Understanding Holistic Alternatives

Holistic medicine is the art and science of healing the whole person: mind, body and spirit. When this condition is met 100 percent, the free flow of energy that is unleashed can only be described as life at its best. Every person has the ability to achieve this state of existence.

At Newton Health and Wellness we strive to empower the individual to reach this kind of optimal lifestyle. Our interest is to impart ongoing lifestyle awareness counseling through: strength training, yoga, juicing, proper nutrition, cardiovascular training, and breath work.

We believe that health is something that is often lost in unawareness. Excessive eating and drinking; too little sleep and exercise; exacerbated by physical, emotional and chemical stress over time brings our bodies into imbalance. Our work is to restore balance and eliminate built-up stress that frequently presents itself as pain, fatigue and disease.

Our holistic health care professionals deal with the body as an entirety which encompasses all of its wonderfully integrated systems. Their expertise will do more than hone in on a specific ailment which is merely a band aid approach; but rather will look at each client's full and complex lifestyle and design a course of treatment using natural, minimally invasive therapies as personal and all-encompassing as their own thumbprint.

Our goal with each treatment is to direct the body to reach a plane of pain-free, peaceful existence through the following modalities:

Chiropractic

Acupuncture

Massage

Holistic Health (through whole foods)

Hypnosis

Yoga (Kundalini & Medical)

GYROTONICS Expansion System

Pilates

Physical Rehabilitation

Smoking Cessation

Pain Management, (Non surgical, Non Pharmaceutical)

IDD Therapy Non Surgical Spinal Disc Decompression

	Holistic Medicine	Conventional Medicine
Philosophy	Based on the integration of allopathic (MD), osteopathic (DO), naturopathic (ND), energy, and ethno-medicine.	Based on allopathic medicine.
Primary Objective of Care	To promote optimal health and as a by-product, to prevent and treat disease.	To cure or mitigate disease
Primary Method of Care	Empower patients to heal themselves by addressing the causes of their disease and facilitating lifestyle changes through health promotion.	Focus on the elimination of physical symptoms.
Diagnosis	Evaluate the whole person through holistic medical history, holistic health score sheet, physical exam, lab data.	Evaluate the body with history, physical exam, lab data.
Primary Care Treatment Options	influencing the body, mind, and spirit with: diet, exercise, physical conditioning, environmental measures and lifestyle considerations.	Drugs and surgery
Secondary Care Treatment Options	Botanical (herbal) medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, manual medicine, biomolecular therapies, physical therapy, drugs, and surgery.	Diet, exercise, physical therapy, and stress management.
Weaknesses	Shortage of holistic physicians and training programs; time-intensive, requiring a commitment to a healing process, not a quick-fix.	Ineffective in preventing and curing chronic disease; expensive.
Strengths	Teaches patients to take responsibility for their own health, and in so doing is: cost-effective in treating both acute and chronic illness; therapeutic in preventing and treating chronic disease; essential in creating optimal health.	Highly therapeutic in treating both acute and life-threatening illness and injuries.