COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY By: Marjorie Anne L. Ozaeta Krestina Carla L. Mata COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY Complementary therapies add an extra dimension of care to Hospice’s commitment to nurturing the body‚ mind‚ and spirit. These non-invasive‚ holistic practices do not replace the medical‚ social‚ or spiritual care of the hospice team. Rather‚ they work with the total care of the interdisciplinary team to promote comfort and wholeness for both patients and their families. Complementary Therapy services
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Complementary therapies Complementary therapies aim to treat the whole person‚ not just the symptoms of disease. Complementary therapy is known by different terms including alternative therapy‚ alternative medicine‚ holistic therapy and traditional medicine. Therapies include acupuncture‚ Alexander technique‚ aromatherapy‚ chiropractic‚ herbal medicine‚ homeopathy‚ naturopathy‚ osteopathy‚ reiki and yoga. Complementary therapy is known by many different terms‚ including alternative therapy‚ alternative
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learner must: 1. Understand complementary therapies that can be used by users of health and social care services 2. Understand the role of complementary therapies in relation to orthodox treatment 3. Understand the role of complementary therapies in maintaining health and wellbeing Grade Grading criteria Pass P1 – explain the factors which affect access to complementary therapies (IE3; IE4; CT2; CT4) P2 – explain how the use of complementary therapies is regulated P3 – explain the
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Types of therapies Acupuncture- Is a collection of procedures that involve stimulating points of the body. Some of the techniques used are penetrating the skin with small thin needles; this is one of the traditional Chinese methods. According to the traditional Chinese methods‚ stimulating the acupuncture points helps to correct imbalances in the flow. It has also been used to reduce depression‚ anxiety and sleep disturbances. Cranio-sacral therapy- Is an alternative therapy used by occupational
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Two complementary therapies Acupuncture – this technique is also considered to be a complimentary therapy. Acupuncture is a type of an ancient Chinese medicine that has been practiced for thousands of years by the Chinese. This technique is basically where you inject refined needles that have been sterile into the patient’s body. Practitioners use this method to master a bunch of both medical and health conditions like depression‚ arthritis and tendonitis and much more. It is commonly used to
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Discuss complementary therapies that are available for users of health and social care services. Contents page! Acupuncture…………………………………………………………………………………………….. page (3-4) Reiki…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. page (5-6) Reflexology……………………………………………………………………………………………….. page (7-8) Aromatherapy…………………………………………………………………………………………… page (9-10) Art therapy ………………………………………………………………………………………………. page (11-12) References………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Yoga as a Complementary Therapy Yoga therapy is an ancient holistic system of recovery of the body. For proper functioning of the body‚ one needs to balance the operation of such systems as digestion and blood circulation‚ to establish the normal operation of the endocrine glands and the vestibular apparatus. In this case‚ the energy state of the tissues of the body depends on the good functioning of the nervous system. The practice of yoga is based on the use of asanas and pranayama. Asanas are
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Introduction to Complementary Therapies Complementary Medicine includes many different approaches and techniques for treating an individual. These are based on systems created and practised thousands of years ago and can in fact be considered as one of the original forms of medicine. Furthermore‚ they all have one aspect in common which is they view and treat the person on a holistic level (which means to look at the whole person Spiritually‚ Physically‚ Intellectually‚ Emotionally and Socially)
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Technique Paper With the growing popularity of complementary and alternative medicine certain therapies have become more common without the need of a practitioner ’s hand. One of these common therapies is called aromatherapy. Aromatherapy combines the medicinal properties of plants with oil massages. Aromatherapy can be found in one of the five categories of therapies defined by the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and with the available
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The healing power of music has existed since the beginning of human civilization. Music has grown to define a person’s values and become an aspect of culture. Such a force has led medical specialists to believe in music therapy as a treatment just like any other drug would be. As a result‚ the music therapeutic field of study has grown over the past decades with support from new findings from extended research. Music therapy should be one of the top treatments for common medical situations‚ such
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