Dr. Michael first began his investigation into nutritional medicine to cure his own health challenges. He found answers to where conventional medicine gave him no answers, and hope to where conventional medicine gave none. It was from his own health improvements that deepened his interests into gaining knowledge in natural healing to help others afflicted with no hope of health improvement.

Dr. Lau has a bachelor of science degree from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he graduated with honors in the field of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Lau further went on to receive a bachelor of science degree in Anatomy as well as a Doctorate of Chiropractic degree from Parker College of Chiropractic. 

Dr. Lau has been on staff with thriving natural medicine centers helping people find answers to the underlying cause of their health problem. In 2000, Dr. Lau created AlternativePractice.com to be a website to give help to the ailing and hope to those who are frustrated with their current health situation.

Dr. Lau's private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as the Natural Health & Chiropractic Center, specializes in implementing an integrative approach toward the patient's outcome. Dr. Lau employs a variety of testing procedures to help pinpoint what's going on at a deep level with each of his patients. Through this discovery process, he is better able to assist the patient toward optimal health through natural medicinal approaches. 

Dr. Lau believes very strongly in patient education and holds a monthly lecture open to the public on a variety of health issues. Dr. Lau has is also finishing an ebook that is currently being ready for distribution over the internet that is a first in a series of titles coming from his newly released website at www.alternativepractice.com . The first ebook centers around the topic of “ADHD and Natural Approaches”. 

A central tenet of Dr. Lau's philosophy is that of a whole body approach toward healing. For instance, in many occasions, Dr. Lau has found his patients core health problem to be caused by imbalances away from the affected tissue/organ. This has led him to further investigate a whole body awareness of how disease can be a result of sick and rundown tissues in distant parts of the body. This approach does not work against traditional medicine, rather it serves to “complement” this approach in the patient's quest toward health.

Dr. Lau is often asked to speak to audiences from a wide variety of areas and has lectured to groups across the United States. He has been a guest speaker on KOTV Channel 6 in Tulsa as well as a guest on Health Views seen nationally and locally on Channel 47.

Patients from out of state are able to communicate with Dr. Lau in the clinic through phone consultations where their health related questions are answered from an Integrative Medicine perspective. Dr. Lau believes very strongly in the necessity of traditional medicine and uses several medical practitioners to refer out to for his patients.