Alternative Therapies
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Meds got you down? Traditional therapy feeling uninspired? While many Americans are thwarted from research by the FDA and their doctors, alternative therapies are often the best options for certain individuals. Information on alternative therapies is sometimes harder to find on the Internet but can often provide the most insightful look into the underlying physical and emotional effects of the modern world.
Because of the ever-imposing federal restrictions, suggestions, and requirements in this country, it’s easy to understand why the general public may stray away from alternative therapies. However, international research has found significant points of pride in the habits of other countries that Americans may consider ‘alternative.’ For example, the extensive use of herbal therapy and acupuncture in China has proven to be incredibly beneficial to those who partake; in America, the thought of being poked with needles by someone who claims to understand the human body can be unnerving.
There are five key categories of alternative therapies: mind-body medicine, whole medical systems, manipulative and body-based practices, energy medicine, and biologically based practices. Socially acceptable forms of alternative therapies fall more readily into body-based and biologically based practices, such as use of dietary supplements and chiropractic care. Many body-based activities have been pulled away from their traditional roots in favor of more ‘Americanized’ perspectives; in India, yoga is much more than the hour-long physical activity that it has been made to be here. Even further, energy medicine such as reiki and qi gong is still completely misunderstood by modern American medicine.
It’s difficult to define what might be considered ‘alternative therapy.’ Generally speaking, it is any therapy or medicine that is not made readily available by healthcare providers. There is also a lot of ‘fear of the unknown’ associated with alternative therapies. However, in America, many alternative therapies are becoming more mainstream. It’s been found that about 40 percent of adults and 12 percent of children are utilizing some form of alternative therapies.
The bottom line is: There is no one-size-fits-all solution to personal health. Curious to learn more about what you need?
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