Alternative Therapies
Alternative therapy approaches such as massage, acupuncture, and meditation have become increasingly accepted for treating people with disabilities. Alternative therapy treatment can complement traditional Western medical solutions while providing new ways to manage, for example, pain or stress. For how-to information about how yoga, Pilates, meditation, massage, and other alternative therapies in health and medicine can benefit your specific condition, check out the following articles.
For people dealing with chronic pain and immune system disorders, the healing modality known as Therapeutic Touch (TT) may provide relief that traditional medicine cannot.
Therapeutic Touch: A Holistic Approach To Treating Chronic Pain
Unlike traditional, or allopathic, medicine, which focuses on illness or specific parts of the body, holistic medicine considers the whole person—body, mind, and spirit.
Education and grants for complementary and alternative health care are provided through the Chanda Plan Foundation, named for a woman who envisioned holistic disability care.
The Chanda Plan Foundation: Making Alternative Health Care Available
Is arthritis joint pain limiting daily activities? It may be time to try alternative pain relief in the form of massage therapy. Check out these gentle self-massage techniques to help decrease your pain and improve your outlook.
Articles
RSD Patient Gets Relief Through Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana can provide chronic pain relief for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome without some of the side effects of pain medication. A patient with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) found an...
Shoulder Pain Decreased with Acupuncture Treatment
According to a recent study, spinal cord injury patients had a significant decrease in shoulder pain after acupuncture treatment, regardless of the location of their injury. Might this pain treatment...
