1. How do I get started?
2. How long does a treatment take?
3. What kind of physicians does Beneveda have?
4. Are you an alternative practice?
5. How are you different from an alternative practice?
6. How soon will I see results?
7. How much will it cost?
8. Do you accept insurance?
9. What kinds of treatment does Beneveda offer?
10. Will I still need to go to my General Physician (GP) for regular checkups?
11. What is Energy Medicine?
12. Why Energy?
13. How does Beneveda treat patients with energy?
14. How is Energy Medicine related to nutrition?
15. What does an initial consultation encompass?
16. If someone has a specific emotional/mental/physical problem, is an initial consultation with the doctor still necessary?
17. How do I know which treatment works for me?
18. How do you know it works?
19. What kind of history does energy based medicine have?
20. Energy Medicine comes from the east…can you speak to this history?
21. Can I bring my pet to my appointment?

1. How do I get started?

The best way to take the first step on your pathway to a more balanced life is to visit us for a consultation. This initial visit will help us to understand your concerns and goals in enough detail to make sound recommendations on the best next steps to take. As with other types of specialty medical practices, experience tells us that anything less is less satisfying both for both you and our physicians. Our physicians are happy to speak briefly with you on the phone before you visit, but to get the biggest bang for you buck, a full consultation is best.

2. How long does a treatment take?

Treatment recommendations depend on the problem you wish to solve. While even difficult, long-standing problems often can be “cured” after just one visit, most energy imbalances take time to fix. Its unrealistic to think that a chronic pain you’ve had for 20 years can be fixed after just one visit. On the other hand, our goal is to empower you to heal yourself. In that context, nothing pleases us more than to spend one session teaching a patient how to remedy a difficult problem, never to see the patient again because we fixed the problem and the patient no longer needs our services.

3. What kind of physicians does Beneveda have?

Dr. Thom Lobe is a surgeon who focuses his practice on alternative techniques. While still actively practicing surgery, he has boards in Acupuncture, Hypnosis and Laser Medicine and a degree in both Allopathic and Naturopathic Medicine. Dr. Barry Lomax is a Naturopathic Doctor whose focus is on energy-based medicine. From time-to-time, we bring in other specialty physicians as consultants when the need arises.

4. Are you an alternative practice?

We are a fusion practice that combines conventional western medicine as taught here in the United States, along with Naturopathic medicine, Oriental medicine, and other complementary methods and techniques... now this is key... all working together for the good of the patient.

5. How are you different from an alternative practice?

Alternative Medical Practices typically stick to techniques that most consider to be alternative. As a fusion practice we offer you the best available medicine regardless of its “category” or origin.

At Beneveda, you will find equipment and technology that you wont find anywhere else in the LA area. And with this equipment, we are confident that we can make a better diagnosis as to the root cause of a problem... and thus... our treatment is more successful.

6. How soon will I see results?

That depends on the problem. Obviously the equipment is quite complex and our techniques often unconventional. Let’s say you have a bad knee that, despite years of treatments, wraps, braces, injections, therapy and private coaching, just simply won’t go away... in fact... it keeps getting worse. Well when we examine you we might very well find that your knee is really only the symptom of something that’s wrong somewhere else... like your hip, or your ankle, or the way you walk. So by finding and treating the real culprit... the real root of the problem... your knee problem is fixed as well.

Since everyone’s problems are different and each person’s energy balance is unique, one individual may see immediate results, while another patient treated for the same condition may have to wait several weeks before he wakes up one day feeling like a new person.

7. How much will it cost?

Cost varies based on the type of evaluation and treatment. We create customized treatment plans for each individual. Your cost is based on the length of treatment and the treatment modalities you used. Your treatment plan will be assessed and determined after your initial consultation with our physician and/or specialist.

8. Do you accept insurance?

No, we are a third party to your medical insurance company. This means that we do not communicate directly with your health insurance provider. We will provide you with a superbill that has the codes for the services rendered. You can submit the superbill to your insurance company for reimbursement. Whether or not you get reimbursed depends on your contract with your insurance company and your health care plan.

9. What kinds of treatment does Beneveda offer?

We offer a variety of treatments that focus on your energy. They range from nutritional and movement recommendations through various type of biofeedback and treatments that realign or rebalance your energy. Visit our treatment page to learn more about the treatments we offer.

10. Will I still need to go to my General Physician (GP) for regular checkups?

If you would rather continue seeing your current physician you are welcome to do so, however our physician are able to become your GP.

11. What is Energy Medicine?

Simply stated, this is a field that considers that all health problems are in some way related to your energy balance. If you have cancer, it may be because your body’s energy provided a fertile environment for the malignancy to flourish. We begin by learning about your energy balance, and when we find disturbances, we begin to correct them.

12. Why Energy?

Energy is everything! Everything we are and everything we do. We consume food and our body converts that to energy so that everything works the way it should. Our hearts beat, our brains help us to think, we move our muscles, our digestive system absorbs the food, all because of energy. Doctors measure energy every day. You may have heard of an electrocardiogram (EKG) that measures the electrical activity of the heart, or electroencephalogram (EEG) that measures the electrical activity of your brain. These are just a few of the types of energy we can measure. At Beneveda, we focus on more subtle energy and how it affects your health. It is only when all of your energies are in optimal balance that you can function best. We measure many different types of energy so that we can design a program exclusively for you.

13. How does Beneveda treat patients with energy?

We function because of energy. It take energy to make our heart beat, move our muscles, breath, think, digest food, reproduce and get rid of waste. When our energy is out of balance, we have dysfunction or disease. Our energy can be distorted when there is an excess amount or a deficiency in particular areas. All our treatments are focused on balancing your energy into more healthy patterns. Energy balance can occur with regulating your nutrition and movement (exercise), and by using herbs, manual therapies, mind-body approaches or external energy influences (radiofrequency, heat, electrical or mechanical). We use them all.

14. How is Energy Medicine related to nutrition?

Since our energy comes from the food that we consume nutrition is critical to understanding complex energy imbalances. It’s a little like your automobile. Gasoline is fuel, so is kerosene, but your car tends not to run well on kerosene. You want to make sure your body is getting exactly the fuel it needs to function at its best.

15. What does an initial consultation encompass?

This is a medical examination and helps us determine how to best balance your energy so that you function your best. The physician will do a thorough history and physical examination, including both Western and Eastern approaches and will likely perform one or another specific energy evaluation as he deems appropriate to your needs. This consultation is equivalent to an exam by any highly trained medical specialist such as a gastroenterologist or neurologist, but the focus at Beneveda is on your energetic makeup in contrast to your gastro-intestinal tract or nervous system.

16. If someone has a specific emotional/mental/physical problem, is an initial consultation with the doctor still necessary?

Yes! An initial consultation is always the best route to take. While the patient may have some preconceived notion of what type of treatment or what modality they prefer, a consult may provide some insight as to which modalities will be most effective, thus ultimately saving the patient from wasting time and money.

17. How do I know which treatment works for me?

The physician can determine which treatments are best for you. That is the purpose of a consultation. If you prefer to choose treatment modalities on your own and do not feel as though you are getting results, it may be because you have chosen the wrong treatment modality. While none of our treatments have dangerous side effects, choosing the wrong one may not help rebalance your overall energy. It is more worth your time to have one of our physicians assess which treatment modality will work best for you.

18. How do you know it works?

Many of the pharmaceuticals touted effective decades ago are no longer in use today, but were heavily prescribed in their day. Agents that work well, tend to endure. Much of what we practice in Energy Medicine is centuries, if not millennia, old and still endures because there is evidence that it works. Our National Institutes of Health spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year to validate in modern scientific terms, therapies that have existed for ages. Some of the modalities we use have withstood the rigor of today’s science, others have yet to be validated because today’s science lacks the proper tools or instruments to perform the testing. A good example is the brain. We used to think we knew where different functions, thoughts and emotions took place in the brain. With the recent advance of functional MRI scans, we are only now validating or refuting some old beliefs. As new tools in medicine are further developed, Energy Medicine continues to be validated.

19. What kind of history does energy based medicine have?

Energy Medicine is centuries, if not millennia old, as exemplified in traditional Chinese Medicine. Our modern concept of Energy Medicine allows us to utilize advances in technologies that are based on some of the same basic theories as these ancient practices. Modern technology has made it possible to create various types of images of your energy that help guide us to the best therapeutic program for you.

20. Energy Medicine comes from the east…can you speak to this history?

Energy medicine as we understand it comes from both the East and the West. At Beneveda, we blend the best medicine from various disciplines and beliefs into a comprehensive program designed exclusively with you in mind.

21. Can I bring my pet to my appointment?

No. Unfortunately we cannot have any type of pet or animal at our facility unless it is a registered guide dog.