A client tells the nurse that she utilizes biofeedback to combat chronic back pain. The nurse identifies this type of complementary alternative medicine as being:
1. biological therapy.
2. mind-body therapy.
3. body-based therapy.
4. energy therapy.
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Mind-body therapies are a variety of techniques to facilitate the mind's capacity to affect the body and various symptoms. Biofeedback is one type of mind-body therapy. Biological therapies use naturally occurring substances such as herbal medicine. Body-based therapies are based on manipulation or movement of one or more body parts. Energy therapy use energy fields to increase the flow of energy throughout the body.
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