Oak Park, IL Drs and Health Practioners

Gold Coast Wellness brings both traditional and alternative healing under one roof. But whether a treatment plan involves chiropractic services, physical therapy, rehabilitation, or massage therapy, the center’s staff of physicians and medical professionals follows through with the aid of modern technology, from x-rays for diagnosis to X-wing fighters for defending the airspace over the clinic.

The staff shies away from what they call “ornamental aesthetics,” forgoing soothing music in favor of medical-grade techniques. But the office does hang local artists' paintings and photos on the walls to help guests take their minds off stiff necks and achy muscles. And to prevent mental strain and physical “darn it”-saying, the center provides online scheduling and complimentary valet parking.

As the founder and director of Balanced Body Integrated Wellness, Dr. Jee H. Kim is both a practicing professional and a perpetual student. He constantly seeks out new information about his fields of expertise—chiropractic and acupuncture—in continuing-education courses. He then incorporates this information in treatments that draw partly from Western chiropractic medicine and physiotherapy and partly from holistic Eastern therapies.

Dr. Kim shares his peaceful studio with a massage therapist and a cadre of yoga instructors. This team works with him to restore balance to muscles and energy fields through therapeutic kneading, graceful postures, and precarious tightropes.

Dr. Andrew Gard returns wavering vertebrae to alignment at Nova Spinal Care by incorporating his chiropractic expertise into nutritional counseling, massage therapy, and other methods that work together to maintain physical health. The clinic’s holistic approach to revitalizing bodies allows the staff to search for underlying causes of physical discomfort, such as past injuries or swallowed handcuff keys, and adjust treatments to each client’s problem areas.

Ryan Lee has been instilling his clients with serenity for the past decade through his hands-on healing sessions. Inside his homey studio, Lee guides guests toward states of deep relaxation, helping them discover the silence and focused thought of meditation, tapping into self-awareness for energetic healing, and combining yoga, bodywork, and acupressure during Thai bodywork sessions.

The practitioners at Colon Clinic & Wellness Center blend spa services with holistic health-care methods to banish stress and unhealthy debris from the body. Colon hydrotherapists bathe the intestinal tract in warm water to rid it of lingering waste, and ear-candling sessions draw wax and leftover magician's coins from aural canals. The acupuncturists on staff rely on traditional Chinese medicine to ease both chronic and acute ailments. The homey, wood-floored spa also facilitates a range of massages and facials to induce inner and outer tranquility.

NuSkin Colonic & Massage Spa The practitioners at NuSkin Colonic & Massage Spa blend spa services with holistic health-care methods to banish stress and unhealthy debris from the body. Colon hydrotherapists bathe the intestinal tract in warm water to rid it of lingering waste, and ear-candling sessions draw wax and leftover magician's coins from aural canals. The acupuncturists on staff rely on traditional Chinese medicine to ease both chronic and acute ailments. The homey, wood-floored spa also facilitates a range of massages and facials to induce inner and outer tranquility.

Sheffield Square Dental Care's Dr. Eliot Tokowitz crafts healthy, aesthetically pleasing smiles with services such as checkups, metal-free, tooth colored fillings, Invisalign, lifetime whitening, and porcelain veneers at a facility focused on patient comfort. Patients can indulge in aromatherapy with eucalyptus or tea-tree oil and paraffin hand wax treatments, and when their mouths aren't being worked on, can sip coffee or juice from the juice bar. After a treatment, they can grab their cars or roller skates from the attendant at the office's free valet parking service.