Berea, SC Drs and Health Practioners

Dr. James Meyer and his dedicated staff of technicians polish and align pearly whites with preventive, cosmetic, and restorative services. Calling on more than 20 years of experience and a stockpile of up-to-date implements, Dr. Meyer straightens wayward incisors with Invisalign braces and scours the mouth’s alleyways in search of vandalism before submitting the culprits to orthodontic re-education. Cavity-ridden molars achieve royal status with Sirona Cerec porcelain crowns, and jaws suffering from TMJ undergo treatment so that they can once again crack walnuts with ease. Technicians replace well-worn teeth with implants or dentures and employ Zoom, BriteSmile, or Venus teeth-whitening technology to illuminate pre-existing smiles.

The staff members at Carolina Health Innovations don’t stop at simply treating chronic pain—they delve into its source to try and correct the cause. Their thorough approach advises a combination of several disciplines, including chiropractic medicine, acupuncture, massage, and nutritional counseling. With licensed experts manning each branch, the wellness center dispenses noninvasive treatments that are tailored to every client's needs.

In 2004, board-certified doctor Thaer A. Joudeh realized his vision of a medical practice run by physicians who consider patient care, not corporate interests, their main priority. Alongside a considerate staff, he oversees the Southside Medical Center's health and cosmetic services. The team's individual specialties coalesce to form a support network for entire families. They treat ailments from headaches to allergies to conditions requiring minor surgery and strive to regard their guests as they would their own relatives. Their hair-, wrinkle-, and spider-vein-removal treatments enlist the help of a gentle Candela laser, which treats all skin types with its cryogen cooling system to minimize discomfort and maximize games of connect-the-goosebumps.

Board-certified chiropractic physician Dr. Naveed Elahi takes a multidisciplinary approach to pain relief, disease prevention, and whole-body health at Health First Wellness Center. The practice specializes in chiropractic medicine, a science that aims to alleviate such common conditions as headaches and neck pain without the use of drugs, surgery, or noogies. In cases where traditional chiropractic medicine does not apply, the doctor rounds out the treatment menu with acupuncture and clinical massage therapy, two ancient modalities that can reduce anxiety and improve sleep. Furthermore, personal training and nutrition counseling help patients ward off the specter of disease in a more reliable manner than hanging garlic cloves on their treadmills. In addition to MedSpa services including laser hair removal and VelaShape body smoothing and contouring, Health First Wellness Center also offers yoga, Zumba, and Pilates classes.

For Terry Hall-Hines, practicing naturopathic health care is not just a profession, but a moral imperative. After a holistic regimen helped her conquer stage-four melanoma, she founded Creative Health & Herbal Nutrition to heal others and educate them about natural health care through counseling and workshops. At her clinic, Terry brings together a multidisciplinary team of specialists who collaborate so well that they finish each other's diagnoses. Nutritional counselors bolster the efforts of massage therapists, colon hydrotherapists, and acupuncturists. A team of five iridologists upholds the ancient Chinese art of examining the eye's iris to determine the proper herbal remedies for the body.

When most people travel, they bring back souvenirs. Mickie Grist brings back credentials. Her studies have taken her from Chicago's Aveda Institute⎯where a talent for cosmetics landed her a full scholarship to study ayurvedic skincare⎯to New York City, where she studied vegan and wheat-free cuisine. She's also made stops in Albuquerque to hone her ayurvedic know-how, delved deeper into raw vegan cuisine in the Napa Valley, and earned a massage therapist's license at Greenville Tech.

Mickie Grist has settled down—for the moment, at least—at Bliss Touch Therapy, where her clients can reap the benefits of her worldly knowledge. By applying all-natural products alongside splashes of Ayurvedic oils, she yields healthy skin tones and textures. She even bookends treatments with aromatic foot soaks and soothing scalp massages, turning them into mini vacations that make up for the fact that Europe is booked solid for the rest of the year. She also renews minds and bodies with lymphatic drainage and craniosacral therapies.