What is Integrative Medicine?

Integrative Medicine is the blending of conventional medicine with holistic, complementary and alternative medicine. Integrative Medicine is defined as healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person – body, mind, heart and spirit – including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and makes use of all appropriate therapies, both conventional and alternative.

Integrative Medicine, like Functional Medicine, aims to treat the root cause of symptoms. While symptom relief is always paramount, the importance of treating the cause of symptoms will have long lasting effect. We will do more investigative medicine in order to achieve this goal.

Integrative Medicine Can Help To:

  • Reduce reliance on pharmaceuticals
  • Reduce instances of surgery
  • Reduce hospital stays
  • Reduce the number of physicians on your team
  • Coordinate your care through one physician who oversees all physician interactions and drugs prescribed
  • Create a more comprehensive management of chronic pain and disease

How Can An Integrative Medicine Approach Improve Your Health?

We practice a team consulting approach to your healthcare encompassing the best of all therapies available, both conventional and complementary — a truly integrated approach not found at any other medical facility. Even if you see just one of our practitioners, you can still benefit from the skill and knowledge of our entire staff.

Our practitioners spend time getting to know you so we can provide the best possible care. We’ll talk with you at length about your health history and concerns, and the health goals you hope to achieve. Even after your office visit, we encourage continued communication. Integrative Medicine emphasizes the value of the therapeutic relationship between patient and practitioner.

Let us help you take charge of your health. Call today to make an appointment 518-689-2244 or learn about how our integrative medicine approach works.

Whether the goal is to lessen pain, find alternatives to prescription drugs, reduce stress, or if you are struggling with eating disorders, chronic illness or simply want to improve your quality of life, the Stram Center's individualized approach will help you take charge of your health.

We’re here for people who are:

  • Looking to improve their health and quality of life through lifestyle changes that they can control, from nutrition and exercise to stress management. At the Stram Center, prevention is key.
  • Trying to manage chronic pain and/or illness and who wish to supplement their treatment with complementary therapies including medical marijuana.
  • Concerned about the side effects from their medication — from Hormone Replacement Therapy and cholesterol management to high blood pressure and want to explore natural substitutes for pharmaceuticals when possible under professional guidance.
  • Seeking sound medical advice regarding their diet and/or vitamins and herbal remedies that they are using.
  • Suffering from the effects of untreated Chronic Lyme disease; looking for proper diagnosis and treatment from experienced Lyme practitioners.
  • Seeking the many benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for a wide variety of health issues including: autism; cancer; cerebral palsy; diabetes; pain due to inflammation; neurological symptoms resulting from stroke, or traumatic brain injury; anti-aging or injuries related to sports.
  • Struggling with eating disorders, food sensitivities and more complex gastro-intestinal disorders.
  • Dealing with symptoms of menopause or hormone imbalances at any age.
  • Seeking help with coping, relaxing and enjoying life while dealing with chronic illness or depression
  • Struggling from a chronic illness including cancer, who need optimal immune support and /or reduction of side effects from chemotherapy and radiation or who wish to utilize the benefits of integrative cancer treatment
  • Dealing with infertility; having intrauterine implants, invitro-fertilization or other reproductive enhancing therapies

Let us help you take charge of your health. Call today to make an appointment Delmar NY office: 518-689-2244; Burlington, VT office: 802-891-3459 or learn more about integrative medicine.

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