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AIan Abromovitz, MD, has an integrated medical practice in Phoenix, Ariz, where he has used alternative and complementary therapies to help patients for many years. He received his bachelor of science degree in zoology from the University ofArizona in Tucson, his med
ical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, and a licentiate of acupuncture, bachelor's of acupuncture, and master's of acupuncture from the College of Chinese Acupuncture in Oxford, England. In addition, he has studied homeopathy, mindbody integration, folk medicine, parapsychology, biofeedback, chiropractic, and osteopathy.
Dr Abromovitz has served as president of the Acupuncture Association of Physicians and Surgeons of Arizona, a member of the advisory commitee on acupuncture to the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners, a member of the Arizona Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners, and a member of the advisory commitee of the Arizona Medical Association. He is a fellow with the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in England and a diplomate in the American Academy of Pain Management and the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncture. He has been a clinical instructor at the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University and the North American Academy of Musculoskeletal Medicine.
Alternative Therapies interviewed Dr Abromovitz at his offices in Phoenix, Ariz.
Alternative Therapies: Let's begin with your practice.
Alan Abromovitz: The practice I have now primarily revolves around the treatment of chronic disorders and pain. I see people with cancer, migraines, injuries, and trauma, or people who have had multiple surgeries and gotten worse. Most of the time they are fairly desperate. Occasionally we get people who want to deal with their mental and emotional aspects, with their personal lives and their spiritual connections, but most of the practice is focused on people-of all ages-who are traumatized, hurt, or in pain. They are suffering, they are not sleeping, and they are taking a lot of drugs.
"You have to have faith, "says Alan Abromovitz, htn. As long as you give it a little help, the body really does have the ability to heal itself virtually regardless of what is wrong with it It is a miracle. "
Our job is to restore the system to balance so they don't need drugs and to stimulate...