Hello
I’ve devoted my career to helping people heal in ways that go beyond medicine alone. As a double-board certified physician, I’ve seen how science and compassion together can open doors for people who feel stuck or overlooked. My greatest reward comes from walking alongside patients as they discover hope, resilience, and the possibility of living whole again.
-Dr. Louwers
My Story
My journey in medicine began at the University of Michigan, where I trained as a physiatrist and later specialized in interventional pain management. Over the 17 years, I’ve had the privilege of treating patients with a wide range of complex musculoskeletal, chronic pain, and substance-use related conditions. But along the way, one question kept pressing on me: how do we heal the deeper wounds — the ones you can’t always see on a scan, but that weigh heavily on people’s lives?
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In 2024, that question led me to shift my practice toward trauma-informed mental health care as the Medical Director of Reset Medical and Wellness Center in Strongsville, Ohio. Here, my focus is on a specialized treatment, often called the stellate ganglion block. Originally developed for pain syndromes, this procedure has shown remarkable effectiveness in helping to restore dysregulated nervous systems, especially in those struggling with posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depression. Helping patients regain balance, resilience, and function through this work has become the most meaningful chapter of my career.
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What excites me most is not just performing procedures, but continually refining how we care for patients recovering from trauma. At Reset Medical & Wellness Center, we integrate nervous system-focused treatments—including Neuro Sympathetic Reset (NSR), ketamine therapy, and other evidence-based interventions—into a comprehensive, trauma-informed model of care. By thoughtfully combining physiologic treatment with patient education, preparation, therapeutic timing, and post-treatment integration, we help patients move beyond temporary symptom relief toward meaningful, lasting recovery. My goal is to create the conditions for healing where the nervous system can recover, resilience can be rebuilt, and patients have the opportunity not only to recover from trauma but to experience post-traumatic growth.
Beyond patient care, I’m deeply engaged in research exploring how this intervention can regulate other processes and restore autonomic balance. Our team is studying its impact on trauma-related symptoms in veterans and first responders, while also investigating promising applications for conditions such as traumatic brain injury, long COVID, and other forms of nervous system dysregulation.
Partnering with organizations like Erase PTSD Now and the Operator Relief Fund, I’ve witnessed the courage of people who step into healing after years of carrying invisible burdens. Their stories of hope restored, peace regained, and lives renewed are why I remain committed to this mission every single day.
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Sincerely,
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Michael Louwers, M.D.
