About Holistic Health
Holistic health is a philosophy of medical care that views physical and mental aspects of life as closely interconnected and as equally important approaches to treatment. While frequently associated with alternative medicine, holistic therapies are also increasingly being used in mainstream medical practice as part of a broad view of patient care.
Holistic health is not a method of treatment, but is an alternative or complementary approach to how treatment should be applied. The holistic approach incorporates health and fitness and focuses on lifestyle, mental well-being and spiritual awareness. The goal is for a wellness that encompasses the entire person, rather than just the lack of physical pain or disease. It is believed that when symptoms of sickness develop, it is often long after the cause of these symptoms occurred. The holistic approach focuses on the cause of the symptoms or sickness where as the traditional medical model focuses on treating the symptoms and syndromes, without addressing overall wellness beyond the absence of disease.
Below are some of the many holistic healing therapies or modalities, and other terms often associated with holistic health:
| Acupressure Acupuncture Advanced Fascial Body Work Alexander Technique Aromatherapy Ayurveda Bio-Energitic Evaluation Biofeedback Bio-Magnetics Body Work Bowen Technique Breathwork Chelation Chi Kung Chinese Medicine Chiropractic Colonics Color Therapy Consultant / Lecturer Craniosacral Therapy Crystals Dentistry-Holistic Dowsing Emotional Energy Work Family Constellations Feldenkrais Feng Shui Fitness Flower Essences Gestalt Therapy Herbalism Home Salon Homeopathic Therapy Hypno-Therapy Intentions Iridology Jin Shin Jyutsu Kinesiology-Applied Magnified Healing |
Massage Therapy |