CW Vol 2 Ed. 18 - Your Whole Health: Exploring Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Caring for your whole self—body, mind, and spirit—is at the heart of our Constructing Wellness Program. We’re excited to introduce Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) and our new partnership with SoulBeing—bringing access to whole-body care right to you. With this expanded benefit, you and your household have easy access to CAM services that help you feel stronger, manage stress, and boost overall well-being—available to our entire team, not just those on our health plan!

What is CAM?

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) refers to a wide variety of healing practices that are used alongside (complementary) or in place of (alternative) conventional Western medicine. CAM focuses on addressing health from multiple angles—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual—often relying on time-tested traditions from around the world.

Common CAM practices include:

• Acupuncture

• Chiropractic care

• Massage therapy

• Herbal medicine

• Yoga & meditation

• Nutritional counseling

• Energy healing (e.g., Reiki, qigong)

Meet SouBeing

As part of our Constructing Wellness Program, we’ve partnered with SoulBeing (soulbeing.com/cpm-constructors/) to provide you a vetted network of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) providers offering services in your local area across over 60 evidence-based care categories. SoulBeing providers are unique, offering specialized treatments and therapies designed to help you achieve whole-person health on your own terms.

The one-size-fits-all healthcare system of recent decades has not served us well, and with rising healthcare costs and declining overall health outcomes in our communities, the time for change is now.

SoulBeing is reimagining access to healthcare and wellness services that allows you to design an overall healthcare strategy that works for you today and evolves with your changing needs throughout your lifetime.

Holistic? Functional? CAM? Here's the Difference

While these approaches often overlap, here’s how they are distinct:

• CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine): A broad category of therapies used outside conventional medicine, either to complement standard treatments or as alternatives. CAM includes individual modalities like acupuncture, chiropractic care, massage therapy, and herbal medicine.

• Holistic Medicine: A philosophy of care that considers the whole person—body, mind, spirit, and emotions. Holistic medicine can include CAM therapies but also integrates conventional treatments, emphasizing balance, prevention, and wellness.

• Functional Medicine: A systems-based approach within holistic care that focuses on identifying and addressing the root causes of disease. Functional medicine often uses advanced diagnostic testing, nutrition, lifestyle modifications, and CAM therapies but works within a scientific, evidence-based framework.

In short:

• CAM is a collection of therapies.

• Holistic is the philosophy behind whole-person care.

• Functional medicine is a specific medical model that often uses both CAM and conventional tools.

All of these approaches work together to give you more options for your health journey.

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Reference: Explore our SoulBeing website!

4/30/2025