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Ojai has a new practitioner, Dr. Tudor Marinescu. I asked him to tell us a little about himself and his work. To read more about his practice here in Ojai, please visit Dr. Tudor's Profile. Here's what he had to say.....
I lived in Ojai about 7 years ago while working with the Indian Health Services in Santa Barbara and loved it. The Valley has been calling me ever since and I promised myself to return one day and establish a permanent residence as well as a holistic integrative medicine practice. My family and I feel blessed and grateful to call Ojai our home now.
I opened a holistic integrative medicine practice where I provide the understanding, tools and a highly specific and individualized treatment plan to assist patients in their journey towards achieving and maintaining the state of health, well being and fitness they desire.
Today I am confident that I truly help any patient that comes into my practice.
But it wasn’t always this way. I was in the final stages of preparing my M.D., Ph.D. dissertation in Germany entitled “Therapy of the Primary Brain Tumors”. Our research group followed 189 patients diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, which is considered the most malignant brain tumor. Within ten months of initiating the protocols and complying with the treatment plan, 183 patients died and six survived.
I felt hopeless and uncertain. The six patients in the research group that survived followed natural medicine principles and 3 years later were still alive, which for this type of cancer equals a complete cure. My professor was not interested in pursuing the understanding of how the six people survived. He coined it as "spontaneous healing" and had me focus on the 183 that died.
It wasn’t until I discovered the natural universal laws of health and disease that I completely turned my life around. The course I find myself on today was set and helped me make a real difference with my patients.
Through the system I developed, I helped hundreds of patients regain the state of health they desire and heal many ailments including acute and chronic pain syndrome, neuro-muskulo-skeletal injuries and trauma, acute and chronic infectious and degenerative disorders, common visual, auditory and dental disturbances and pediatric problems.
Our treatments are also designed to increase athletic performance, decrease frequency of injuries, accelerate the recovery time after injuries and also for general preventative care and improvement of well being.
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Heather MacGumerait - Outcall Massage
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Dave Clemens - Mid-Valley Chiropractic
Tanya MacGumerait - Massage
Mary Aspinwall - Classical Homeopathy
Mid-Valley Chiropractic (aka: Last Chiropractor 'til Freeway!) has been serving patients in the Ojai Valley for 11 years. Dr. Clemens, who has practiced chiropractic for 30 years, believes in "No Nonsense Chiropractic" - meaning his intention is to return the patient to health ASAP. Dr. Clemens practices a diversified technique because "no two patients have the same needs or structural problems." As a courtesy to you, our office will happily process your insurance and we are also a Medicare provider. Office hours are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to closing.
Mid-Valley Chiropractic
Dr. Dave Clemens
805.649.9994
11400 N. Ventura Ave., Mira Monte/Ojai
Last month a panel of FDA advisers voted in favour of a proposal that children under the age of 6 should not be given cold and cough medicines, because they have not been proven to be effective or safe. The experts advice will now be considered by FDA regulators, who are likely to take action against these type of over the counter products.
One person who was delighted with the decision was Dr. Michael Shannon, pediatrician with Children's Hospital Boston and professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical: "I think they are neither safe nor effective," "The problem is the risk-benefit ratio," he said.The benefits are non-existant "These drugs are not effective. They do not work to relieve the symptoms of a cold." Meanwhile the risks are real, more than 500 million doses are administered annually and the two primary problems are overdosing and ill effects from mixing different medications.
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