Pillars of Integrative Healthcare

The Marino Center defines integrative healthcare as not only the combination of conventional medicine with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in one clinical setting, but as care focused on health and healing with an emphasis placed on the patient-provider relationship.

The key components of the Marino integrative healthcare model are presented below. Supplementary to these core services are various group programs focused on improving and maintaining a state of well being. Such programs include stress reduction, weight loss, and yoga.

While any one of the services listed below can be helpful for the conditions noted, the true value of an integrative care approach is that the practitioners in each of these disciplines collaborate with each other to move the Marino Center patients to their optimal health status.

Acupuncture
Acupuncture is used to relieve pain and heal a variety of conditions, including arthritis, asthma, PMS, stress, digestive problems, muscular injuries, and more.

Chiropractic
Special attention is given to spinal biomechanics as well as musculoskeletal, neurologic and nutritional relationships.

Craniosacral therapy
Therapists work with the spine and skull to treat mental stress, neck and back pain, migraines, TMJ Syndrome, and for chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia.

Environmental medicine
A comprehensive approach to evaluating, managing and preventing the adverse consequences of environmentally triggered illnesses, including allergy testing and treatment.

Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy can be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including sports injuries, asthma, PMS, lower back pain, arthritis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and stress.

Mental Health
Individual, group and couples psychotherapy to help you identify and change the way you respond to life’s stresses.

Nutrition counseling
Examines the critical role of food in health maintenance and disease prevention. Helpful for a wide variety of conditions, including obesity, diabetes, pregnancy/fertility and allergies.

Pain Management
A variety of treatments for pain, including acupuncture, massage, energy healing and chiropractic.

Physical Therapy
Physical therapists provide services to patients who have impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, or changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease, or other causes.

Primary care
Primary care with a significant difference: Extended visits, strong personal relationships with an emphasis on screening and prevention, and discussion of diet, exercise, stress and lifestyle.