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Are you confident in your immune system? If not or even if you are, what if you could boost your immune system and reduce systemic inflammation more than it is now? Chronic inflammation, whether from low level infections to autoimmune issues, is highly damaging...
Have you paid extra to get a “vampire” PRP (platelet rich plasma) facial instead of a microneedling facial believing you were getting a more powerful version? If you have, I have bad news, but I also have good news. Vampire PRP facials made famous...
With aging and other health problems such as with thyroid disorders, we end up with many health problems. One can be thinning hair and balding, not just in the scalp but eyebrows as well. I started to notice my eyebrows thinning over time as...
Technology has come a long ways in the last couple decades. Most of the women I talk to in my practice are unaware that there are such amazing non-surgical options for stress urinary incontinence. What once required surgery, pain, hospitalization, and a recovery time...
OIM is proud to present our new Health & Wellness education offerings beginning in October! The new Quarterly Classes Schedule is now posted and will provide a variety of classes in many of the Pillars of Health categories. You will see options for Yoga/Tai...
Does your body ache? Are you stressed out? Tired or Rundown? Join us for a FREE Dinner & one hour seminar at The Den Restaurant at Fox Hollow Golf Course. We host this FREE Dinner Seminar once per month so call in to be added to...
Meet Dr. Sarah Curtis, D.O. She is the newest physician to join OIM’s staff. Dr. Curtis specializes in treating expectant moms, newborns, post-partum moms and children. She has extensive experience treating infants who have colic and latching difficulties. She is board certified in neuromusculoskeletal...
Meet Dr. Daniel Lopez. He is one of the staff physicians here at Osteopathic Integrative Medicine. He is board certified in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and specializes in treating people with chronic headaches, TMJ issues, eye problems and traumatic brain injuries. He...
Whether you’re a professional athlete or weekend warrior, our state-of-the-art tools and hands-on therapies will help you recover and rebuild to maintain an optimum level of performance. At OIM, we provide a more comprehensive set of services and tools for sports recovery than any...
Meet Dr. Dana Anglund. He is one of the physicians on-staff here at Osteopathic Integrative Medicine. Dr. Anglund is a skilled integrative medicine practitioner who combines osteopathic manipulative medicine, homeopathy, Reiki, Theta healing, Pranic healing, the principles of acupuncture and his own energy-healing modality...
Meet Greg Cicciu, our resident acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine specialist. He has studied and practiced traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture for 20 years. Greg assesses his patients by reading the patient’s pulse. Because your blood touches every single part of your body, from...
This year I have decided to dedicate myself to developing my mind. Thus, I have dubbed 2018 “The Year of the Mind.” I’ve never done a New Year’s resolution and don’t necessarily consider this to be that. Developing my mind beyond anything I ever...
What is a tongue tie? Do you or possibly your children have tongue ties? Is there any reason to do anything about it? In this episode, Daniel Lopez, D.O. interviews registered dental hygienist and oral myofunctional therapist, Sarah Hornsby. This video discusses the controversial...
It’s not every day I post a review a patient left for another osteopathic physician. This story, however, is beyond worthy of sharing because many of us need to be reminded about the potential power of what osteopathy can accomplish. Stephen Myles Davidson, DO...
Pelvic pain is not always what it seems. I recently saw a woman in her early 30’s who had been having pain over her pubic bone region for over a year. The pubic bones are the part of the hip that meet in the...
By technical definition: Athletic trainers (ATs) are highly qualified, multi-skilled health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. Athletic trainers work under the direction of a physician as...
The bones that make up the hard palate also make up the orbit, the eye socket. The maxillary and palatine bones make up the hard palate and also form the floor of the orbit. With an interest in treating the jaw and eyes, I...
Andrea had suffered with migraines for about 9 years that started in her early 30’s. There was really no clear reason why she started getting migraine headaches. She theorized that maybe the pain started from overuse and poor ergonomics as an ultrasound tech. All she...
Foot Pain is undesirably common with solutions not as commonly experienced. Here at OIM we have several keys to alleviating foot pain. This a a short video to give you a potential path to a solution.
“Congratulations! You don’t have breast cancer,” said the surgeon as Monica woke up from her surgery. They had removed all of her breast tissue and all the lymph nodes in her right arm. Five years later when she was sitting in my office, she...
If one were to ask people on the street what osteopathic treatment was, they might get a lot of blank looks or incorrect responses. Osteopathy has been around since the 1800’s, yet many people don’t know it exists or what it is actually about....
Introduction How our eyes function play a big role in how our bodies interact with the external environment. Our posture will adapt to keep our eyes horizontal to the horizon. Our eyes are closely connected with our ears to reflexively turn our gaze towards...
I have seen a lot of strange cases in the past, but I specifically remember this one for its peculiarity and humor. Jennifer brought her daughter in to see me. Along with her daughter, came Jennifer’s brother and her mother to the appointment. Jennifer’s...
“My baby has been sitting sideways and my due date is in two weeks. I will have to have a c-section unless the baby changes its position by tomorrow when I have an ultrasound. I want to deliver naturally. Can you help me?” asked...
What if we looked at cultivating our health differently? What if we were more proactive in cultivating both physical and mental health? It might surprise you how that could change not just you, but your family in the present and the future. Many patients...
As much as we know about the human body, there are still plenty of mysteries with how it works. Consider Aubrey’s story. She was an osteopathic medical student who came and spent four weeks with me a few years ago. As we got to...
“Yes, yes, yes,” moaned Kristy out loud, “That spot had been there for years… That feels so much better. That was amazing!” She paused for a moment to catch her breath, “Do I have to get up? Can I lay here a while?” “No,...
When I met Carol, she came to me because she had low back pain and pelvic pain. When I say pain, I’m not talking like “ouch” my back and pelvis hurts. I’m talking like “every time that I walk, move, or do anything it...
At 8 weeks old, my daughter was about to have her tongue tie released. Up to that point, she had been having trouble with breastfeeding, but we decided to make an appointment because she could not drink out of a bottle when my wife...
Many of us know take probiotics for gut health, but there’s other places where they are also important for our health you may not have thought of. The emerging science on the flora in our gut is showing that the “microbiome” of our gut...
In our current medical system, the cost of healthcare services and the value of those services have been separated. In most cases, the patient (consumer) may not be aware of the cost of the services they receive. As a patient, maybe in pain or...
By Dr. Dana Anglund Divine StillPoint is the name I have come up with for how I treat patients. It is the distillation of many different healing traditions, philosophies, and techniques. The way I have formulated this curriculum it to be accessible to the layman...
At every scale of existence, life expresses itself as a process of transparent, interweaving ecosystems within ecosystems. Each layer – molecule, cell, tissue, Earth, solar system, galaxy, Universe – brings detailed elements whose activities resonate throughout the Whole. Within this grand dance, all behavior...
Here at OIM, our physicians work with our patients to help find their way back to ‘neutral’, through balancing the body with a variety of Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques (OMT). However, once achieved, that is where the Athletic Trainers role comes into play at OIM....
I am reading more and more research that is stating that “Acupuncture works”! Now, I’ll admit, it works but you have to work it. No one takes their blood pressure medication once a week or once a month. It’s the same with Chinese medicine....
What do a 5000 year-old Asian healing tradition and a 150 year-old American healing tradition have in common? The answer is: surprisingly, quite a bit. Both Osteopathy and Acupuncture attempt to influence the body’s innate healing forces. They both recognize that any healing that takes...
Osteopathic manipulations serve to help the body heal itself from the inside out. By performing a variety of manipulations, a practitioner can open channels in the body which enable the innate healing powers of the body to bring more blood flow and energy to...
The birthing process causes physical forces that compress the baby’s skull, neck and nervous system, especially in a prolonged labor or if Pitocin is used. This may affect not only the baby’s appearance but also the function of other body parts, including the nerves...
OMT can be invaluable in optimizing the health of children, as well as it addresses a wide range of conditions. The more gentle, balancing techniques that osteopaths employ, commonly known as cranial osteopathy or “osteopathy in the cranial field”, make osteopathic manipulation especially suitable...
Osteopathy looks at the body as a dynamic unit of function with structures and functions that are interrelated at all levels. Optimum health and athletic performance requires integrated function of all of the various parts. A problem in one area, organ or system will...