Therapeutic

usgb/ˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk/
adjective

Related to the healing of sickness.

Breathing exercises have a therapeutic effect on the body.
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Often appears as...

  • therapeutic effect
  • therapeutic approach
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Health Focus

Use 'therapeutic' to describe something beneficial for health or healing, especially non-medicinal methods.

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Yoga can be very therapeutic for managing stress.
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Not Always Medical

'Therapeutic' isn't limited to medicine; it can describe any activity that restores health or wellbeing.

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Listening to music is a therapeutic activity for many people.
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