Center for Healthy Aging and Wellness

Substance use disorders are chronic diseases, like diabetes or high blood pressure. A person with substance use disorder can regain a healthy and productive life with treatment.

At the SIU Medicine Support Team for Addiction Recovery Treatment (START) clinic, we offer medications, therapy, and peer support services to help patients with addictions move forward in their recovery.

We believe this approach is best because:

Medications:

• Decrease cravings and withdrawals symptoms
• Decrease relapse rates
• Decrease pregnancy complications
• Decrease overdose related deaths

Therapy:

• Improves coping mechanisms for cravings
• Improves understanding of triggers
• Improves understanding of underlying issues that contribute to addiction

Peer:

• Increases treatment retention
• Increases patient satisfaction
• Improves social support system
• Improves relationships with treatment providers

SIU Medicine would like to be a part of your recovery. To learn more, visit the START page. 
 

At the SIU Center for Healthy Aging and Wellness, restorative medicine is an umbrella term that encompasses all fields of medicine that work with the body's physiology and innate ability to heal in order to restore function and help prevent and treat diseases. 

These therapies may include:

Dietary changes 
Lifestyle modifications 
Herbal treatment 
Supplements 
Acupuncture 
Manual manipulation mindfulness exercises

Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine can treat a wide range of conditions and areas of the body, including the respiratory system, eye/ear/mouth/sinus disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular conditions, neurological and musculoskeletal disorders, pain, reproductive and gynecological conditions, and mental/emotional concerns.   
 

The Restorative Medicine Clinic is open to all ages.

We are committed to our patients and continue to follow them as they transition through various levels of care. We provide services in the office, patient homes, hospitals, rehabilitation units, assisted living facilities, memory care facilities, long-term care facilities, as well as via telehealth visits.

We offer a broad range of comprehensive services at our clinic including but not limited to:

• Primary care
• Complex medical management
• Annual Medicare Wellness Visits
• Memory & Cognitive evaluations
• Walking/gait disorders
• Imbalance and falls
• Frailty Assessments
• Medication management
• Wound Care
• Care of the homebound patient
• Advance Care Planning
• Palliative Care
• Case Management