Arabi Lotfi Sami: started in 2011, the Institute ·for Integrative Medicine (IIM) is committed to evidence-based practices.

Integrative Medicine combines the best of "alternative" and complementary treatments with mainstream modern medicine and psychology to provide care for the whole person: mind and body. We are here to help you live more fully, cope better with your medical condition, control symptoms, and participate more fully in your medical care.
Started in 2011, the Institute  for Integrative Medicine (IIM) is committed to evidence-based practices. Our multi-disciplinary team is composed of highly qualified:
physicians
psychologists
massage therapists
acupuncturists
class instructors
Clinical Conditions Treated
chronic pain
musculoskeletal and joint pain
headache
cancer (or other illness) treatment side effects, such as nausea and vomiting
gastrointestinal conditions
women's health issues, including urinary problems, infertility, nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, and menopause
smoking habits
anxiety, including anxiety about medical procedures
facing life-threatening diagnoses
stress management
phobias
stress-related neurological problems
fatigue
depression

Washington − Senior military medical leadership met with The Bravewell Collaborative and renowned scientists and physicians to discuss improving pain management for warriors and veterans through the use of integrative medicine. This meeting was part of the Army’s effort to provide “a standardized DoD and VHA vision and approach to pain management to optimize the care for warriors and their families.”

The 2009 Army Pain Management Task Force (PMTF) report called for building best practices for the continuum of acute and chronic care based on a “holistic, multidisciplinary, integrative approach to care.” The Army Comprehensive Pain Management Campaign Plan Symposium is an important step in implementing the PMTF recommendations.

“This is a unique, historic moment to capitalize on what we know works to effectively treat pain,” said Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Eric B. Schoomaker, MD, PhD. “It marks the beginning of a cultural shift in how health care is practiced in the military.”

Symposium participants reviewed the latest science in pain management and how integrative interventions can not only help improve pain management but also advance the over all health and “mission readiness” of the DoD and VHA, which is vital to the safety of our nation.

“We have an extraordinary generation in the military right now,” Schoomaker noted. “Today’s wounded warriors do not want to be defined by their injuries.” They want to live fully and in some cases, they want to return to active duty.

It is estimated that millions of our nation’s warriors and veterans live with chronic pain and research shows that pain reduces quality of life, work and relationships. Integrative strategies, such as those presented by leadership from the Allina Health System in Minnesota and the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in California, have been shown in clinical research to reduce pain scores by as much 50 percent.

Brig. Gen. Richard Thomas, the assistant Surgeon General (Force Projection), noted that many medical advances have come through wartime medicine, such as the development of the yellow fever vaccine by Walter Reed and the discovery by Dr. R. Adams Cowley of the golden hour in emergency medicine, the time period following traumatic injury during which if proper treatment is administered, lives can be saved. “Many innovations in military medicine have changed American health care,” said Col. Kevin Galloway, Chief of Staff for the Army Pain Management Task Force, “…and we are approaching the tremendous need for improvement in pain management with this same spirit.”

“Integrative medicine is a system of care that puts the patient at the center and addresses the full range of physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and environmental influences that affect a person’s health,” explained Christy Mack, President of The Bravewell Collaborative. “The nine integrative medicine centers in the Bravewell Clinical Network have been developing successful models of integrative care for the past nine years and we are pleased to be able to share these with the military and the VHA.”

Schoomaker tasked the leadership in the room with developing a sustainable, economically viable system of integrative care for pain. “We need to ensure we have the healthiest military in the world,” he said.

For more information about the Army Pain Management Task Force, please visit: http://www.armymedicine.army.mil/prr/pain_management.html.

Aradi Lotfi: what Is the Difference between Integrative, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine?

The terms complementary medicine and alternative medicine are often used synonymously but in fact there are very important distinctions between the two. Alternative therapies typically are promoted as viable treatment options, alternatives to mainstream therapy such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery. Alternative regimens are unproved, expensive, and potentially harmful. The Integrative Medicine Service at Institute for Integrative medicine provides complementary therapies, but no alternative therapies.

 We carry methods to additional methods of treatment biologically feedback, the psychological help and mental information support, personal business trainings and actions for individual social rehabilitation. We also offer our patients the newest workings out of the Petersburg school of thought интегративной medicine in the field of preventive maintenance of pavers and alarm, strengthening of soul of the person in counteraction to an illness. For our patients we will organize consultations to which we invite the best scientists who are able to appreciate trust of the patient and to store secret of its consultation.

Methods of alternative medicine to us are known enough. But we do not use them in our practice. We supporters of additional medicine which is educed by our innovations directed on perfection and development of traditional methods of treatment and preventive maintenance of diseases, generated by excessive stresses and excitements of people.

WHAT IS INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE?

The term Integrative Medicine (IM) refers to the blending of conventional and natural/complementary medicines and/or therapies along with lifestyle interventions and a holistic approach – taking into account the physical, psychological, social and spiritual wellbeing of the person – with the aim of using the most appropriate, safe and evidence-based modality(ies) available.
(AIMA joint working party/RACGP : ‘Best Practice’ document)

Integrative Medicine is the practice of medicine that reaffirms the importance of the relationship between practitioner and patient, focuses on the whole person, is informed by evidence, and makes use of all appropriate therapeutic approaches, healthcare professionals and disciplines to achieve optimal health and healing.
Developed and Adopted by The Consortium, May 2004 Edited May 2009 and November 2009

COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINES AND THERAPIES (CAM)

AIMA supports the definition of Complementary Medicines and Therapies (CAM) by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) which states that:
Complementary and alternative medicine, as defined by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM),is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine.[1]

NCCAM classifies natural, complementary and alternative medicines into five categories, or domains:

1. Alternative Medical Systems- Alternative medical systems are built upon complete systems of theory and practice such as homeopathic and naturopathic medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda.

2. Mind-Body Interventions - These interventions include patient support groups, meditation, prayer, spiritual healing, and therapies that use creative outlets such as art, music, or dance.

3. Biologically Based Therapies- These therapies include the use of herbs, foods, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements

4. Manipulative and Body-Based Methods- These methods include chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation, and massage.

5. Energy Therapies- Energy therapies involve the use of energy fields. They are of two types:

Biofield therapies such as qi gong, Reiki, and Therapeutic Touch, and bioenergetic therapies involving the use of pulsed electromagnetic fields, such as pulsed fields, magnetic fields, or alternating-current and/or alternating and direct-current fields [2].

[1] National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), 2002. What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)?, May 2002, USA. Last Modified: 21 October 2002. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/

[2] http://www.aima.net.au/resources/what_is_integrative_medicine.html

President Peter Redmond D.C.
Dear Holistic, Alternative and Integrated Health Practitioners,
and all persons interested in Integrative Medicine,

We cordially invite you to join our Association for Integrative Medicine.

We believe that the combined knowledge of old and new healing modalities is ultimately superior to a single-model approach to health and wellness.

It is our philosophy that diverse modalities such as Massage, Counseling, Reiki, Yoga, Shiatsu, Biofeedback, Chiropractic, Hypnosis, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, the Arts Therapies, Western Medicine and many others can work in conjunction with each other as part of a unified team rather than in competition. This integrated approach ultimately will lead to safer, faster and more effective healthcare.

If you would like to be considered for a position on our Board of directors or advisory Board, please send a written statement as to how you are qualified for the position, why you would make an effective Board member, how you bring diversity or representation of the general public to the Board, and why you are interested in the post, your vision for AIM and how you would be able to assist in achieving it.

For any additional information, questions or comments, please don't hesitate to write or call us.

Sincerely Yours, Peter Redmond, D.C. and Eric Miller, Ph.D.

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