Dr. Lawrence Chan
D.C., N.D, R.Ac
As a boy, I watched with great interest as my father, uncle and their colleagues practiced Tai Chi and Traditional Chinese Medicine. My ambition was to follow in my father's footsteps. I studied martial arts from a young age and through constant practice, learned the lessons of perseverance and patience. My teachers through these practices also taught me to understand how the flow of energy (qi) in our body, universally affect health and vitality. These lessons have become a metaphor for the need to strive for constant balance in my own life.
After high school, I first obtained a Bachelor of Science from Simon Fraser University, then went to the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) where I obtained my Doctorate. My continuing need to understand the dynamics of the human body led me to study and successfully complete Doctorates in Naturopathic Medicine and Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. Central to the development of my working philosophy as a physician, is the study and practice of Applied Kinesiology (A.K.). Applied Kinesiology as a diagnostic and treatment philosophy has allowed me the opportunity to interact with the "big picture" of an individual's health and make the "patient centered" approach a priority. In essence A.K. has provided the technology to assess with precision the "Triad of Health" i.e.: the structural/physical; the biochemical and emotional/spiritual components that make up each individual.
In addition to Preventative and Functional Medicine, I have a strong personal interest in the study of ANTI-AGING medicine as applied to Longevity in the fullest sense:
Health of Mind, Body and Spirit
I am dedicated to the science of understanding and seeking therapies for the attainment of vitality that will allow patients to "look and feel great" in living a vibrant, fulfilling and content life.
My training and education as a Naturopathic Physician, Chiropractor and Acupuncturist has allowed me to successfully create with my partners (Drs. Posen and Brown) one of the largest integrated health facilities in Canada (Integrative Healing Arts Centre). This multidisciplinary centre reflects our philosophy in providing our patients with the best leading edge diagnostics and therapeutics available in the traditional and natural healing arts.
The Functional Medicine paradigm of Health considers how the individual's environment (lifestyle, diet, stress and environmental toxins) can alter "genetic expression". In other words, how our genetic blueprint inherited from our parents although a critical determinant to our health status, can and will be significantly affected by environmental influences. This forms a very real and accessible basis by which we can modulate health expression and disease outcomes. In essence this is the focal point for the individualized assessment and treatment of the participating patient.
If you are ready to embark on the journey to understanding your dis-ease, I would be delighted to help you explore the means by which you can achieve optimal health. My commitment to you is that I will listen without judgment and apply energy, skill and the appropriate clinical resources that will assist in the attainment of your health goals.
"... There is temperance in eating and drinking. Their hours of rising and retiring were regular and not disorderly or wild. By these means the ancients kept their bodies united with their soul, so as to fulfill their allotted span completely, measuring into a hundred years before they passed away."
(Deng Ming-Dao)
