Alternative Medicine


This century's wealth of chronic diseases has many people looking for more nontraditional treatments. Pharmacological treatments often do not provide satisfactory relief, so some patients explore other options. Many of these alternative treatments frequently emphasize more of a connection between the mind and the body than is found in the widely accepted biomedical model of illness, in which disease is believed to have a source in anatomy and physiology. The following psychophysiological therapies are just a few of the alternative treatments available.

 

Biofeedback

Laughter

Touch Therapy (Massage)

Reiki

Meditation

Yoga

 

Biofeedback by Julia Vaughan

Touch Therapy by Alice Li & Laughter by Kristin Kellogg

Reiki by Daisy Pierce

Yoga by Besty Lo & Meditation by Sarah Oboyski

 

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