Chronic Disease

Beth has come all the way from England for long term treatment at the Stram Center. She became like family to us and here is what she has to say:

Dear Ron (Dr. Stram): Thank you for being the doctor who has finally worked out what is wrong with me. This has been the hardest few years of my life but finding you and your amazing clinic has helped me find the positives. Thank you for giving me the hope of getting better. Thank you for the amazing staff at your clinic- I have been completely blown away by the incredible level of knowledge and support. I've been given the strength to not give up. Staff and patients have inspired me to keep going through the hardest of days. I know I have a long way to go but I couldn't feel in safer hands and I am so thankful my journey led me to you. You are such a special, unique clinic that provides a perfect healing environment. the world needs more Stram clinics! So from the bottom of my hear, thank you for everything.
To all the amazing nurses at the Stram Center: I really can't thank you all enough for what you have done for me! You have given me strength to keep fighting through some of my hardest days. You highlight perfectly what being a nurse is all about and I will be very happy if I can help people in the way you all do! Thank you all for sharing your incredible knowledge and kindness to help me on my healing journey.

He and his staff are efficient, caring, kind and do all they can to get you on the path back to recovery and well-being.

The Stram Center for Integrative Medicine is top notch. Dr. Ronald Stram, the nurses, nutritionists and office staff at the Stram Center are some of the most competent and caring people I have ever met. Dr. Stram and his staff have a true passion and caring for helping their patients and genuinely get to know you. The Stram Center is different from any other medical facility or doctor's office in that their treatment plans combine both traditional medicine and integrative/homeopathic remedies. The Center has a "spa-like" quality to it, so you don't feel as if you are in a traditional doctor's office. Dr. Stram works with you to customize an optimal protocol to get you back to health. I found that many physicians are simply not versed in identifying, diagnosing and treating conditions such as Lyme Disease, Thyroid issues, etc., and often simply treat symptoms rather than the cause. Dr. Stram has a depth of experience and education in Lyme Disease and other "hard to diagnose" maladies. He and his staff are efficient, caring, kind and do all they can to get you on the path back to recovery and well-being.

They were the first health care facility that seemed to truly listen to my concerns and symptoms.

 Before I found them, I was told I might never get better, and I began to believe that, as I felt worse with every day. Once I started my medical journey with the Stram Center everything changed. They finally pieced together the missing pieces of the puzzle and over the course of a few years I went from hardly able to go for walks, to running for miles and miles. I went from sick, exhausted, and chronically in pain to healthy, active and normal. I am forever grateful for the consideration they gave me, the treatment plan they tailored to my body, and the care they take with each of their patients. If you're sick, and you are looking to heal, look no further. I believe they saved my life.

For the first time in years, I sat with a physician who really listened to me.

While experiencing a recurrent gastrointestinal bacterial infection which traditional Western medicine was not able to overcome, I learned about the Stram Center for Integrative Medicine. For the first time in years, I sat with a physician, Dr. Ronald Stram, who really listened to me and who incorporated my questions, comments and concerns in the treatment plan he developed. I immediately began to experience healing and one year later I am completely free of the bacterial infection, have lost 38 pounds and am planning a trip to Europe. I am eternally grateful to Dr. Stram not only for his sound medical advice but for his warmth and high level of concern and compassion.

When I was 16 years old, in the fall of my junior year of high school, I started getting very fatigued. I even had to stop running track. We went to many doctors, including 5 specialists yet no one could give me an answer. We made an appointment with Dr. Stram, however, I was convinced before I got there that no one would ever find the answers. I was wrong.

 As soon as I got there, I knew this appointment would be different. Dr. Stram took the time to listen to my symptoms and not just look solely at my lab work. I could just tell that he was there because he cared; he looked at me as a person and not just someone who needed fixing. That made all the difference. He ended up diagnosing me with hypothyroidism, which happens to run in my family. After that appointment, I was feeling better than I had in months and really felt that this was the turning point. Dr. Stram was right, I started the medicine and within a week, there was already a marked difference. He gave me my life back.
UPDATE: I just finished my sophomore year of college and have continued to feel well!