Medical Services Overview
Looking for top-notch medical services that prioritize your well-being? Look no further! National Integrated Health Associates (NIHA) have been leaders in holistic & integrative medicine since 1995 serving the Washington D.C., Maryland, and Northern Virginia metropolitan area.
Holistic Integrative Medicine Since 1995
Our team of experienced physicians and integrative practitioners are dedicated to providing holistic health solutions tailored to your unique needs. As integrative and functional medicine doctors, they will first search for the root cause of disease or health issues or impediments to healing.
What is happening in your body for this health issue or dysfunction to occur? How can this be remedied?
The doctors view the body as whole, and instead of treating just symptoms, they combine traditional medicine with nutrition, lifestyle modifications, supplements, and safe, healing therapies from around the world in order to help you heal. Depending on the health condition, prescription drugs may be needed- but they may not be the first line of defense. Many of our doctors have been trained in other parts of the world, and bring fresh perspective to using all available therapies customized for each patient’s unique needs.
Holistic Integrative Medicine Services
- Holistic Integrative Medicine
- Functional Medicine
- Naturopathic Medicine
- IV therapies: Vitamin, mineral, Myers cocktail, magnesium, glutathione
- Specialty lab tests: hormones, allergies, genetic risks, GI health, etc.
- On-site lab
- Chiropractic
- Massage
- Acupuncture
Our extensive medical treatment includes holistic primary care and integrative treatment for chronic disease management, hormone imbalances, allergies/food and chemical sensitivities, thyroid and adrenal issues, fatigue, cancer, fibromyalgia, Lyme disease and co-infections, obesity, gut and digestive issues for both adult and children. Holistic therapies such as colon hydrotherapy, detoxification, acupuncture, massage are often incorporated into treatment.
The body has an innate ability to heal. Our goal is to restore balance in the body and encourage an environment of natural healing.
We look forward to guiding you on your path to wellness and optimal health.
Medical Articles
Yoga and Essential Oils
Many people love yoga and find the benefits to their health – both mental and physical – are tremendous. How in the world a few simple poses and some deep breaths can bring up and release so much buried emotional baggage for me continues to baffle me. There is no...
Fall Allergies: Treatment for Ragweed and Mold
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The Language of the Body as a Path to Healing
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6 Ways to Get a Better Night’s Sleep
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How Do I Know if I Need to Detoxify?
Do you need to detoxify? This is a very good question and there are several schools of thought on this subject. The truth is that there is no easy answer. Some argue that we are living in an increasingly toxic world, a world where the body’s ability to stay ahead of...
Ask the Wellness Coach: Am I Taking Too Many Supplements?
Am I taking too many supplements? Many clients come in and ask about reviewing their supplements. As health coaches we follow advice from the integrative physicians and are obviously a proponent of supplementation. There are, however, reasons as to why sometimes over...
Why Chamomile and Echinacea May Not Be Good for You
Many people throughout the world use herbal teas as a method of treating various issues from a common cold to insomnia, but what if they are doing more harm systemically than good? Do you have a ragweed allergy? Many plants that are in the same family can often...
Holistic Pediatrics: Take Home Points from the Vaccine Event
The Let’s Talk About Vaccines event held at National Integrated Health Associates was educational, engaging and enlightening. I had the privilege of sharing my experience at this event with students, trainees and colleagues in the Department of Pediatrics and Child...
NIHA Welcomes Lorelle Bradley, M.D., F.A.A.P., Holistic Pediatrician
Dr. Lorelle Bradley, MD, is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Holistic and Integrative Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has over seventeen years experience as a pediatrician, and has made an ongoing commitment to lifelong learning...
Integrative Cancer Care at National Integrated Health Associates
At National Integrated Health Associates, the MDs practice functional medicine, an emerging field of medicine which specializes in diagnosing the precise metabolic, allergic, immune, infectious, nutritional, toxicological and genetic uniqueness of each patient. The...
East African Wisdom: On Healing
African Wisdom on Healing - Life Lessons East African wisdom on healing comes from the intrinsic link between life, community and healing. For the last 6 years I’ve lived in various countries throughout East Africa and learned a lot about the connections that...
Stress, Trauma, and Epigenetic Markers of Your Well-Being
Scientists have repeatedly found that stress and trauma affects our physical well-being. More recently, however, scientists have also found that stress and trauma can cause epigenetic changes, or switching on and off of genes that regulate body functions such as...