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Robert Pendergrast, M.D.
Dr. Pendergrast, a board certified physician
with 25 years of practice experience, completed the Fellowship in
Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in 2005. His
Integrative Medicine Consult appointment is a very comprehensive review
of the health history, after which he compiles a detailed set of
recommendations to help individuals reach their goals, which are
reviewed together at a follow-up visit. He believes in an integrative
medical approach which always starts with the most natural, least
invasive, least expensive, least toxic options.
Dr. Pendergrast also offers
clinical hypnotherapy and Healing Touch, which can address headaches,
abdominal pain, anxiety, sleep disorders, fatigue, children’s
bedwetting, asthma, and provide support during treatment for serious
illness such as cancer or auto-immune disease. He offers hypnosis for
weight loss as a package of 6
consecutive treatments over three months, with great results. Call the
office for discounted price.
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Scientific research supports the efficacy of clinical hypnosis
for medical conditions, in such diverse conditions as improved
recovery from surgery and enhanced immunity.
A brief overview of the field as reviewed by the National
Institute of Health (NIH) can be found at the
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
click here for more information.
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Healing Touch is an energy
healing modality in the category of “biofield therapies” identified by
the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). An overview of this
approach to healing can be found at NCCAM
click here for more information.
Specific information about Healing Touch, its philosophy and practice
can be found at Healing Touch International
click here for more information. National and international news
articles on Healing Touch can be viewed by
clicking here.
During
a Healing Touch appointment, you can expect a deeply relaxing healing
session which restores a sense of balance and flow in mind, body, and
spirit. A Healing Touch patient remains fully clothed on a massage
table or in a chair, and the practitioner’s hands may be on or
completely off the body. Little or no talking is involved in the
session, and the work is done at the level of energy fields and spirit,
opening the possibility for the patient to achieve his or her highest
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Robert Pendergrast, M.D.
Dr. Robert Pendergrast studied music at Furman University before receiving his
M.D. degree from the Medical College of Georgia in 1983. He is a Board Certified
physician and has Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins
University.
Until the
opening of Aiken-Augusta Holistic Health Dr. Pendergrast was in full-time
academic clinical practice, mentoring doctors in training at Johns Hopkins
University and the Medical College of Georgia.
After years of personal study of complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM), Dr. Pendergrast was selected in 2004 to be an Associate Fellow
in the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, the program
founded and directed by Dr. Andrew Weil. The two year Fellowship offers
training in various CAM modalities to licensed medical doctors, and emphasizes
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