About
Dr. Stephen Dalton, DO has practiced integrative medicine in Lubbock, Texas since 1996. He holds board certification from the American Board of Family Medicine and carries credentials from the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association. His training spans family medicine, functional medicine, and preventive care, with clinical depth across a wide range of complex and chronic conditions.
Dr. Dalton treats conditions including hormone imbalance, Lyme disease, ADD/ADHD, diabetic neuropathy, fibromyalgia, autoimmune disease, depression, anxiety, and cancer support. He lectures nationally on topics such as Alzheimer's prevention, bioidentical hormone replacement, the MTHFR mutation's role in depression, and Lyme disease diagnostics. Medical journals have published his work on Vitamin C, scurvy, and Lyme disease. Sports Illustrated quoted him on stem cell therapy. He serves as a frequent speaker for the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and previously spoke nationally for Nestle Health Sciences. Outside the clinic, he shares his life with his wife of over 30 years, who is also a physician. He has a son, two daughters, and five grandchildren, and spends his free time ranching in the country.
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Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
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Who is Dr. Dalton right for?
Dr. Dalton is a strong fit for patients who have struggled to find answers through conventional medicine. Adults managing chronic pain, hormone imbalance, autoimmune disease, or complex conditions like Lyme disease benefit from his root-cause approach. Patients seeking advanced therapies such as ketamine infusion, stem cell treatment, or Prolozone injections find few other options in West Texas. He also serves families well, seeing pediatric patients through seniors under one roof.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Dalton treats a wide range of complex and chronic conditions. These include hormone imbalance, low testosterone, hypothyroidism, ADD/ADHD, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, diabetic neuropathy, depression, anxiety, autoimmune disease, obesity, osteoporosis, and urinary incontinence. He also provides cancer support and risk evaluation. His integrative approach looks for root causes rather than managing symptoms in isolation.
Yes. Dr. Dalton holds board certification from the American Board of Family Medicine. He also carries credentials from the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association. These affiliations reflect his commitment to both conventional family medicine and advanced integrative practice.
Dr. Dalton has practiced integrative medicine since 1996. He entered the field before the term integrative medicine was in common use. For more than two decades, he has led integrative and alternative medicine practice in West Texas.
Yes. Dr. Dalton offers ketamine infusion therapy at his Lubbock practice. The practice holds one of the only registrations with the American Society of Ketamine Physicians in the West Texas and Panhandle region. The nearest comparable providers are in the Dallas area. Infusions take place in private outpatient rooms with patients seated in comfortable reclining chairs.
Dr. Dalton combines conventional family medicine training with deep expertise in integrative and functional medicine. He addresses physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and environmental factors that affect health. He pursues underlying causes rather than prescribing treatments that only manage symptoms. His service menu includes advanced therapies like stem cell therapy, Prolozone injections, IV nutritional therapy, and bioidentical hormone replacement that most primary care offices do not offer.
Yes. Dr. Dalton has published in several medical journals, including work on Vitamin C, scurvy, and Lyme disease diagnostics. He lectures at medical conferences on Alzheimer's prevention, diabetic neuropathy reversal, bioidentical hormone replacement, and brain health topics. He serves as a frequent speaker for the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association and previously spoke nationally for Nestle Health Sciences. Sports Illustrated has also quoted him on stem cell therapy.
Yes. Dr. Dalton sees pediatric patients and offers integrative health care for children, including development and wellness checkups and annual school physicals. The practice does not offer childhood immunizations and provides parents with information to make informed vaccination decisions.
Dr. Dalton offers both standard hormone replacement therapy and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. He treats men and women experiencing hormone imbalance, low testosterone, thyroid disorders, and symptoms related to menopause or andropause. He takes an integrative approach that considers the full hormonal picture before recommending a treatment plan.
Yes. Chronic pain is one of Dr. Dalton's core clinical areas. He offers Prolozone therapy, a non-surgical injection-based treatment with a reported 75% chance of permanently resolving chronic pain. He also offers ketamine infusion therapy, PEMF therapy, and TeslaMax neurostimulation for nerve pain and related conditions.
Yes. Patients travel across state lines to receive care from Dr. Dalton. His specialization in integrative medicine, ketamine infusion therapy, stem cell therapy, and Prolozone injections draws patients from well beyond the Lubbock area, particularly given the limited availability of these services in West Texas.
Doctor profile last updated June 9, 2026