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ADDITIONAL/COMPLEMENTARY
TREATMENTS

While we explore all options for treating pa-
tients, we also incorporate many exciting and
successful complementary treatments to help
patients.

HEALING THROUGH NATURE

Because we are located in an amazing part of the
country we know Nature. We are also the very
first medical center in the United States to use
Nature, and its ability to improve human health
and well-being, as an integral part of our well-
ness program. This is one of the many reasons
patients, from nearby and around the world,
visit our medical center in Blackfoot, Idaho.

Normally our patients spend half of a day for
their first in-person visit with our medical team
in Blackfoot and then they spend a number of
beautiful days immersed in nature through well-
planned regional excursions. In eastern Idaho,
you and your family can travel just a few short
hours and experience the beauty of Yellowstone
National Park; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Sun
Valley, Idaho; Craters of the Moon, St. Antho-
ny Sand Dunes, and explore the Snake River
flowing out of the extraordinary Grand Teton
Mountains. Or take a short trip to the south to
visit Salt Lake City or Park City, Utah, to name
but a few.
We guide our patients on how to utilize Nature
and make it a vital component of their wellness
program even once they return home. One ex-
ample we use to educate patients on the power
of Nature to heal is the scientific literature on
“charismatic macrofauna,” which is medical
terminology for “charming and fascinating