Holistic Treatments

Acupuncture
An Eastern method involving the insertion of very fine treatment needles into specific body surfaces, acupuncture reduces pain by interrupting abnormal energy flow. In some cases, low doses of electrical stimulation, known as ElectroAcupuncture, are applied as well.

Alexander Technique
The goal is to improve postural and physical movement for everyday activities by developing balance and coordination between your brain, spinal cord and muscles. It is used most widely for neck pain, back pain, and headaches. You learn to reduce unnecessary movements that can be harmful, and increase the awareness of abnormal tension in your body.

Pilates Method
Pilates exercises target core postural muscles that are essential to providing support for the spine. Through regular Pilates exercises, you will work to strengthen your back, lengthen your spine, build muscle tone, increase flexibility and reduce tension and strain on your joints.

Yoga
Yoga helps relieve pain by combining physical exercise, breathing techniques and meditation. Selected yoga postures increase flexibility and relieve muscle tension, and help you obtain balance and restore harmony between the mind and the body.

Mental Imagery
For patients who suffer muscle tension without an obvious mechanical cause, mental imagery can help reduce extreme pain. A form of relaxation therapy, it increases your mind’s awareness of the body and allows you to redirect energy with mental images. You learn to engage the mind in fighting pain.

Biofeedback
You can learn how to focus the body and mind in order to control automatic bodily functions and relieve tension that contributes to stress. Biofeedback employs sensors and special machines to record activity and further reinforce the technique.

Reiki
The hands of the Reiki therapist relieve pain by re-channeling energy to the body. A traditional Japanese technique, Reiki healing uses different hand positions while moving the hands close to your body surface for pain management and restoration of natural energy flow.

Reflexology
Reflexes in the feet, hands or ears correspond to every organ and body part. Reflexology practitioners apply pressure to your reflex areas to relieve tension, improve circulation, and promote natural function of the related body areas.