Health For Heroes

Resilience · Recovery · Restoration

Welcome

Health for Heroes™ was developed by Dr. Evan Shepherd Reiff DACM, L.AC. after seeing the 2008 movie Stop Loss and seeing the portrayal of PTSD from Operation Desert Storm in Iraq. Health for Heroes™ was created to help as many veterans and first responders as possible to perform their responsibilities effectively, and to live a life of health, happiness, and fulfillment of their role as guardians and protectors. We do this by providing the highest level, premium natural health care available. We recognize that our Veterans and First Responders deserve the highest level of care possible. You are our front line of homeland defense! We are here to help mitigate and heal the challenges you face in the line of duty and when you are home.

In order to achieve that goal, we integrate the very best of what modern, health-centered care can offer with proven methods from the ancient tradition of natural, IntegrativeOriental Medicine.

About Health for Heroes

Health for Heroes™ is also here for our greater community. We are committed to providing mental and physical health education lectures, workshops, and screenings at no charge in our local communities.

We provide powerful, supportive treatment protocols designed to address the specific health challenges of our veterans, police and sheriffs, firefighters and emergency medical personnel, correctional officers and active military.

Through treatment at our clinic, our patients are routinely able to quickly and painlessly resolve not only their primary health concerns, but a wide range physical and mental health concerns that have lingered for many years. This is because of our multi-disciplined approach and combined use of modern testing and the highly effective, natural approach of Integrative Oriental Medicine.

Our clinical services are provided at our private Sausalito, California clinic, Marin Oriental & Integrative Medicine and in the field or on location. We combine the highly refined, proven methods of acupuncture,  mindfulness meditation, dietary and lifestyle counseling, herbal medicine and other cutting edge health technologies to provide highly effective treatment of pain, trauma, stress, dependence, PTSD and a wide range of other health concerns.

See what Premium Natural Health Care would look like for you!

Important work comes with significant challenges. At Health for Heroes™ we understand our veterans and first responders, the unique realities they have faced and the special challenges they must meet every day, whether on the job or at home. We’ve been working with Veterans and First Responders since 1999.

When you have a commitment to helping others or your country, it can be difficult to seek help when you need it. We honor this level of service and commitment by the men and women who serve our country and our citizenry. We support them with a level of care that is deserving of their trust.

You owe it to yourself, your family and all those who care for you to get the best health care possible!

At Health for Heroes™ our goal is to help each veteran and first responder effectively meet and overcome their health challenges. When you feel healthy in your mind and in your body, each link in the chain can maintain its vitality, strength and integrity.

It’s time to feel good again and to feel that life is good again!

The Hero’s Challenge

Our first responders, which includes our military personnel, law enforcement officers, emergency medical personnel, fire fighters and disaster relief workers, are often exposed to more stress and trauma in a single day than most people will experience in an entire lifetime. Witnessing violence, disaster and casualties often renders these courageous men and women especially vulnerable to developing trauma-related pain, mental health issues, as well as addiction and substance abuse disorders. Prolonged exposure to acute stress often makes continued service and civilian life challenging.

“We’ve Got Your Back”

In the chain of first responders, it is important to perform as an individual within the team to be able to respond to the demand of the task at hand, and to recover for the next mission. Pain, trauma, stress, and dependence on prescription and self-medications present serious challenges for a first responder. In ancient times, when a battle became particularly challenging, each man fought with his back against a comrade, covering his blind side and also being covered. The term, “I’ve got your back” dates back to this method of combat. Health for Heroes™ helps first responders resolve their challenges so they can perform effectively time and time again.

We offer the highest level, Premium Natural Health Care available to help our heroes maintain or regain the balance and strength of body, mind and heart that is necessary to live a healthy, happy life, and to also fulfill the responsibilities of their roles in life. For the benefit of all, we have dedicated ourselves to your health and healing.

Resilience · Recovery · Restoration

Health for Heroes™ is also here for our greater community.  We are committed to providing mental and physical health education lectures, workshops, and screenings at no charge in our local communities.

Call or email us for a complementary consultation to discuss how we can help!
Health For Heroes™

Marin Oriental & Integrative Medicine
38 Caledonia Street, Suite 1
Sausalito, CA 94965

support@marinorientalmedicine.com
415-332-1013

Veteran’s Choice / Community Care program

Premium Level Natural Health Care is Now Available to All Veterans with VA Benefits! You Can Finally Get the Specialized Care You Need and Deserve!

We are so excited to offer this program of expanded, specialized services to our veterans! We have been treating Veterans in our clinic since the Veteran’s Choice program was enacted in 2014. We continue to treat Veterans through the 2018 Community Care Program established by the Veteran’s Administration, and we offer the same high quality Premium Natural Health Care we provide in our private clinic to our service men and women. And it’s all covered by your VA benefits!

Contact us for a complementary high value consultation to discuss your needs and what we can do to help. We can even guide you through the authorization process at the VAMC to make it as easy as possible.

2. Vietnam Veteran Shares About the Benefits of Acupuncture and His Treatment with Dr. Evan at Marin Oriental and Integrative Medicine

3. OIF-OEF Veteran Shares about the Benefits of Acupuncture and His Treatment with Dr. Evan at Marin Oriental and Integrative Medicine

“ I’ve never done acupuncture before. Thanks to this program, I have begun recovery from all types of defective characteristics of myself. I don’t really know how acupuncture works…. I only trust that it is working gradually in my body and in my soul. One thing I have noticed is that my stress level has gone down tremendously and hope has begun to be restored.”

– J.C, Afghanistan Veteran and Inmate, COVER Project, San Francisco Jail #5

“I appreciate all that you do on a volunteer basis at the BAYVAC clinic. Acupuncture DOES make a positive difference in my path to wellness.

– D.L., Vietnam Veteran, Bay Area Veteran’s Acupuncture Clinic

About Dr. Evan Shepherd Reiff, DACM, LAc

Health For Heroes™ was developed by Dr. Evan Shepherd Reiff after seeing the 2008 movie Stop Loss and seeing the portrayal of PTSD from Operation Desert Storm in Iraq.

Outside of the clinic, Evan has provided a wide variety of health care services and mindfulness training veterans, first responders, deputies and jail staff. He was a staff practitioner at the Bay Area Veteran’s Acupuncture Clinic (BAYVAC) in San Francisco. During the California 2009 Summit Fire and the 2018 Sonoma fires, he was present to provide therapeutic care for stress reduction, recuperation and revitalization to firefighters at base camp. Outside of the United States, Evan has provided trauma care in Nepal to orphans, monastic refugees from Tibet and women rescued from the sex trade in India.

Active in education as well as treatment, Evan is present in the field and the conference room. You may have seen him providing treatments and mindfulness training the John F. Kennedy University conference, “Front Line to Home Front: Promoting Recovery from PTSD & TBI” , Foundations Recovery Network’s “Freedom and Recovery”, the California Peer Support Association, The National Acupuncture Detoxification Association, at Homeless Veterans Stand Downs, the Veterans Home of California-Yountville, in addition to numerous other conferences. He was also featured in a segment of “Warrior Connection” on the Progressive Radio Network. Dr. Evan is presently finalizing a paper on the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD from the clinical perspective of Integrative Chinese Medicine.