Healing Choices, P.C. is a specialty medical practice founded by Keith W.L. Rafal, MD, MPH with a strong focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. The practice supports an integrative rehabilitation approach to patient care and is dedicated in partnership with patients to create opportunities in health and healing that serves to bridge conventional and alternative medicine.
The practice specializes in the consultation and treatment of a variety of chronic medical conditions. Keith W.L. Rafal, MD, MPH. has been the Medical Director of a large regional program for patients who have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
The practice specializes in the consultation and treatment of a variety of chronic medical conditions. Keith W.L. Rafal, MD, MPH. has been the Medical Director of a large regional program for patients who have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
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To develop criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia, we studied 558 consecutive patients: 293 patients with fibromyalgia and 265 control patients. Interviews and examinations were performed by trained blinded assessors. Control patients for the group with primary fibromyalgia were matched for age and sex, and limited to patients with disorders that could be confused with primary fibromyalgia. Control patients for the group with secondary-concomitant fibromyalgia were matched for age, sex, and concomitant rheumatic disorders.
Keith W.L. Rafal, MD, MPH is a medical doctor, board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, with training in internal medicine and fellowship trained in geriatric medicine from Brown University. He is an assistant clinical professor at Brown University. He has had additional training in the areas of behavioral medicine, homeopathy and western herbal medicine which he successfully incorporated into his private practices both in Rhode Island and as co-founder of the Alternative Care and Healing Center in Franklin, MA.
Answer: The Mind Heals Approach is a philosophic approach that supports and maximizes the healing that can occur with all effective medical treatment. At Healing Choices we can work with individuals who have a variety of chronic medical conditions such as Parkinsons who are interested in exploring drug free treatment options as part of an integrative interdisciplinary approach. We work in collaboration with the patients primary care physician and other specialists such as neurologist based upon patient need.
We offer a Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Program serving Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Chronic pain affects millions of people on a daily basis. It is important to acknowledge the impact chronic pain has on the physical, mental/emotional and spiritual state of health of the individual.
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