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Complementary and alternative medicine is difficult to describe because it incorporates a very broad and continually changing field. However, this field is defined as a group of distinct medical and health care systems, products, and practices that are not generally regarded as part of traditional or conventional medicine ("What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?" 2012). In this case, the conventional or traditional medicine is medical practices by clinical doctors, holders of doctor's degrees, and allied health care professionals like registered nurses, physical therapists, and psychologists. Nonetheless, the boundaries between conventional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine are not absolute since particular CAM practices may sometimes become widely accepted.
There is a significant difference between complementary medicine, alternative medicine, and integrative medicine. Complementary medicine is described as the use of CAM in combination with traditional medicine or usual care in order to help minimize pain. On the contrary, alternative medicine is the use of complementary and alternative medicine as a substitute of conventional medicine. Integrative medicine involves combining treatments of CAM and conventional medicine that have high-quality evidence of effectiveness and safety. Therefore, conventional medicine plays a significant role in each of these terms and treatment procedures. In complementary...
In contrast, conventional medicine is used in integrative medicine to provide safe and effective treatment procedures.
In the past few years, Western or modern medicine has developed life-saving antibiotics and surgeries that were improbable about three decades ago. These developments can be attributed to the advances in scientific studies that have been based on stringiest protocols and processes. Generally, Western medicine is based on analysis of these studies and the use of emerging evidence in regular clinical practice. As clinicians become largely dependent on scientific and evidence-based approaches, alternative clinical approaches are rejected unless they contain logical scientific evidence (Solomon, 2006). CAM practices are based on the philosophy that processes are dependent on traditions, folk beliefs, and wisdoms transferred from generation to generation. Therefore, there is a significant difference between CAM and Western medicine since the former focuses on traditional medical practices while the latter focuses on the use of scientific, evidence-based approaches.
There are five domains of CAM therapeutic modalities i.e. natural products, mind and body medicine, manipulative and body-based practices,…
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The latter, performed by chiropractors, some conventional medical doctors, and other health care professionals involves applying force to a joint of the spine and moving it beyond its normal range of motion. This serve to alleviate back pain. Movement therapies, another CAM category, are movement-based approaches intended to promote holistic well-being. Examples include the Feldenkrais method, Pilates, Alexander technique, Rolfing Structural Integration, and Trager psychophysical integration. Manipulation of energy fields is
The articles on the website do feature articles on classified subcategories of depression such as bipolarity, major depression, minor depression, and psychotic depression and information about drug treatments and side effects that are legitimately accepted by the medical community. Side 9: Compatibility example A website should review CAM and conventional medicine in the same terms Look for slanted advice [Image: Display picture of editorial on Depression website' URL: http://www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/Depression/dep_editorial.htm] Speaker's Notes: The website does
Movement: Feldenkrais Method The Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education considers itself to be an educationally-based therapy, as distinct from massage. According to the official website of the trademarked method, its use "is a distinct profession based on the principles spelled out in the International Feldenkrais® Standards of Practice" (FGNA position on regulation, 2011, Official Website). The Method is self-regulated, although regulating an educational practice, even one based in movement, could prove
There are a variety of approaches to diagnosis and treatment in American acupuncture that incorporates medical traditions from China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Vietnam, and France. " (2002) The American Medical Association additionally reports: "Acupuncture has been used by millions of American patients and performed by over 5,000 U.S. physicians, dentists, acupuncturists, and other practitioners for relief or prevention of pain and for a variety of health conditions. After reviewing the
Credibility and Reliability of Sources of CAM Information: The identification of the most suitable Complementary and Alternative Medicine therapy to help in treatment of the patient's symptoms is a process that is based on extensive research. The increased use of CAM therapy in the American health care system provides clinicians with a new responsibility of becoming informed regarding the suitability, safety, and effectiveness of various healing procedures that are largely
Abstract The prevalence of interstitial cystitis (IC) has seen different treatment methods that have been aimed at reducing the level of pain and ensuring that the patients are comfortable. However, the continued failure of most of the conventional methods to treat the condition has necessitated physicians to recommend complementary and alternative methods of managing the condition. An analysis of the complementary and alternative methods (CAM) modalities is therefore, critical in understanding