SOHMA Integrative Medicine

We offer the best of Eastern & Western medicine without using drugs or surgery

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How Does an Integrative Health Center Help Patients

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There are many therapies you may have heard of, such as acupuncture or chiropractic care. Integrative health centers, such as SOHMA, incorporate a number of different specialists together to provide as much help and guidance as possible to help bring balance and wellness to your life.

In this article, we’ll go over five ways integrative health centers help patients on their road to recovery.

Holistic Approach

Integrative health centers provide care for more than just your physical health. An integrative health center considers your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Integrative health centers offer care designed uniquely to the individual’s needs. Each case is different. Integrative health centers like SOHMA not only manage the symptoms of an ailment but also attempt to find the root cause of the condition and treat it using a combination of Eastern and Western medicine without drugs or surgery. It uses a number of therapies in an attempt to return you to wellness through non-invasive means.

Variety of Therapies

Integrative health centers have the convenience of practicing several therapies in the same location. This can be great for those who require more than one form of therapy to aid in their recovery and return to wellness. At SOHMA Integrative Medicine In Long Beach, CA, we offer therapies and services, including:

This helps us enable a tailored wellness solution to fit your unique case. Integrative health centers provide complementary therapies based on your needs and preferences.

Prevention

While resolving an issue or treating a condition is typically what people look for in integrative health centers, they also emphasize preventative care. This is because maintaining health and preventing illnesses can significantly reduce potential injuries or visits to the doctor in the future. Integrative health centers educate patients on lifestyle and wellness to encourage long-term health. Recovery is significant to regain your health and overall wellness; however, integrative health centers work on getting ahead of conditions. For example, IV therapy can boost your immune system to avoid certain infections, while practicing Tai Chi can help you alleviate stress, which can lead to several conditions.

Personalized Treatment Plans

Integrative health centers create treatment plans tailored to your unique and specific needs. They take into consideration your preferences, health goals, and medical history. This establishes a unique approach to your personal care. A benefit of having many treatment options in one location is that it allows your individual needs to be met. Whether you need physical therapy to recover from a sports injury, spinal decompression therapy to alleviate pain caused by a herniated disc, or you need to nurse a hangover with IV therapy. No two cases are the same, just as no two people are the same. Therefore, no two treatments are the same. 

Education on Self-care

Your wellness is an integrative health center’s top priority. It’s not uncommon for patients to be educated on self-care practices, techniques, and wellness strategies. This can be a new stretching routine for someone recovering from a muscle injury, an herbal supplement with beneficial effects, or more rest. Patients are encouraged to take control of their health outside the clinical setting. They learn to care for themselves long after leaving an integrative health center.

Take the Next Step In Improving Your Health by Contacting SOHMA Integrative Medicine

Our goal is to help you improve your health. You can contact us and ask about the Myers Cocktail, IV Therapy, Chiropractic care, or how our other health service lines can help you with your journey to improved health. 

Located in Long Beach, CA, we help individuals from the surrounding cities.

We look forward to helping you take the next step in your journey to better health.

What are Integrative Health Centers?

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Integrative health centers are known to attempt to provide their patients with as many options for recovery as possible. This can include several traditional Eastern medicines combined with modern Western practices. While modern medicine has its place in recovery, it has a few drawbacks as well, such as expensive and invasive surgeries or addictive pharmaceuticals. Integrative health centers such as SOHMA emphasize holistic care, meaning their approach aims to better your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

SOHMA Integrative Medicine is one of these locations. Today, we’ll go over what integrative health centers are and how they can help you return to balance and back to play.

Services Provided at Integrative Health Centers

As previously stated, integrative health centers provide holistic wellness care. This means an excellent integrative health center offers many therapies and treatment plans for each patient to help them on their journey to recovery, all in one location. For example, a patient may require physical therapy to recover from a knee injury, and complementary therapies such as deep tissue massage or acupuncture can help in the recovery. This is a simple example; many combinations of complementary therapies can be used to help you recover.

Interactive health centers don’t only help recover from injuries. It’s not uncommon for people to visit integrative health centers to help them prevent or maintain wellness and balance through other forms, such as IV therapy or Tai Chi. While our goal is to return you to wellness and balance without invasive procedures, a patient may still require surgery. For these cases, integrative health centers can be a great place to prepare your body for the surgery. Integrative health centers can help you recover post-surgery to regain your strength and balance.

What are the Advantages of Integrative Health Centers

One of the primary advantages of integrative health centers is their patient-centered care. This means that every patient has an individualized plan. Whether you need cupping therapy or herbal supplements, no two patients are given the same treatment. We consider your lifestyle, age, fitness level, and medical history to provide a unique plant suited to your needs.

Not only do integrative health centers provide unique and individualized wellness plans for each patient, but they also excel in preventive healthcare and proactive wellness. You don’t need to treat an ailment if you can prevent it. Typically, with your personalized care plan, you’ll be given resources to practice at home. This isn’t solely better than what ails you. It’s also to prevent that ailment from affecting you in the future. We at SOHMA advocate for proactive wellness, empowering you to take charge of your well-being before a health issue arises. This includes recommending lifestyle choices to improve physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

Future Trends and Developments

At SOHMA Integrative Medicine, we combine Eastern and Western practices to help you recover. This means that although we use many traditional modalities, we aren’t ignorant of the fact that many modern techniques have developed over the years. While conventional medicine has been used for thousands of years, it can continue to evolve when combined with modern techniques. 

A simple example is using pumps on plastic cups to know how much pressure is being placed on each area being treated with cupping therapy compared to using fire, horns, or glass jars. In modern days, we use disposable needles for acupuncture, whereas in the past, they were reused. This dramatically reduces the potential for infections and other risks associated with traditional medicine. Time continues to change, and we need to adapt to it. For this reason, we don’t shy away from modern treatment options such as Innovative cell therapy or cold laser therapy. 

Take the Next Step In Improving Your Health by Contacting SOHMA Integrative Medicine

Our goal is to help you improve your health. You can contact us and ask about the Myers Cocktail, IV Therapy, Chiropractic care, or how our other health service lines can help you with your journey to improved health. 

Located in Long Beach, CA, we help individuals from the surrounding cities.

We look forward to helping you take the next step in your journey to better health.

SOHMA Now Has a Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner®!

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Congratulations Dr. Hoover –
Chiropractor, Acupuncturist, Master Herbalist,
5th Degree Black Belt in Shaolin Kempo and NOW
Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner®!

We are excited to announce that Dr. Daniel Hoover has obtained the postgraduate designation of Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner® (CCSP®) by the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians™ (ACBSP™). The CCSP® certification requires the doctor to attend a minimum of 100 hours of a 120 hour postgraduate program. This instruction is specific to physical fitness and the evaluation and treatment of injuries encountered in sports. Following the completion of these hours, the doctor must then take and successfully pass a comprehensive written examination.
This training will aid the doctor in the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries by enhancing his diagnostic skills and patient care. The CCSP® certification exists to provide a uniform standard of education that assures teams and athletes that the doctor has met a minimum level of competency in chiropractic sports medicine. Dr. Hoover joins over 5500 others internationally who hold this designation.
If you are interested in having your sports event covered, please contact Dr. Hoover at 562-420-2112 or call the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians at 844-327-2255.
BENEFITS TO ATHLETES

  • Faster recovery from injury—get back to play sooner
  • Access to a wider range of treatment tools
  • Expertise in high-performance athletics and preventive strategies
  • Guidance for athletic training Sports nutrition consulting
  • Individualized treatment
  • Sports-specific treatment and preventive exercises
  • Ability to integrate treatment with training

To learn more about the benefits of working with a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician®, please see below (you can click on the image to make it larger).

Image source: ACBSP.com

Keeping the Magic Alive

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Ever wonder why the space at SOHMA Integrative Health Center feels so special? Read more to learn about the history of our location and how we’re continually keeping the “Magic” alive. 
As a locally owned business, SOHMA Integrative Health Center prioritizes its relationships with patients, students, community members, and business owners. Accordingly, when we moved in to our location on North Viking Way, we had a choice to toss the old store front sign, or return it to its rightful owner. What follows is a story that brought a smile to our faces, and we hope yours as well.
Prior to hosting SOHMA Integrative Health Center, Suite F at 4195 North Viking Way was occupied by Riot Magic, a truly unique magic shop that brought joy to children and family members in and around Long Beach for over THREE DECADES. In fact, the shop was so special that when it closed its door, the LA Times ran a feature about it. Click here to view the video and click here to read the article.
The story continues as SOHMA Integrative Health Center moved in and started to make the space its own. Throughout the transition, we received a post-it note on the front door from a previous Riot Magic customer, asking if he could get the old “Riot Magic” sign whenever the SOHMA Integrative Health Center sign replaced it. Indeed, when the sign was removed, we contacted the customer. While waiting for a response, we kept the sign and moved it from one storage area to the next, until finally it found a place in Dr. Hoover’s garage. We then got a call from the customer who was away traveling.
Interestingly, while the customer was considering keeping the sign for his own personal “man cave,” he decided to return it to the Riot Magic owner whose birthday was coming up. Below is a photo that brought joy to all of us at SOHMA Integrative Health Center.
Pictured here is the previous Riot Magic owner, Fredrick “Presto” Broder.
August 16, 2016 | Long Beach, California

Visit SOHMA for an Olympic Experience

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With the Olympics in full swing this month, it is nearly impossible to miss the strange, purple spots on the athletes’ backs, shoulders, and legs (including US swimmer and 23-time Gold medalist, Michael Phelps). These marks are often a result of cupping treatment, which comes from an ancient Chinese practice that is used by many practitioners in the Eastern world.
The benefits of cupping are extensive, including stimulating blood flow in the area, reducing soreness, and speeding up recovery. It is intended to remove toxins and stimulate healing by increasing blood to the focus area. While it may look painful, it is actually very therapeutic, and many patients have reported feeling a completely painless experience. Traditionally, cupping is used to treat back and neck pain, high blood pressure, anxiety, fatigue, and even respiratory problems.
At SOHMA Integrative Health Center, we offer a traditional form of cupping treatment, known as fire cupping. Our acupuncturist uses fire to create a vacuum seal along specific points of the body. It creates heat and suction to that specific area, and the cups stay on for usually 5-10 minutes.
If it’s good enough for Olympic athletes, it is good for you. Book your appointment at SOHMA Integrative Health Center so you can get your Olympic therapy treatment today.