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Caring for the Body, Mind, & Spirit
Resources to Support Your Healing Journey
At Christian Medical Ministries, we believe that healing involves more than just treatment — it requires understanding, support, and access to trusted information.
This page offers helpful tools, documents, and links to guide you through recovery from Mold Illness (CIRS), chronic inflammation, and environmental toxin exposure.
Whether you’re just beginning to explore the root cause of your symptoms or actively walking through treatment, these resources are here to equip and encourage you.
🩺 Medical Forms & Patient Resources
Required for all new patients. Please print and complete before your first visit.
Explains Visual Contrast Sensitivity (VCS) testing, part of the CIRS diagnostic process.
A simple, yet powerful, guide to help you grow in faith and connect with God.
🌿 Spiritual Resources
for Healing, Hope, & Encouragement
A short story by Dr. Gruning about what it has been like for most of his CIRS patients struggling with chronic illness.
A short story by Dr. Gruning about what it has been like for most of his CIRS patients struggling with chronic illness.
A compilation of scripture promises to declare and believe as you heal.
Encouragement and teaching about the signs of Christ’s soon return.
An objective look at evolution vs. creation and what it means for your faith.
🌱 Helpful Links & Trusted Resource Sites
This is the Functional Medicine practice of our Medical Director, Alan Gruning, DO. Located in Fort Myers, FL the practice focus is providing holistic care for patients with CIRS, including those with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, and Environmental Illnesses.
A compounding pharmacy in Colorado that provides all of the prescription medications needed for Biotoxin treatment. Jacob Veatch keeps up to date on the needs of CIRS patients and provides cost-effective solutions for many CIRS providers nationwide.
Lillian and Mike Smith are certified Lifestyle Coaches that Dr. Gruning works with to care for our complex patients by providing comprehensive nutritional care and counseling services.
CoolAir is a consultant Dr. Gruning trusts to inspect the HVAC system for Biotoxin contamination and provide necessary remediation for CIRS patients.
Bill Staggs and his company are environmental cleaning specialists that Dr Gruning uses to help our patients decontaminate their environments once they are remediated.
Restoration Rescue is one of the top mold removal experts in South Florida and the only restoration service in South Florida offering medical-grade remediation and advanced genomic level mold assessments. They specialize in Water Damage Restoration, Medical Grade Mold Removal, and Mold Assessments. They offer direct insurance billing and affordable payment options to better serve their customers.
Information on Biotoxin Illness/CIRS by Richie Shoemaker, MD, the world’s leading authority.
A compounding pharmacy near our Fort Myers office that provides some of the prescription medications needed for treatment, like Bio-identical Hormones.
Jenny Johnson is a Functional Medicine and CIRS Coach, a Proficiency Partner under Dr. Shoemaker. Dr Gruning refers patients to her to provide comprehensive support during the CIRS treatment process. She offers both individual and group online services.
Max McCord is one of the Indoor Environmental Professionals in Florida that Dr. Gruning uses for his patients to identify the sources of Biotoxin contamination and to direct the remediation efforts. He is an expert on water-damaged buildings and the specific needs of CIRS patients. He works closely with Dr. Gruning to ensure that there is a safe environment for patients to heal from their conditions.
Air Oasis is an indoor environmental clean air company that specializes in creating technology to help CIRS patients. The iAdaptQir has been well studied to neutralize and remove WDB contaminants as a stand alone unit utilizing HEPA and ionization. The Bipolar 2400 can be attached to your HVAC system as a whole home ionizer.
Envirobiomics is a technologically advanced testing company that we use to assess your home or workplace. They are the only company to offer not only ERMI/MSQPCR testing for toxic molds, but also NextGen Sequencing to assess environmental bacterial endotoxins and Actinomycetes (FAB). We usually recommend test 7 as a screening test for FAB that the patient can do without hiring an IEP yet.
