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Physical Therapy and You
Physical therapy –The words ring out as something a masseuse would do, or for those of malicious thinking, something very kinky. Not a lot of people know what physical therapy is per se. Strictly speaking, physical therapy is a hands-on, direct form of professional patient care, bursting the bubble of green minded readers; physical therapy is not anything kinky. Far from it, for it is a form of rehabilitation for those with physical impediments and / or illnesses.
Physical therapy is most often used for stroke patients, although birth defects and post-operative problems are also common patients for physical therapists. Stroke victims, more often than not, suffer physical harms that limit movement and other motor skills depending from the severity of the stroke. Paralysis is a common ailment suffered by stroke victims, albeit partial or half their bodies are rendered useless. It is these patients that physical therapists often encounter in their careers. Of course, physical therapists aren’t exclusive to stroke patients, victims of traffic mishaps for example, or other accidents are also common patients.
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What Is The Holistic Approach In Medicine
The holistic approach in medicine is mainly achieved through the complementary or alternative therapies and medicine. Holistic medicines refer to the array of healing and self-help practice that are taken from many cultures and that have been handed down for several generations. Because most of the practices do not have a research basis to it, they are normally known as non-conventional ways to improve your health. These practices include acupuncture, herbal medicine, oriental massage, ayurvedic medicines, homeopathic medicines and naturopathic medicines.
A holistic approach in medicine is mainly aimed to assist the body’s natural healing processes. The holistic approach in medicine is thus based on holistic stimulus. Holistic stimulus is the stimulus to the body to persuade it to heal itself. That is, your body is stimulated to perform the job of healing.
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Proactive Medicine
Proactive medicine on the other hand aims to maintain homeostasis. That is, it aims to maintain health on the physical, mental and emotional levels. The principle behind proactive medicine is prevention is better than cure. In traditional Chinese medicine, for example, patients used to visit their doctors while they were well and healthy and they paid the doctor for his/her services, however, if a patient became ill the treatments were free. The assumption being that the doctor did not do his/her job properly and therefore the patient become ill. Luckily, this is no longer the case, even in China.
If one of the doctor’s patients died, irrespective of the cause, the doctor was forced to hand a red lantern in his surgery and this would tell all his patients how many of the doctor’s patients had died. Boy, talk about having to be accountable.
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