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What Are Vitamin Infusions?

Many of the people who visit Health+Plus Clinic in Oak Grove, Missouri receive intravenous infusions of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. The purposes for this include replenishing deficiencies, re-hydrating, improving circulation, optimizing metabolism, and improving symptoms.

Patients receive a mixture of nutrients that are specific to their particular condition. Some infusions help boost energy, while others focus on stimulating the immune system, removing toxins, improving brain and nerve function, or improving circulation. All are replenishing essential nutrients that the body needs in order to be as healthy as possible.

As a premier holistic alternative health clinic, we offer IV’s especially high in B Vitamins including B12.

B12/B-Complex Injections

Vitamin B12 is necessary for normal energy production, healthy nerve and brain function, mental alertness, formation of normal red blood cells, health immune function, physical strength, and hormone production.

It has been estimated that at least 50% of adult Americans have less than ideal levels of B Vitamins. Why so many? Because many medications block the absorption of B12. Also, as digestion becomes less efficient with aging, we simply don’t absorb them as well.

How it Works

Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin, which means it dissolves in water and can be excreted in the urine. It is absorbed in the small intestine, where it is transported to the liver and other tissues. Vitamin B12 is then converted into a form that is used by the body to carry out its many functions.

Benefits

Vitamin B12 is essential for many important bodily functions, including:

Energy production: Vitamin B12 is necessary for the conversion of food into energy.
Nerve and brain function: Vitamin B12 is important for the proper functioning of the nervous system.
Mental alertness: Vitamin B12 is important for mental alertness. It helps to improve memory and concentration.
Red blood cell formation: Vitamin B12 is necessary for the formation of red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the tissues and remove carbon dioxide.
Immune function: Vitamin B12 helps to boost the immune system. It helps to fight off infection and disease.
Physical strength: Vitamin B12 is important for physical strength. It helps to increase muscle mass and strength.
Hormone production: Vitamin B12 is important for the production of hormones. It helps to regulate metabolism, fertility, and mood.

How to Get B Vitamins Naturally

Vitamin B12 is found in animal products, such as meat, fish, poultry, and eggs. Other B Vitamins mainly come from grains.

Deficiency

If you cannot get it naturally from your diet, a deficiency of vitamin B12 can cause a number of problems, including:

Anemia: A deficiency of vitamin B12 can cause anemia, a condition in which the body does not have enough red blood cells.
Fatigue: A deficiency of vitamin B12 can cause fatigue.
Impaired nerve function: A deficiency of vitamin B12 can impair nerve function, causing numbness and tingling in the hands and feet.
Memory loss: A deficiency of vitamin B12 can cause memory loss.
Depression: A deficiency of vitamin B12 can cause depression.

We Can Help

B vitamins are an essential nutrient that plays a role in many important bodily functions. It is important to get enough B vitamins from food and/or supplements. However, a B Vitamin IV may be necessary to quickly boost your levels if you are not getting enough B Vitamins from your diet. Contact us today to learn more. Just call 816-625-4497 or use our contact page.

Holistic Medicine at Health+Plus: A Whole-Person Approach

We get questions about what we do here at Health+Plus Clinic in Oak Grove, Missouri—and we understand why people may be confused. Health+Plus is a premier holistic alternative health and wellness center in the Kansas City area. We combine the latest scientific methods with Holistic and Traditional approaches to discover the root causes of your health challenges.

What does that mean? Read on!

Holistic medicine is a type of medicine that considers the whole person when treating illness. This means that holistic practitioners consider the physical, mental, and emotional factors that can contribute to health problems.

Holistic = whole body!

Holistic medicine is based on the idea that the body is a complex system that is interconnected with the mind and the environment. When one part of the system is out of balance, it can affect the entire system.

Holistic medicine has become increasingly popular in recent years, as more and more people are looking for alternative ways to improve their health. There is a growing body of scientific evidence to support the effectiveness of holistic therapies.

Using holistic medicine can be a great way to improve your overall health and well-being. If you are looking for an alternative approach to medicine, holistic medicine may be a good option for you.

Benefits of Holistic Medicine

There are many benefits to holistic medicine. Some of the most common benefits include:

Improved overall health and well-being
Reduced stress and anxiety
Increased energy levels
Improved sleep
Reduced pain
Improved mental clarity
Increased immune function

Holistic medicine can also help to prevent future health problems.

How to Choose a Holistic Practitioner

When choosing a holistic practitioner, it is important to find someone who is experienced and has a good reputation. When you are interviewing potential practitioners, be sure to ask them about their training, experience, and philosophy. You should also ask them about the risks and benefits of the treatments they offer.

It is important to feel comfortable with your practitioner and to trust them. If you have any concerns, be sure to ask them questions.

Meet Our Licensed Holistic Providers

Dr. David Clark, founder of Health+Plus

Dr. David Clark is a Chiropractic Internist [DABCI] and a Naturopath [NMD]. He has been in private practice since 1975.

Dr. David Clark intended to become a medical doctor and was accepted for advanced placement at both Johns Hopkins and University of Pennsylvania medical schools. However, when his own health issues could not be helped by traditional medicine and drug therapy, he found incredible help from a doctor practicing alternative medicine. For that reason, he changed direction, and pursued education in natural health care.

Dr. Clark is President Emeritus of the Missouri Naturopathic Medical Association, and past Vice-President of the American Board of Chiropractic Internists. He is a Diplomate of the International Board of Diagnosis and Preventive Medicine, and Diplomate of the American Board of Chiropractic Internists. He has served on the faculty of Cleveland Chiropractic College, and John Thomas College of Naturopathic Medicine. He is on the board of Missouri Chiropractic Injectable Nutrition Association.

Dr. Clark has taught many post-graduate classes for doctors on laboratory interpretation, physical examination and diagnosis, and alternative treatment methods.

More than 45 years ago people from all over the country began to hear good reports of his success in treating chronic illness with alternative methods and began traveling to his little office in Oak Grove, Missouri. Since 1999, he more than quadrupled the size of his office to accommodate patient volume and make Health+Plus Clinic what it is today!

Melissa Abramovitz APRN/FNP-BC

Missy has been a registered nurse for 20 years and graduated with her master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner in November 2019. She passed her board certification exam in March 2020. For sixteen years of her nursing career, Missy worked in the emergency department, and 10 years ago she was introduced to the concept of functional medicine/integrative/holistic medicine when she attended a seminar called “Cancer Killers.”

While studying for her nurse practitioner license, she realized she did not want to prescribe pills just to mask symptoms, she wanted to help patients, herself, and her family get well from the inside out. Missy wanted to get to the root cause of medical problems and reverse it.

Missy has nine children, five of which she birthed. She lives on a farm with several animals and plans to soon raise her own meat.

Dr. Phillip Jeffrey Greene

Dr. Greene is the office Medical Director. He oversees the case files of patients Dr. Clark and the nurse practitioners see daily. Dr. Greene graduated from the University of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine in 2001.

If you are interested in learning more about what we have to offer at Health+Plus Clinic here in the Kansas City area, call 816-625-4497 or use our contact page. We would love to meet you!