Holistic Medicine

Holistic Medicine is a practice of health care which fosters a cooperative relationship among all those involved. It focuses on education and responsibility for personal efforts to achieve balance and well being. Through this process physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual aspects of health are gained. The holistic approach emphasizes the need to look at the whole person, which includes analysis of physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional, social, spiritual, and lifestyle values. Holistic medicine is just beginning to be accepted by "conventional" practitioners, but what has been widely accepted is beginning to change. Even the definition of "conventional practitioner" is changing. Therefore, techniques that are now considered alternative medical approaches will soon be considered part of the new medical model.

Natural healing usually refers to the use of non-invasive and non-pharmaceutical techniques helping the patient with the healing process.

Holistic Medicine has been used by millions of people around the world to:

Encourage the body toward healing from chronic diseases (arthritis, lupus, back and neck pain, bulged or herniated discs, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, spinal stenosis, slow healing problems, and more)
Successfully treat childhood illnesses, birth trauma, developmental delays
Treat acute illnesses (fractures, after surgery, accidents, back and neck pain, etc.)
Normalize weight
Prevent disease (increase the strength of the immune system)
Improve overall health and increase energy level
Transform one's outlook upon life

CranioSacral therapy is part of physical therapy and massage therapy practices. It emphasizes the neurological aspects of a patient's condition. The physical therapist uses extremely light touch, the weight of one nickel on the body parts related to cerebral spinal fluid flow. When a patient has a bulged or herniated disc, craniosacral is used as a manual therapy to decrease pain and speed healing. CEU's for physical therapists are provided by these courses. This technique was developed by William Sills and John Upledger over 20 years ago.

Healing Touch is credentialed by the Nurses Association and physical therapists are given CEU's for attendance to these courses as well. This treatment is very light touch as well. It works with the patient, a relaxation technique, help the body switch from "fight or flight" to "relax." Only in the relaxed state can the body begin to attend to pain. Relaxation techniques such as Jacobson Relaxation techniques have been used over 30 years.

At Health Sphere Wellness Center (HSWC), I evaluate and give the patient programs according to what needs are presented. An amazing number of patients had no idea that the food they had eaten, water they drank, or their stress level would have been a factor in the disease process.

HSWC is successful because of using many of the key holistic healing fundamentals. Some individuals get caught up in looking for a magic supplement, herb, or diet macronutrient proportion as their sole form treatment. This method tends to lead to limited success, often followed by long periods of little or no progress. With treatment of the whole individual utilizing a spectrum of techniques, the improvement and pain relief is more successful. Many of the procedures are performed at my clinic and some of the treatment can be done at home.

HSWC spends as much energy establishing what person has a disease, as what disease a patient has. I evaluate the patient and establish what caused the illness or injury along with the symptoms. I design and present a specific program to eliminate any causes of disease and/or pain. I then use physical therapy with various techniques to reduce pain and discomfort caused by the disease/injury process. Hand in hand, I work with the patient to return the body to optimum health and function. I work with patient's physician, nurse practitioner, and/or other health care provider as well.

Patients of HSWC are informed every step of their treatment process. Each aspect of treatment is explained and I welcome the opportunity to answer any of their questions.