Acupuncture, alternative medicine, homeopathic medicine, healing

Leonard Melamed is Ohio State Medical Board Licensed Acupuncturist and Massage Therapist ; National Board Certified Diplomat in Acupuncture(D.Ac,NCCAOM) and Internationally Certified Hypnotherapist.

Leonard received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Voroshilovgrad Medical Institute, Ukraine In 1977. While engaged in general practice of Acupuncture, Shiatsu and Hypnosis, Leonard's special interests are in natural energy healing (Tui-Na,Reiki,Onnetsu) and Homeopathy.

A powerful and compassionate healer and teacher, Leonard has developed one of the most unusual and effective approaches to holistic health in the United States. With his extensive knowledge of Western and Eastern medicine and natural healing therapies, psychology, yoga, and meditation, he has developed a fully integrated and holistic approach for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

Areas of Excellence

Listening

Many people who come to Leonard have had unpleasant experiences with health practitioners and the healthcare system. Leonard makes it a high priority to take the time to listen to you and to let you tell your own personal health/life story. He feels that truly hearing you out is crucial in forming a healing therapeutic relationship.

Wellness

Well-being is more than just the absence of illness. It includes feeling vibrant, connected, and alive! L. Melamed offers ongoing classes to support higher levels of wellness. He also offer individual support to look carefully at your lifestyle, social support and spiritual attunement, in order to help you reach your full potential in leading a health filled, productive, and full life. Specific areas of emphasis include smoking cessation, pain, age, stress management, nutrition, mind/body counseling, weight control, and exercise conditioning.

Stress Management

Stress is a common factor in many illnesses in our society, from tension headaches and bowel problems to ulcers, high blood pressure, and stroke. Leonard believes in helping you manage your own life stressors and providing you with tools to de-stress your mind, body and spirit. Not only does Leonard offer classes in Meditation and Stress Reduction, but he also uses a combination of different modalities including therapeutic massage, Shiatsu, acupuncture, aromatherapy, and hypnosis to help you.

Chronic Pain Relief

This area is often frustrating for both pain sufferers and physicians. Fibromyalgia is an example of a pain syndrome for which conventional medical treatment often falls short of being effective. Leonard offers many options to alleviate pain, and believes that a holistic mind-body approach is essential to optimal pain management. Although he does not prescribe medications, he works with individuals, their primary care physicians, and complementary care practitioners to coordinate conventional and complementary care.

Cancer Support

Cancer patients are frequently frustrated with often confusing and sometimes limited options for treatment. Leonard strongly believes in a compassionate caring approach, emphasizing the strength of knowledge of one's illness, and of the options available. He works in conjunction with medical specialists to support those choosing to undergo surgery, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy, and to help minimize side effects. While recognizing that clinical trials on the effectiveness of complementary/alternative therapies is limited, Leonard offers these as an option with informed consent for those individuals who so choose.

Integration

The wide spectrum of complementary/alternative therapies can be as confusing as the complex world of medicine. Knowing which therapies are effective, which providers to utilize, and how it all fits together for you as an individual can be confusing and overwhelming. Leonard is here to help you integrate the therapies that will work best for you, and to make sure that if you are using conventional medicine, that it all works together synergistically and harmoniously.