Therapies
Dr. Mena is a doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, a D.O. He is a fully licensed medical doctor in the United States. Osteopathic medicine embraces the concept of healthcare by believing in preventive medicine. Preventive medicine believes in patient and doctor working together toward the common goal of optimum health. The therapies offered at Los Alamitos Holistic emphasize that very concept.
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Allergy Treatments – The conventional therapies for allergies are normally design to suppress the immune system, however, the advent of new ways is to test for allergies from the environment and foods. We can then design therapies which focus on balancing the immune system. The most common allergies are environmental and food allergies. There are a variety of blood tests that can identify the origins, level of severity and treatment strategies.
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Anti-Aging Therapies - Diet, detoxification and exercise go hand in hand in Anti-aging therapies. The goal of our clinic is to help individuals not only look good on the outside with therapies such as: Microneedling, and PRP (Vampire lift), but also feel good in the inside. Feel and look young with proper nutrition, balanced hormones and exercise.
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Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement – Personal hormone replacement for both men and women going through hormonal changes. The work-up consists of comprehensive blood, urine or saliva studies to acquire a true picture of the patient’s hormone levels. If a deficiency or imbalance is identified, a custom hormone regimen will be prescribed for the individual.
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Bio-Punctured Therapy – It is a procedure that involves injecting homeopathic remedies or biological active substances into acupuncture points. These points are based on Chinese Medicine principles. In bio-puncture, small doses of plant extracts, minerals, or vitamins (homeopathic solution) are injected into designated points in order to stimulate the natural healing processes. This therapy is widely used in Europe for assisting in weight loss, detoxification, beautification medicine, sports medicine, and most importantly for pain management.
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Chelation Therapy - The removal of heavy metals and other environmental toxins utilizing vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and botanicals to enhance their elimination. There are many methods of chelating: Oral chelation, topical chelation, suppository (rectal) and the most effective, intravenous (IV).
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IV Therapy - IV therapy is a very effective way of infusing nutrients to the body through the veins and thus bypassing the digestive tract. This is the best way to rebuild the body due to better absorption of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, chelating agents and antioxidants.
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Detoxification/Homeotoxicology - Detoxification involves the removal of toxins such as Lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, petrochemicals, pharmaceutical compounds, PCBs, etc. Many modalities are offered at our facility such as; foot detox, far infrared sauna, Turbosonic, detox diets and nutraceuticals.​
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Osteopathic Manipulation Treatment (OMT) – Dr. Mena has been practicing the art of OMT for over 20 years. He uses his hands and knowledge of the body’s ability to heal itself as a tool to help his patients obtain optimum health. OMT can be very beneficial for neuromuscular injuries, circulatory and lymphatic disturbances.
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Ozone Therapies – It is an alternative treatment for many ailments in which the body’s potential to rebuild and heal has been impaired. Ozone is a highly reactive gas composed of three oxygen atoms capable of stimulating the body to remove and repair blocked systems, thus allowing healing.
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Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) - It is an alternative approach to healing tendon and ligament injuries. PRP is the patient’s own blood plasma with concentrated platelets that is injected into the damaged area to stimulate healing. It is highly recommended and effective on spines, middle and lower backs, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists and hand, hip/pelvis, knee, lower leg, ankle and foot, and arthritic joints.
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Prolotherapy – A non-surgical tendon, ligament and joint reconstruction therapy. It involves stimulating the formation of fibrous connective tissue by injecting a sodium solution with a slender, hair-like needle. It treats unstable joints, venous abnormalities, hernias & hemorrhoids.
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Ozone & Ultraviolet Light Therapy (03 UV) – Ozone and Ultra-Violet light treatment, 2 therapies that work better together by forcing the body to fight disease. This therapy has been proven to treat over 134 illnesses including; Auto-Immune Disorders, Chronic Pain, Lyme, Chronic Fatigue, Allergies, EBV, Cancer, Circulation, Inflammation, Infections, Cardiovascular Disease, and Joint Pain. The Ozone & UV light treatment improve blood flow, cellular healing and cellular oxygen utilization. Since the healing effect is at the cellular level the benefits take place simultaneously. Clinical studies suggest that the blood takes energy from ozone and UV back to the whole body to start the bio-chemical, immune modulation and germicide healing cascade effect.
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