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 is a recognized area of medicine that is currently being incorporated into the educational and training programs at many top US medical schools, The Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine includes prestigious schools such as Harvard, Stanford, Duke, Columbia, Albert Einstein University, University of Arizona, Georgetown, and many others. The primary goal of Integrative Medicine is to maximize each individual's ability to experience optimal vitality and wellness, whatever his or her current state of health. Click Here to Learn More.

If you would like an integrative medicine consult with Dr. Stram at CIHH, you should plan on spending approximately 90 minutes reviewing your health history and concerns as part of a comprehensive medical intake process. You will then come back for a follow-up appointment during which you will review together a written treatment plan.

During this session, the goal is to come to agreement on a plan that will address your specific current and future health needs and concerns. Your treatment plan might include follow-up with your own personal physician or another medical specialist, diagnostic testing, recommendations for lifestyle changes, and/or referrals for complementary therapies such as acupuncture, massage, Chinese herbal medicine, energy healing, or nutritional counseling. To make an appointment with Dr. Stram, call the Center at 518-689-2244 or Click Here to Contact Us by e-mail.

Naturopathic medicine
Founded upon a holistic philosophy, naturopathic medicine combines safe and effective traditional therapies with the most current advances in modern medicine. Naturopathic medicine is appropriate for the management of a broad range of health conditions affecting all people of all ages. Click Here to Learn More.

A. Korey DiRoma, N.D. practices naturopathic medicine at the Center. A Naturopathic doctor (N.D.) is the highest trained practitioner in the broadest scope of natural holistic treatments. In addition to the basic medical sciences and conventional diagnostics, naturopathic education includes therapeutic nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, hydrotherapy, naturopathic manipulative therapy, counseling, mind/body medicine, and pharmacology. To make an appointment with Dr. Finger, please call the Center at 689-2244 or Click Here to Contact Us by e-mail.

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Clinical Nutrition
The practitioners at the Center recognize that diet is often the basis for your heath and your potential to heal. Adopting a healthy diet is often the first step towards correcting health problems. Many medical conditions can be treated more effectively when the patient implements specific diets and uses nutritional supplements. These interventions afford fewer complications and side effects than some pharmaceutical treatments and are often more beneficial. The doctors at the Center will create an individual plan with specific dietary recommendations. They are skilled in teaching you about foods and specific diets such as elimination diets, cleansing diets, anti-inflammatory diets, gluten-free diets, along with safe and effective fasting programs. To make an appointment for nutritional counseling, call the Center at 518-689-2244 Click Here to Contact Us by e-mail.

Acupuncture
Acupuncture, which originated in China more than 3,000 years ago, is one of the oldest, most commonly used systems of healing in the world. The traditional practice of the individual as a whole has led to the rapid expansion of acupuncture in the United States over the last 30 years. Click Here to Learn More.

Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture
Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture revitalizes your face by stimulating the circulation of blood and collagen production. Your facial muscles are also strengthened which decreases wrinkles and helps you look younger and more energized. Learn more about Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture from Rebecca Rice and Christopher Reilly.

Acupuncture is provided at the Center by licensed practitioners with advanced training and education. (New York State regulates and licenses the practice of acupuncture.) It is provided in a comfortable, relaxing medical setting, with the strictest attention to infection control practices and patient safety.

To make an appointment with Rebecca Rice, L. Ac. or Christopher Reilly, L.Ac., call the Center at 518-689-2244 or Click Here to Contact Us by e-mail.

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Massage Therapy
Massage therapy has been used for many centuries, and like other complementary therapies, it is becoming more popular in the United States for a variety of therapeutic uses. Massage therapy, or therapeutic massage, assists people coping with injuries and trauma, as well as those who simply want to relieve stresses associated with modern life. Click Here to Learn More.

Massage therapy is provided in a comfortable, serene setting, with the utmost attention to your privacy and peace of mind. To make an appointment with our Licensed Massage Therapist, Sue Coughty, call the Center at 518-689-2244 or Click Here to Contact Us by e-mail.

Chinese Herbal Medicine

Chinese herbal therapy, practiced at the Center by Christopher Reilly, L.Ac., MSA. and Rebecca Rice, L.Ac., MSAOM,  is one of the most important components of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The medicinal properties of Chinese herbs have been observed and documented by traditional healers throughout Asia for thousands of years. This extensive period of practical application and refinement has developed folk remedies and individual experiences into the most advanced system of herbal healing still practiced today. Click Here to Learn More.

Chinese Herbal Medicine is an ancient, traditional form of Chinese medicine. Chinese Herbal Medicine has been developed over thousands of years, and has countless therapeutic applications. Click Here to Contact Us by e-mail.

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Reiki
Reiki is a Japanese term meaning Universal Life Energy. It is a system of healing where the practitioner connects the human energy field of an individual with the universal field. Hands are placed on areas of the body to offer harmony and wholeness. Click Here to Learn More.

Reiki is offered at the Center by Beth Netter, M.D., Certified Reiki Master. To make an appointment, call The Center at 518-689-2244 or Click Here to Contact Us by e-mail.

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Tui Na (Chinese Massage)
Tui Na is perhaps the oldest branch of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Tui Na encompasses an extremely broad set of hands-on techniques whose applications are guided by the theory and physiological concepts that govern acupuncture and herbal therapy. Tui Na is a hands-on form of bodywork which uses acupressure and traditional Chinese medical theory to achieve a variety of wellness goals, including pain relief and muscular health combined with acupuncture.

It differs from western style of massage in the speed and vigor with which techniques are applied with the emphasis on acupuncture points and meridians. Click Here to Learn More.

Tui Na is offered by Christopher Reilly L. AC., who holds an M.S. in acupuncture from Bastyr University, Seattle, Washington. The Center is one of the only sites in the Capital Region offering Tui Na. To make an appointment, call the Center at 518-689-2244 or Click Here to Contact Us by e-mail.

Stress Reduction
Many of the therapies offered at the Center, from Integrative Medicine, to Massage Therapy, to Healing Touch, Guided Imagery, Acupuncture, and other forms of traditional Chinese medicine, are extremely effective in helping people reduce stress. The integrative medicine approach, which treats the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - embraces a patient-centered model that is particularly conducive to the development of successful individualized stress reduction programs. To discuss which services might be best in your particular situation, please call the Center at 518-689-2244 or Click Here to Contact Us by e-mail.

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Positional Release Therapy (PRT)
Positional Release Therapy (PRT) is a method of total body evaluation and treatment using tender points and body positions of comfort to resolve pain or dysfunction. A form of manual medicine, its ultimate goal is to correct imbalances in the musculoskeletal system to improve health and function. Click Here to Learn More

PRT is practiced at the center by Ronald Stram, M.D. Dr. Stram is board certified in emergency medicine and has completed a fellowship in integrative medicine at the University of Arizona, under the auspices of Dr. Andrew Weil. To make an appointment with Dr. Stram, please call the Center at 518-689-2244 or Click Here to Contact Us by E-mail.

Through light touch and gentle manipulation of areas on the head and throughout the body including the spine, a trained practitioner can detect where the natural flow is restricted and facilitate a release where flow is then restored.
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To make an appointment for Craniosacral Therapy, call the Center at 518-689-2244 or Click Here to Contact Us By email. 

Cleansing Programs
The Center offers comprehensive cleansing and detoxification programs. These programs include dietary regiments such as therapeutic fasting or elimination diets along with herbal and nutritional supplementation which supports the body's natural "detox" processes. We also offer therapeutic Far Infrared saunas to support patients during their cleanse. Theses low temperature infrared saunas help to mobilize and eliminate toxins and chemicals from your system in a thorough, but gentle way. Click here to learn more.

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