Integrative Medicine Home

Throughout your healing journey at Saint Francis, we’d like to help support your efforts to be well by giving you some quiet attention focused on your healing—spirit, mind and body.

Integrative Medicine - Vision Statement

Saint Francis strives to provide an optimal healing environment in which Integrative Medicine services complement and support conventional medical treatment. Our holistic therapies and educational programs help patients, families and staff to actualize their innate healing capacities while honoring and integrating body, mind and spirit.

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Integrative Medicine for the Community

Through a wide range of classes and holistic therapies, we can assist you through your healing process or just simply help you relax. Programs are available to all community members and Hospital staff.

Costs

Individual sessions are offered for a fee. Class fees vary.

Integrative Medicine is here to meet your needs.

For more details, please visit our website at www.stfranciscare.com

Please call 860-714-7451 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Integrating Complementary Therapies with Your Conventional Care

Integrative Medicine combines treatments from conventional medicine and CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) for which there is high-quality evidence of safety and effectiveness.

Use of Integrative Medicine modalities can

• help decrease pain
• relax the body and mind
• promote sleep
• promote your body’s own natural healing abilities

Personal Attention While You Heal…

Consider a session with our compassionate, credentialed practitioners. We provide safe, effective therapies as additional pathways to aid in your recovery while at Saint Francis.

In-Patient Integrative Medicine Modalities (click for more details on each modality)

• Acupuncture (with advance notice)
• Cranial Sacral Therapy
• Energy Therapy (such as, Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, Quantum Healing)
• Hypnosis
• Lymphatic Therapy
• Meditation and Relaxation Techniques
• Pet Therapy (with advance notice)
• Reflexology
• Soft Touch Hand Massage
• Sound Therapy
• Therapeutic Massage (for patients and families)

Cost:

• Charges may apply
• Gift certificates for loved ones available for purchase

For more details, please visit our website at www.stfranciscare.com or call (860) 714-7451.