Syracuse Natural Healing is a holistic chiropractic and natural healing center led by Dr. Howard Walsdorf, featuring a specialized far-infrared sauna as part of its physiotherapy services. The facility integrates traditional chiropractic care with advanced natural therapies in a cozy, supportive environment at 465 Westcott Street, Syracuse, NY.
The overall atmosphere is relaxing and empowering, emphasizing drugless healing, personalized care, and renewal. Patients describe it as a stress-relief haven with kind staff, thorough consultations, and a focus on root causes rather than symptoms, fostering a sense of vitality, balance, and connection to nature’s healing forces.
Features & Amenities
Far-Infrared Sauna: Uses coherent, organized far-infrared light wavelengths for deep tissue penetration (up to spinal joints in 10-minute sessions). Promotes detoxification via liver, fat cells, and kidneys; enhances blood flow and cellular activation without requiring heavy sweating. Complements chiropractic adjustments for better spinal releases.
Infrasound Therapy: Vibrational “chi machine” for musculoskeletal issues (e.g., low back, shoulders, neck) and organ vitality; induces alpha brain waves for relaxation and nervous system renewal (20-minute sessions).
Electro-Acupuncture: Needle-less stimulation along meridians to boost ATP production, healing, and cellular function without overwhelming the body’s electrical systems.
Hot Moist Packs: Deep-penetrating heat (20 minutes) for nurturing injured tissues, muscles, and joints, often combined with other therapies.
Light Therapy: High-lumen lights to organize and revitalize “dis-eased” tissues using nature’s “Fire Principle.”
Hands-On Therapies: Including cranial-facial & sinus therapy, spinal adjustments, myofascial release, acupressure, curvature rehabilitation, sports-biomechanics, and kinetic chain therapy.
4 Element Yoga Classes: Free Wednesdays at 6:30 PM; teaches Earth, Water, Air, Fire movements for self-healing anytime, anywhere.
Additional Amenities: Free parking next door (Boom Babies lot), comfortable setting, nutritional counseling, and organ reflex testing.
Services
Skeletal Pain Relief: Spinal adjustments, muscle work for neck/shoulders, carpal tunnel, arthritis, pinched nerves, low back/sciatica; covered by many insurances (BC/BS, Aetna, Medicare, Workers’ Comp, No Fault Auto).
Deeper Health Issues: Natural support for migraines/headaches/sinuses, heart issues, immune system, stomach problems (GERD, reflux, hiatal hernia), stress, weight loss, menstrual issues, thyroid/fatigue; using 4 Element Natural Healing System (nutritional wellness, exercises/acupressure, alignment, nerve energy therapies).
Physiotherapy Suite: Infrasound, electro-acupuncture, hot packs, far-infrared sauna, light therapy.
Structural & Wellness Programs: Forward head posture correction, proprioceptive nerve stimulation, dietary analysis via Nutrition Response Testing.
No specific pricing listed for sauna or individual services.
Insurance Coverage: Structural therapies (chiropractic, pain-focused) often covered by Medicare, BC/BS, POMCO, Aetna, MVP, Workers’ Comp, No Fault Auto (no referral needed). Nutrition/organ health therapies typically not covered but may be submitted by patient; Flex plans accepted.
Special programs for uninsured patients; nutritional supports available for purchase.
Location & Hours
Address: 465 Westcott Street, Syracuse, NY (convenient Westcott area with free parking in adjacent Boom Babies lot).
Operating Hours: Not explicitly stated; appointments available via phone/email/online. Free 4 Element Yoga classes every Wednesday at 6:30 PM.
Contact: (315) 422-4325 for scheduling/reminders.
Notes
What Makes This Sauna Special: Unlike traditional saunas, the far-infrared sauna employs specific, coherent infrared frequencies for profound therapeutic effects—detox, circulation boost, cellular revitalization—enhancing overall treatments without intense heat. Part of Dr. Walsdorf’s innovative 4 Element System blending ancient wisdom (chi, elements) with 30+ years of evidence-based natural healing.
Patient Testimonials Highlight: Pain-free results, medication reduction, renewed energy; praised for thoroughness, caring environment, and life-changing outcomes (e.g., stopping PPIs for stomach issues, resolving chronic migraines/sinuses).
Holistic Difference: Focuses on whole-body empowerment (biomechanics, nutrition, nerve energy, movement) to prevent reliance on drugs; leader in Syracuse for drugless, nature-powered wellness.
