New Ponte Vedra practice combines conventional and alternative medicine

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Thomas Schneider, MD, a Pulmonologist and Intensive Care Specialist at Baptist Medical Center Beaches, recently opened the Healing Breath Institute, a healing center that advances the care of patients through individualized alternative medicine therapy. The new Ponte Vedra Beach practice blends the technology of modern medicine with “ancient healing. “

 

Schneider is triple-board certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine, yet offers nonmedicinal services like energy healing, ozone therapy, breathwork, and EWOT (Exercise With Oxygen Therapy). Working in the medical field for over 20 years, Schneider said he saw patients with lung diseases for which there was no therapy to help them with.

 

“The only therapy was giving oxygen, so patients would just progressively worsen and die,” he said. “I started thinking outside the box and taking a couple courses on alternative medicine. I was shocked when I found a number of these things really helped people.”

 

Schenider first started with energy healing, which according to ScienceDirect.com, is an alternative medicine method that transmits healing energy to a patient's body through the practitioner's hands to restore or balance the body's energy field for better health.

 

“I saw a lady with no prior health problems who’s been coughing for about five weeks,” he recounted. “She went on antibiotics and steroids and was still coughing. I did an energy healing on her and after about 25 minutes, she felt much better. She let me know the next day that her cough was gone. That’s just a small example.”

 

                Although Schneider fully advocates for alternative medicine, he still emphasizes the importance of conventional medicine and hopes his practice will combine both for optimal health.

 

                “I still do the conventional part in a hospital,” he said. “Anytime you’re living with a fast-moving, severe disease, you really need conventional medicine. But many illnesses like chronic pain and fatigue, all these long-time pains that aren't as severe, they don’t have effective therapy in conventional medicine. That’s where alternative medicine needs to be added, because we really need both types of healing.”

 

Schneider also believes in individualizing therapy, meaning treating each case different from the next and offering different remedies for each patient.

 

His practice includes Adriana Posada, D.O.M, AP, a Board Certified and Licensed Acupuncture Physician offering acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, and herbal therapy, as well as Jason Wildermuth, L.M.T., a massage therapist specializing in therapeutic, deep tissue massage and more.

 

For more information on the Healing Breath Institute, visit www.healingbreathinstitute.com or call (904) 588-2884.The Healing Breath Institute is located at 230 Canal Blvd., #4, in

Ponte Vedra Beach.

 

Photos provided by the Healing Breath Institute