Balanced Healing: Combining Modern Medicine with Safe & Effective Alternative Therapies Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)I had a bit of an advantage before reading Dr. Altshuler's book. You see, I've know Larry and have been a patient of his, from time-to-time, for several years. To say I was extremely excited for this published offering would be a supreme understatement.
I met Dr. Altshuler some years ago in a business setting. At the time, I had a chronic back problem resulting from an old sports injury. While it wasn't a debilitating problem, it was constant and frustrating. One of those chronic pains that was judged each morning as I arose from bed...sometimes not as painful, other times very painful. In any event, I was in a business meeting with Dr. Altshuler and was having a fairly problematic day with my back so, as I sat down at the conference table, I did so very gingerly. Dr. Altshuler asked me what the trouble was and I very offhandedly told him about my back problem. I indicated I had been to countless chiropractors and massage therapists to no avail. He asked me if I was willing to let him have a shot at helping me and I said, "sure." Well, to say I was hesitant to go to a doc who openly touted his alternative methodologies-cold laser therapy, not to mention acupuncture-was, well, rather uncomfortable. Net, net, I was very dubious...alternative treatment sounded like voodoo. However, my back problem was not getting any better and, as I told him, even if he had to sacrifice a chicken, I was willing to give it a go.
I arrived at his clinic for my first treatment. He did a thorough history and examination and prescribed a regimen of cold laser therapy and infrasonic treatments. He further put me with one of his technicians who offered several exercises and stretching activities to complement and assist in the treatment. The one thing he told me that I never forgot as well as solidifying my belief that this man REALLY knew what he was doing was, "These treatments should help get rid of the pain. It doesn't work for everyone but it helps most people." That let me know immediately that I was dealing with a realist, someone who was interested in his patients' well-being and health.
After the first week of treatments, my back was not any better and my attitude toward alternative medicine was still dubious at best. However, I was determined to run the spectrum of treatments in an effort to give this "new medicine" a real try. As the next few weeks and treatments passed, I noted some relief. Not full relief, mind you, but relief nonetheless. The best was yet to come.
Upon full completion of my treatments, some eight weeks later, my back pain literally dissipated. It was gone. That was in 1997. To this day, I still do the exercises and stretching activities each morning but can attest that I have still have no back pain. Voodoo? I don't think so. His knowledge, care, and thoroughness in determining the best treatment regimen was the key. His only interest was alleviating and ridding me of pain.
I've returned to Dr. Altshuler from time-to-time for various treatments associated with other aches, pains, and allergies...yes, allergies. While not all the results have been as miraculous as my experience with my back, the treatments have always provided relief.
Dr. Altshuler's new book, BALANCED HEALING, is a fairly exhaustive offering of his knowledge of conventional and alternative medicine (thus, "balanced" healing). This book is groundbreaking in its breadth and guidance. It is easy to read yet, in this reviewer's opinion, should be held closely as a reference guide. He offers an index of ailments with corresponding treatments. The only downside of the book is that the reader doesn't get the pleasure of Dr. Altshuler's hands-on presence. However, it's pretty close.
Awareness of alternative methods is becoming more accepted throughout the United States. Other countries have been using alternative treatments for years, or even centuries (acupuncture has been around 'forever' in China). The U.S. is in its infancy relative to acceptance of alternative methodologies. Without doubt, Dr. Altshuler is a domestic pioneer in combining conventional and alternative methods of treatment for a variety of illnesses and chronic syptoms.
This book will be a boon to anyone inasmuch as we all need "a bit of cure" now and then. The price of the book is negligible for the knowledge and priceless insight and the cure is, well, quite balanced.
Highly recommended.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Balanced Healing: Combining Modern Medicine with Safe and Effective Alternative Therapies

Product Description:
Thanks to a new treatment approach...Millions of patients now enjoy the best of both worlds
Every year, Americans make 600 million visits to alternative health care practitioners, spending about $30 billion in the process (Newsweek). The same Americans also visit conventional doctors and see the value in modern medicine's high-tech advances.
Meantime, the two opposing camps-conventional vs. alternative medicine-keep slugging away at each other in an effort to prove who's right and who's wrong.
Enter Dr. Larry Altshuler, coming to the rescue of millions of Americans who wisely understand that both sides of the argument are right! "You get the best possible medical care when you combine the best of both treatment disciplines," says Dr. Altshuler. He calls this approach Balanced Healing.
Dr. Altshuler's healing approach is explained in detail in a first-of-its-kind book titled BALANCED HEALING: Combining Modern Medicine with Safe & Effective Alternative Therapies (February 2004, Harbor Press).Best-selling author and women's health guru Christiane Northrup, M.D. calls it "groundbreaking," and adds, "This much-needed resource should be on the shelf of every concerned doctor and patient. I highly recommend it."
Balanced Healing is an indispensable reference guide for every family that cares about health. Use its comprehensive A-to-Z listing to look up any common ailment. For each one, you'll find common symptoms, general recommendations, and a step-by-step treatment action plan with recommendations covering the full spectrum, from conventional medicine to alternative and research therapies.
Dr. Altshuler is board certified in Internal Medicine. He began introducing alternative treatments into his practice 26 years ago, long before the buzz words "complementary" and "integrative" medicine were even invented.Later, he went on to advanced training in Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, nutrition, Qigong, hypnosis, and mind-body medicine. Currently he runs the Balanced Healing Medical Center in Oklahoma City and hosts a weekly radio talk show.
"Today, lots of books talk about ‘integrative' and ‘complementary' medicine," says Dr. Altshuler. "But the truth is, all of them express a strong bias toward one discipline or the other-conventional or alternative medicine. I'm different, because I strive to be as neutral and bias-free as possible. My only yardstick for measuring is: what is safest and most effective. The truth is, the best treatment you can get comes from a balanced approach.In other words, the best of both worlds."