Herbs, supplements, yoga and massage therapy have been around, in some form, for hundreds of years. Now they're being embraced by a new generation.
"A lot of the Gen-Z's that come into our office, they just say 'Hey, I've been to my doctor and they aren't really giving me the answers that I need,' so, they have to start searching at a younger and younger age to even find what's going on with [them]," said Dr. Blake Vickers, a chiropractic doctor and functional neurologist at The Wellness Way in Raleigh, N.C.
The pandemic, say practioners, has accelerated interest in combining holistic health practices with more traditional western health care.
"I think that there are more and more people embracing the need for both sides because the medical system can’t sustain its ability to help people in all ways," said Liz Elia, owner of Whole Minded Health. "It really is a disease care system, and there’s so much chronic disease and chronic pain that this advanced medical care system can't address, so I think there is more and more of a need for us to work together."
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Liz Elia, owner of Whole Minded Health, a holistic health practice in Massacusetts.
Dr. Blake Vickers, a chiropractic doctor and functional neurologist at The Wellness Way in Raleigh, N.C., a national holistic health practice.
