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From: Mike
Date: 10/01/00
Time: 21:30:51
Acupuncture---works by lilating blood vessels so that the vessels can open and you get more circulation, nutrients, and oxygen flowing thru the meridians.
Alexander Technique---Designed to help the patient recapture their freedom and movement that we lost overtime due to flexibility lose.
Applied Kinesiology---Practitioners use this to determine which foods and herbs are best assimilated by the patient, in order to develop a healing diet and supplementation program.
Aromatherapy---Therapeutic powers of essential oils that are used to cure cold and canker sores, ANXIETY,joint swellling, nasal and lung passages, and balances hormones.
Ayurveda---Practiced in India for 4,000 years; determines which of 3 body/mind types a person belongs to and helps people choose the type of foods they should eat and the type of exercise that is best for them.
Bach Flower remedies: Consists of 38 plant extracts that are used to treat physical and emotional problems. Bach Flower remedies are said to have positive effects on the psychological & emotional stress that underlie many illnesses.
Biofeedback--Technique that teaches a person to consciously regulate normally involuntary bodily processes, such as heartbeats, brain waves, blood pressure, and muscle tension.
Body Rolling---Form of bodywork designed to elongate muscles and increase blood flow in all parts of the body.
Chelation therapy---flushes toxins out of the blood; used to treat heart disease and many other illnesses.
Chiropractic---A back adjustment that squeezes or twists the torso into normal spinal balance; relieves nerve pressure and is good for Gerd disease.
Colon Therapy---washes out the colon in order to remove toxix buildups.
Craniosacral therapy---Practitioner aligns the patients body into a natural rhythm.
Enzyme therapy---Uses enzymes to cure illness and enhance life; preparations are powerful weapons against bacteria and other invasive microorganisms.
Feldendrais---helps eliminate poor movement habits and relieve chronic tensions so that the nervous system learn a new way of functioning.
Guided Imagery--helps the patient elicit their own mental images and to heal images of distressed parts of their body through an imagistic interaction.
Hellerwork---works to improve body structure with deep tissue work.
Natural Hygiene---practice of creating optimal conditions for the body and its constituent cells, tissues, and organs to pursue and sustain health.
Naturopathy---Naturopathic practitioners who practice a natural form of health care traditions that precede the advent of modern medicine.
Orthomolecular Medicine---Alternative approach to mental and physical health whose goal is to identify and treat the root cause of disease. This one makes sense!
Polarity therapy---the belief that any stagnation or stopping of the natural flow of nrg in the body is the underlying cause of disease.
Qi gong---Asian practive utilizes aerobic exercise, meditation, relaxation techniques, and isometrics to control the vital nrg of the body in an efficient way.
Reflexology--based on the principle that people have reflex areas in their feet that respond to every part of the body. By massaging these areas helps to improve the functioning of particular organs and glands.
Reiki---type of massage therapy in which pressure-point techniques are used to move nrg thru the body in order to create balance & harmony.
Rolfing---practitioners believe that pain is caused by chronic shortenings in tissue, correction of the pain is accomplished by soft tissue manipulation.
Therapeutic Touch---represents a reinvigoration of the old process of the laying on of hands to heal the patient's body with positive nrg.
Traditional Chinese Medicine---Believe that body and mind are one and no separation between the two. When qi, or universal nrg flows freely thru the meridians a person is healthy, but when qi is blocked the person develops pain or illness, the doctors will identify patterns of disharmony and then prescribe herbal remedies based on those patterns.
Trager Technique---theory beliefs that when pain is caused when someone frequently tightens their muscles in movement and posture, to correct that the Doctor uses gentle motions to increase the patient's pleassure in the quality of their tissues and decreases the restriction and sense of holding. Good for back,neck and upper back pain,sciatica, migraines, and repetitive stress disorders.
So with all the different alternative therapies available for pain and discomfort; a person may be able to find some help with such a wide variety of medical alternatives available. See which ones work for you.
Good Luck