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What Is A Holistic Practitioner And What Do Holistic Practitioners Do?

Holistic medicine is a branch of medicine that is often met with skepticism and uncertainty. This branch of medicine does not rely on surgeries or medications during treatment. Instead, holistic practitioners strive to understand how the body works as a whole, and when treating patients, they evaluate all of the aspects of an individual's life before delivering a diagnosis and suggesting a course of treatment. For example, if an individual complains of lower back pain, a professional who specializes in holistic medicine will evaluate the mental health of the patient, the diet of the patient, the lifestyle choices, the family history, the emotional experiences, and several other aspects of the patient's life. A medical physician might simply prescribe pain medication or take scans to see if there is any serious misalignment in the spinal column. A holistic practitioner, on the other hand, believes that this pain could be caused by either a physical problem or a mental/emotional problem and strives to treat all aspects of the issue at hand. Holistic medicine is gaining widespread popularity because it is a more logical approach to the common ailments experienced by many human beings. In holistic medicine, there are two basic treatment regimens that are generally used.

Body Centered Holistic Practitioners

Body centered holistic practitioners use a combination of motion and touch with the human body to achieve results during treatment. Body centered holistic medicine evaluates the benefits of movement and touch in alleviating a large number of common ailments including stress, anxiety, physical discomfort, or even mood disorders. Common types of body centered holistic treatments include yoga or Pilates, massage therapy, chiropractic therapy, acupuncture and acupressure, and movement therapy. All of these therapy types involve a combination of relaxation and carefully controlled physical touch to achieve the best results. Massage therapy and chiropractic therapy are two of the most common types of body centered holistic therapy; however, therapy methods such as yoga and Pilates are growing in popularity. Acupuncture is still widely misunderstood in the Western hemisphere even though it has been used in Eastern cultures for centuries as a way of improving the overall health of the human body and alleviating pain.

Mind Centered Holistic Practitioners

Mind centered holistic practitioners rely on the labyrinthine qualities of the human mind for therapeutic results. These practitioners understand that a lot of ailments and discomfort reported by patients has roots in the mental history and stresses that are dealt with on a daily basis. As such, practitioners who specialized in mind centered holistic therapy use techniques such as meditation, aromatherapy, hypnosis, talk therapy, and art and music therapy to help their patients uncover their own sources of stress and anxiety. Holistic medicine which uses the mind is largely misunderstood and many of the secrets of the mind are yet undiscovered.

Finding a Holistic Practitioner

If you are interested in holistic medicine as a way to deal with problems you may be experiencing, you can find a holistic practitioner in your area by performing an online search.

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