Chronic Pain: Integrative Approaches
Chronic pain affects nearly 20% of the adult population and represents a major public health challenge. When it persists beyond three months, pain stops being a simple symptom and becomes a condition in its own right, involving deep nervous system changes. Integrative approaches — combining conventional treatments with complementary therapies such as acupuncture, osteopathy, hypnosis and herbal medicine — offer promising results by addressing the multiple dimensions of pain.