Integrative Medicine

Integrative Medicine is a multi-disciplinary approach to health care that incorporates mainstream Western medicine and proven complementary healing modalities. However, Integrative Medicine does more than simply merge conventional and complementary medicine. It is also grounded in hard-core scientific evidence gleaned from a wide range of medical research studies. Integrative Medicine focuses the interplay between biological and social factors in relation to health and disease.

The main goal of the integrative approach in modern healthcare is to understand how biochemical individuality, metabolic balance, genetic predisposition, lifestyle pattern, and environmental circumstances converge to influence the physiology of each person.

Osteopathic physicians, by virtue of their extensive training, are in a position to offer a wide range of integrative therapies for different conditions. Osteopathic integrative practitioners such as Dr. Lawrence Glass use various combinations of allopathic medications (prescription and OTC drugs), nutritional supplements, musculo-skeletal spinal manipulation, and complementary modalities such as acupuncture and biofeedback to their treatment protocols.

The benefits of Integrative Medicine lie in its individualized approach -- an approach that starts with in-depth patient assessment based on multiple diagnostic tools. There is no universal treatment plan for everyone in Integrative Medicine. Integrative Medicine does not ignore the wealth of information in classic textbook medicine. Rather Integrative Medicine synergizes the conventional wisdom of allopathic medicine, leading-edge medical breakthroughs, and proven alternative healing practices to create the most comprehensive and powerful form of healthcare available today