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While practicing in mainstream medicine, Dr. Reisman observed that medical problems were being approached in a way that did not take into account two aspects of the reality of human health:

(1) The Connection of Body and Nature
(2) The Connection of Body and Mind

Regarding the first, all too often medical problems have been approached in ways that do not take into account the "biological language" that the body speaks and understands. When human health shows evidence of illness, we can respond in two ways:

One is to see the illness as a complete failure of nature to handle its own difficulties, and to respond with treatments that are not part of nature's capacities.

Examples include changing the structure of the body with surgery, and using medicines and electromagnetic frequencies (radiation) that are a substitute for the body's own self-healing capacity.

The other way is to see the illness as a partial failure on nature's part, and to respond by supporting the body's own ways of restoring health.

Examples include making changes in the natural environment (quality and quantity of air, water, and food), using physiology-friendly medicines (vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, herbs) and electromagnetic frequencies (healing touch, massage) and effecting structural changes with principles of body movement and position.

Regarding the connection between the body and the mind, the general way in which we have thought about illness is that it is either mental or physical. Our standard medical approach of focusing either on a deviation in bodily function or on one in mind function has reflected that way of thinking.

Although the internist / surgeon has a thoroughly different goal from that of the psychiatrist / psychologist, the reality of any human condition of health is a unity of both physical and mental aspects. This reality clarifies the need in a comprehensive healing program to consider the thought patterns that are associated with symptoms of physical illness and the bodily conditions that are associated with symptoms of mental illness. (For more detail, see "The Four-As-One Model" in the Articles section.)

In summary, from our perspective it would not be wholesome or ultimately effective to base an approach to healing either:

(1) only on physical health when unwanted mental / emotional conditions exist, or
(2) only on emotional balance when dysfunctional physiology exists, or
(3) only on both physical and emotional symptoms without addressing ways of living in accordance with nature.

At Mind Body Medical Center our wholesome approach begins with a full assessment of the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of your current health picture. This establishes a foundation from which you and Dr. Reisman will explore and address your health concerns using the most natural approach possible.

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