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Doctors in Meeting1. Combining multiple specialties is safer, speeds recovery and imparts more long-term benefits. There are a variety of treatment options available in today’s health care arena. All have some benefit or they wouldn't exist. Combing the best of these in one location is not only convenient but offers us the opportunity to coordinate care that affords you the best chance for pain-relief and long-term benefits.

2. Safety and efficiency. Surgery and prescription medications are the trademark of Western Medicine. Both are not without risk. Prescription medications are “by prescription” because they have side effects or are habit-forming. Side effects are the result of a toxic reaction within our bodies. Surgery is invasive and not without risks. Alternative Medicine offers approaches to healing that are non-invasive and have virtually no side effects. By integrating alternative approaches we can eliminate the risks of surgical intervention and the toxicity of prescription medications.

Dr viewing X-rays3. Chiropractic care has been proven to be more effective than other alternatives for the treatment of chronic spinal pain.  Chiropractic manipulations or "adjustments," pain medications and acupuncture were compared by the Multidisciplinary Spinal Pain Outpatient Unit of an Australian public hospital; they concluded that a patient with chronic spine pain is almost five and one half times more likely to enjoy complete relief of his/her pain with chiropractic treatments than with medications.  The same patient is almost three times more likely to enjoy complete pain relief from chiropractic than from acupuncture [1].

4. Traditional Chinese Medicine for chronic ailments, non-responsive health problems, infertility and overall better health. Traditional Chinese Medicine is an organized health care system that has been practiced for over 2000 years. Its practitioners use primarily herbal remedies and acupuncture. Its philosophy breaks down body functions into five distinct systems and treatment is designed to restore functional integrity of these five systems. The Chinese Medical Practitioner treats the whole individual rather than regional symptoms.

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5. Physical Therapy the way it's meant to be practiced. Quick fixes without lasting benefit are poor solutions in today’s health care crisis environment. While relieving symptoms is the initial goal of every health care provider, looking for permanent resolution should be the ultimate objective. Physical Therapy offers such solutions through the rehabilitation of weak and unstable musculature. Long-term benefits are the result of not only setting realistic goals but also having the right personnel to achieve those goals. Unlike other facilities you will always work one-on-one with your physical therapist, never working in a group environment.

6. Traditional Medicine with a conservative approach. Western Medicine is the care that we grew up with. Often referred to as Allopathic Medicine this approach has helped treat many ailments and added years to each of our lives. Where Western Medicine falls short is in chronic non-responsive conditions. Rather than attempting to create an environment where the body can empower its own innate recuperative ability, the long-term overuse of prescription medications can actually suppress and weaken our own healing power. We believe prescription medications are best used in a conservative manner and patients should be weaned as quickly as possible.

 
[1]. Source - Spine, 2003, 28, pp1490-1503

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