Welcome to NorthEast Internal & Integrative Medicine

One of the fastest growing areas in health care is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Many people are attracted to these remedies because they believe such methods are more natural, holistic and do less harm to the body. Another aspect of complementary medicine is that it encourages patients to take a more active role in their own health care.

How do complementary and alternative approaches differ from each other? Complementary Medicine is used together with conventional medicine, whereas alternative medicine is used in place of conventional medicine.

Integrative medicine integrates complementary medicine therapies that have high-quality evidence of safety and effectiveness with conventional medical therapies in the design of an individually tailored treatment plan.

Using the links to the left, read more and find out if Integrative medicine is right for you. To schedule a consultation or visit, please call our office at (704) 403-7050 for more details.

What's New?

» NorthEast Internal & Integrative Medicine officially opened for patients on June 14, 2007. An accupuncturist and manual medicine practitioner began full time on this date. Dr. Bongaard will begin seeing patients June 14 on Monday afternoons and full days on Tuesdays & Thursdays until September 4, at which time she will see patients full time, Monday through Friday. Please call 704.403-7050 to schedule an appointment.

» Dr. Bongaard recently presented an invited guest lecture at the first ever Quantum-Touch Conference, May 18-20, 2007 in Tahoe City, California. For details, please visit the Quantum-Touch website.

» Read about the Blessing of Hands ceremony with Dr. Bridget Bongaard

» Read the article on the use of acupuncture in Coping with Migraines, from Lake Norman Magazine, June 2007 issue