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AcuDetox is a 5-point auricular acupuncture treatment protocol established by the National Addiction and Detoxification Association (NADA). Acupuncture is preformed by placing thin, sterilized needles into both ears. AcuDetox is best given in a group setting for about 45 minutes. It is thought that the energy of the group helps provide an added benefit of knowing that you are not alone in the therapeutic process and adds to the calm of others in the group. |
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Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine |
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Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one of the oldest medical philosophies (over 5,000 years old) still practiced today. Acupuncture is one treatment modality that is used by many TCM practitioners along with herbal medicine and lifestyle changes to bring the body back into balance. The first record of acupuncture is found in a 4,700 year old text called Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine). It is possible that the text was based off of the earlier theories of Shen Nung, the father of Chinese Medicine. Shen Nung documented theories about circulation, pulse, and the heart over 4,000 years before European medicine had any concept about them. |
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Bio-identical Hormone Therapy |
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Hormone therapies are used to treat may different imbalances that occur in the endocrine (hormone) system of the body. There are typically two types of hormone therapies available for treatment of endocrine imbalances – synthetic hormones and bio-identical hormones. Typically the most available hormones used to treat imbalances are the synthetic hormones and thus are the most commonly prescribed and used. |
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All healthy, living tissues subtly “breathe” with the motion of life – a phenomenon that produces rhythmic impulses which can be palpated. The presence of these subtle rhythms in the body was first described by osteopath William Sutherland over 100 years ago. Dr. Sutherland realized that cranial sutures were designed to express small degrees of motion, just like other suture joints in the body. This motion is linked to other subtle movements of interrelated tissues and fluids; including cerebrospinal fluid, the central nervous system, the membranes that surround the central nervous system and the sacrum. |
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GUNA Method Trigger Point Injections |
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The GUNA Method is an innovative new therapy involving Physiological Regulating Medicine. This field of medicine looks at modifying cellular and tissue physiology to restore normal functioning to diseased tissue. The GUNA Method integrates the most up-to-date information about conventional medicine and homeopathic medicine in order to correct physiological imbalances in the tissue. |
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What is Integrative Medicine?
Integrative medicine is an approach to health care that incorporates conventional medical care with complementary, evidence-based medical therapies and treatments. Integrative medicine strives to achieve healing by addressing the “whole-person, whole-body” and not just curing a part of the whole dysfunctional system. Integrative Medicine allows for a comprehensive healing process of the mind, body and spirit through the stimulation of the body’s own innate ability to heal and through the promotion of optimal health and well-being. |
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Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (LDT) was developed by Bruno Chikly, MD, after years of research on the lymphatic system. Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (LDT) takes traditional lymph drainage techniques and adds a level of precision consistent with recent scientific discoveries. |
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Massage is the manipulation of the myofascial (muscle) system. Massage therapy is recognized as one of the oldest methods of healing, with references in medical texts nearly 4,000 years old. Hippocrates, known as the "father of medicine," referenced massage when he wrote, in the 4th century BC "The physician must be acquainted with many things, and assuredly with rubbing." |
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Naturopathic Medicine is a distinctive philosophy of medicine that recognizes the integrity of the whole person. Naturopathic Medicine is heir to the vitalistic tradition of medicine in the Western world, emphasizing the treatment of disease through the stimulation, enhancement, and support of the inherent healing capacity of the person. Methods of treatments are chosen to work with the patient's vital force, respecting the intelligence of the natural healing process. The practice of Naturopathic Medicine emerges from six underlying principles of healing. These principles are based on the objective observation of the nature of health and disease, and are continually reexamined in light of scientific analysis. It is these principles that distinguish Naturopathic Medicine from other medical approaches. |
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Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment |
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Substance abuse is a major socio-economical issue that affects nearly every community in the United States. In the past there have only been inpatient detox centers around the country available to help in the treatment of individuals suffering from substance abuse. In the last few years research has provided new treatments for substance abuse that are available in an outpatient setting. |
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Prometa targets the biology of addiction by integrating a physician based treatment program designed to reverse the changes to brain chemistry that occurs with alcohol, cocaine, or methamphetamine dependence. Prometa involves a series of outpatient treatments combined with counseling and medications in combination with nutritional therapies to help with withdrawal symptoms. |
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The word Qigong (pronounced "chee gong") is a combination of two ideas: “Qi” means air, breath of life, or vital energy of the body, and “gong” means the skill of working with, or cultivating, self-discipline and achievement. The art of Qigong consists primarily of meditation, relaxation, physical movement, mind-body integration, and breathing exercises. Practitioners of Qigong develop an awareness of qi sensations (energy) in their body and use their mind to guide the Qi. When the practitioners achieve a sufficient skill level (master), they can direct or emit external Qi for the purpose of healing others. |
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Stress has become the number one malady of our time. According to the American Institute of Stress, up to 90% of all health problems are related to stress. Additionally, a large body of research confirms that our thoughts and emotions have a dynamic effect on our health and vitality. The constant pressure associated with living in the fast-paced world has created an environment where nearly everyone is suffering from excessive stress. |
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In 1920, Ida Pauline Rolf received her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and performed research in organic chemistry at the Rockefeller Institute. Propelled to find solutions to her own health problems in a holistic manner, she spent many years studying and experimenting with different systems of healing and manipulation. |
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Suboxone is used in the treatment of opioid addiction including Heroin, Oxycontin, Oxycodone, and other opioid medications. Suboxone is the first opioid medication that has been approved for the treatment of opioid dependence in an outpatient office-based setting so Suboxone can be dispensed for home use. |
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Visceral Manipulation (VM) was developed by Jean-Pierre Barral, DO in France. He noticed the relationship that fascia has to dysfunction within the body. This dysfunction can be in the joints manifesting in the may we move to dysfunction of an individual organ such as the liver or gallbladder causing disease or pain. |
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Yoga comes from a Sanskrit word that means Union. Yoga practice literally means to yoke, or unite both the Mind and the Body together in order to work in the healthiest way possible. Yoga practice only two times a week can start to help relieve symptoms of anxiety, habitual stress and chronic pain by calming the mind and working with the body in ways that are both restful and rejuvenating. |
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