Medical Technology: Alternative Medicines and Therapies SNC4M Medical Technology: Alternative Medicines and Therapies

Acupuncture Think pincushion – human pincushion. Using this 2,000-year-old Chinese medical practice, a trained practitioner . It feels no worse than a mosquito bite.

Aromatherapy You of oils from plants and flowers to . Or you can get a massage with them for the same effect.

Biofeedback Your body talks; you listen. A therapist trains you to get in tune with your heart rate, blood flow, breathing, blood pressure and brain and muscle activity. Sensors you place on your body will show you how your muscles are firing or help you correct your posture etc. A lot of high performance athletes now use biofeedback with their trainers to perform better/return from an injury.

Chiropractic Medicine It’s about . Good health is , especially the nerves extending from your spine. Doctors of this alternative medicine use specific techniques to adjust or move parts of your spine to get them back in line.

Homeopathic Medicine The is similar to the way vaccines work. This is a highly controversial topic because many M.D.’s believe that homeopathy has no scientific basis

Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Talk about being out of it – you slip into a trance and you become completely comfortable and relaxed. You can reduce stress, speed up healing and control pain.

Magnetic/Polarity Therapy Magnetic fields enter your body to improve how cells use oxygen and repair themselves.

Qigong Move and meditate. That about sums it up. Regular practice of this mind-body connection can prevent and treat illness, reduce stress and create harmony between the mind, body and spirit – related to tai chi.

Reflexology Zones on the feet and hands mirror certain parts of the body. So if you have a headache, squeeze your big toe.

Rolfing It’s a method of with heavy emphasis on keeping the body parts alignment so gravity won’t adversely affect the body. It aims at separating bound-up connective tissue that link the muscles.

Shiatsu This is another . The word means finger pressure. It combines massage with attention to the same pressure points that acupuncturists target. There is thought to be an exchange of healing energy between the person getting the massage and the person giving the massage.

Meditation/Mindfulness The term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices which range from techniques designed to promote relaxation, contacting spiritual guides, building internal energy, and so forth, to help developing compassion, love, patience, generosity, forgiveness and more far-reaching goals such as effortless sustained single-pointed concentration, single-pointed analysis, and an indestructible sense of well-being while engaging in any and all of life's activities. Chapter 9

Let’s do some guided mediation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i50ZAs7v9es short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJx1wRAWYFw long Chapter 9

Do you think these alternative medicines or therapies are effective Do you think these alternative medicines or therapies are effective? Do they really work?