Alternative Approaches

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Alternative Approaches
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Complimentary and Alternative medicine (CAM)

• Alternative to conventional medicine
• Approach
• Holistic
• Considers psychological and physical factors

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Types of alternative medicine

• Naturopathy
• Chiropractic
• Acupuncture
• Guided imagery
• Yoga
• Tai Chi
• Hypnosis
• Biofeedback

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Naturopathy

• Nature has the power to heal
• Focuses on Vitamins, Herbs, Exercise,
  Hydrotherapy, Yoga, Meditation
• Natural items, as opposed to drugs

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Alternate practices
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Chiropractic

• Covered by insurance
• Useful for back and neck pain
• My Dads experience
• My hip experience

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Mind-body medicine
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Transcendental Meditation

• My experience at U.W. medical school
• Focus attention and breathing
• Repeating sound or phrase - Om
• Prevents distracting thoughts

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Guided imagery

• Calm, peaceful image
• Ocean
• Mountain lake
• Imaging diverts attention from painful (or
  anxiety producing) experience

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Yoga

• Designed to
• Balance the Mind, Body and Spirit
• Concentrate energy in the body (postures)
• Concentrate relaxation attention ( controlled
  breathing)

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Tai chi

• Moderate intensity, low impact, aerobic exercise
• People I saw in China

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Biofeedback

• Uses immediate biological information
• Controls muscle tension
• Heart rate
• Electromyograph (EMG)
• Muscle tension
• Low back pain and headaches

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Hypnoses

• Most used by health psychologists to control
  acute (not chronic) pain
• Other uses
• Smoking
• Weight loss
• Hypnotic trance, VS relaxation, expectancy and
  suggestion to reduce pain

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Acupuncture

• Produces biochemical changes in the brain
  consistent with pain relief.
• Useful for low back pain (similar effect to
  anti-inflammatory drugs.

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Effectiveness of alternative treatments

• Treatments are considered alternative because
• Insufficient evidence exists for their
  effectiveness using randomized, double blind
  placebo controlled studies
• Low back pain
• Success with
• Massage
• Acupuncture
• Chiropractic

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