maintain health.  We lean on the power of our bodies’ natural defenses and efficient healing, and employ the proven tools of science when they become necessary. At Coeur Vitality we use modern medicine with a more wholesome, thoughtful, natural approach.

We believe that health care comes not only from a physician, but is best practiced via a team of knowledgeable professionals. At Coeur Vitality, we are proud to bring a phenomenal crew of local wellness professionals together to help our patients achieve their health and wellness goals. Coeur Vitality is the place where physical & mental health, nutrition counseling, chiropractic, and fitness training professionals work in a coordinated team to the benefit of our patients and healthcare community.

Dr. Burns has a passion for teaching and learning from the bright young minds of our future, and for many years has taught as Faculty with Kootenai Clinic Family Medicine Residency where she first met Dr. Jessica Harnisch-Boyd.  You might also meet young inquisitive learners rotating in our clinic, as our beloved Kelli Grambeau FNP first met many of you! We aim to inspire others to follow the path of compassionate thoughtful medicine.

We live in a vibrant active community full of outdoor enthusiasts, artists, healers, farmers, teachers, and many other creative and resourceful minds!  We have an amazing network of passionate advocates for health and wellness.  Coeur Vitality tries to bring local resources to our patients and both highlight and support the innovative work being done in our community such as local farm to plate meals, health education forums, fitness events, and health awareness initiatives. Together as a community we can thrive and enrich each other’s lives.