Staying Healthy
Tips to find integrative health practitioners
Looking for a qualified acupuncturist, massage therapist, or other type of expert? Consider these strategies.
- Reviewed by Anthony L. Komaroff, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Health Letter; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
When your doctor recommends therapies that complement conventional medicine, there's good reason. These therapies — such as acupuncture, chiropractic, therapeutic massage, meditation, tai chi, or yoga — often help reduce stress, ease pain or headaches, or quell flare-ups of chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia. For years, such therapies have fallen under the umbrella term of "complementary and alternative medicine," but are now more commonly referred to as "integrative health."
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About the Author
Heidi Godman, Executive Editor, Harvard Health Letter
About the Reviewer
Anthony L. Komaroff, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Health Letter; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
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