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Naturopath
7320 E Deer Valley, Ste 100
North Scottsdale, AZ
85255
Top reviews
Dr Nelson took so much time with me and he listened. I look forward to continuing our work together.
William D. Nelson, NMD, has been in continuous clinical practice since 1996, helping patients who feel lost, overwhelmed, or out of options finally understand what is happening in their bodies—and what to do next. As founder and medical director of Explore Health in Scottsdale, Arizona, Dr. Nelson has become the physician people are sent to when answers are unclear and progress has stalled.
Many patients arrive after years of specialists, imaging, labs, second opinions, and endless online research. Yet despite all the information, they remain stuck. That is because true healing is rarely about a single diagnosis. It requires seeing patterns—how genetics, inflammation, infection, structure, nervous system regulation, and lived experience intersect.
Dr. Nelson is known for his rare ability to combine advanced modern medicine with the insight of a true healer. Patients often describe him as part indigenous medicine man—sometimes referred to as a “Shaugoma”—and part relentless diagnostician in the spirit of Dr. House. He listens deeply, thinks critically, and explains complex physiology in a way patients can finally understand.
Explore Health specializes in complex chronic illness, including Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, ME/CFS, chronic viral illness such as EBV and CMV, Long COVID, autoimmune and inflammatory conditions, and difficult pain syndromes. Dr. Nelson also supports cancer patients using innovative, evidence-informed approaches including onco-genomic testing, repurposed medications, and European natural therapies such as mistletoe—often integrated alongside conventional care.
In regenerative orthopedics, Explore Health offers non-surgical solutions for back, hip, knee, shoulder, and nerve pain using advanced injection therapies, neural therapy, and biologic products including cord-blood–derived stem cell products, exosomes, and Wharton’s Jelly. These products are not FDA-approved drugs but are manufactured in compliance with FDA CFR standards and are designed to restore healthy cellular signaling—reducing inflammation, promoting blood supply, and supporting tissue repair.
Approximately half of Explore Health patients travel from outside Arizona to establish care, then continue with structured telemedicine follow-ups. When patients don’t know where to turn, they are often told the same thing: Go to Explore Health. They’ll help you figure it out.
Explore Health is not a protocol-driven clinic. It is a navigation center for people who feel stuck.
Dr. Nelson does not treat diagnoses in isolation—he treats systems. Symptoms are viewed as signals, not nuisances to suppress. Every plan begins with a simple question: Why is this person not healing?
Care at Explore Health integrates:
Healing often requires more than information. It requires perspective, experience, and guidance. Some obstacles are physical—degeneration, inflammation, infection. Others are deeper: genetic vulnerabilities, nervous system dysregulation, or loss of direction after years of illness.
Explore Health exists to help patients navigate that terrain with clarity, honesty, and hope—grounded in real clinical experience, not trends or shortcuts.
Low Back Pain
Shoulder Pain
Hip Pain
Knee Pain
Neck Pain
Sciatica
Plantar Fasciitis
Cancer
Chronic illness
Long Covid
MEI/CFS
Concussion/TBI
Ehlers Danlo
Addiction
Men's Hormone Therapy
Women's Hormone Therapy
Thyroid & Adrenal
Addiction Medicine
Exosome Therapy
Prolotherapy
PRP – Platelet Rich Plasma
Wharton’s Jelly
Naturopathic Medicine
Sinclair Method
Naturopathic Oncology
IV Therapy
Hyperthermia
Mistletoe Therapy
Neural Therapy
Mind Body Medicine
Alcohol Addiction
Auto Accidents
IV NAD
Fentanyl Addiction
Stem Cell Therapy
Location
Explore Health
7320 E Deer Valley, Ste 100
North Scottsdale, AZ, 85255
More About Dr. William Nelson, NMD
NPI Number
1497933154
Provider's Gender
Male
Reviews
Dr Nelson took so much time with me and he listened. I look forward to continuing our work together.
Dr. Nelson is the best! He is fixing my shoulder and knee issues. He is a good listener and manages expectations on procedures and results. He is interested in fixing the root causes of your health issues. He is a kind doctor who genuinely wants to help you through your health issues and get you back to good health.
8 weeks later doing much better than 8 weeks ago with horrible back pain thanks!!
Dr. Nelson and his wife Stephanie have been great to work with! They really take the time to listen and provide you with a holistic approach to medicine.
Very educational first visit and anxious to see how things go moving forward.
The Doctor and his wife are the sweetest people . They want to help you get better. I feel he is more knowledgable than most other physicians. ( at least that I’ve been to ) He took the time to explain everything to me. Which I appreciated so much.
Dr. Nelson was fantastic and took care of us right away and met our needs. We’re so grateful for him and for Stephanie as well.
Dr Nelson was knowledgeable and compassionate and took care of our needs.
Dr. Nelson took great care to listen to all my concerns and came up with a great healthcare plan for me for the future. I really appreciated his attention, interest and passion for helping me to develop a plan I can live with and feel good about. Also, he made it clear he will always be there for me if any concerns come up.
Very professional, down to earth. Took his time in the interview process, I really enjoyed our conversation. I received a lot of great tools for my success.
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