Unit 23: Complementary Therapies

Make a list of the all the different complementary therapies you can think of

If your unsure - have a go!!"

Types of Complementary Therapies

How many did you think of?

1. Acupuncture

2. Aromatherapy

3. Alexander technique

4. Art Therapy

5. Ayurvedic medicine

5. Bach Flower remedies

6. Bio-chemic salts

7. Biorythms

8. Bowen Technique

9. Chiropractice

10. Colour Therapy

11. Counselling stress therapy

12. Feng Shui Architecture

13. Herbal medicine

14. Homeopathy

15. Hydrotherapy

16. Hypnotherapy Spiritual Healing

17. Kinesiology

18. Massage & other body work techniques

19. Meditation Naturopathy

20. Nutritional therapy

21. Osteopathy Reflexology

22. Reiki healing

Unit 23: Complementary Therapies

Introduction

Definition of Complementary Therapies

Complementary and alternative therapies are a broad range of treatments that are outside of conventional medicine and are used to treat or prevent illness and promote health and well-being. Practitioners of complementary therapies are not trained to diagnose disease. (Alzheimers.org.uk, 2011)

Availability on the NHS

Homework

What is the therapy?

What condition is it used to treat?

How much is a session?

Where is the closest clinic to us?

Any other interesting facts.

There are not many complementary therapies available on the NHS... however...

A government inquiry in 2001 recommended the increased provision of complementary medicine in the NHS. High quality CT are playing an important role in health and social care. (Get Well UK 2011)

10% of contacts with CAM therapists were through the NHS (Thomas, Nicholl and Coleman 2001)

The more common complementary therapies available on the NHS are

• Acupuncture
• Aromatherapy
• Chiropractic
• Homeopathy
• Massage
• Osteopathy
• Clinical Hypnotherapy
• Crystal Therapy
• Reiki

Why bother??

TASK

Therapies have been known to alleviate symptoms of certain illnesses in cases where orthodox medicine does not seem to have offered a solution.

More and more people are now accessing CAM (Complementary and additional medicines) - 6 million people in the UK use them each year.

Barriers to accessing CAM's....

Difference between Complementary Therapies and Alternative medicine?

What is the aim of this unit?

HUA TUO

110-207 AD

Founder of Homeopathy Greece

18th Century

LOCAL:

• Physical Access
• Availability
• Financial contribution
• Time
• Referral Systems
• SES (Socio- economic Status)

NATIONAL:

• Cultural Factors
• Prejudice
• Public perception

Alternative Medicine

This is used instead of prescribed medicine

For example:

Just accessing massage for a bad back

Complementary Therapy

This is a therapy that is used as an addition to a prescribed medicine.

For example:

Bad Back = Pain killers from GP & Massage

Hippocrates founder of massage 460 BC

By the end of this unit you will know the following:

- What Complementary Therapies are

- Difference between Complementary Therapies and Orthodox Treatments

- The range of Complementary therapies available and their availability on the NHS

- How they are used in Health and Social Care

-How they improve health and well being and how effective they are

BUT..... What actually are COMPLIMENTARY THERAPIES?

History of Complementary Therapies

Massage

Feng Shui

Osteopathy

Start at 6 mins

Homeopathy

Acupuncture

http://www.ehow.com/video_4431670_demonstration-osteopathic-technique-soft-tissue.html?wa_vlsrc=continuous&pid=1&cp=1&wa_vrid=1c05a54d-53e6-4d89-8da7-b3483199498d

TASK

You will research different aspects of homeopathy and discuss these in a class debate. You will present the opinions of your group on your area of homeopathic medicine to the rest of the class.

http://www.osteopathy.org.uk/resources/surveys-statistics/

Relaxation

Colour Therapy

Hypnotherapy

Chiropractic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q7CoqFud5s&feature=related

60 min film hypnotherapy

Reference List

Get Well UK (2011) Why use Complementary Therapies. [Online] Available at: <http://www.getwelluk.com/why_use_complementary_therapies/> (Accessed 12th August 2012)

Thomas KJ, Nicholl P and Coleman P. (2001) 'Use and expenditure on complementary medicine in England; a population based survey' Complementary Therapies in Medicine Vol.; 9:2-11