Encyclopedia - Manipulative Therapy: Encyclopedia - Manipulative Therapy
Manipulative therapy involves use of body work or massage therapy and other physical manipulation of the body for healing, such as osteop...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Musculoskeletal Manipulations: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On Manipulation Therapies
Musculoskeletal manipulations , Manipulation therapies , Manipulation therapy, Manipulative therapies, Manipulative therapy: Variou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manipulation: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Manipulation
MANIPULATION: application of manual force for healing. Term describes the techniques used in osteopathy, chiropractic, massage, and ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naprapathy: Encyclopedia - Naprapathy
Naprapathy is a branch of medicine, (manual medicine) that focuses on the evaluation and treatment of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions. D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acupressure: Encyclopedia - Acupressure
Acupressure is a traditional Chinese medicine bodywork technique based on the same ideas as acupuncture. It involves placing physical pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tui Na: Encyclopedia - Tui Na
Tui na (推拏 or 推拿, both pronounced tūi ná), is a form of Chinese manipulative therapy often used in conjunction with acupuncture...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sand Tray Therapy: Encyclopedia - Sand Tray Therapy
Sand tray therapy is a method of psychological or psychoanalytic therapy which is used to assess the mental health and well-being of chil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treatment: Encyclopedia - Treatment
Treatment may refer to: Treatment - Health. Therapy - the act of remediation of a health problem. Treatment - Arts. Film treatment ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Body Work Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia - Body Work Alternative Medicine
In alternative medicine, body work or massage therapy refers to any treatment which involves some form of touching or physical manipulati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bowen Technique: Encyclopedia - Bowen Technique
The Bowen Technique or Bowen therapy is a holistic system of healing developed in Australia in the 1950s by Tom Bowen. The technique was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiropractic: Encyclopedia Ii - Chiropractic - Usage
The use of manipulative therapy — not necessarily chiropractic — is regarded with controversy by medical authorities in many nations....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manipulation: Health And Healing Dictionary On Manipulation
MANIPULATION application of manual force for healing. Term describes the techniques used in osteopathy, chiropractic, massage, and oth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiropractic: Encyclopedia Ii - Chiropractic - Usage
The use of manipulative therapy — especially as practiced by chiropractors — is regarded with controversy by medical authorities in m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bleeding Manipulation: Alternative Health Dictionary On Bleeding Manipulation
bleeding manipulation (bloodletting therapy): Component of Chinese auricular therapy that is a form of acupoint bloodletting.  ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Back Pain: Encyclopedia Ii - Back Pain - Management
Lower back pain is the single most common chronic pain syndrome seen in pain clinics in the Western world. 90% of patients with acute bac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Back Pain: Encyclopedia Ii - Back Pain - Management
Lower back pain is the single most common chronic pain syndrome seen in pain clinics in the Western world. 90% of patients with acute bac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteopathic Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteopathic Medicine - Criticism
In the United States Osteopathic medicine has been criticized for including unproven therapies such as cranial and cranio-sacral manipula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cholecystitis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cholecystitis - Therapy
Although antibiotics will often help reduce the inflammation of the gallbladder, acute cholecystitis is an indication for gallbladder rem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lumbar Disc Herniation: Encyclopedia Ii - Lumbar Disc Herniation - Conservative Treatment For A Lumbar Herniated Disc
In most cases, if a patient’s low back and/or leg pain is going to resolve after a lumbar herniated disc it will do so within about six...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteopathic Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteopathic Medicine - History
Osteopathic practice started just before the chiropractic movement in the Midwest of the United States in the nineteenth century. Early i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osteopathic Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Osteopathic Medicine - History
Osteopathic practice started just before the chiropractic movement in the Midwest of the United States in the nineteenth century. Early i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spinal Manipulation: Alternative Health Dictionary On Spinal Manipulation
spinal manipulation (chiropraxis, spinal manipulation therapy, SMT): Manual thrusting that induces the momentary separation of spinal ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Visceral Meridian Manipulation Technique: Alternative Health Dictionary On Visceral Meridian Manipulation Technique
visceral meridian manipulation technique (VMM): Life enhancing tool that combines classic organ manipulation, kinesiology (see above),...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
CranioSacral Therapy (CST, cranial balancing, cranial osteopathy, cranial sacral manipulation, cranial technique, cranial work, cranio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodywork: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Bodywork
BODYWORK: The term bodywork refers to therapies such as massage, deep tissue manipulation, movement awareness, and energy balancing, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manipulation: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Manipulation
Manipulation: a term used in connection with the therapeutic application of manual force. Spinal manipulation, broadly defined, includ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spinal Manipulation: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On Cervical Manipulation
Spinal manipulation , Cervical manipulation , Lumbar manipulation: Adjustment and manipulation of the vertebral column.   (S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manipulative Medicine: Complementary Medicine Dictionary On Manipulative Medicine
MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE: Based on massage techniques and structural manipulation.######When used in the ancient Chinese way, the whole e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Visceral Manipulation: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Visceral Manipulation
VISCERAL MANIPULATION Visceral manipulation enhances the normal mobility and tissue motion of the organs of the visceral system. Hyper...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chiropractic Manipulation: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On Chiropractic Adjustment
Chiropractic manipulation , Chiropractic adjustment , Chiropractic spinal adjustment: Spinal adjustments made by a chiropractor to ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Osteopathic Manipulation: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On  osteopathic Manipulation
Osteopathic manipulation ,  Osteopathic manipulation ,  : Musculoskeletal manipulation based on the principles of OSTEOPA...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Confluent Somatic Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Confluent Somatic Therapy
confluent somatic therapy: Form of psychotherapy that involves subtle energy manipulation.   (See also: Confluent somatic ther...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Massage Therapy
MASSAGE THERAPY: This is a general term for a range of therapeutic approaches with roots in both Eastern and Western cultures. Involve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bowen Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Bowen Therapy
Bowen Therapy Bowen Therapy employs gentle manipulation of tendons, nerves and muscles, releasing a cascade of neuro-muscular response...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Qigong Meridian Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Qigong Meridian Therapy
Qigong Meridian Therapy  (QMTSM, Qi Gong Meridian Therapy, QGMT): Part of TCM that involves manipulating meridians (energy pathwa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chiropractor: Health And Healing Dictionary On Chiropractor
Chiropractor: Healer using therapy that attributes disease to neural malfunction with treatment primarily based on manipulation of the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chiropractor: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Chiropractor
Chiropractor Healer using therapy that attributes disease to neural malfunction with treatment primarily based on manipulation of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Osteopathic Medicine: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Osteopathic Medicine
Osteopathic medicine: a system of therapy that emphasizes normal body mechanics and manipulation to correct faulty body structures. Os...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On Craniosacral Massage
Massage , Craniosacral massage , Reflexology, Rolfing, Zone therapy: Group of systematic and scientific manipulations of body tissu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chiropractic: Alternate Health Therapy Dictionary On Chiropractic
Chiropractic - A system of therapies based upon the theory that disease is caused by abnormal function of the nervous system. It attem...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral therapy: gentle manipulation of the brain, spinal cord, bones of the skull, sacrum and interconnected membranes--to corre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathy: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Naturopathy
Naturopathy: integrates traditional natural therapies such as botanical medicine, clinical nutrition, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydroth...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy The manipulation of the superficial tissues of the human body in order to promote deep relaxation, and release tension...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Natural Health Dictionary On Massage Therapy
Massage therapy: General term for a range of manual approaches to enhance relaxation, elevate mood, reduce blood pressure, decrease pa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodywork: Natural Medicine Dictionary On Bodywork
Bodywork: A general term used to describe any type of manual, manipulative healing modality that aims to restore health of body mind a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Alternative Medicine Dictionary Ii On Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral Therapy: Manipulates bones in the skull, neck and tailbone to bring in balance the cranial rhythmic impulse (CRI). CRI af...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Alternative Treatment Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
CranioSacral Therapy: By gently manipulating the bones of the skull, practitioners seek to enhance the functioning of the CranioSacral...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Massage Therapy
MASSAGE THERAPY: A general term for a range of therapeutic approaches with roots in both Eastern and Western cultures. It involves the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Core Structural Integrative Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Core Structural Integrative Therapy
CORE STRUCTURAL INTEGRATIVE THERAPY Originated by George P. Kousaleos, CORE is a myofascial, postural and structural somatic therapy c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ro-hun Transformation Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Ro-hun Transformation Therapy
RO-HUN TRANSFORMATION THERAPY This is a form of energy healing in which the therapist manipulates the client’s energy bodies nea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Massage, Bodywork, Somatic Therapies
MASSAGE, BODYWORK AND SOMATIC THERAPIES Massage, bodywork, and somatic therapies is the application of various techniques to the muscu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Polarity Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Polarity Therapy
POLARITY THERAPY Polarity therapy is based on universal principles of energy - attraction, repulsion, and neutrality. The interrelatio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Osteokinetics: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Osteokinetics
OSTEOKINETICS This therapy utilizes dialogue, coached breathing, and applying qigong from one side of the body through to the other wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Human Energy Dynamics: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Human Energy Dynamics
HUMAN ENERGY DYNAMICS This therapy, though similar to reiki, uses the English language instead of symbols. It involves setting up and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodywork: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Bodywork
Bodywork encompasses many practices that utilize manual manipulation of the body. Techniques include massage, acupressure, energy work...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Osteopathy: Alternative Medicine Dictionary Ii On Osteopathy
Osteopathy: This form of medicine works with the musculoskeletal system to treat joint problems, chronic pain, menstrual problems, art...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Osteopathy: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Osteopathy
Osteopathy Founded by Andrew Still, osteopathy is a system of therapy that emphasizes normal body mechanics and manipulation to correc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Structural Integration: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Structural Integration
Structural Integration The physical aspects of this therapy consist of manipulating the soft tissues of the body (fascia, muscles, and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Movement Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Movement Therapy
MOVEMENT THERAPY A variety of techniques that utilize movement re-education and proper body mechanics in combination with massage or s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinese Auricular Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Chinese Auricular Therapy
Chinese auricular therapy (Chinese auricular acupuncture, traditional Chinese auricular acu-points therapy, traditional Chinese auricu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kundalini Energization: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Kundalini Energization
KUNDALINI ENERGIZATION This is a form of healing energy in which the objective is to raise the client’s Kundalini energy for the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Myopathic Muscular Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Myopathic Muscular Therapy
MYOPATHIC MUSCULAR THERAPY Myopathy is a system of muscular manipulation designed to accomplish relaxation in muscles in which there i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hakomi Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Hakomi Therapy
HAKOMI THERAPY A body-centered psychotherapy, hakomi was started in the mid-1970s by American Ron Kurtz. Hakomi uses body tensions and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hemme Approach: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Hemme Approach
HEMME APPROACH Developed by Dave Leflet, HEMME is a soft-tissue therapy designed for practitioners in a clinical setting. It relieves ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neuromuscular Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Neuromuscular Therapy
NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY This comprehensive program of soft-tissue manipulation balances the body’s central nervous system with the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reflexology: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Reflexology
REFLEXOLOGY Based on an ancient Chinese therapy, reflexology involves manipulation of specific reflex areas in the foot, hands, and ea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodywork: Alternative Health Dictionary On Bodywork
bodywork (Bodywork Therapy, bodywork therapies): A potpourri of methods typified by exercising, manipulating, and/or manually (especia...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Muscle Testing: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Muscle Testing
MUSCLE TESTING Muscle testing involves finding a muscle that is unbalanced and then attempting to determine why that muscle is not fun...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Osteopathic Medicine: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Osteopathic Medicine
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE This system of comprehensive medical care goes beyond conventional medical philosophy to include an emphasis on s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Colorpuncture: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Colorpuncture
COLORPUNCTURE A system of holistic acu-light therapy developed by Peter Mandel, colorpuncture applies different frequencies of visible...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sotai: Alternative Health Dictionary On Sotai
Sotai (Sotai Therapy): Natural system of bodywork developed by Keizo (Keiji) Hashimoto, M.D., in Japan, and endorsed by Kenzo Kase, D....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ortho-bionomy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Ortho-bionomy
Ortho-Bionomy (OB): System of natural manipulative therapy and self-healing developed by British osteopath Arthur Lincoln Pauls, who i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ortho-bionomy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Ortho-bionomy
Ortho-Bionomy (OB): System of natural manipulative therapy and self-healing developed by British osteopath Arthur Lincoln Pauls, who i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Applied Kinesiology: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Applied Kinesiology
APPLIED KINESIOLOGY: a diagnostic technique and therapy developed in the 1960s by a chiropractor (George Goodheart). Applied kinesiolo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gene Therapy: Oceanography Dictionary - Gene Therapy
  Definition and meaning of gene therapy:   gene therapy - an approach to preventing and/or treating disease by replacing...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oriental Bodywork: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Oriental Bodywork
ORIENTAL BODYWORK Monitoring the flow of the vital life energy (known as chi, ki, or prana) is at the heart of Oriental bodywork. Usin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kinesitherapy: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Kinesitherapy
Kinesitherapy: Kinesitherapy is a therapy, which is governed by movement. There are two types of Kinesitherapies: Active Kinesitherap...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Applied Kinesiology: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Applied Kinesiology
APPLIED KINESIOLOGY Applied Kinesiology is a healing system that evaluates and treats an individual’s structural, chemical, and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathy: Natural Health Dictionary Ii On Naturopathy
Naturopathy: Naturopathy is a system of healing, originating from Europe, that views disease as a manifestation of alterations in the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reflexology: Alternative Health Dictionary On Reflexology
reflexology: (a)           Variation of acupressure whose principle is that all bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Naturopathic Medicine: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Naturopathic Medicine
NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE: The philosophy and practice of treating disease by following the principles and laws of nature, rather than uti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Enneagram System: Alternative Health Dictionary On Enneagram System
Enneagram system (Enneagram, Enneatype system): System of spiritual psychology based on an ancient Sufi typology of nine (ennea in Gre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vector: Oceanography Dictionary - Vector
  Definition and meaning of vector:   vector - an organism which carries or transmits a pathogen; a vehicle that transfe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reiki: Natural Health Dictionary Ii On Reiki
Reiki: Reiki is believed to have begun in Tibet several thousand years ago. Seers in the Orient studied energies and developed a syste...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Massage And Its Remedial Effects
Massage and its remedial effects Massage reduces muscle-tension and relieves pain, opens the pores of the skin, thus eliminating poiso...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Massage And Its Remedial Effects
Massage and its remedial effects Massage reduces muscle-tension and relieves pain, opens the pores of the skin, thus eliminating poiso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pushing Hands: Encyclopedia - Pushing Hands
For other uses of the term, see Pushing Hands Pushing hands, (推手, Wade-Giles t'ui1 shou3, pinyin tūi shǒu), is a name for two-perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia - Complementary And Alternative Medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM is a common abbreviation in the USA) is a diverse set of medical and health care systems, pra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auriculotherapy: Encyclopedia - Auriculotherapy
Auriculotherapy is an east-west hybrid medical system, founded by Dr. Paul Nogier of France in the 1940s. Auriculotherapy began with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acupuncture: Encyclopedia - Acupuncture
Acupuncture (from Lat. acus, "needle" (noun), and pungere, "prick" (verb) or in Standard Mandarin, zhēn jǐu (針灸), is one of the mai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acupuncture: Encyclopedia Ii - Acupuncture - Controversy As To Effectiveness
A private watchdog group, the National Council Against Health Fraud has stated: Acupuncture is an unproven modality of treatment. Its th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Complementary And Alternative Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Complementary And Alternative Medicine - Contemporary Use Of Alternative Medicine
The popularity of CAM therapies is great. A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pushing Hands: Encyclopedia Ii - Pushing Hands - Overview
Pushing hands is said to be the gateway for students to understand experientially the martial art aspects of the nei chia (內家 nèi ji...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acupuncture: Encyclopedia Ii - Acupuncture - Potential Risks
Acupuncture is an invasive technique, and therefore not without risk. Hematoma may result from accidental puncture of any circulatory str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acupuncture: Encyclopedia Ii - Acupuncture - Theory
Acupuncture treats the human body as a whole that involves several "systems of function" that are in many cases associated with (but not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acupuncture: Encyclopedia Ii - Acupuncture - Benefits Proven And Purported
Although accepted as a medical treatment in Asia for millennia, acupuncture's arrival in the West has sparked much controversy. Acupunctu...   » Read the article

Article - Alternative Health Sitemap I - V
This is a sitemap for Alternative Health - V . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article