Alternative medicine and natural therapy are not considered an integral part of modern conventional medicine. Which does not make sense; after all natural drug free care has been in existence since man has walked the earth. The fact that alternative medicine still exists today demonstrates that it is a viable method of treatment that works. If it were not successful then it would have disappeared long ago.
The difference between modern and alternative medicine lies in the way that each views diagnosis and treatment. Conventional or modern medicine tends to focus on the disease, employing drugs, surgery, and other techniques for the course of treatment. Use of invasive procedures and powerful drugs are the way of conventional medicine. Many times modern medicine is so focused on the treating the symptoms that the treatment brings about another condition. For instance use of drugs steroids to treat one condition suppresses the body’s immune system and thus will perhaps allow another condition to arise.
Alternative medicine focuses on overall health rather than simply a single area. Alternative medicine makes use of natural methods to aid the body’s own healing powers to return the individual to a state of good health. Natural healing worked before the rise of modern medicine and that it is still being used today is evidence of its viability.
There are many myths and misconceptions about alternative medicine that are simply not true. Here are a few of the more common myths …debunked.
1.) Modern and alternative medicine is mutually exclusive
According to Dr. Monica Mykelbust of the University of Maryland most patients are best served with a combination of the two called Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Anyone suffering from immediate, life threatening, serious or painful symptoms should seek immediate medical attention from a conventional doctor. Those witch chronic non life threatening conditions could be treated with alternative medicine techniques.
2.) Those that use alternative medicine are ignorant.
Wrong. A study conducted by the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences in 2005 revealed that an estimated 15 million adults use dietary supplements and/or vitamins along with their conventional medication. The study also concluded that at least one third of adults have used or will use some form of alternative medicine at some time in their lives.
3.) Alternative medicine is just a new age or hippie thing that will eventually fade away
Alternative medicine is not new or a fad. It was here long before modern conventional medicine, even before Hippocrates, the father of medicine. Alternative medicine is still around and is successful proves that it is definitely not a fad and that it will not just face away with time.
4.) Alternative medicine is all about witch doctors and the occult.
This concept is the result of a society that has been taught to fear other cultures. Don’t forget that those cultures were the foundation of many of the medical practices and modern drugs in use today.
Alternative medicine is the practice of treating the whole body instead of just symptoms or one area. That concept is foreign to anyone born in the modern age.
One of the safest places to receive alternative medicine is at a chiropractic care facility. The staff is trained in the use of natural therapies to relieve pain, increase mobility, stimulate circulation, and in the care of the whole being.
Spinal Care Australia is one of Brisbane’s top chiropractic care facilities and has been relieving pain, stress, and anxiety for more than 5 years. Visit Spinal Care Australia to and start out on the road to a brand new healthy you.