Tools and Modalities
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alphabetical listing of modalities This resource is intended to introduce the reader to more options to consider when caring for people with various health challenges. It may be used by a health professional or lay person. Integrative Medicine modalities may be considered when conventional or Allopathic Medicine options:
The modalities in this section are meant to be used as part of an integrative approach to optimal health. Conventional or Allopathic Medicine tends to be disease or problem-oriented. In contrast, Integrative Medicine supports the belief that it is the balance of mind, body, spirit, and emotion that facilitates healing and each aspect is of equal importance. Instead of breaking the individual down in to various parts and treating each of those parts, an integrative approach looks at the whole being who is challenged by a particular disease process or condition. While considering treatment for particular symptoms or imbalances, recommendations for optimizing all aspects of the person are offered. For instance; nutrition recommendations for the body, meditation for the mind, journaling for the emotions and ceremony for the spirit may be parts of a plan. Many healing practices can be done by the individual with little outside help or expense. However, it is sometimes useful to incorporate modalities offered by specially trained practitioners to facilitate healing. Integrative Medicine embraces all that is good about conventional or Allopathic Medicine and the best of other therapeutic approaches. This resource contains only a fraction of what is available. The reader will need to consider safety, evidence for efficacy, and appropriate use. The intent of this section is to open the mind and the heart to possibilities not yet discovered elsewhere; options that may relieve suffering, restore hope, and optimize health. This work was done in partnership between Dr. Monica and Dr. Aimee Layton when she was a medical student. Tools and modalities used by an Integrative Medicine approach may include:Acupuncture |