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Field Trip: Blum Center for Health

Last week, I hopped a train outta Grand Central to Rye Brook, to visit Blum Center for Health and gather lots of groovy, wellness-oriented info to file away for future use.

Of course it isn’t surprising that I’d learn so much on my little field trip. Faithful readers of this blog know that I’ve recently featured the center’s founder – integrative doc Susan Blum – as one of my Mama Gurus. Read more:

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Rye Patch – New Rye Brook Rx for Holistic Healing

Blum Center for Health focuses on personalized, comprehensive integration of mind-body-nutrition and functional medicine under one roof in new setting that recently opened in Rye Ridge Plaza.

“Physician, cure yourself” is a well- known medical adage. And Dr. Susan Blum has–healed herself, that is. Blum successfully utilized a technique called Functional Medicine and lifestyle changes to successfully  cure herself of a disease called Hashimotos Thyroiditis, an auto-immune  thyroid condition.

Blum successfully utilized a technique called Functional Medicine and lifestyle changes to successfully  cure herself of a disease called Hashimotos Thyroiditis, an auto-immune  thyroid condition.

That life-changing experience led her to found the new and innovative Blum Center for Health in Rye Brook. The center may well be the first integrative medicine and lifestyle education center in Westchester. In addition to treating patients with chronic medical conditions, the center also offers cooking, nutrition, mind/body/spirit  classes, cancer prevention, weight loss, medical detoxification and more. Read More…

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Ryebrook center’s integrated approach to chronic diseases

Those who are suffering from chronic illnesses can now find relief at the Blum Center for Health in Ryebrook, New York, which offers multidisciplinary treatment plans for each patient.
Individuals have the opportunity to participate in cooking classes and programs designed to teach useful ways to deal with stress.

Irene Mays was frustrated with daily pain from headaches and arthritis.  “I would just go to my medicine chest and start everyday with a coffee and a big fistful of meds,” she says.