Dr. Mapes performing manipulation under anesthesia at a local surgery center. 

COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH CARE IS DIFFERENT FROM ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE.

Complementary health care is a combination of all types of care: Allopathic, Chiropractic, and Naturopathic.  All kinds of therapy are on the table when complementary care is active.  Alternative care means This one in place of that one and usually means any care is on the table except for Allopathic. In Complementary care a Medical Doctor MD or Osteopathic Doctor DO is in the mix.

Dr. Mapes starts most patients with a history and physical exam. It almost always will include Nutrition, Manual manipulation, Acupuncture, Bio-energy medicine, Allergy testing and treatment. Mind body techniques such as hypnosis, meditation, Autogenics stress therapy, or Jacobson's progressive relaxation therapy.

There is no set way to treat patients here. There is a frequent pattern that includes a thorough medical work up. This includes comprehensive history and physical. It will be much more extensive than most of you have ever seen. Dr. Mapes believes that what the patient tells you is the most important part of the doctor patient experience.  After this there may be testing rule out disease and to determine vitamin and mineral needs. It may also include allergy testing, body energy testing and mindbody or other areas of health care. It is possible for the medical doctor to be brought into the case at anytime, but most often, this will happen after the more conservative therapies have failed. Usually the need for a Allopathic involvement is not necessary.

Some people have commented in the past that there are an awful lot of therapies for one doctor. If you look to the left at the list, nutrition, bioenergy, acupuncture, chiropractic, mind body, etc. you can see their point. However, You are not simple, and your health is very complex. Some problems can be addressed easily but others require considerable search just to find the problem. That is why we have medical doctors and chiropractors working as a team, you deserve no less.

There is no particular therapy or groups of therapy that the medical doctors will use for the patients that Dr. Mapes refers. How ever, some of the things that might be used are Chelation therapy, IV nutrition including Vitamin C intravenously. The decisions for this kind of care is decided by the medical doctor.