FAQ

Conventional medicine (ie. a regular, insurance based primary care office) often focuses on symptom management, controlling disease by masking symptoms or signs of illness mostly through use of prescription medication, while integrative medicine focuses on finding the root causes of pain. For example, doctors prescribe powerful anti-inflammatory medicine for arthritis pain rather than looking into why you are experiencing inflammation and pain in the first place.  

Integrative medicine requires a deep investigation into your personal history and habits. This approach demands time that insurance companies do not allow doctors in typical family practice settings to spend with patients. Dr. Gould has chosen to open a private practice that does not accept insurance to combat the United States “sick-care system.”

Dr. Gould is an out-of-network provider. This means that no billing of insurance will occur, and payment is due in full at the time of service. This enables Dr. Gould to spend the time she needs with patients rather than being limited by insurance companies, allowing us to keep our overhead low for a small private practice. If you have private insurance however Dr. Gould will write you a "superbill" to submit to your insurance for reimbursement.

Osteopathic doctors are fully licensed physicians in the United States with extensive training in the musculoskeletal system and hands-on healing approaches. As an osteopathic doctor, Dr. Gould approaches wellness from the perspective that the human is an inseparable unit of body, mind, and spirit.  

From an integrative approach, osteopathic medicine utilizes all tools to help you remove obstacles blocking you from the natural state of the human organism, which is health. True health is not just the absence of disease but a state of radiance and vitality when all aspects of the body-mind-spirit unit are in harmony. 

New patient appointments are 75 minutes and include a full, comprehensive history as well as a structural examination and OMM if appropriate. Dr. Gould will usually recommend basic labs (if not done recently) and a food journal to be completed for the most complete look at your current health and habits.

Please wear comfortable, loose fitting clothing such as what you might wear to a yoga class.

Every patient and every condition is an individual so this will be determined on a patient to patient basis. Often we will see each other more frequently in the beginning with the goal of stretching out appointment times as conditions improve.

Because Osteopathic manipulative medicine functions as a "reset" to re-distribute tensions in the system we recommend you "take it easy" for 1-3 days after treatment. You may even experience some soreness after a treatment as certain muscles that have been inhibited or under-working come back online and over-active muscles and tissues are relaxed. Dr. Gould will recommend stretches or strengthening as needed on an individual basis.

Conventional medicine (ie. a regular, insurance based primary care office) often focuses on symptom management, controlling disease by masking symptoms or signs of illness mostly through use of prescription medication, while integrative medicine focuses symptoms and when possible, truly healing from the condition. For example, doctors prescribe powerful anti-inflammatory medicine for arthritis pain rather than looking into why you are experiencing inflammation and pain in the first place.

Integrative medicine requires a deep investigation into your personal history and habits. This approach demands time that insurance companies do not allow doctors in typical family practice settings to spend with patients. Dr. Gould has chosen to open a private practice that does not accept insurance to combat the United States “sick-care system.” (link to blog)

Dr. Gould is an out-of-network provider. This means that no billing of insurance will occur, and payment is due in full at the time of service. This enables Dr. Gould to spend the time she needs with patients rather than being limited by insurance companies, allowing us to keep our overhead low for a small private practice.

Integrative medicine utilizes all tools available including both conventional medicine (what a regular MD doctor office would provide) and alternative (ie acupuncture, herbal medicine, lifestyle, supplements etc) and is root cause focused. Integrated medicine is often an approach that is now taken in the conventional world and involves utilizing behavioral health (therapists, psychiatrists), nutritionists, diabetes educators etc as well as the physician in primary care.

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