Holistic Medicine

What is holistic medicine?

Holistic medicine uses conservative treatment methods to improve your overall health by considering all aspects of your health, including psychological, familial, and societal impacts. This contrasts with conventional medicine, which primarily uses prescribed medication and physical intervention, like surgery, to treat your health condition.

At Commonwealth Pain Management and Wellness, your provider takes a holistic approach to treating pain, musculoskeletal issues, and mental health conditions. They consider your body, mind, and emotions and provide services for back pain, knee and hip pain, neck and shoulder pain, arthritis, and neuropathic pain.

What are the benefits of holistic medicine?

While conventional medicine is necessary for medical emergencies, it fails when attempting to prevent, treat, and reverse chronic diseases. With such a strong emphasis on medication and physical intervention, conventional medicine takes drastic measures to provide treatment while primarily focusing on improving your symptoms rather than your overall health.

On the other hand, holistic medicine addresses your whole body’s health. At Commonwealth Pain Management and Wellness, specialists use holistic medicine to help patients avoid addictive pain medicine or invasive surgery whenever possible.

Benefits of holistic medicine include:

• Fewer side effects
• Emphasis on prevention
• Treats a wide range of health conditions
• Individualized care
• Use of natural methods and resources
• Whole-person treatment
  
  

At Commonwealth Pain Management and Wellness, your provider emphasizes the importance of comprehensive care through holistic medicine. They consider all aspects of your health and specialize in prevention and treatment.

What types of holistic medicine exist?

There are several types of holistic medicine to treat many health conditions. Depending on your condition, you may benefit from acupuncture, acupressure, homeopathy, or physical therapy. You may also benefit from meditation and breathwork, massage and chiropractic care, or aromatherapy and sound therapy.

Commonwealth Pain Management and Wellness offers trigger point injections and other types of pain-relieving injections, as well. However, if your health complications require surgery, your provider refers you to a specialist and follows up with you after the procedure.

If you're looking for an alternative to mainstream medicine, call Commonwealth Pain Management and Wellness or book an appointment online to learn more about holistic medicine.