Annotated Bibliography and Critique: Massage Therapy September 19th‚ 2012 Introduction The alternative therapy I chose to research was Massage therapy. The Oxford Dictionary of Psychology defines massage therapy as “manual manipulation of soft tissue to promote physical and mental health and well-being. Forms of massage therapy can be traced back to ancient Chinese‚ Egyptian‚ Greek‚ Roman‚ Hindu‚ and Japanese civilizations” (“massage therapy”‚ 2008). I chose to do this topic for my annotated
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Existential Therapy and Person-Centered Therapy. I found that these styles of therapy were similar in a lot of ways but they are also individual in ways. Existential Therapy unlike some therapies was not established by one individual. This therapy was born of many schools of thought and philosophies (Corey‚ 2009). At a time when psychologists and psychiatrists were pondering how to help others overcome their obstacles‚ existential thought began to form. One of the aims of existential therapy is to
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Changes of Physical Therapy Physical therapy‚ according to the Oxford Dictionary (2013) is‚ “The treatment of disease‚ injury‚ or deformity by physical methods such as massage‚ heat treatment‚ and exercise rather than by drugs or surgery.” The idea of treating a patient with physical exercise‚ massage‚ and hydrotherapy dates back to 460 BC (Maughan‚ 2013)‚ but physical therapy‚ as an actual profession‚ is quite young. It was not until around 120 years ago that physical therapy was considered a job
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Laughter Therapy - An Effective Treatment Almost all of us have heard that "Laughter is best Medicine!" How true is this statement? A study conducted shows that 20-25 minutes of laughter every day is healthy for the body. This can make you feel fresh‚ energetic and young for the whole day. What makes us laugh? When we laugh‚ the zygomatic major muscle is stimulated and 15 facial muscles contracted. In the meantime‚ the epiglottis partly closes the larynx and air intake becomes irregular. A noise
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Reality Therapy “If you want to change attitudes‚ start with a change in behavior”. William Glasser (b. 1925) William Glasser‚ an american citizen born in Ohio began his psychological career in 1948 with the intension of becoming a psychiatrist‚ but later turned his interests to developing what is best known today as ‘Reality Therapy’ (1962). Glasser leads us to believe that it is best to talk to the sane part of clients‚ not their disturbed side. The here and now. He stressed that clients must
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criticism.” So it is no surprise that scholars have long been intrigued by the possibility that animals possess largely untapped therapeutic powers. Most Americans are animal lovers; about 63 percent of U.S. households contain one or more pets‚ according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association. Several‚ but not all‚ studies suggest that those of us who own pets tend to be somewhat happier than those of us who do not. In addition‚ research by Erika Friedmann and her colleagues at the
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Laughter Therapy Laughter therapy is a form of therapy that encourages people to use the natural‚ physiological process of laugher to release painful emotions like anger‚ fear‚ helplessness‚ depression and stress. Humour helps give us perspective to our problems and makes us have a positive and hopeful attitude‚ that is why it is such a great relaxation method. The first documented case of "humour positively affecting disease" was in 1964 when Norman Cousins‚ published "Anatomy of an Illness". Medical
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Focus II: Heat and Cold Therapy Focus Objectives 1. Develop two (2) complete nursing diagnoses related to thermal treatments. Hypothermia related to immersion in cold water as evidenced by muscle rigidity and shivering. (411) Risk for shock related to hypovolemia. (721) Impaired Tissue Integrity related to extremes temperature as evidenced by damage integument. (803) Risk for imbalanced body temperature related to hot environments. (105) 2. Discuss and explain the 4 methods of heat transmission.
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which is where therapy comes into the picture. There are many different types of therapy‚ two of which are occupational therapy and physical therapy. These two branches of rehabilitation are very similar and often confused‚ but they are not the same. Physical and occupational therapies often work together and overlap on their treatments. Even though they intersect the therapists are usually looking for a different outcome. The difference in outcome is what makes these two types of therapy crucial to
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therapy in the United States effective? There are many types of therapy in the United States such as psychoanalysis ‚ psychodynamic therapy ‚ cognitive ‚ behavior therapy ‚ interpersonal therapy. psychodynamic therapy is some time called psychoanalysis lite You may not dig deep as in psychoanalysis but the treatment still focuses on the unconscious ‚personal development ‚ and the relationship between therapist and patient. cognitive therapy is geared toward solving immediate problems it is highly
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