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
Fluoride: 70 Years of Health Misinformation?
The story of fluoride is one of obfuscation and conflicting agendas that ultimately show how detrimental fluoride may be to the consumers of fluoride. In the U.S. and several other countries, fluoride is added to the water, foods, toothpaste, and many other sources. Fluoride is a significant toxin with many unhealthy consequences. The reason 70% of the U.S. population is unfortunately consuming fluoride in their water and food is due to agendas which are in conflict with respectable scientific health studies
What is Your Baby Sleeping On?
The baby's mattress matters- a lot! A question about baby mattresses was submitted recently to our Wholesome Mama's Facebook group, and the answer is important to share with new and expectant parents. Babies spend a lot of time sleeping, an estimated 16 to 18...
Seasonal Allergies: The Year Round Epidemic
Seasonal Allergies are a Common, Chronic Problem Seasonal allergies are quite common. According to the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, 1 in 5 people are affected by both allergies and asthma and 1 in 3 people are affected by allergies alone. Allergists and...
Golden Turmeric Milk Recipe
Golden Turmeric Milk is one of my favorite recipes for a night time drink, other than hot tea. It is comforting and soothing at night and very nutritious. Nothing compares to the smell of turmeric milk warming up on the stove. Turmeric contains antioxidants and...
25% of Teenagers are Doing What?!
It’s common knowledge that adolescence is characterized by risk-taking behaviors and experimentation. As a parent, you try your best to warn your adolescent children about the dangers they may face, especially regarding drug and alcohol abuse. One type of drug use that is less commonly recognized is prescription drug abuse. In fact, after marijuana, prescription drugs are the most commonly abused drug by teenagers. Nearly 50% of Americans take at least one prescription medication, and the sale of prescription painkillers quadrupled from 1999 to 2010. Therefore, prescription medications are readily accessible by children and teens. It’s estimated that 25% of teenagers has misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime. One disturbing risk taking trend in regard to prescription drug abuse is for teens to gather for what’s called pill parties, or “skittling.” In these settings, kids are encouraged to bring any pills they can find, and then the pills are dumped into a bowl for them to sample. The risks are very high, given that the child may be taking a very dangerous medication, and is also mixing medications together. These types of gathering have resulted in significant illness and even death for some teens.
Go Back to the Basics with Chiropractic Care
As a physical medicine doctor of 15 years I have seen a lot of patients that have presented with various levels of pain and musculoskeletal problems. Some as simple as low back pain as the result of shoveling snow, to as complicated as having Lyme disease/low thyroid/ chronic inflammation/ shoulder pain all layered on each other, never knowing what is the real cause of their physical pain. Somehow, in any of these cases, there needs to be a point where the basics of physical health are incorporated into daily living. Along with proper treatment, this will set the foundation for healing and get a patient back to a better state of health from when they first came in. In sports, when a team is doing poorly many times the coach will take the team back to drills they learned as a kid to reinforce the basics of the sport. This allows the team to return to “the basics” of being successful and winning games. The same thing has to happen when restoring the physical body to the way it is supposed to move and feel.
Massage Can Address the Pain You Can’t Explain
Some people choose to handle musculoskeletal pain on a managerial level. While frequent visits to the doctor’s office, medications, and sometimes intermittent periods of rest may help, this need to constantly address the pain can easily reduce one's quality of life....
Sugar, Carbs and the New Dietary Guidelines
Every 5 years the U.S. government revises our national dietary guidelines. Recently the nutrition advisory panel that helps to formulate those guidelines came out with new recommendations. Among them was their new sugar consumption guideline. They now advocate...
Understanding TMJ to Optimize Treatment
TMJ Treatment may be necessary if you have any of these symptoms: Do you suffer from problems with your jaw or have pain when you chew or yawn? Do you hear a clicking or popping sound when you open or close your mouth? Do you grind or clench your teeth? People generally do not understand what TMJ Temporo Mandibular Dysfunction is about
Why I love juicing and why it is important
Sensory Delights of Juicing To an avid juicer like myself the benefits of juicing fresh fruits and vegetables seem endless – it is convenient, nutritious, great for the immune system, helps to detox, and on it goes… All of the above are true. For me, however, first...
Are You D-ficient?
Winter season is an important time to think about your (and your child’s) vitamin D levels because vitamin D deficiency is especially prevalent during this time of the year. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased risk for cancer, asthma, autoimmune diseases and more.
Vitamin D is a crucial nutrient for your health at every age. In fact, the illnesses associated with vitamin D deficiency are numerous. Consider the following recent studies: Vitamin D deficiency is associated with greater cancer risk. Vitamin D has been shown to be an effective treatment for psoriasis. Vitamin D supplementation reduces incidence of autoimmune diseases, specifically multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes (when taken during infancy). Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased incidence and severity of asthma and wheezing disorders. Vitamin D enhances the immune response and provides protection against upper respiratory infections, influenza, and middle ear infections. Vitamin D deficiency affects the cardiovascular system. Deficiency of vitamin D increases the risk for heart attack, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, metabolic syndrome, coronary artery disease, and heart failure.
5 Reasons to Choose an Integrative Doctor for Primary Care
Why choose an integrative doctor for primary care? An integrative doctor for primary care offers not only traditional primary care but also incorporates the best of complementary and alternative healing therapies from around the world to help you achieve optimum...