Dr. Mark G. Strom provides the highest quality, competent, timely, personal and confidential integrated medical care. Treatment is performed by a medical doctor trained and licensed in Western medicine who has also had thorough training in alternative/complementary medicine and behavioral medicine. Strom aspires to provide intimate care and health care advocacy in the midst of our chaotic health care environment.
He represents an oasis for those of us who value the patient/doctor relationship. The confluence of Strom's experience four crucial areas - traditional clinical medicine, medical acupuncture, sports medicine and behavioral medicine - have inspired his distinctive view of healthcare delivery, based upon a fusion of the applicable tenets of all four.
FJ had a 20 year history of depression which was treated unsuccessfully with multiple psychotropic medications. At approximately the same time she developed low back pain associated with lower extremity numbness. The pain was worked up and did not respond to traditional modalities.
He represents an oasis for those of us who value the patient/doctor relationship. The confluence of Strom's experience four crucial areas - traditional clinical medicine, medical acupuncture, sports medicine and behavioral medicine - have inspired his distinctive view of healthcare delivery, based upon a fusion of the applicable tenets of all four.
FJ had a 20 year history of depression which was treated unsuccessfully with multiple psychotropic medications. At approximately the same time she developed low back pain associated with lower extremity numbness. The pain was worked up and did not respond to traditional modalities.
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Mark G. Strom, MD has practiced medicine for more than 40 years.
Strom earned his medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1969.
Upon the completion of his training in general and cardiothoracic surgery, he served as Chief of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at Garfield Medical Center in Los Angeles and Associate in Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA.
In 2002 he completed his training in acupuncture at UCLA, providing him with the rare distinction of being able to practice both allopathic and alternative medicine.
Strom earned his medical degree at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1969.
Upon the completion of his training in general and cardiothoracic surgery, he served as Chief of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at Garfield Medical Center in Los Angeles and Associate in Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA.
In 2002 he completed his training in acupuncture at UCLA, providing him with the rare distinction of being able to practice both allopathic and alternative medicine.
Patients' symptoms of somatic and psychiatric distress sometimes fail to improve in spite of traditional treatments.
The focus of traditional remedies are to correct structural findings.
Research studies have demonstrated that these types of abnormalities can be found in a high percentage of people without symptoms.
Dr. John E. Sarno at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University determined over 30 years ago that you can have testing abnormalities but they may not be the cause of your symptoms.
The focus of traditional remedies are to correct structural findings.
Research studies have demonstrated that these types of abnormalities can be found in a high percentage of people without symptoms.
Dr. John E. Sarno at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University determined over 30 years ago that you can have testing abnormalities but they may not be the cause of your symptoms.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can develop following a traumatic event that threatens your safety or makes you feel helpless.
It can affect those who personally experience the catastrophe, those who witness it, and those who pick up the pieces afterwards, including emergency workers and law enforcement officers.
It can even occur in the friends or family members of those who went through the actual trauma.
PTSD develops differently from person to person.
While the symptoms of PTSD most commonly develop in the hours or days following the traumatic event, it can sometimes take weeks, months, or even years before they appear.
It can affect those who personally experience the catastrophe, those who witness it, and those who pick up the pieces afterwards, including emergency workers and law enforcement officers.
It can even occur in the friends or family members of those who went through the actual trauma.
PTSD develops differently from person to person.
While the symptoms of PTSD most commonly develop in the hours or days following the traumatic event, it can sometimes take weeks, months, or even years before they appear.
The majority of fibromyalgia patients try alternative treatments to relieve their symptoms.
Acupuncture might be one that will help.
A study published in the June edition of Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows acupuncture can relieve fatigue and anxiety in fibromyalgia patients for up to seven months after treatment.
Studies using images of the brain show that acupuncture raises your pain threshold, which is low in patients with fibromyalgia, and therefore produces long term pain relief.
One experiment using brain scans showed that acupuncture can deactivate part of the brain's pain matrix.
Acupuncture might be one that will help.
A study published in the June edition of Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows acupuncture can relieve fatigue and anxiety in fibromyalgia patients for up to seven months after treatment.
Studies using images of the brain show that acupuncture raises your pain threshold, which is low in patients with fibromyalgia, and therefore produces long term pain relief.
One experiment using brain scans showed that acupuncture can deactivate part of the brain's pain matrix.
Specific acupuncture points increase gastrointestinal muscle contraction, relaxation and reduce gastric acid secretion.
Acupuncture is therefore beneficial in treating general gastrointestinal symptoms.
It can nourish related organs, minimize symptoms and contribute to medication free digestive system health maintenance.
It has demonstrated its effectiveness in managing the side effects of chemotherapy medication and the discomfort following anesthesia.
AJ was seen in the office with a history of bilateral shoulder fushions, a right knee replacement, left knee pain, neck pain from compressed cervical disks, and bilateral wrist pain of unknown etiology.
Acupuncture is therefore beneficial in treating general gastrointestinal symptoms.
It can nourish related organs, minimize symptoms and contribute to medication free digestive system health maintenance.
It has demonstrated its effectiveness in managing the side effects of chemotherapy medication and the discomfort following anesthesia.
AJ was seen in the office with a history of bilateral shoulder fushions, a right knee replacement, left knee pain, neck pain from compressed cervical disks, and bilateral wrist pain of unknown etiology.
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