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October 2010
In this Issue:
Pain Free with Laser Therapy
NHWC Welcomes Dr. Laura Asher
This Month's Offer: Laser Therapy Consultation
Fall Referral Contest!
Monthly Recipe: Pumpkin Bread
Testimonials
Why Natural Horizons
Learn More About Natural Horizons
Free Laser Therapy Consultation
Find out if Natural Horizons pain management program, including low-intensity laser therapy, can help you with a pain related issue. Take advantage of a free initial consultation this month!
Call 703-246-9355 Today to Schedule Your Initial Consultation.
Upcoming Events
Natural Cold and Flu Prevention: October 13th, 6:30-7:30 PM
More events coming soon!
Call NHWC today to learn more!
703-246-9355
"After going through this whole experience with this small bump in the road, I’m very optimistic that I will lead a long, healthy life with lots of energy.”
- Karen P., former cancer patient at Natural Horizons, breast cancer survivor
"The staff is amazing. They just really care. The folks giving me treatment even had a blanket ready for me each time (they even knew my favorite). A smile and a hug are standard and the knowledge of so much is second to none."
-Elain Gibson, former cancer patient and non-Hodgkins lymphoma survivor
Natural Horizons Wellness Center is a leader in the field of Integrative Medicine and Wellness.
We focus on all aspects of health: mental, emotional and physical.
This helps us to accurately detect points of deviation from perfect health and develop comprehensive treatment plans to address disease and illness.
Through a collaborative effort of our trained practitioners, using state-of-the-art practices, protocols and therapies, we offer each patient the best that conventional medicine and the alternative disciplines have to offer.
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Dear Health Conscious Friend,
Read on to learn how low-intensity laser therapy can help you live pain free. Plus, get to know Dr. Laura Asher, our new women's wellness and family medicine practitioner and enter to win our October referral contest. Also, check out our brand new website at www.nhwellnesscenters.com!
Call today to learn more or schedule a consultation:
703-246-9355 or visit us online.
Live Pain Free with Laser Therapy
 Laser Therapy is one of the many services offered at Natural Horizons. We sat down with Vishal Verma, DC, to learn more about this effective technology and how it can help alleviate chronic pain.
How can Low-Intensity Laser Therapy (LILT) help with pain?
LILT is a non invasive approach designed to help pain by healing the cause of the pain at its source. For example, pain in the leg with tingling and numbness usually stems from the lower back. We would apply LILT to the lower back to “fix” the problem at the source of the injury.
How will LILT help the source of the pain?
LILT helps the injured area, to which it is applied, to heal at a faster rate. It does this by stimulating the inured cells in the area to metabolize faster, thereby creating a greater immune response in the injured area. Greater healing response equals faster healing times and complete healing, rather than just controlling symptoms the way pain medication does.
Are there any side effects to LILT?
To date, there are no known side effects to LILT. The healing powers of light are all positive and there is no harmful radiation involved. Each individual being treated is thoroughly examined before deciding if LILT will be helpful to their healing process.
Find out more about Natural Horizons’ Pain Management and Laser Therapy program on our website. If you have any questions or want to schedule a consultation, please call us at 703-246-9355.
Natural Horizons Welcomes Dr. Laura Asher!
 Natural Horizons is excited to announce the newest addition to our growing team of practitioners. Dr. Laura Asher's varied background and knowledge of the traditional and complimentary fields of medicine make her an incredible asset to our center. She is an integrative holistic physician board certified in family medicine, holistic medicine, and homeopathy. She is diploma certified in whole foods medicine and functional medicine, and is also a reiki master.
Dr. Asher comes from a diverse background. She grew up in Africa and has had wide exposure to different cultures and philosophies of healing through her volunteer work in Haiti, Ghana, Lesotho, Mali and Kenya, and locally in the Appalachian mountains. She received her medical training at Howard University College of Medicine, and her residency in primary health and family medicine from George Washington University and West Virginia University.
Dr. Asher has more than 15 years of experience in integrative medicine and wellness. She specializes in women’s health and bio-identical hormone therapy, pediatric wellness, whole foods medicine, homeopathy, evidence-based botanical therapies, spirituality and life coaching, stress management, and energy medicine. She takes a relationship-centered, mind-body-spirit approach to all the services she provides, including:
- Pediatric wellness that includes newborn care and home visits
- Women’s health and wellness, including bio-identical hormone therapy
- Homeopathy for the whole family
- Chronic disease management
- Energy medicine that includes chakra balancing and reiki
- Life coaching, stress management and emotional wellness
Dr. Asher is now taking patients on alternating Fridays and Saturdays between 9am-5pm. To schedule an appointment, please call us at 703-246-9355.
Learn more about women's wellness and
family medicine services at NHWC:
Call 703-246-9355 or visit us online.
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Fall Referral Contest!
At Natural Horizons, one of the things we strive for each day is excellence in all that we do for our patients. As a testament to that, many of our new patients come from our current, happy and satisfied patients. We hope that you are pleased with the Center and gratified by the results you have achieved.
As our way of saying "thank you" to all of you who refer patients to us, we are holding a referral raffle this fall. The raffle works like this:
1. Refer someone new to Natural Horizons and receive raffle tickets to our drawing for a 46" Sony Bravia LCD Digital Color TV!
2. Refer 1 new patient, receive 1 raffle ticket
Refer 2 new patients, receive 3 raffle tickets
Refer 3 new patients, receive 5 raffle tickets
The raffle drawing will be held just after Thanksgiving. See Lori or Laura at the front desk or your practitioner for raffle cards. Make sure you fill in your name and have your referral bring the card in with them to their first appointment. That's all there is to it! Good luck!
Pumpkin Bread
Serve this honey-sweetened bread, made with whole wheat pastry flour and oat bran, for breakfast or as a dessert or snack. Thanks to Whole Foods for this great recipe!
Ingredients:
Canola oil cooking spray
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 cup oat bran or wheat germ
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cane sugar
1/3 cup canola or sunflower oil
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup milk
1 1/4 cups fresh or canned pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch loaf pan with canola oil cooking spray and set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, oat bran, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a second large bowl, combine sugar, oil, honey, milk, pumpkin, egg and vanilla. Add this mixture to flour mixture and stir until just combined. Fold in walnuts.
Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake until cooked through and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool for 15 minutes on a wire rack then remove from pan and set aside to let cool completely.
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