Overview
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Center for Pediatric Integrative Medicine is dedicated to addressing the increasing demand for integrative healthcare by researching and providing access to practices that address the physical as well as lifestyle, emotional, and spiritual needs of children.
As the body of evidence for integrative medicine grows, we remain at the forefront of providing the most updated education and practices to our patients. We are able to care for children through their mid-20s, then provide seamless transition to adult providers.
Programs
Integrative Medicine services have become very popular in the United States, with more than 70 percent of Americans using them in some form.
Your child may benefit from integrative medicine as a complement to the care they are already receiving to treat chronic illness. Integrative medicine may help to reduce the severity or frequency of disease episodes, decrease stress related to chronic disease, and enjoy a better quality of life.
Our team members can coordinate appointments together to provide the patient with the best care.
Therapies and services
Our team of dedicated pediatric physicians and therapists are certified to perform a number of complementary therapies, including:
- Acupuncture, acupressure, and laser acupuncture.
- Biofeedback.
- Craniosacral therapy.
- Guided imagery.
- Hypnosis.
- Integrative consultation.
- Integrated dry needling.
- Frequency specific microcurrent therapy.
- Myofascial release.
- Osteopathic manipulation.
- Pain management.
- Reiki.
- Relaxation/breathing strategies.
- Therapeutic touch (babies).
- Yoga.
Conditions we treat
Conditions that are commonly treated with integrative medicine include:
- Anxiety.
- Arthritis.
- Asthma.
- Brachial plexus injuries.
- Brain injury.
- Burn pain.
- Chronic pain (e.g., abdominal, myofascial, etc.).
- Concussions.
- Chronic fracture and bone pain.
- Headache.
- Mobility impairments.
- Neuropathic pain.
- Slow healing.
- Sports injuries/musculoskeletal pain.
- Vocal cord dysfunction.
Benefits
Increasingly, research shows that how we live, what we think, and how we feel affect our health. While conventional medicine can help diminish the consequences of unhealthy lifestyles, integrative medicine can reverse those consequences, prevent illness and reduce symptoms, resulting in:
Our team of dedicated pediatric physicians and therapists are certified to perform a number of complementary therapies, including:
- Decreased pain.
- Improved sleep.
- Enhanced immune function and fewer infections.
- Lowered blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels.
- Improved bowel function.
- Less anxiety and depression related to illness.
- Fewer complications after surgery.
- Additional treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Improved post-operative outcomes when used perioperatively.
Our Team
Acupuncture & Acupressure
Craniosacral Therapy
- David Burke, DO
- Keith Filip, PT
- Jesse Stricker, OT
Guided Imagery
Hypnosis
Integrated Dry Needling
- Keith Filip, PT
Microcurrent Therapy
- David Burke, DO
- Keith Filip, PT
- Ellen Rosenquist, MD
- Jesse Stricker, OT
Myofascial Release
- Keith Filip, PT
- Jesse Stricker, OT
Osteopathic Manipulation
Pain Management
Reiki
- David Burke, DO
- Keith Filip, PT
Therapeutic Touch
- Keith Filip, PT
Yoga
- Keith Filip, PT
Appointments
To schedule an appointment with our team or for questions about the clinic, please call 216.448.6610.
The Center is based at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation but some services are available at other locations.
Research
The Center for Pediatric Integrative Medicine looks into the role of mind, body, spirit and lifestyle changes and how they can affect chronic disease. Studies yield evidence-based results that continue to encourage medical schools, hospitals and physicians to accept and incorporate these methods.
For example, research at Cleveland Clinic has shown that integrative medicine, including guided imagery, massage or reiki, can help patients reduce their anxiety before surgery, to cope better with postoperative pain and to maximize their recovery.
To learn more, we invite you to explore research from the:
