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So, you feel you need to pay some attention to your health. Some of you have decided that you need to take preventative measures probably because you feel vulnerable due to advancing age, serious illness of a family member or close friend. Some of you have fallen ill recently or have been suffering from a chronic illness and want to learn how to recover and feel better again. In either case you are all probably asking, "How can I live a long and, more importantly, a healthy life?"
By understanding The Constellation of Healing and Disease, you will learn the approach that I have developed to address all your health concerns in a wholistic, comprehensive and organized fashion. The onset of disease or dis-ease has a dynamic and intimate inter-relationship to three factors, Antecedent, Trigger/Milieu and Disregulation.
Antecedent
This represents your whole heritage, from the hardwired genetic makeup to the soft emotional familial connections. Even though this may be all predestined, the expression (with some obvious exceptions) of this heritage is not automatic and to a large extent is within your control.
Trigger/Milieu
Trigger represents all life experiences and events, from the air you breathe to the death of your loved ones, that constantly activate your genes and stir up your emotional reactions, thereby threatening your health. Milieu is then the environment in which you experience these triggers, thus ultimately controls how you respond to these health-threatening triggers. The distinction between trigger and milieu is often not clear, one can merge with the other depending on the occasion.
Disregulation
When you respond to the trigger, disregulation of body functions in one form or another takes place. This represents the disease from the medical perspective and dis-ease from yours. For example, cancer results from the disregulation of cellular life-cycle control leading to unregulated growth and spread of abnormal cells.
Your Health Provider, in this case the CIM team, represents the fourth factor in your Constellation of Health and Disease. In partnership with you, we will serve as your guide, to help you to take preventative measures by avoiding triggers, modify your milieu to resist the response and, when necessary, reset the disregulation using appropriate medication, remedy or treatment modality.
Healthcare Provider, Antecedent, Trigger/Milieu and Disregulation form the four points of the tetrahedron (three dimensional equilateral triangle) of the Constellation of Healing and Disease, with YOU in the center. When you incorporate all four factors in the evaluation of one¡¦s health picture, one begins to understand that they exist in a dynamic, complex and interconnected relationship that applies to each of you in a very unique way. You choose what preventative measures to take based on your antecedent. You work to identify and avoid the trigger and strive to improve your milieu. You select your healthcare provider to address your specific needs. Your healthcare provider is defined by the role he/she plays, and not by the training or tools that are employed. It is not so important whether he is an acupuncturist or a surgeon but it important whether he is addressing Antecedent to prevent disease, Trigger/Milieu to treat root cause and promote health or Disregulation to restore function and ameliorate symptoms. You determine the path to recovery and healing by electing conventional or complementary and alternative therapies. You set the priorities, in other words, you are the captain of your healing vessel. But you should not be left by yourself to navigate through the unfamiliar and threatening waters of healthcare choices. Integrative Medicine, as practiced here at the Center, will take the responsibility to help you sail through the storm to the safe haven of optimum health.
