Clinical PNI considers the interactions between the different body systems - psychological, nervous, immune and endocrine – and takes the whole context of the patient into account. “Labels” are avoided that could make the patient’s symptoms worse and, through exhaustive clinical questioning, the physiological and pathological mechanisms that led to the current symptoms are sought.
The main tools used are: in-depth teaching, nutritional recommendations, supplements, prescribing physical exercise, regulating biorhythms, managing the nervous system, etc. The most important thing, however, is to get the patient to manage their own health, to be conscious of the causes that led to spiralling symptoms that prevent him or her from having a “normal” life, and to make gradual, conscious changes in their lifestyle, through dialogue with the therapist, agreeing on and devising new behaviour patterns.