The How Clinic
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What is The How Clinic?
The How Clinic is a practice at 700 Garden View Ct, Suite 102, in Encinitas, California. It is open Tuesday to Thursday, 9:00am to 5:00pm, and can be reached at (760) 274-8109. Its main work is nonsurgical pain and injury care, including regenerative joint injections, hydrodissection, shockwave therapy and diagnostic ultrasound. It also offers sexual wellness treatments, IV hydration, acupuncture, and mental health treatments including stellate ganglion block and ketamine therapy. Google shows it at 5 stars from 264 reviews.
Hormone therapy is often the reason people call, so know this first: it is not on the clinic's services list. The clinic writes about it in several blog posts and calls itself an "Encinitas Bioidentical Hormone Specialist." In its own words: "we may recommend bioidentical hormone replacement therapy to restore proper balance." The prescribers it names are John How, MD, RMSK; Amy Lopez, PA-C; and Mark Deaver, M.D. The clinic describes Dr. How as board-certified in emergency medicine.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices for hormone therapy or any other service, and it states no consultation fee. It does not say whether a hormone medication is included in any price, whether it accepts insurance, or what its membership and cancellation terms are. The one payment option it names is Care Credit. Expect the cost of a first visit to stay unknown until someone quotes it to you, so ask before you book.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask which of the three prescribers would write a hormone prescription. Ask whether the hormone medication is included in any fee, and whether it is brand-name or compounded. Ask what the hormone testing costs. The clinic writes about dried urine testing (DUTCH test) and saliva testing, and each may be a separate charge to confirm. Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost over a year, whether telehealth is offered (it does not say), and how cancellation works. If mental health care interests you, ask which parts happen in the clinic, since its mental health links send visitors to an outside partner, Stella Center. Finally, ask whether any supplement is part of your plan. The clinic has an online supplement ordering section and says some links are affiliate links that earn it a commission.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you need nonsurgical pain or injury care and want to ask about hormone therapy from the same practice, and you are willing to confirm costs before you book. It may not suit you if you want a hormone-only clinic or need published prices, since it publishes neither.
Sources: thehowclinic.com, thehowclinic.com/understanding-bioidentical-hormone-replacement-therapy-bhrt, thehowclinic.com/estrogen-dominance-in-women-a-hidden-cause-of-weight-gain-anxiety-and-pms, thehowclinic.com/new-patients/online-ordering/hormone-therapy
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off The How Clinic’s own website on 2026-10-11. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Hormone therapy — listed on their site as “BHRT is one of the options we offer at The How Clinic.” source
Hours
Company Business Hours Tuesday to Thursday 9:00am – 5:00pm.