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We value
your health...
...not just your ability to be marginally functional, but your total
optimal health, which includes your ability to think clearly, have fun,
work hard, pursue your passions, communicate well, care about others, be
healthy, and feel good.
To this end, we have worked very hard to bring techniques and capabilities
together which recognize the ability of the body to heal itself when it is
freed from oppositions to good health, and when it is given the proper
nutrients and support for self-healing. We strive to give you personalized
attention using the most progressive complementary health care techniques
available.
What is holistic medicine?
The
differences between the holistic approach and the allopathic
approach to medicine are considerable. What most people do not
realize, however, is that these two approaches are completely
compatible. Allopathic medicine is necessary in order to address
certain health problems, as is holistic medicine to address other
health problems. Each can enhance the effect of the other. Few
people recognize this potential and simply look at them as being
antagonistic with each other.
Allopathic medicine is
what we consider the traditional health care in this country. You go
to the doctor with a symptom, and measures are then taken to
alleviate that symptom. This may involve a taking a pharmaceutical
drug, or undergoing some type of surgery, or both. Most of the
thrust of allopathic medicine is symptomatic. That is, you have a
symptom, and the doctor addresses that symptom to alleviate or
remove it. This is extremely important in cases of trauma, such as
broken bones and other types of internal and external injuries.
Holistic medicine, on
the other hand, views symptoms as a guide to an underlying cause.
For example, an allopathic doctor may give you an anti-inflammatory
if you have aching joints, and this may temporarily improve
symptoms. This is a symptomatic approach. The holistic practitioner
will ask, "Why are the joints deteriorating and causing pain and
aching? Is there an autoimmune problem? Is there a deficiency of
sulfur to run the liver detoxification pathways, causing the body to
rob the synovial fluid in the joints? Is there a circulation problem
preventing critical nutrients from getting to the joints, or are
essential nutrients simply not being absorbed, and if so, why? In
other words, the holistic practitioner will look at your body at the
cellular level and give you the
nutrient/enzymatic/homeopathic/dietary support that will correct the
problem, not just suppress the symptom. In this manner, the pain in
your joints will be eased from the inside as your body rebuilds
itself. As one holistic practitioner wisely said, "There are no drug
deficiencies, just nutrient deficiencies."
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