Alumni Spotlight
Alumna Works with Functional Medicine at
Multi-disciplinary Practice
When Ashley Lederman, DC, MS, ’16, graduated from NUHS, she wanted to work at a multidisciplinary
practice that, like many today, offered chiropractic, acupuncture, and massage
therapy all at one location. Alongside those fields her current practice, Aligned Modern Health
in Wheaton, Ill., also offers functional medicine.
Like other forms of alternative medicine, functional medicine offers an individualized
approach that tries to solve the root cause of the problem by identifying genetic, lifestyle, and
environmental factors. It’s a type of treatment that patients are becoming more interested in.
“Functional medicine is certainly becoming more popular, and the people that come in
generally have an idea of what it is,” Dr. Lederman said.
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Florida Alumnus Combines Yoga with Chiropractic
Medicine in Practice
Before starting his degree in chiropractic medicine, Michael Ward, DC, LAc, ’18 was well into a
successful career as a yoga instructor and massage therapist.
“I recognized an aptitude for helping people with the same debilitating migraines I used to suffer
in my 20s,” he said. “Manual medicine was the only treatment that worked for me and continues
to keep my headaches at bay.”
As a massage therapist and yoga expert, he often performed neuromuscular therapy integrated
with yoga-therapy. Soon, he became interested in expanding his skillset into a physician’s scope
of practice.
After Dr. Ward earned his doctor chiropractic (DC) degree from the NUHS Florida-site, he
opened The Wellness Ward, a clinic in Raleigh, North Carolina where his work continues to be
heavily influenced by his expertise in yoga. About 95 percent of the rehab and active phase activities/exercises he prescribes to
patients are based on principles of Hatha yoga postures including joint alignment, balanced muscular action, breath control,
and mental awareness.
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