Chronic Pain Treatment | Georgia Integrative Medicine, Atlanta

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According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, there are 100 million Americans who battle chronic pain on a daily basis. That number is astounding, and being someone who endured the harsh consequences of chronic pain in my 30s, I decided to do something about it.

Hello, I am Dr. Yoon Hang Kim, and I am the developer of a chronic pain treatment modality, otherwise known as the Neuroanatomic Approach to Pain. Based just outside Atlanta, I am an integrative medicine specialist. Integrative medicine has a core philosophy of treating the whole person, including spirituality, emotional state, relationships, and lifestyle.

Years ago in my 30s, I developed severe and debilitating chronic pain. I tried every suggested modality within conventional medicine, including surgery, all of which failed me. After doing research, I developed my system: Neuroanatomic Approach to Pain. The transformation was incredible, and it completely restored my ability to function. Today, I utilize Neuroanatomic Approach to Pain to help others recover from severe pain and rediscover their happiness and functionality. Looking back, I realize that my own experience with severe, debilitating chronic pain gave me the unique insight I needed so that I can help people with chronic pain. Through my work I have recognized that chronic pain is a problem that can be dealt with, and it does not have to ruin lives or hamper the health of my patients.

Over time, I grew frustrated as I watched family members struggle with allopathic treatments for their autoimmune disorders. My frustration become inspiration, as I worked hard to develop another clinical expertise: treating autoimmune conditions such as Hashimotos thyroiditis, RA, lupus, fibromyalgia, respiratory allergies, and food allergies. My desire to help these loved ones inspired me to develop an Autoimmune Disease Reset program. It gives me great joy to say that this program is currently helping my family members and my patients cope with their ailments.

I believe in and practice integrative medicine because it expands my toolbox, the options for healing that I can offer my patients. However, after practicing all of these years, I realize that, fueled by a natural gift for problem solving and combined with tenacity and perseverance, my true calling is solving complex medical problems. A large majority of my patients have given up hope that anyone can find viable solutions for them. I derive a great deal of satisfaction from working with these patients and improving the quality of their lives. It is that personal connection with my patients that I seek, a partnership that is integral to the wellbeing of the people I work with. My staff members and I take these relationships seriously, and we work hard to forge a genuine, meaningful relationship with each of our patients. In our experience, these authentic connections are vital to patients health, and serve a big role in overall healing. Ultimately, we greatly value both the strengths of conventional medicine and the wisdom of complementary and alternate healing modalities.

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Cancer Patients' Secondary Symptoms Need Attention: Study

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(HealthDay News) -- Many cancer patients with pain or depression also experience physical symptoms, such as fatigue, dry mouth and nausea, that can cause disability, a new study shows.

Doctors need to recognize and treat these symptoms in order to improve quality of life for cancer patients, said Dr. Kurt Kroenke, of the Richard Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indiana University, and Regenstrief Institute Inc. in Indianapolis, and colleagues.

They analyzed data from 405 cancer patients who had either pain or depression and found that all the patients had at least one of 22 physical symptoms examined in the study. More than half of patients reported 15 of the 22 symptoms.

The most common symptoms were fatigue (97.5 percent), difficulty sleeping (about 79 percent), pain in limbs or joints (78 percent), back pain (nearly 75 percent) and memory problems (72 percent).

The patients also reported an average of almost 17 disability days in the previous four weeks, including 5.7 days in bed and 11.2 days where they reduced their activity by 50 percent or more. Read more...

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Session 3 Dr. Donald Abrams, Chief of Hematology/Oncology UCSF – Video

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Session 3 Dr. Donald Abrams, Chief of Hematology/Oncology UCSF
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Awaken the Authentic Woman Within on November 22nd! – Video

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Awaken the Authentic Woman Within on November 22nd!
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Fear of Dying During Heart Attack May Make Matters Worse

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(HealthDay News) -- People who become very afraid of dying in the moments during and days after a heart attack also seem to have more inflammation, an indicator that they may, in the long run, do worse than patients who are less fearful, a small British study suggests.

The finding, published online June 1 in the European Heart Journal, "reminds us of the connection between the mind and the body," said Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, a preventive cardiologist with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

"This trial shows us that when patients are so fearful, there's an increase in inflammation and decrease in heartbeat variability, which could lead to poor outcomes. So we must address not only the body issues but the mind issues as well," she said.

Added Dr. Robert Gramling, associate professor of family medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York: "This and the vast literature related to emotions and mind/body interactions are confirmatory that understanding people's emotional response does interplay with the biologic mechanisms. Read more...

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