ALTERNATIVE HEALTH & WELLNESS

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The integration of alternative medicine into conventional western medicine is quickly revolutionizing the landscape of the American healthcare system. Patients and providers are increasingly using alternative methods of care that do not rely on invasive procedures or long term use of pharmaceuticals. The Alternative Medicine Network is one of the nation's leading providers of integrative medicine. Our national network of over 16,000 practitioners provides care to millions of members all across the country.

Highlights

• 10% to 30% savings on all treatments and services
• Over 16,000 practitioners in the network
• Over 35 different practitioner disciplines
• Services include Acupuncture, Nutritional Counseling, Massage Therapy, and Holistic Medicine as well as popular Exercise and Movement specialties including Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates and more
• No limits on the number of visits

STATISTICS

"With 62 percent of the American public using CAM, from dietary supplements to chiropractic, there is not only a great need to inform conventional and CAM health care professionals, but also to provide the public with information they can use to make decisions about their health care options," said Stephen E. Straus, M.D., NCCAM Director. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Monday, 2005

"In a [Mayo Clinic] study of 50 patients, six acupuncture treatments given over two to three weeks significantly improved their symptoms of pain and fatigue." Time, 2005

"Americans make more visits to nonconventional healers (some 600 million a year) than we do to M.D.s and spend more money out-of-pocket to do so about $30 billion a year by recent estimates." Newsweek, 12/2002

"A recent study performed by the American Massage Therapy Association revealed that more than one-quarter (28 percent) of consumers received a massage from a massage therapist in the past five years, up from just 17 percent in 1997. Eighteen percent said they had a massage in the past 12 months. Thats 10 percentage points higher than was reported in 1997." American Massage Therapy Association, 8/2002