Explore The Natural World

A primary goal of osteopathic treatment is to build functional reserve. After each treatment, therapeutic momentum tends to increase such that one becomes more in touch with one’s health. It becomes easier to accurately identify what activities maintain and nurture this connection.
Aboriginal people, for example the ancient Bushmen of Africa portrayed in the books of Laurens Vanderpost, had a profound connection with the natural world.

Early osteopaths practicing in the late 19th century also had a much deeper connection to mother nature than we do today. In 2021, it is harder to find time to get out in nature, but worth the effort to do regularly.

As doorways to healing continue to open in succession, it is usually easier to focus on doing things that one loves to do. Osteopathy is a service oriented profession. Ideally we find over time things that we love to do that also serve humanity.

About Dr. Jeffrey Etemad

I am in my twentieth year of clinical practice during which time I have performed approximately 32,000 hands-on treatments. My emphasis in clinical practice is on quality over quantity. For the past 20 years, I have spent 90 minutes with my new patients and 45 minutes during follow-up visits.
For twelve years, I served as an adjunct assistant professor in the OMM department at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine. The Touro OMM skills lab has allowed me to maintain my skills while also contributing to osteopathic medical student education. For the past two years I have focussed solely on my clinical practice in San Rafael. Last year I began seeing patients one day per week at a rural office in Tomales on a property that has been in our family for over 40 years.

My philosophy of how to improve the health of my patients employs a comprehensive osteopathic and rehabilitation model. I allow the patient’s own innate healing capacity to occupy center stage. Taking a comprehensive history helps me to track the events of the patient’s illnesses and/or traumas back toward cause, which may or may not relate directly to the diagnosis/diagnoses the patient previously had. Getting back to true cause helps develop a treatment plan that meets the patient at the most basic and important levels.

55 Professional Center Pkwy, Suite D
San Rafael, CA 94903

Phone: (415) 507-0150

Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday - Sunday: Closed

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