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For more information on Dr. Keith, please visit his page listed in the menu above. |
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Dr. Lisa Ignoffo is concerned with the health and well being of the whole person and really listens to her patients. Her approach has encouraged the clinic to continue to evolve offering services which include chiropractic care, soft tissue release, physiotherapy, Total Body Modification, natural healing, energy balancing, acupressure, nutritional consultation, manipulative therapies, and custom molding of chiropractic orthotics.
After three years of practice in Chicago, Dr. Ignoffo joined OHCC in March 1997. She shares Dr. Jordan’s philosophy of promoting wellness through alternative health care. Both Dr. Jordan and Dr. Ignoffo are acutely aware of the growing alternative health care field and stay abreast of the latest proven techniques and treatments to help their patients. Dr. Ignoffo graduated with a doctoral degree from the National College of Chiropractic in Chicago. |
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Dr. Mignogna, a native of Jamestown, New York, is concerned with the health and welfare of her patients. Her services include chiropractic care, Total Body Modification, Neuro Emotional Technique, natural healing, and nutritional consultation.
Dr. Mignogna received her BS from Bowling Green University in 1994 and her Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 2000 from Logan College. Dr. Mignogna has been with Optimal Wellness Center since 2001 and lives in Cleveland with her husband, Tom, and their sons, Max and Robert. |
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Dr. Elizabeth Isaac hails from San Antonio, Texas and in 2003 received her B.A. in Psychology from Saint Mary’s University in that city. In September 2007, Dr. Isaac received Bachelor of Science degrees in Anatomy and in Health and Wellness. She received her Doctorate of Chiropractic degree that same year. Dr. Isaac especially enjoys working with children. She has spent a lot of time working with church youth groups in the U.S. as well as East Africa. Youth group activities include coaching basketball, directing teen choirs, counseling, organizing fund raisers and outreach events, academic tutoring and teaching health/hygiene classes. Dr. Isaac also loves music and has played piano for over 25 years. She enjoys performing, teaching and accompaniment work. Other hobbies include hiking, reading and Middle Eastern dance. Her vision is to provide excellence in service to her clients while empowering them with the knowledge and tools essential to holistic health and chiropractic wellness.
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Dr. Michael Izquierdo (Dr. Mike) joins Optimal Wellness Center with the intention of providing a different dimension of care to the patient. Too many physicians are trained to view and subsequently treat patients as simply a collection of similar painful and pathological symptoms. Just as each person has his or her own unique fingerprint, so too, no two Dr. Izquierdo was trained in Applied Kinesiology (AK) by one of its founding members – Dr. Dan Duffy Sr. AK defines health as a balance between the body’s structural integrity, the mental/emotional state, and the chemical/nutritional state within each individual. Where there is balance, there is true health. Dr. Izquierdo is a native of Southern California. He received premedical instruction from UCLA, and gained practical clinical experience as a Naval Hospital Corpsman. Shortly after his graduation from Cleveland Chiropractic College, Los Angeles in August 2004. he joined the Duffy family practice in Highland Heights, Ohio. Now a resident of Lakewood, he is thrilled to lend his expertise to the specialized care offered at Optimum Wellness Center. Dr. Izquierdo is married and is
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Yaser Abdelhamid is a licensed Acupuncturist, a practitioner of Naturopathic Medicine and natural health consultant. His interest in natural health started in childhood when his mother’s natural folk remedy cleared up an ear problem conventional medicine could not help.
Yaser experienced conventional medical school training at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio and received his holistic medical education in Naturopathic Medicine and Acupuncture at Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA. He believes it’s a real privilege to be part of a cooperative effort to bring together the best that contemporary medicine has to offer through complimentary and alternative medicine therapies in clinical settings that focus on the state of optimal health and wellness for patients. Yaser sees himself functioning primarily in the role of educator and coach. He provides a general holistic perspective by suggesting short-term options for relief of symptoms and strategies for long-term health goal objectives with a view toward empowering patients to be in control of their own health. |
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Dr. Jennifer Martinc is a Naturopathic physician. Naturopathy is a system of medicine based on the healing power of nature. It is a holistic system, meaning that naturopathic doctors (NDs) strive to find the cause of disease by understanding the patient as a totality of body, mind, and spirit. Most NDs use a wide variety of therapies and techniques, such as nutrition, herbal medicine and homeopathy. |
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Andrea Mazur has been a believer of alternative and preventive modalities since her allied-med training at Ohio State University. She further pursued this interest in biological studies, and in 2003, completed the Cuyhoga Community College Massotherapy Program. As a summa cum laude graduate of the college, Andrea's training integrated 1005 educational hours and 480 clinical hours, the most extensive training of any massage school in the state. During that time, Andrea dealt with acute and chronic pain/injuries of people from all walks of life (ie. musicians, athletes, corporate executives, homemakers, etc.). Andrea received her licensure by the Ohio State Medical Board (LMT) in January 2004. She continued her education by completing a 30-week course in Myofascial Release, the Gibbons Method. As an LMT, Andrea has used massage for those with neck and lower back complaints, as well as those with past knee injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, and lumbar sprains. She has been branching out to include pregnancy and infant massage to her rapport. Most recently, she became a certified LaStone Therapist. Her training and experience provides for an excellent encounter in massage. |
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Greg Schultz has been a patient of Dr. Jordan's for over 5 years. After experiencing the benefits of holistic care and postural alignment, Greg decided it was time to take up a new, more fulfilling career. He became interested in muscle relaxation as a way to help the body maintain alignment, stay in balance, and relieve pain. He successfully completed the Post Degree Program in Massage Therapy at Cuyahoga Community College in November of 2002. Greg received his license from the Ohio State Medical Board in January 2003 and immediately established his own massage therapy practice. He is continually expanding his ability and learning new ways to help his clients. Greg has completed The Gibbons Formula of Soft Tissue Postural Analysis and Assessment Seminars and is currently enrolled in The Gibbons Movement Class, to get a deeper understanding of how a healthy body moves. Greg is experienced in Relaxation massage, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy, Swedish massage and Deep Tissue massage. His clients say he can make any headache all but disappear and he is wonderful at frozen shoulder release. His youngest patient tells his mom, "I don’ts need medicine; just call Greg, he will make me feel better!" |
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Becky graduated with an Associates Degree of Applied Science in the Field of Massotherapy from the Ohio College of Massotherapy in 2000. Her extended studies in bodywork include Sports and Swedish massage, Reiki, Reflexology, Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT), Postural Alignment and Touch for Health.
Due to a large number of athletic clients Becky has become accustomed to working on dense muscle tissue. For that reason sports massage is a large part her practice, along with relaxation and Swedish massage. Becky has been a part of the Optimal Wellness family since 2002 and is now a part of the massage team. Along with weight training and chiropractic, massage has always been a major component of her own maintenance program. She enjoys staying healthy and strong so she can perform her best. |
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Christine E. Cook is trained in Hatha yoga and practices a combination of Kripalu, Iyengar and Kundalini styles. She is registered to teach yoga by the Yoga Alliance. Christine blends poses, meditation and chakra work into a healing hour and half hour for both beginner and intermediate level students. Her classes include modifications for those with injuries, chronic pain and other health issues. Christine’s experience and understanding of yoga was recently deepened during a yoga retreat in India. Her wish for students in her class is that they learn healthful habits that benefit their day-to-day lives. She says, “ A regular yoga practice helps us to move more gracefully, breathe more deeply and interact more compassionately with each other."
Christine is also an Early Childhood Manager with the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Her doctoral work was in Special Education with an Early Childhood focus and specialty in Autism. |
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Cathie is a registered Polarity Therapist with the American Polarity Therapy Association with both her APP certification and an RPP diploma. She is currently completing her training as a certified Polarity Educator with the Ohio Institute of Energetic Studies and is on the board of the Ohio Polarity Therapy Association (OPTA). She is also a Master Level Usui Reiki practitioner and teacher. She teaches Reiki Levels, I, II and III. She lives with her husband, Chuck, in Lakewood and is the proud grandmother of 3 boys. |
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