
Jill Donberg MAcOM, Dipl. OM
Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine
Dr. Chad R. Kotlarz, NMD
Naturopathic Physician
Shelby Reynolds, NCTMB
Integrative Massage Therapy
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Why choose a practitioner of Oriental medicine or Naturopathy for your patient?
- Patient is seeking alternatives to pain management before scheduling surgery or taking stronger medications.
- Patient responds poorly to prescribed medications yet needs temporary relief from specific symptoms.
- Patient is in need of regular, in depth counseling for introducing and sustaining preventative health strategies into patient's lives.
- Patient would like to diminish side effects from medications he/she is taking.
- Patient is interested in acupuncture and herbal medicine.
When referring a patient to Grand Traverse Natural Health Care, practitioners will:
- Support your adjunctive treatment recommendations.
- Guarantee that your patients will receive high quality care by qualified professionals, precautions such as Clean Needle techniques and rigorous testing of all herbal supplements, and compliance with HIPAA and the current FDA Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines.
- Maintain the educational and clinical training necessary to differentiate red flag symptoms in need of immediate referral to an MD or DO.
- Demonstrate an eagerness to work in an integrative fashion with allopathic and naturopathic medical care providers.
Please contact the clinic at clinic@gtnaturalhealth.com or call (231) 929.8183 with any questions you may have concerning the modalities used in Traditional Chinese medicine. These include acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Tui-na massage and Chinese dietary therapy.
In addition, if you know of any opportunities to inform and educate the community at large about how East-Asian medicine can improve their quality of life, we are open to participating.
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