Therapies

Natural Health Therapies

Many people are curious about natural health and naturopaths. There is a trend today to embrace alternate healing therapies instead of conventional ones. New lines of treatment are seen to be combining mainstream medicine with alternative treatment when it comes to healing. Some healing techniques that conventional medicine does not have is present in alternative therapies. Conventional medical treatment is sometimes replaced by these therapies in the hope that they have some better results.

You can gain a sense of control over your health through alternative health therapies that improves general quality of life by making you feel better about yourself. Reducing tension, anxiety, stress, sleeplessness, and depression are just a couple of things that alternative health therapies are known to focus on. They reduce some of the side effects which are normally noticed in conventional health treatments and also help in reducing some of the symptoms like poor appetite, tiredness, pain, sickness, diarrhea, constipation and breathlessness.

Alternative health therapies have been found to be especially successful in controlling and masking pain which often masks an underlying serious condition; they are often used for this purpose along with conventional medicine. A combination of conventional medicine with natural therapies can be very effective for some people, but treating the underlying cause of health issues should also be a primary concern.

Americans now spend billions annually on alternative health products such as vitamins and herbs. Almost a fifth of Americans will turn to some type of natural health therapy this year. And these figures are growing year on year.

Many patients suffering from specific conditions, have found an improvement in their quality of life using individual therapies like, acupuncture, homeopathy, massage, Reiki, reflexology, aromatherapy, hypnotherapy, reflexology and meditation. Before you consider any of the alternative therapies that are available, it is always a very good idea to consult with your physician, it is also important that you double check that any treatment that you take in addition isn't going to adversely affect any of the current treatment programs that you are on.

Below is a list of Health Therapies

A

Acupressure, Shiatsu
Acupuncture
Acustimulation
Adaptogens
Added sugars of selected foods
Aerobics
Aikido
Alcohol abuse
Alexander technique
Allergic reactions
Amino acid therapy
Amounts of choline found in food and beverages
Anodyne therapy
Antioxidants
Antiviral herbs
Apitherapy
Appetite suppressants
Applied Kinesiology
Aromatherapy
Art of living
Art therapy
Asian medicine
Auriculotherapy

B

Behavior modification
Biminne
Biofeedback
Blood alcohol content (BAC)
Blood type diet
Body talking
Botox®

C

Cellulite treatment
Chelation (EDTA) therapy
Chinese medicine
Chiropractic, Spinal Manipulative Therapy
Colon therapy/colonic irrigation
Cryotherapy
Curanderismo

D

Dance
Deep tissue massage
Detoxification therapy (cleansing)
Diabetic diet
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Dosage form

E

Eastern medicine
Eating disorders
Electrodermal testing
Electromagnetic radiation
Emotional freedom techniques (EFT)
Energy boosters
Energy therapy
Environmental medicine
Enzyme therapy
Ergogenic aids
Ergonomics
Ericksonian hypnosis
Expressive therapies

F

Facials
Fasting
FDA pregnancy categories
Feng shui
Fluoride
Focusing
Food pyramids
Functional foods
Functional neurology

G

Graston Technique®
Guided imagery

H

Hair removal
Hair restoration
Hair treatments
Heart rate stress test
Hellerwork
Herbal product design & development
Hormone profile
Human growth hormone
Hydrotherapy
Hypnotherapy, hypnosis

I

I Ching
Iridology
Isokinetic muscle training
Isometric muscle training
Isotonic muscle training

J

Jacobson's relaxation technique
Jones counterstrain
Juice therapy
Jujitsu

K

Kampo
Karate
Kinetic chain exercise
Koch's glycoside
Kundalini Yoga
Kung fu

L

LASIK eye surgery
Leech therapy
Liver flushing
Low allergen diet

M

Magnet therapy
Mass gainer
Massage
McKenzie Method®
Meal replacements
Measurement conversion tables
Medical nutrition therapy
Meditation
Megavitamin therapy
Mobilization (soft tissue mobilization)
Moxibustion
Music therapy
Myofascial release
Myotherapy

N

Nail treatments
Naprapathy
Naturopathic medicine
Negative ion generator
Neural therapy
Neurolinguistic programming (NLP)

O

Ovulation calculator
Oxygen therapy
Ozone therapy

P

Pet therapy
Physical therapy
Pilates
Plastic surgery complications
Polarity
Prayer, distant healing
Pregnancy due date
Probiotics
Prolotherapy
Psychotherapy

R

Reflexology
Reiki
Relaxation therapy
Religion
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
Routes of administration

S

Sclerotherapy
Sho seiryu to (TJ-19)
Siddha
Soft tissue injections
Sound healing
Spiritual healing
Sports supplements
Stretch marks

T

Tai chi
Tanning
Taoism
TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation)
Testosterone enhancement
Thalassotherapy
Therapeutic touch
Tingsha
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
Trager
Transcranial magnetic stimulation

U

Unani
Urine therapy

V

Vibration healing
Visualization

W

Weight loss
Weight loss surgery
Western herbal medicine
Whole body treatments
Work-life balance

Y

Yoga