Reflexology, or zone therapy, is the practice of stimulating points on the feet, hands, or ears (termed reflex zones), in the hopes that it will have a beneficial effect on some other parts of the body, or will improve general health. The most common form is foot reflexology, in which the reflexologist applies pressure to points on a person's foot. The foot is believed by practitioners and participants to be divided into a number of re ...

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• Reflexology - Feeling of increased energy
• Reflexology - Alleged benefits
• Reflexology - Current status
• Reflexology - Other applications
• Reflexology - Reflexology used on children
• Reflexology - Skeptics' views

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Reflexology, Reflexology - History, Reflexology - Practice, Reflexology - Reflexology treatment, Reflexology - Alleged long-term effects, Reflexology - Reduced stress and induced relaxation, Reflexology - Feeling of increased energy, Reflexology - Alleged benefits, Reflexology - Current status, Reflexology - Other applications, Reflexology - Reflexology used on children, Reflexology - Skeptics' views

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Reflexology - Reflexology used on children. Advocates claim reflexology is just as effective when used on children as any adult. Some advocates go further and claim it is more effective. Advocates have also suggested that reflexology can also help child to create an awareness of self. ...

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Chiropractic, also known as chiropractic care, is a health care discipline that claims to prevent and treat health problems by using spinal adjustments in order to correct spinal dysfunction, or subluxations. Chiropractic asserts that the brain and nervous system control and coordinate all the body's functions in part through nerve branches that exit from the spinal cord between the vertebrae. Some Chiropractors infer a causal relationship between nerve interference or compression at the spine and subsequent problems in more dis ...

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• Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation
• Chiropractic - Usage
• Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation
• Chiropractic - United States
• Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic
• Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic
• Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Quackery is the practice of promoting medicine which lacks evidence of effectiveness. The word derives from quacksalver, an archaic word originally of Dutch origin (spelled kwakzalver in contemporary Dutch), meaning "boaster who applies a salve." It is often difficult to distinguish between those who knowingly promote unproven medical therapies and those who are mistaken as to their effectiveness. In libel cases in US courts against people who accused others of being guilty of quackery, the co ...

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Massage is the practice of applying pressure or vibration to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, and joints. A form of therapy, massage can be applied to parts of the body or successively to the whole body, to heal injury, relieve psychological stress, manage pain, improve circulation and relieve tension. Where massage is used for its physical and psychological benefits, it may be termed "therape ...

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• Massage - Massage Basics
• Massage - Communication
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• Massage - Types of massage
• Massage - Breema
• Massage - Chair massage
• Massage - Chinese Tui Na massage 推拿
• Massage - Chinese Zhi Ya massage 指壓
• Massage - Deep muscle therapy
• Massage - Deep tissue massage
• Massage - Erotic massage
• Massage - Foot or sole massage
• Massage - Lomilomi — Traditional Hawaiian Massage
• Massage - MA-URI massage
• Massage - Myofascial release
• Massage - Myoskeletal alignment technique
• Massage - Neuromuscular therapy
• Massage - Scalp massage
• Massage - Shiatsu 指圧
• Massage - Stone massage
• Massage - Structural muscular balancing
• Massage - Swedish massage
• Massage - Tantramassage Tantric massage
• Massage - Thai traditional massage
• Massage - Trigger point therapy
• Massage - Massage therapist organizations
• Massage - The ABMP
• Massage - The AMTA
• Massage - The AMTWP
• Massage - The CMTA
• Massage - The CMTO
• Massage - The CSMTA
• Massage - The NCBTMB

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The English suffix -ology or -logy denotes a field of study or academic discipline, and -ologist describes a person who studies that field. -logy - Etymology. The word ology is a back-formation from the names of these disciplines. "-logy" basically means "the study of ____". Such words are formed from Greek or Latin roots with the terminal -logy derived from the Greek suffix -λογια (-logia), speaking, from λεγειν (legein), ...

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• -logy - I
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• -logy - L
• -logy - M
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• -logy - P
• -logy - R
• -logy - S
• -logy - T
• -logy - U
• -logy - V
• -logy - X
• -logy - Z
• -logy - Ologies that are not fields of study

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Palmer imbued the term "subluxation" with a metaphysical and philosophical meaning. He held that certain dislocations of bones interfered with the "innate intelligence", a kind of spiritual energy or life force dependent upon God that connects the brain to the rest of the body. Palmer claimed that subluxations interfered with the proper communication of this innate intelligence with the rest of the body, and t ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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The use of manipulative therapy — not necessarily chiropractic — is regarded with controversy by medical authorities in many nations. Of interest is that Hippocrates, considered to be the Father of Medicine, describes manipulative therapy utilizing various methods of spinal realignment in his writings. It is covered by many health plans such as Medicare in the United States. Although some medical doctors (MDs) and many doctors of osteopathy (DOs) do perform manipulative therapy, more than 90 percent of the treatment of back pain by manip ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Chiropractic - United States. In the United States, the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) is in charge of setting minimum guidelines for chiropractic colleges; however, additional requirements may be needed for a license depending on the jurisdiction where a chiropractor chooses to practice. Chiropractors often enter chiropractic school with a Bachelor's degree, or with three yea ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Critics, including many mainstream medical doctors and scientists, often reject the claims of some chiropractic associations and schools as pseudoscience, quackery, or fraud. Advocates believe at least some of this criticism was encouraged by the American Medical Association during the 1970s and early 1980s in what they have labeled "anti-chiropractic prejudice". In 1985, The National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF), a non-profit healthcare watch-dog group, issued a position statement critical of chiropractic.

Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Chiropractic - United States. In the United States, the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) is in charge of setting minimum guidelines for chiropractic colleges; however, additional requirements may be needed for a license depending on the jurisdiction where a chiropractor chooses to practice. Chiropractors often enter chiropractic school with a Bachelor's degree, or with three y ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education, licensure, and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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The roots of chiropractic care can be traced all the way back to the beginning of recorded time. Writings from China and Greece written in 2700 B.C. and 1500 B.C. mention spinal manipulation and the maneuvering of the lower extremities to ease low back pain. Hippocrates, the Greek physician, who lived from 460 to 357 B.C., also published texts detailing the importance of spinal manipulation. In one of his writings he declares: Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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The use of manipulative therapy — especially as practiced by chiropractors — is regarded with controversy by medical authorities in many nations. Of interest is that Hippocrates, considered to be the Father of Medicine, describes manipulative therapy utilizing various methods of spinal realignment in his writings. Its use throughout history is well-documented. [7] It is covered by many health plans such as Medicare in the United States. Although some medical doctors (MDs), many doctors of osteopathy (DOs), as well as some Physical Therap ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Contemporary chiropractic is generally divided into three basic schools - straight, mixer, and reform - which differ in their approaches to patient care. However, all chiropractic approaches are, at a minimum, heavily based on the use of manipulation as a treatment for mechanical musculoskeletal dysfunction of the spine and extremities. Straight chiropractors only concern themselves with vertebral subluxation correction. Practitioners often use varying vertebral manipulation techniques known as "adjustments" for th ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Palmer imbued the term "subluxation" with a metaphysical and philosophical meaning. He held that certain dislocations of bones interfered with the "innate intelligence", a kind of spiritual energy or life force dependent upon God that connects the brain to the rest of the body. Palmer claimed that subluxations interfered with the proper communication of this innate intelligence with the rest of the body, and t ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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According to a survey released in 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, chiropractic was the fourth most commonly used complementary and alternative medicine therapy among adults in the United States (7.5%).3,4 Chiropractic has gained general acceptance in the last 40 years as an appropriate treatment for certain back and neck problems. This was partly a result of the prolonged ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Chiropractic - United States. In the United States, the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) is in charge of setting minimum guidelines for chiropractic colleges; however, additional requirements may be needed for a license depending on the jurisdiction where a chiropractor chooses to practice. Chiropractors often enter chiropractic school with a Bachelor's degree, or with three yea ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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The roots of chiropractic care can be traced all the way back to the beginning of recorded time. [2] Writings from China and Greece written in 2700 B.C. and 1500 B.C. mention spinal manipulation and the maneuvering of the lower extremities to ease lower back pain. As early as 400 BCE the knowledge of a patient's spine was thought to be important in the treatment of many diseases, with Hippocrates, in his work On the Articulations, writing: [3] …knowledge [of the spine] i ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Critics, including many mainstream medical doctors and scientists, often reject the claims of some chiropractic associations and schools as pseudoscience, quackery, or fraud. Advocates believe at least some of this criticism was encouraged by the American Medical Association during the 1970s and early 1980s in what they have labeled "anti-chiropractic prejudice". In a carefully worded statement, the judge in a trial against the AMA recognized that this skepticism was also the inspiration for the AMA's actions in instituting an illegal ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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