COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

Use Complementary Medicine for your health problems, you will avoid the dangerous side effects of prescription drugs.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is the term used for medical products and practices that are not part of the conventional medicine practices, such as MD (medical doctor) or DO (docotor of osteopathy), and physical therapists, psychologists, and registered nurses.

Alternative medicine ~ is the  use of  treatments or alternative medicines instead of the standard treatments that are used by the conventional medicine community.

Complementary medicine ~ is the use of non-standard practices or treatments along with the standard treatments used by the conventional medicine community.

With Complementary and Alternative Medicine there is usually little or no scientific evedience to support the claims of effectivness. However there are many people that find the treatments to be very effecitve, their lives are changed and they feel better, all without the dangerous side effects of prescription drugs.

There are bacically Four types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices

Integrative Medicine is unlike Complementary Medicine, in that Integrative Medicine combines treatments from conventional medicine and Complementary Medicine where there is some high-quality evidence of safety and effectiveness.

The use of Alternative and Integrative medicine is ever increasing, it is gaining popularity every year. Many people will use conventional medicine to obtain a diagnosis and get the basic information, but they then turn to one or more of the forms of Alternative Medicine to treat/cure the condition or ease their symptoms.

We recommend that you inform your medical doctor when you are using any alternative form of treatment. Remember some conventional doctors are biased or uninformed about alternative treatments, and are often not  open to its use. Do not be afraid or embarrassed by the use of alternative forms of treatments.

When you are using any types of these treatments it is best that your doctor agrees with your decision to use an alternative form of treatment or Complementray Medicine. The two of you should be able to work together to find what you feel will be the most helpful and most comfortable form of treatment for you. It is your body, it is your decision, you know how you feel, and what is working for you.

Please share your complementary medicine sucesses with your doctor. Then maybe he or she may consider some research on the subject, because most of the conventional doctors are closed mineded to these treatments. With more and more conventional practitioners learing about the beneifts of Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine the closer we get to its acceptance in the conventional community.

The gap between Conventional and Alternative or Complementary Medicine is narrowing; Doctor Amit Sood Director of Research at the Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program of Mayo Clinic lists 10 forms of Alternative Medicine as being beneficial to patients. He recommends; Acupuncture, Guided Imagery of Visualization, Hypnosis, Massage, Meditation, Music Therapy, Chiropractic, Spirituality, Tai Chi, and YOGA.

There are tons of articles and lots of information available in the ever changing world of Alternative and Complementary Medicine; here at Let Us Health You we strive to bring you the most current information available.  Please contact us at support@letushealthyou.com to let us know which forms of treatment that have helped you. We would love to share your story.

We have had great sucess with acupunture, massage therapy, Yoga and chiropractic try them for yourself.

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