Dr. Joseph LaVolpa P.M.D., Ph.D.

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HEALING MODALITIES:

Corrective Bodywork Massage

            The muscles are the medium. Corrective Bodywork is a specialized form of deep massage designed to release physical and emotional stress that is held in the muscles. Structural imbalances and pain caused by overwork, accident injury, trauma, nutritional deficiency or emotional stress is stored in the muscles as aches, pains, poor posture or tight muscles from emotional trauma. As the muscle stress is released both structural and psychological problems release and correct. Three sessions of Corrective Bodywork is equivalent to 12 sessions of straight chiropractic, and 3 years of psychotherapy.


Nutritional Medicine

            Only in recent health history have toxic drug therapies been used to alleviate symptoms. This is always done at the expense of other areas of our body. These are called side effects.  Drugs are useful in an emergency or critical situation. The use of nutritional and herbal products in the form of supplements can be used without side effects, thus keeping the rest of the body in balance while healing takes place. These supplements can be used as body cleaners, tonics and energy boosters, as well as tissue builders, replenishers and rejuvenators. Supply the deficient nutrition in the body and the body will heal itself.


Conflict Resolution Psychotherapy

            Conflict Resolution Therapy, or CRT, is a very special form of psychotherapy that can help transform personal conflicts such as relationship issues, money, addictions, career, health, etc. The goal of CRT is to help resolve self-limiting patterns and beliefs that hold us back or prevent positive changes. Using a simple method of Kinesiology or muscle testing to access deep seated patterns in the subconscious you will learn how to shift from limiting attitudes that no longer serve you to unlimited ones that serve you better. CRT helps develop your intuition and ability to trust your insights. Using integration techniques, old patterns are replaced with new, updated ones. Once you see how this works you can then go about your life confident that you can “tune into”your own inner wisdom and power. 

Iridology
            The iris is the colored part of the eye (brown, blue, or green). Iridology is the study of the iris to determine structural weaknesses in the body and/or toxic build-up in the organs. The iris is a map and reflection of our personal health. Modern iridolgy has been improved upon by Dr. Bernard Jenson, a naturopath and chiropractor. According to the principles of iridology it is possible to determine structural integrity, the health of our organs and the condition of our digestive tract, as well as toxic areas of the body. The iris reflects different stages of disease--acute, chronic, desructive or degenerative.

Muscle Testing (Kinesiology)
            Disease or dis-ease has 3 components: Structural (physical), Biochemical (nutritional), Emotional/mental (psychological), and all three aspects have to be healed in order to regain complete health. Muscle testing is a detection tool that can help determine which of these 3 areas is affecting our health. Muscle testing techniques use the extended arm to test the strength of the deltoid muscle (located at the top of the shoulder), while askng the patient to resist a downward pull by the practioner. This technique can be used to determine organ weakness, nutritional defeciencies and psychological issues that might be affecting a persons health.