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IMAC Mission

IMAC was formed in 2003 by individuals from a variety of professions and interests to encourage the use of cam therapies in our region. IMAC promotes the wholeness of mind, body, and spirit for persons who suffer from acute and chronic illness. We recognize the benefits of these alternative and complementary therapies for healthy individuals who want to learn more about wellness and healthy living. We believe that CAM therapies can improve and enhance the quality of life for everyone.

IMAC Purpose

The IMAC is a resource for public awareness and education. We encourage the use of CAM therapies with modern mainstream medicine by blending ancient healing arts with the latest technological and scientific treatment to improve lives.

Our goal is to work with mainstream medical practitioners as well as alternative and complementary practitioners to educate and disseminate information about CAM therapies. We want our area residents to know about the best health and wellness care that is available to them here in the region. We want area residents to be informed consumers of health services. We want them to understand that it is all right to question prescribed treatment, to learn about what alternative treatments might also be available.

We want to establish a dialogue between mainstream practitioners and those who provide complementary and alternative treatments to build relationships, that in turn provide the best overall care to patients.

With information, you can make informed, intelligent, decisions about your health and well being and the appropriate use of CAM interventions.

Although each therapy and treatment system is unique, the major CAM systems have many common characteristics including a focus on individualizing treatments, treating the whole person, promoting self-care and self-healing, and recognizing the spiritual nature of each individual. In addition, many CAM systems have characteristics commonly found in mainstream health care such as a focus on good nutrition and preventive practices. Unlike mainstream medicine CAM often lacks or has only limited experimental and clinical study; however, scientific investigation of CAM is beginning to address this knowledge gap. Thus, boundaries between CAM and mainstream medicine, as well as among different CAM systems, are often blurred and are constantly changing.

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