The ALF Approach

Dr. Tasha Turzo, DO, graduated from Western University, Pomona, California in 1994 where she received a Post Graduate Osteopathic Manual Medicine/Anatomy Fellowship. She completed her internship at the UCSF Family Medicine Residency. She has been in private practice since 1995 practicing osteopathy, homeopathy, functional medicine, prolotherapy/PRP and specializing in craniofacial dysfunctions. Dr. Turzo has been teaching extensively in the field of craniofacial dysfunctions since 1997. She began co-treating patients with Dr. Nordstrom (creator of the ALF appliances) in 1995. She is a founding member of AEI (ALF Educational Institute) and has taught (to date, 2021) 30 weekend courses to osteopaths, dentists and myofunctional therapists. Dr. Turzo has taught a 2-day online course "Osteopathy and the Dental Occlusion '' twice a year since 2018. Dr. Turzo is an internationally recognized expert in the application of osteopathy and functional dentistry, with a focus on the use of the Advanced Lightwire Functional (ALF) devices and TMD. Dr. Turzo is also medical director of BeWell IV Santa Cruz, a nutritional IV and injectables clinic. Her passions are transformational health, her daughters, and the love of her life, her husband.