Integrative medicine is a novel approach towards the treatment of a wide range of health issues, an approach that involves the patient actively into the treatment and healing process. The philosophy behind integrative medicine is that it is not only the symptoms that must be treated; the patients needs to be examined as complex beings, taking into account various social, psychological and environmental aspects when developing personalized treatment plans.
Integrative medicine treats patients through a detailed evaluation of complex factors in the patient’s life and it also combines conventional as well as alternative methods to activate the body’s natural healing response. The Denver integrative medicine treatment options usually include natural, non-invasive or little invasive methods, such as acupuncture, music therapy, meditation, aromatherapy or animal-assisted therapy.
The conditions that can be efficiently treated with the methods used by integrative medicine include chronic fatigue and chronic pain that are not caused by some other underlying condition and the approach has proven efficient in the treatment of other affections deemed mysterious by conventional medicine, such as fibromyalgia. The medications recommended by practitioners of integrative medicine are usually all-natural products, such as dietary supplements and herbal remedies – echinacea, ginseng and ginkgo biloba are some of the best examples.