Your primary care physician is highly trained to manage myriad acute and chronic illnesses with powerful medications.   What Western medicine physicians often lack is the time to speak with you about how changes in your lifestyle impact your body's ability to respond to these medications more positively.   Integrative Medicine physicians have received additional training in evidence-based complementary approaches (like acupuncture, herbal medicine, mind-body practices) that can have tremendous benefit when used appropriately alongside conventional care.