Fibromyalgia
- Unique Traditional Chinese & Western Medical Treatment Clinic
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September 21, 2005 -- When Janine Blackman, M.D., PhD walked away from
her position as Medical Director at the University of Maryland Center
for Integrative Medicine (UMCIM) September 8, 2005 in order to start a
clinic in our nation’s capitol combining traditional Chinese
Medicine with conventional Western medical approaches to treat
fibromyalgia, she left behind the safety and security of a senior and
prestigious position in one of the largest NIH research centers in
America.
Fibromyalgia,
previously thought to have no cure by most Western medical
practitioners, is a debilitating stress-induced condition that is
characterized by muscle and joint pain and fatigue that lasts for many
months, often accompanied by irritable bowel syndrome, sleep
disturbance, headaches, anxiety, depression and a variety of other
symptoms
The new Gilbert
Clinic consists of Dr. Blackman and her partners Jonathan Gilbert,
NCAAOM (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine) and Anita Bains, APRN, BC, (specializing in psychotherapeutic
treatment of chronic afflictions, including fibromyalgia). With
exceptional backgrounds and experience in western medicine, Traditional
Chinese medicine and psychotherapy, the partners have combined ancient
and modern medicine to successfully treat the disease.
An estimated 12
million Americans have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia but many
millions more may have the stressed related warning signs of acute
fatigue that could lead to the disease. Typically those occupations
with high incidents of burnout are the breeding ground for the disease,
where stress related conditions can shorten and even end a highly
successful career. Brokers, financial managers, lawyers, politicians,
business executives, investment managers, scientists, sports stars and
related professions are typical of the many potential jobs where
pressure to perform and sustain performance can result in the disease.
Organizations
employing such executives have long ignored the tremendous financial
losses that can be incurred when they lose the services of these
individuals in whom they have invested many years and significant
expense. A successful intervention program before the disease is able
to destroy the effectiveness of the people could very well be one of
the most cost-effective benefits a company could provide.
The Gilbert
Clinic and the unique blend of Traditional Chinese and Western
medicine, combined with psychotherapeutic treatment, has demonstrated
for the first time that conditions of fibromyalgia can be successfully
treated and overcome, allowing the individual to continue with their
career. It is the only integrated program to have demonstrated
successful results.
The unique
business model, an innovative treatment strategy, and a commitment on
the part of the partners to “get people well and keep people
well” make the Gilbert Clinic a radical departure from
previous maintenance programs offered to suffers of the disease. It is
certain to be a closely watched, controversial and innovative effort to
attack a growing problem in America.
The public
interest would be served by sharing this story about this unique
clinic, innovative program, and exceptional staff dedicated to helping
people in a way that is least intrusion, highly confidential, and
committed to breaking dependence on prescribed drugs for sufferers of
this disease. Fibromyalgia is a tragic condition that preys on the most
productive and successful people in society destroying their lives and
careers. They need to know extraordinary success in overcoming the
disease has been achieved and is available.
For
information, contact The Gilbert Clinic http://www.thegilbertclinic.com.
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University
of Maryland Medical Director Resigns to
Co-Found
Fibromyalgia Clinic Based on New, Unique Treatment Model
A
Medical Director has resigned her position at the University of
Maryland to open a clinic combining Modern Western and Traditional
Chinese medical techniques, used in concert with psychotherapy, a
combination unique in the treatment of fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is
often described as a stress-induced condition affecting millions of
middle-aged Americans and is generally considered unresolvable by most
Western medical practitioners.
(PRWEB) -
Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) September 3, 2005 -- Janine Blackman, M.D.,
PhD. has resigned her position as Medical Director at the University of
Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine (UMCIM) and will be involved
on a full-time basis in the opening of an integrative medical clinic to
treat fibromyalgia, combining Western and Eastern medical approaches
with psychotherapy.
Dr. Blackman
and her partners Jonathan Gilbert, NCCAOM (National Certification
Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine) and Anita Bains,
APRN, BC, (a specialist in psychotherapeutic treatment of chronic
afflictions, including fibromyalgia) have demonstrated substantial
success in arresting the causes of fibromyalgia and eliminating for the
long term its symptoms in their patients.
Fibromyalgia is
a debilitating condition that is characterized by muscle and joint pain
and fatigue that lasts for many months, and that is often accompanied
by irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disturbance, headaches, anxiety,
depression and a variety of other symptoms.
It is often
described as a stress-induced condition affecting millions of
middle-aged Americans. It is generally considered irresolvable by most
Western medical practitioners. Prior to the founding of The Gilbert
Clinic, the best that patients could hope for is "management" of their
condition and symptoms. The protocol established at The Gilbert Clinic
will focus on arresting the causes of the condition and eliminating the
symptoms. This is in contrast to most models of treatment for the
condition, which focus primarily on symptom management.
The clinic's
combination of Western and Eastern medical techniques, used in concert
with psychotherapy, is unique in the treatment of fibromyalgia. The
Gilbert Clinic's mission as stated by Mr. Gilbert is: "To get people
well and keep people well."
According to
Dr. Blackman, "Until now, the best that sufferers of fibromyalgia could
hope for was treatment of their symptoms. With the founding of The
Gilbert Clinic, fibromyalgia patients now have the option to treat the
cause of their condition for the first time. By combining Mr. Gilbert's
expertise in Traditional Chinese Medicine with conventional Western
medical approaches and safeguards as well as psychotherapeutic
'coaching,' we believe The Gilbert Clinic is about to make history in
the treatment and resolution of fibromyalgia."
Dr. Blackman's
co-founders of The Gilbert Clinic are Jonathan Gilbert and Anita Bains.
Mr. Gilbert has been the Senior Consultant for Traditional Chinese
Medicine at the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine.
Anita Bains was formerly President of the Advanced Psychiatric Practice
Nurses of Maryland.
The Gilbert
Clinic can be reached at 866-546-0777.
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The Gilbert Clinic
One Central Plaza, Suite 1205
North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301) 230-2530
(866) 546-0777
http://www.TheGilbertClinic.com
Info@TheGilbertClinic.com
Very Close to Washington, DC. Across from White Flint Mall, just outside the Beltway/495.
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