Integrative Specialties
How Can Integrative Medicine
Aid Substance Abuse Recovery?
The term Integrative medicine means multiple different methods used together, instead of only focusing on traditional medicine.
People who have struggled with substance abuse and addiction realize how this can influence every part of their lives and the lives of others. Integrative medicine is helpful, not only during recovery treatment but also after treatment is completed.
Different recovery programs will have different approaches to how they use integrative medicine, but it is now considered to be one of the most effective ways of addressing substance abuse recovery.
The Functional Medicine model is an individualized, patient-centered, science-based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together.
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Homeopathic Medicine, is the practice of medicine that embraces a holistic, natural approach to the treatment of the sick. Homeopathy is holistic because it treats the person as a whole.
Osteopathic doctors believe that touch can be healing. All DOs are trained in osteopathic manipulative treatment, sometimes called manual manipulation or OMT. That's a hands-on method.
The practice of holistic medicine integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease, and most importantly, to promote optimal health.
Naturopathic Medicine is a distinct primary health care profession that combines the wisdom of nature with the rigors of modern science. Naturopathic physicians are trained as primary care providers.
Allopathic medicine refers to the practice of traditional or conventional Western medicine. The term allopathic medicine is most often used to contrast conventional medicine with alternative medicine or homeopathy.
Regenerative Medicine is working to restore structure and function of damaged tissues and organs. It is also working to create solutions
for organs that become permanently damaged.
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