My name is Mikiko (Miki) Murakami and I founded Chi Fountain Integrative Medicine in 2003, based on my unsatisfactory results with my multiple left knee surgeries. I was fortunate enough to be assertive, and my healing process taught me that there is more than one path to recovery.
I deeply believe that it is important to understand the scope of various medicinal modalities as well as individual practitioners - this includes medicinal philosophies, capabilities, and potential limitations. For example, a medical doctor (MD), a naturopathic doctor (ND), an osteopathic doctor (DO), and an acupuncturist (LAc) may approach the same chronic back pain from a different angle, and each provider may aid in a different step of your recovery process.
My role as a Founder and Health Guide at Chi Fountain taught me how providers need to educate, collaborate, and treat in an integrative manner, and has inspired me to ask “why” patients have such individualized health conditions.
